Green chilli pickle

Ingredients:

Green chillies------------10 nos ( big size-half cut )
Tamarind ----------------1 big lemon size
 ( take juice with 2 cups of water )
Methi powder ---------1 tsp
Chilli powder ---------1tbsp
 Asafoetida--------------1tsp
Turmeric powder ------1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds ---------1 tbsp
Oil-----------------------4-5 tbsp
Salt ----------------------to taste

Method:

Heat a pan in medium flame, add oil, mustard seeds, asafoetida ,
methi powder,turmeric powder,Green chillies, little salt,and saute
 for  2-3 minutes to cook green chillies.

Once the green chillies are change in color, add tamarind juice, salt, cook  till thicken the juice and  simmer the flame.

Now oil is oozing out from the pickle

Once oil become to separate, add chilli powder.
 
Keep on in  the simmer flame for  2-3 minutes.

Now pickles are ready.After cool down,  store this in a container.

Note : Sesame oil is best to use in this recipe.

Aloo stuffed paratha

  This stuffed paratha is liked by our family and our friends.So that I put this recipe.

Ingredients:                                                                6 parathas

For dough:

Wheat flour ----1cup
Water -------1/2cup
Salt-------2 pinch

Mix all ingredients  together to make  soft dough ( add water as needed )
Let the dough rest at least 5 minutes with covered.

Potato onion filling:

Potato------ 2 medium size ( boiled  & mash )
Onion ------ 2 medium size ( finely chopped )
Cumin seeds  (jeera ) ------- 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder -------- 1tsp
Turmeric powder ------ 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves ---- few( finely chopped )
Oil ------- 2 tbsp
Salt ------ to taste

Heat a pan in medium flame, add  oil,cumin seed, onion,little salt,turmeric powder and saute till onion becomes soft.

Once onion becomes soft, add  chilli powder, salt,
mash potatoes, coriandr leaves, and  switch off the flame. 

Keep aside to cool.

Also needed

Wheat flour------1/4 cup ( for rolling )
Oil ---- to cook paratha

Stuffing paratha:

1 - Divide the dough into 6 balls. Roll a ball of  dough into a 3" circle.

                                       Place the potato onion

                              Close the filling  like a ball.
 Press the filled ball lightly on dry wheat flour from both sides.

Using  a rolling pin, roll the filled balls lightly to make  6"  circles.
 If the dough sticks to rolling pin (or ) rolling surface, lightly dust the paratha on the  dry wheat flour  in the plate.

Heat a tawa in medium flame,put the rolled paratha on the tawa.

Once the Paratha start to change its color, flip it over, add  1 tsp oil over the paratha and flip the paratha.

Once the paratha becomes golden brown, remove from
tawa.

Paratha can be served with curd and pickle

Venthaya kali

                              
Venthaya kali  is good for health.


Ingredients: serves.3

Rice___________________ 1 cup
Venthayam (methi)_______ 2 tbsp
Jaggery________________1 cup ( powdered )
Salt ___________________ 1 pinch

Method :
 

Soak rice &  venthayam separately for 3-4 hours in water.

First grind the venthayam to a fine paste.

 Then grind the rice to a nice batter.

 Take them together in a thick bottom of kadai
or vessel with 3-4 cups of water,and salt .

Cook them until, it becomes thick.

Remove from the flame,blend well  without  lumps to  become soft batter.

 Put the kadai on the slow flame and cover with lid  to cook fully  for  5 minutes.


Jaggery Syrup :

Add jaggery 1/4 cup of water in a vessel,heat in slow flame for 4-5 minutes.

This syrup is well with this venthaya kali.

Chocolate cake

Presenting to you the all time favorite for all kids and relished equally by grown ups too "THE CHOCOLATE CAKE". You must be wondering Oh MY GOD !! Cake no ways !!!....it's so difficult to bake cakes. But this recipe is surely going to change your mind to give it a shot as it's very simple.

So here you go....note the ingredients

Ingredients:

Maida------------------------------1 cup

Sugar------------------------------1 cup

Coffee powder (Instant)-----1/2 teaspoon

Cocoa powder------------------4 tablespoon

Baking powder-----------------1/2 teaspoon

Cooking soda-------------------1/2 teaspoon

Salt----------------------------------1 pinch

Eggs--------------------------------3nos

Curd---------------------------------1/2 cup

Oil------------------------------------l-1/2 cup

Vanilla essence------------------1/2 teaspoon

Method:

Mix the Maida,cocoa powder, baking powder,cooking soda,salt and coffee powder. 

Sieve this mixture at least 4-5 times so that all the ingredients get mixed up very well.

Take a big bowl and and beat the eggs,refined oil, curd and sugar with a good beater.

Add the above flour mixture slowly while beating. 

Beat the complete mixture very nicely into a soft thick batter till it becomes fluffy.

Remember the softness of your cake will depend on how well you beat the batter. 

In the end add the vanilla essence and mix nicely.

Take a baking tray. Apply butter nicely and pour the batter into the tray.

Bake for 30-40 minutes in the conventional oven. Keep checking while it is getting baked.