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Nov19

Idiyappam / String hoppers            

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Idiyappam / String Hoppers is one of the common breakfast or dinner among all south Indian families. When it comes to veg, Idiyappam goes out well with Vegetable stew and with egg it goes out well with Muttai curry or egg roast and with non-veg it goes out well with Paya (lamb Leg Curry) or Chicken kurma or any stew or Chicken salna. Most commonly it is served with grated coconut and sugar or Coconut milk and sugar for babies above 8 months. Also Idiyappam is one of my all-time favorite food with grated coconut and sugar for breakfast and with lamb leg curry or Paya for dinner. Let me share the recipe…

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After couple of weeks, taking to Fiesta Friday #146 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

Idiyappam / String Hoppers
Idiyappam / String Hoppers

Ingredients:

  • Rice flour – 2 cups
  • Salt – ½ tsp
  • Hot boiling water – 4 cups

Making of Idiyappam / String Hoppers –

Preparation:

  • Boil the water, make sure that water should be boiled well (until you get bubbles) otherwise idiyappam would not be soft.
  • Take the rice flour and salt in a mixing bowl, pour the boiling water little by little and start kneading the dough with a flat ladle.
  • The consistency is very important in this recipe – make sure it should be too watery or too thick.
  • Grease your idiyappam with oil, take a small portion of the small dough and drop it to the idiyappam press, gently give a press and check for the flow, if it’s hard to press, pour little boiling water and knead the dough again.
  • Pour water in the steamer or idly pot and heat until the water starts boiling.
  • Gently press idiyappam over the steamer plate and steam it until it’s cooked.
  • Once its cooked, remove from fire and transfer it to bowl.

Serve hot with Paya (lamb leg curry) or vegetable stew or chicken stew or muttai curry /Egg gravy.

 

 

Aug30

Vegan Kurma

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Vegetable kurma is one of the most common food served with Idly, Poori, dosa, parotta, paratha, chapathi in south India. Kurma can be prepared with mixed vegetables, chicken and meat. We use curd/yogurt for Vegetable Kurma for the tangy flavor, but I have substituted tomatoes for curd. This is a quick and easy to prepare, as I have used coconut milk instead of grounded coconut masala. You can extract coconut milk at home, but due to my laziness I used the store bought one. Let me share the recipe…

Vegan Kurma

Vegan Kurma

Ingredients:

  • Carrot – 1 no
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Tomato – 1 ½ nos
  • Cauliflower – 2 handfuls of florets
  • Green peas – a handful
  • French beans – a handful
  • Chilli powder – 1 tp
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Ginger-Garlic paste – 1 tbsp
  • Coconut milk – 1 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • Coriander and mint leaves –  a handfull
  • Flavored spices (cinnamon – 1 no, cloves – 3 nos, cardamom – 1 no and star anise  1 no)

Preparation:

  • Peel and finely cube the carrot, chop the onions, tomatoes and French beans, make small florets of cauliflower.
  • Heat oil in a kadai, add in the flavored spices and wait until they crackle.
  • Add in the ¾ th portion of finely chopped coriander and mint leaves.
  • Add in the onions, ginger-garlic paste and cook until the raw smell goes off.
  • Add in the tomatoes and cook until they turn mushy.
  • Add in the vegetables all together followed by turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Cook for few mins or until the raw smell goes off.
  • Pour in a cup water, cover and cook, until the vegetables are boiled.
  • Remove the lid, when the vegetables are cooked, pour in the coconut milk and cook in medium flame for another 5 mins or until the kurma thickens and the oil starts floating on the top.
  • Garnish with the leftover coriander and mint leaves.

Serve hot. Goes out well with chapathi, poori, Idly, appam, dosa and string hoppers. For more vegetarian curries, gravies and side dish recipes – CLICK HERE.

Do check out my other kurma – Chicken kurma, Carrot and Chow-chow Kurma.

Aug3

Wheat Parotta

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Parotta is one of the most famous dinner for Tuticorin, from the evenings till late night you can find atleast a single parotta stall in each and every nook and corner of the street. There are 4 to 5 hotels, were these parotta’s are very famous and each of them make their own style of Salna for this parotta. Whenever I am too my hometown, most of the time it would parotta for our dinner. These parotta’s are prepared with all-purpose flour, but I have tried making it with Wheat flour.

Wheat parotta is good compared to all-purpose flour/maida in healthwise, but the taste wise I would opt for all-purpose flour parotta. Soon will update the recipe for the other parotta, let me share the recipe…

Taking my most favorite dish to Fiesta Friday #131 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner. Co-Hosts – Su’s Healthy Living and Laura-Feast Wisely

Wheat Parotta
Wheat parotta with Chicken Salna

Ingredients:

  • Wheat flour/Atta – 3 cups
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil – 3 tbsp.
Kneaded flour
Getting flatten
flattened dough flip flopped
Rolled to a circle
Drizzled with oil and time to rest
Flatten to get fried
Getting cooked
Wheat Parotta
Chicken Salna
Wheat parotta with Chicken Salna

Preparation:

  • Take the wheat flour/atta in a wide mouth bowl, along with salt. Mix it well.
  • Pour water little by little and start kneading the dough, when it’s almost done.
  • Pour a tbsp of oil and knead for 5 mins or until the flour absorbs the oil.
  • Pour another tbsp of oil and knead for another 5 to 10 mins, and drizzle a tsp of oil over the dough and let is rest for 5 mins.
  • Take a small portion of the dough, roll it to a ball (lemon size), and keep it aside. Continue this process for the whole dough.
  • In the workspace, start flattening the dough with a rolling pin and then lift one corner of the flour and start folding them in zig zag.
  • Once it’s done, take the folded dough and roll it to a circle, drizzle little oil over the dough and keep it aside.
  • Continue the same process for the whole dough, cover with a plate and let it rest for 20 mins.
  • Heat a tawa, grease it with oil, now gently flatten the rolled dough and place it over the tawa.
  • Drizzle little oil along the sides, swap and cook both sides for 3 to 4 mins or until it’s cooked.

Serve hot with Chicken Salna or Chicken Kurma or Veg kurma or any curry of your choice. I have served it with Chicken salna / Curry.

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