some more reposts..

Iam digging up my old posts and reposting them for EFM- Breakfast series hosted by Sri..

Sending the following breakfast recipes..

1)Bulghur wheat Upma

2)Tomato dosa with kadapah

3)Upma Kozhakattai with Brinjal Gothsu

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Set Dosa and Sagu

Set Dosa is a speciality of Karnataka.It is usually smaller in size than the regular dosa and is served in a set of 2 or 3.The ideal side dish is sagu.

Ingredients for Set Dosa:

Raw rice - 2 cups

Poha/Aval - 1/4 cup

Urad dal - 4 tbsp

Curd- 1/2 cup

Salt to taste.

Method:

Soak the raw rice along with Urad dal in water for 4hrs.

Soak the poha in curd for about 1 hour.

Grind the rice along with urad dal.Grind the poha with curd separately.

Mix both well and add required amount of salt.

Allow it to ferment it overnight.

Heat a nonstick pan.Pour 2 ladles of batter and spread it into smaller circles than regular dosa.It will be thicker than the regular ones.Drizzle oil around the dosa.Cook on only 1 side.Don't flip the dosas.Cover with a lid for sometime and cook till the side which is down is slightly brown.

Ingredients for Sagu:

Combination of vegetables like potato,carrot,chow-chow(chayote squash),cabbage,beans - 2 cups

Tomato - 1

Onion - 2

Green chillies - 4

Grated coconut - 1 /2 cup

Poppy seeds - 2 tsp

Fried gram dal/Pottu kadalai - 2 tbsp

Ginger - 2 inch piece

Cinnamon - 1 inch

Cloves - 2

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Oil for tempering

Method:

Pressure cook all the vegetables until soft.

In a pan heat 2 tbsp of oil.when it is hot add the cinnamon,cloves and ginger and saute till a nice aroma comes.Then add the finely chopped onion and green chillies and saute till the onions turn translucent.

Grind the sauteed ingredients along with coconut,fried gram dhal and poppy seeds into a fine paste.

Heat oil in a pan.Add the mustard seeds.When they splutter add the tomatoes and saute till they become mushy.

Then add the pressure cooked vegetables and the ground paste,required amount of salt and 1/4 cup of water.Allow it to boil for sometime.When they become thick,switch of the stove.

Serve with set dosas.

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Reposts of Snack Recipes

Iam sending the following yummy snack recipes to EC's WYF:Fried snack event

1)Butter Murukku

2)Ribbon Pakoda

3)Crispy thattai

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Fruit mix cookies

I had a packet of Fruit trail mix.Actually my plan was to bake a fruit cake and I postponed it and ended up making fruit cookies..I browsed soooo many recipes on the internet and came up with this one..my own version :)


Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup

Softened Butter - 1/2 cup(at room temperature)

Light brown sugar - 1/4 cup

sugar-1/4 cup

baking soda - 1/2 tsp

baking powder - 1/2 tsp

vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Egg - 1

Dried fruits - 3/4 cup(I used archer farms fruit trail mix which had dried cranberries,papaya,golden raisins,cherries)



Method:


Preheat the oven to 350 def F.Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.


In a wide bowl,cream the butter and both brown sugar and regular sugar into a smooth paste.Add the vanilla essence and egg into it.Beat the egg until creamy.

Then add the allpurpose flour along with baking soda and baking powder into the wet ingredients.

Stir until the dry ingredients incorporate well into the wet ingredients.

Finally,gently mix the roughly chopped dry fruits into the mixture.

Now scoop 1 tbsp of cookie dough into the prepared pan leaving about 2 inches space between them.

Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes until the cookies turn slightly brown on the edges.

Cool on a wire rack for a few minutes.

Store in air-tight container.

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Vadakari

Are you bored of the same chutney/sambar combo for idli?Then,try this..

Though it is time consuming,it tastes heavenly with idli and dosa.

Ingredients:

Channa dal - 1 cup

Dry red chillies - 4

Fennel seeds/Saunf - 1 tsp

Finely chopped onion - 2

Tomatoes - 3

Green chillies - 3

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Gingergarlic paste - 1tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon - 1/2 inch

Cloves - 2

Pudina leaves - few

oil for frying the vadas.

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Salt to taste

Method:

Soak the channa dal in water for 2hrs.Then drain the water completely and grind it along with the dry red chillies,fennel seeds and required amount of salt to a coarse paste.

Then add a little portion from the finely chopped onions to this coarse paste.

Heat 2 cups of oil in a pan.Make small coin sized vadas and when the oil is hot enough,fry the vadas till they become slightly brown in color.Dont fry them till they are crispy.

Drain in paper towels and break them into halves.

In a pan heat 4tbsps of oil.Add the cinnamon and cloves.Then add the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.Now add chopped onions and saute till they are golden brown in color.

Then add tomatoes and green chillies and pudina leaves and saute till the tomatoes are  are mushy.Now add the turmeric powder,coriander powder and fry for some time.Now add 2 cups of water and required amount of salt.When it starts boiling,simmer and add the vadas into it.Close with a lid.After 5 minutes,turn off the heat.

Garnish with coriander  leaves.


Serve hot with idlis/dosas.

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