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Chitvish,

Let Me First Appreciate U For The Wonderful Job Ur Doing In Iltes.

I Would Like To Know A Soft Idly Recipe(only With Urad Dal And Idly Rava) And Also Tasty No Onion, No Garlic Recipes So That It Would Be Very Much Helful To Our Ladies In This Sravanamasam

 

Dear Chitvish,
Is there any sepearte podi for making vathakuzhambu?If so pls post the recipe for the same?

TIA
RAmya

 

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Dear Chitra,

I tried malai kofta the other day.. I am not sure what mistake I made, but the koftas started going to pieces once they were getting cooked in the oil. The ball became smaller and smaller as it got cooked. I smeared cornfloor on the remaining ones and saved the remaining batches somehow, though.. Do you have any idea why this might have happened ?

Thanks,
Gayathri

 

soups

hi looking for receipe of hot and sour soup and kofta

 

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Dear Spadhana,
Thankyou for your compliment.
For idlis with idli rava:
Mix 3 cups idli rava with just enough warm water & salt. Mix & keep for 30 mts. In the meanwhile, grind soaked urad very fine. Just before removing it, add the soaked rava, grind just to blend them & remove. Allow to ferment & make idlis the usual way.
For urad
1 - either wash just once, soak in just enough water & keep in the fridge, take out & grind directly
Or
2 - soak in water for 30 mts, drain for minimum 1 hr & grind.
Both these methods give fluffy dhal.
For jain (no onion & no garlic) recipes, go through both pages of my
Recipe Index
fully. You will come across many.
Sorry for the delay in replying. My system encountered a major problem & had to be taken for repair. It came back only at 10.30 last night !
Love,
Chithra.

 

Dear Ramya,
The recipe for a "hot" V K podi is

Tur dhal – 1 cup
Bengal gram dhal – 1 cup
Urad dhal – 1 cup
Red ch - 1 cup
Pepper ¾ cup
Curry leaves

Dry roast & powder.
Love,
Chithra.

 

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Dear Gayathri,
The koftas break if there is not enough binding ingredient. You must add a little more cornflour, to keep the balls intact. Always for any kofta, test fry one & make sure there is no breakage. Then proceed. Smearing is not enough but kneading some more into the kofta ingredients is necessary.
Love,
Chithra.

 

Need help for garlic pickle recipe!!

Hello maam,

I am in need of an authentic spicy Garlic pickle.. I am newly married and my hubby and me luv garlic.. So wanted to try my hands in pickling garlic..

Need you advice and recipe

Thanx in advance
joylava

 

Re: soups

Dear Anjali,
For all recipes, I have posted on soups, koftas etc, please go to the 2 pages of
Recipe Index
I have posted a few koftas, but not Chinese Sweet & Sour soup.
Love,
Chithra.

 

Re: Need help for garlic pickle recipe!!

Dear joylava,
Please go to
Garlic Pickle
Love,
Chithra.