Rava/Sooji Khichadi/Semolina Khichadi

Rava/Sooji Kichadi is my favorite for dinner or even breakfast..I remember the first time I tried making this when I was about 14 or 15..It came out as a lumpy mass :) though it tasted good.

I definitely do believe that getting the right texture of Rava Upma/Khichadi is indeed an art!!Perfection comes only out of Practice.

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Ingredients:

Sooji/Rava - 1 cup

Ghee - 1 Tbsp

Oil - 4tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Split Urad dal  - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

A cup of mixed vegetables like carrot,beans,peas,potato finely chopped

Onion - 1 big

Tomato - 1

A sprig of curry leaves

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Water - 2  1/2 cups

To be ground into  a paste:

Garlic cloves - 2

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon - 2 inch piece

Green chillies - 3

Method:

Heat the ghee in a kadai.Roast the sooji until it becomes slightly brown in color.Keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan.Add the mustard seeds.When they splutter add the urad dal.when the dal becomes brown add the finely chopped onion and the curry leaves.When they become translucent,add the ground paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.Add all the veggies one by one and then the tomato.When the vegetables are almost cooked,add the roasted sooji,turmeric powder and required amount of salt.

Meanwhile in another pan heat 2 1/2 cups of water and switch it off when it starts boiling.Keep the boiling water ready.

Pour the boiling water into the sooji and vegetable mixture and stir briskly so that no lumps are formed.Simmer and cover with  a lid.Switch off the stove when the sooji is cooked and garnish with coriander leaves.

Drizzle a little bit of ghee on the top.

Serve hot.

This is my entry to shama's FIRST COOKED FOOD EVENT --AUG'09

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Scrumptious Blog Award

Iam so happy to receive the Scrumptious Blog Award from Shri of Tasty touch ..Thanks a lot Shri!!

The award is given to blogs which :

Inspire you

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Let them know that they have received this Scrumptious award by commenting on their blog. Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.

I would like to nominate this award to my following blogger friends:

Pavithra of Dishes from my kitchen

Viki of Viki's Kitchen

Preethi of Preethi's online cookbook

Varunavi of My kitchen's aroma

Pooja of Pooja's kitchen

Sara of Sara's corner

Chithra of Ratatouille

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Vegetable Kolhapuri

Vegetable Kolhapuri is a dish from Kolhapur,Maharashtra.

This recipe is Tarla Dalal's.

Ingredients:

Mixed boiled vegetables (carrots, cauliflower, French beans, green peas) - 2 cups

Onions, finely chopped - 1 cup

Tomatoes, finely chopped - ½ cup

Garam masala - 1 ½ teaspoons

Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon

Oil - 2 tablespoons

salt to taste

Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing


To be ground into a paste:

Desiccated coconut - ¼ cup

Dry red chillies - 3(adjust according to your spicelevel)

Garlic - 2

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Khus-khus (poppy seeds) - 1 tablespoon

Sesame seeds (til) - 1 tablespoon

Coriander seeds - 1 teaspoon

 
Method:

Heat the oil, add the cumin seeds.When they splutter add onions and cook till the onions turn golden brown in colour.

Add the ground paste and tomatoes and cook till the oil separates.

Add the vegetables, salt, garam masala and ¾ cup water and bring it to a boil.

Serve hot garnished with coriander.

It is  a good accompaniment for rice,chapathi or puri.

Printable Recipe

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Fabulous Blog award and Tag Alphabetically

Iam so happy to receive Fabulous blog award from Rekha of Indian Recipes..

Thank U so much Rekha..So sweet of you..I feel honoured.

Ive been Tagged by Preethi of Preethi's online cookbook

The Rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share the ABCs of you.
4. Tag 4 people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let the 4 tagged people know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so that there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag

The Tag:

1. A – Available/Single? none

2. B – Best friend? Many

3. C – Cake or Pie? Cake

4. D – Drink of choice? Water and Buttermilk

5. E – Essential item you use every day? Laptop, Phone,TV

6. F – Favorite color?Pink,Blue,Black

7. G – Gummy Bears Or Worms?Gummybears

8. H – Hometown? Trichy

9. I – Indulgence? Fastfood and Anything chocolatey

10. J – January or February?Makes no difference to me.

11. K – Kids & their names?1.SaiRishabh and a little jelly bean on the way :)Name not yet decided.

12. L – Life is incomplete without? TrueLove

13. M – Marriage date? May6th 2002

14. N – Number of siblings?1 elder sister

15. O – Oranges or Apples?Apples

16. P – Phobias/Fears?Rollercoaster Ride and all scary rides

17. Q – Quote for today? It's never too late -- never too late to start over, never too late to be happy

18. R – Reason to smile? A hug and a kiss from my kiddo

19. S – Season?Spring.

20. T – Tag 4 People?Scroll down to the bottom of this post

21. U – Unknown fact about me? I don't know how to drive a car

22. V – Vegetable you don't like? Spinach

23. W – Worst habit? Take control of the remote and change channels ;)

24. X – X-rays you've had?When I was suspected to have Sinusitis a few years back

25. Y – Your favorite food? Vegetable Pulao

26. Z – Zodiac sign? Gemini

I tag

1)Rekha

2)Shri

3)Varunavi

4)Hema

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Muthusaram/Mullu Murukku

I made this snack for Janmashtami/Krishna Jayanthi.

Ingredients:

Rice flour - 2 cups

Besan /Chickpea Flour - 1/2 cup

Urad dal Flour - 1/2 cup

Chilli Powder - 1 1/2 tsp

White/Black Sesame seeds - 2 tsp

Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

Butter - 2 Tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying - about 3 cups

Water for making the dough

Method:

Mix all the flours together.Add the chilli powder,salt,asafoetida,sesame seeds and required amount of salt.

Melt the butter and add to the flour.Add water little by little till it becomes a smooth dough.

Place the star shaped disc in the murukku press.Fill the dough upto three-quarters of the press.

Heat the oil in a deep pan.

When the oil is hot enough,hold the press over the oil and squeeze the handles of the press in a circular motion.

Cook for sometime.Then turn over the murukku and fry for sometime.

When they become golden brown in color,remove from oil and drain on paper towels.

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