Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Vermicelli Upma(Uppittu)

It is very easy to prepare and it is one of the fastest making breakfasts.It looks soo yummy and very tasty to have this breakfasts

[caption id="attachment_183" align="aligncenter" width="300"]Semiya Upma Semiya Upma[/caption]

Ingredients:



  • Vermicelli :1 cup.

  • Oil :3 tbsp.

  • Curry leaves:3-4.

  • Red chillies:4-5(adjust according to your spice level).

  • Tomato:1(medium sized).

  • Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.

  • Jeera:1/2 tsp.

  • Salt:Adjust to taste.

  • Water:1 and half cup.


Procedure:



  • Roast the vermicelli by adding 1 or 2 tsp of oil for 3-4 min in a medium flame.(until they lightly change the colour).

  • Remove and keep aside.

  • Now heat oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds.

  • Now add jeera,curry leaves,Red chillies  and fry for one minute.

  • Now add onion and fry until they turn light brown in color.

  • Now add tomato pieces and fry until it becomes soft.

  • Now add water and close the lid.

  • After it starts boiling add salt and vermicelli.

  • Now close the lid and allow it to cook on a medium flame.

  • Now give a stir once and turn off the flame.


Note:



  • Dont over roast the vermicelli.

  • Instead of using red chillies, we can use green chillies.


 

 

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Instant Raagi Dosa.

This is my Monday favorite.Normally on Monday mornings i like to prepare very easy and fast making breakfasts.This is one of the variety which i prepare.

This is a very healthy breakfast because this raagi is very useful for health because it contains rich iron .

As we know less varieties of this flour.This is one of the easiest and healthy way to take this.

This will be very tasty with tomato and onion chutney.

[caption id="attachment_188" align="aligncenter" width="168"]Ragi dosa Ragi dosa[/caption]

Ingredients:



  • Raagi flour:1 cup.

  • water: add sufficient.

  • salt:adjust to taste.

  • Chana dal: 1tbsp.

  • Coriander leaves( chopped):1 tbsp.(optional).

  • Curry leaves(chopped):1 tsp.

  • cooking soda:1 pinch.


Procedure:



  • Take the raagi flour into a vessel and add salt,Cooking  soda to it.

  • Now add sufficient water to it and mix it thoroughly.It requires more water.


  • Make as thin dosa batter.



  • Mix it properly without having lumps.

  • Now add chana dal,coriander leaves,curry leaves and give a stir.

  • Now heat the tawa and make sure that we should not do over heat .

  • Now pour the batter as we pour the dosa batter .

  • Add oil to the dosa and let it roast.

  • Now change the dosa to other side and allow it to heat.

  • Now remove the dosa from the tawa.


Note:



  • It absorbs more water while making the batter.

  • Give a stir before making every dosa.

  • It will easily form lumps.so,mix it properly and make sure of not having the lumps

  • It will take more time to roast.



Monday, October 14, 2013

Simple Potato Fry

Aloo Fry

Ingredients:



  • Potatoes:4 medium sized.

  • Oil:2 tbsp.

  • Onion: 1medium sized.

  • Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.

  • jeera:1/2 tsp.

  • Bay leaves:4-5.

  • Coriander leaves(chopped):1 tbsp.

  • Red chilli powder:1 tbsp.

  • Green chillies(slit):2.

  • Garam masala powder:1/2 tsp.

  • Turmeric powder:1 or 2 pinches.


procedure:



  • Wash the potatoes  cleanly and peel off the outer skin.

  • Cut the potato into pieces of required size.

  • Cut the onion into pieces.

  • Heat the oil in a kadai and crackle the mustard seeds.

  • Add jeera,onion pieces and fry until they turn into golden brown colour.

  • Add bay leaves,turmeric powder,green chilllies and fry for another one minute.

  • Now add potato pieces and close the lid and let it half boil  with low  flame.\

  • Now remove the lid and add red chilli powder and stir once.

  • Now allow it to boil completely on occasional stirring.

  • Now add garam masala powder on top of it and stir to mix it.

  • Now switch off the flame and add chopped coriander leaves.