Chitvish Recipes - Post your comments here (part 4)

Dear Chitra mami,

I have the fbs for few of the recipes which I tried during the week end. Made Malabar Kootu Curry for saturday lunch. Substituted black karmani for the channa , it was awesome. Evening made Pani Puri for dd and her cousins (my sisters sons had come) . Added little pani puri masala in the mint chutney pani and added boondi also as filling in addition to chana, potatoes , and whole moong sprouts. All the 3 kids finished the whole big packet of puris.

Yesterday night made onion Rava Dosa - Two different Recipes. Had it with sambar. Added grated carrots also. Tasted excellent and with your tips on how to make the rava dosai, it came paper thin and crisp. Also after dinner made C T Chocolate Fudge - candy thermometer gives right results!! , which my dd was requesting for long time. Bought coco powder yesterday and tried it. This time I used CT , and exactly at 238 F , I removed from stove and followed all instructions. But some how I could not cut pieces. Earlier I had tried caramel fudge in MW and now chocolate fudge on stove top . Both times I poured the mixture on a greased plate and attempted to cut pieces and after failure scooped and kept it in paper cups and ate as fudge, this time I was confident as I had CT. But still the consistency was not hard enough once set and I had to scoop out the mixture and keep it in paper cups . Of course every one loved it and I distributed to sisters kids they also lapped it up . But only I felt little not confident as second time I didnt get pieces as shown in your photo. Where could have I made mistake?

Today for lunch box made double corn pulao and Boondi-Pomegranate Raita. Just had it , and was lovely. It was so easy to make and with minimum spices, it tasted heavenly. DD had it for morning bf and wanted for lunch dabba also.

thanks mami

 

Dear Chitrama am back with the Eggless Chocolate Cupcakes. I doubled the measurements given as I wanted to give it to a friend of mine, who is pregnant. The cake was very soft and tasted good with just the right sweetness. As for the decoration I added readymade icing with some coffee powder sprinkled to match the "brown-effect" ...

I had to postpone the masala biscuits...will surely make it this weekend ma..

 

dear mami,

back after a longggg time...i have been trying a lot of your newly posted recipes..

made KHARA DOSAI,FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SALAD,CARROT-PALAK PARATHAS AND DOUBLE DECKER IDLI to name a few.

saturday was my hubby's birthday,i made SPRING ROLLS,KOFTA PULAO,TANDOORI POTATOES AND BOONDHI-POM RAitha,,ellame rombha rombha super a vandhdhu mami..dh relished the food to the fullest.

also made jiffy rabdi for dessert..the recent recipes added are too good..will try them soon..

i am attaching a photo of the dishes mami,,the rabdi is poured over baklavas in the photo..i made that at home too.

i could hear dh telling my appa that i have become an expert these days in cooking ,my sincere thanks to you for that..


lov
aarthi

 

wowwwwwww aarthi7 the food looks lovely and im hungry. happy bday to your husband

warm regards
deepa

 

Chitrama... I happened to see this readymade icing and quickly grabbed it and it simplified my work. But the only disadv is that it becomes slightly loose soon...so when the cakes are ready to be eaten ...just have to quickly do the icing and consume it !! Am curious you never mentioned which muffin !!!:roll:

 

aarthi loved your menu and the presentation !! Now am tempted to try tandoori potatoes... belated birthday wishes to your DH !!

 

My dear Chithra,

Thanks for giving links for palak kitchadi, paruppu arisi sappadu and hyderabadi kitchadi. I have not tried any of them, but shall try it soon and write to you.

I made Beetroot raita today for our lunch along with Keerai Mulagootal and avial. It was too good and went well along with mulagootal. I skipped curd rice and had raita instead. It was tasty and adding crushed peanuts made it very interesting to eat the raita as such. Also, I made roasted applams following your tip in MW, it was also very delicious.

Thanks for such yummy recipes.

Love and regards
Priya