Oats Dosa / Oats Dosai / Oats Adai – Put On Your Health Caps:)
- 11
- January
- 2011
Oats Dosa: I always wanted to get rid of that damn box(oats)from my pantry! Whenever the mood for strict Die-t’ comes and surfaces in my mind’ I go wild…just buy all these sort of unknown products…and never-ever touch them in life time:( Nothing surprising here today, never been fan a of oats! I agree, we […]
Ragi Idly / Kezhvaragu Idly / Finger Millet Steamed Cakes
- 14
- December
- 2010
Raagi Idli: Ingredients: Ragi flour 1 cupUrad dal 1/2 cup Fenugreek seeds 1 spoonSaltBaking soda 1 pinchOil few spoons. Method: Soak the urad dal and the seeds overnight and wet-grind it to smooth paste. Now mix ragi flour, salt and soda to it. Allow this to ferment. Grease the idli molds and steam cook the […]
Kezhvaragu Kozhukattai / Raagi Modhak / Finger Millet Dumplings
- 06
- December
- 2010
Kezhvaragu Kozhukattai: Ingredients: Ragi flour 1 cupJaggery 1/2 cupCoconut – finely sliced 1/2 shellCardamom 5-7 crushedSalt 1 pinchGhee few spoons. Method: Steam the dry flour, and set aside. Heat jaggery in a pan, with a cup of water, filter the same, add cardamom and salt to it. Run this hot sweet concoction to the flour, […]
Haleem – Hyderabad Special
- 07
- January
- 2010
Haleem:(Ramzaan Special) Haleem is a minced meat plus wheat based delicasy, that is prepared during the fasting month of Ramzaan(Ramadhaan). I happended to taste this heavenly dish at Hyderabad. I was told that, it is a speciality food and its prepared only at two places (Lucknow and Hyderabad). The exciting fact of the recipe is, […]
Deepavali Special – Health Mix Payasam
- 16
- October
- 2009
Health Mix Payasam: Malted Raagi Payasam. Barley Payasam. Sprouted Wheat Payasam. Healthy Payasam. Health Mix is something that mommy used to prepare, when we (myself & my brother) were kids. I am not sure about the long lengthy ingredients she used to sneak into it! Well, I should have asked her! I recollected few of […]
Ragi Inippu Adai
- 25
- August
- 2008
Raagi Inippu Adai:(Country Style) Kezhvaragu Inippu Adai . Finger Millet Pancakes. Ingredients: Raagi flour 1 cup(finger millet/kezhvaragu)Ripe Bananas 2 largeJaggery grated 1 cupCoconut grated 4-6 spoonsCardamon powder 1/4 spoonGinger powder 1/4 spoonEgg whites 1-2Ghee for toasting. Method: Mix all the above said ingredients except ghee. Add limited water….bring this to dough. Make equal parts out […]
Raagi – Murungai Keerai Adai
- 09
- August
- 2008
Murungai Keerai Adai:Greens Adai. Raagi Adai. Today’s Special : Raagi (Finger Millet) Our brain’s primary fuel is Glucose and its a glutton for it! It uses up to 25% of the body’s total resources. So if you rigorously diet(or over exercise) as your muscles get fatigued….and so does the brain too! Only thing is muscle […]
Kezhvaragu Kanji / Raagi Kanji – Hearty Porridge
- 09
- April
- 2008
Raagi Kanjji: Finger Millet Flour Soup Recipe. Kezhvaragu Kanjji. Its a simple dish prepared by our Maid cum Cook(Usha), back home. She said she made this for my mother….when she was sick. So I asked her the recipe and prepared on my own. I never know that one could make such nice recipe with finger […]
Raagi Koozh / Kezhvaragu Koozh
- 31
- March
- 2008
Other Names: Koozh. Kezhvaragu Koozh. Raagi Koozh. Fermented Finger Millet Drink. This is a typical country recipe, prepared during hot summer in my mother land! I believe Tamil Nadu is the hottest place, well round the year! And, this drink is perfect for our weather conditions, back home. People who work under hot sun for long […]
Cracked Wheat & Meat Hearty Soup / Ramzan Kanji
- 04
- August
- 2007
Wheat Meat Soup:(Muslim Style) Ramzaan Nombu Kanji. Ingredients: Cracked Wheat 1/4 cupMoong dal 1/4 cupMinced meat 1 cup(lamb or goat – but I used chicken today)Fenugreek seeds 1-2 spoonsGreen chilies 3 slittedOnion 1 small choppedGinger-garlic paste 1 spoonTomatoes 1-2 choppedCilantro leaves chopped 1/4 cupMint leaves alone 15-20SaltChili powder 1 spoonGaram masala powder 1/4 spoonCloves 3Cinnamon […]
