Friday 11 June 2010

Green Pulao



Ingredients:
Copra/dessicated coconut/Kobari turi-1cup
Fresh pudina-1/2cup
Fresh coriander-1/2cup
Onion-1
Green chillies-6
Poppyseeds-1tsp
Cinnamon-2sticks
Cardamom-4
Cloves-4
Ginger-1inch
Green peas(frozen)-1cup
Salt to taste
Rice-2cups
Oil/ghee-2tbsp
Mustard-1tsp


Method:
Cook the rice nice and fluffy and leave to cool in a wide mixing bowl.
Grind,Copra,pudina,coriander,poppyseeds,onion,green chillies,cardamom,
cloves and  ginger into a fine paste.
Heat a oil in a pan,add mustard when they begin to splutter add grinded paste
and saute for 3-4 minutes,then add green peas,add salt  and simmer for 5minutes.
Mix the gravy to rice and mixwell.Serve hot.

Wednesday 9 June 2010

Majjige Kodubale

Majjige kodubale is similar to  peragu poori of  Andra. This can be served as breakfast as well as snacks.They are crispy and yummy...Lovely served with coconut chutney.This is  dish popular of vyshya community of karnataka.


Ingredients:


Rice flour -1cup
Sour buttermilk(Huli majjige)-2cups
Onion-1 small,finely chopped
Green chillies-2-3,finely chopped
Cumin seeds-1tsp
Curry leaves-1 sprig,finely chopped
Chopped coriander-2tbsp
Oil-2tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for frying


Method:
Take buttermilk in a sauce pan,add  all the ingredients to buttermilk except rice flour,mix well.
Put the  pan on a heat and bring the buttermilk to boil,now add rice flour part by part with stirring cook until 
all the dough come together,take out from the heat,leave it to cool for a while (not too cool).When the dough is still warm Knead the dough with little oil until it becomes smooth.Now take lemon size ball and roll a tube evenly  and join the ends like ring(Kodubale or bangle shape),follow the same for the rest of the dough.
Heat a  oil in a kadai and deep fry the kodubale's on a medium flame.Drain excess oil on  paper towel.
Serve hot with coconut chutney.