Sunday, August 7, 2011

Arisi (Rice) Appam/Nei Appam



Ingredients

Raw Rice:1 cup
Toor dhal (optional):1 tsp 
Grated jaggery:1 cup
Ripe Banana:1
Cardomom:4 pods
Oil/Ghee :                                to fry
Grated coconut  (optional) :2 tablespoon
Procedure:
Step1:
Soak rice and dhal together for atleast 1 hour
Nei Appam


Step2:
Drain the water and grind the rice in mixie/blender without adding water. 
Once jaggery is added, the batter will become more watery


Step3:
Once it becomes coarse, add the jaggery and grind it until it becomes smooth.
Nei Appam




Step4:
Add the mashed banana and cardomom seeds and grind until everything mixes well.
Add the grated coconut as well


Step5:
Pour about 1 tsp of oil in each kuzhi in the paniyaram pan
Nei Appam


Step6:
Pour 1 tsp of batter in each of them.Make sure you fill only 3/4 of the kuzhi with batter.
Nei Appam


Step7:
Flip the sides and fry until golden brown

Notes:
Do not add water while grinding rice.
The batter consistency should be like dosa batter. If it is very watery can add rice flour
Always fry in the medium flame 
Use ghee for frying for enhanced taste and flavor
If prepared without adding coconut, this will stay good for atleast 3 days (have not tested beyond that :-)

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Rava Dosa

Rava dosa


Ingredients
Sooji/Rava (Coarse variety): 1 cup
Rice flour: 1 cup
All purpose flour/Maida: 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
Hing: a pinch
Salt: 1 tsp
Chopped green chilli: 1 tablespoon
Chopped ginger: 1 tablespoon
Pepper corns (broken coarsely): 1/2 tsp
Sour buttermilk: 1/2 cup
Water: 4 cups
Onions (finely choped): 1/2 cup(optional)
Cliantro choped: 1 tablespoon


Procedure:
Step1:
Mix rice flour, rava , all purpose flour and salt together


Step2:
Add all the spices and mix well (Cumin seeds, pepper,chilli, ginger,hing)


Step3:
Now add water and buttermilk and mix well.The batter will be of thin consistency unlike usual dosa batter


Step4:
Heat the tawa and pour the batter from the sides and shake the tawa a bit
Note: Add the chopped onions first on the tawa and then the batter. This way the dosa will not stick to the tawa



Step5:
Pour ghee on the sides and cook in medium - high flame for 3-4 minutes.


Step6:
Serve hot with chutney


Suggested accompaniments
Tomato chutney

Monday, July 18, 2011

Badusha



Recipe Source: Rak's Kitchen
Ingredients
Maida/All purpose flour:1.5 cups
Butter: 1/4 cup
Oil: 1/8 cup
Curd: 1.5 tsp
Sugar: 1/2 tsp
Baking soda: 1/8 tsp
Water:1/4 cup
Oil: to fry


Sugar SyrupSugar: 1/2 cup
Water:1/4 cup
Cardomom powder:1/4 tsp
Lime juice: 1 tsp


Procedure:
Step1:
Beat butter and sugar together


Step2:
Add oil and curd to it and beat well


Step3:
Mix in all the dry ingredients and knead to a pliable dough using water.Approximately knead it for 10 min



Step4:
Prepare the sugar syrup by boiling sugar and water together until it reaches one string consistency.Immediately add cardomom and lime juice to prevent crystalization


Step5:
Divide the dough into 11 equal parts and make into round shape and flatten a little bit.
Note: You can also make it decorative by pinching and twisting the edges. Rak's has uploaded a video for the same



Step6:
Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the badhushas in low medium heat for about 7 to 8 minutes until golden brown



Step7:
Dip the badhushas in sugar syrup and allow to cool
Sending this to Bookmarked Recipes Event by Aipi and Priya and Flavours of Rajasthan by Palate Corner
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