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Garlic Olai Pakoda - call it Ottu pakoda.

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In this recipe, garlic is optional; but adds to the taste as made in South Tamil Nadu.

Parboiled rice - 400 gms

Besan - 200 gms

Whole garlic - 1 (peel, separate pieces and grind to a paste with water)

Hot oil - 1/3 cup

Chilli powder - 2 tsp (or to taste)

Salt

Oil - to deep fry.

Wash & soak rice for minimum 8 hrs.

Grind very fine with minimum water - grinder is a must.
In the grinder, start running, adding first 2-3 bsp of water.
The add rice in hanfuls gradually to make sure, no whole grain will be left. Transfer the ground dough to layers of cloth & keep wrapped.
This will absorb all excess water.
Now, add besan, garlic paste, salt, hot oil (not butter) & knead to a dough.

Heat oil & press as we usually do for ribbon pakoda.

 

Ragi-Atta Chakli - taste makes up for dark colour!

Ragi flour - 1 cup


Wheat flour - ½ cup


Water - 1 ½ cups


Butter - 1 tbsp


White seasame seeds - 2 tsp Or Jeera - 1 tsp


Salt, hing


Oil - to deep-fry


Mix both flours & keep ready in a vessel.


Boil water & immediately pour it over the mixture adding butter.


Stir very well, adding salt, jeera or seasame seeds.


When cool, knead well with hand & make small chaklis.


Deep fry in hot oil.


Cool & store air-tight.

 

Easy Karasev - the pressing is super-simple!

Rice flour - 1 cup

Besan - ¾ of ½ cup & urad powder - ¼ of ½ cup (both together should make ½ cup) - take a half-cup; fill it three fourths with besan & the rest with urad flour.

Butter - 2 tbsp

Pepper, coarsely powdered or chilli powder - to taste

Salt, hing

Oil - to deep fry

Proceed as for Karasev( ganthiyas)

But this is more easy to press because of the particular proportion and can be made very easily. You can use the boondhi ladle also.

 

Oregano-Cheese Sandwich Oothappam - this is using local omavalli (kalpuravalli)leav

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For this use the dough given either in Stuffed Poha Buns or 1-2-3 (Aval) Oothappam.

Make one oothappam, drizzled with little oil & covered. Turning over is not necessary.

Spread little tomato ketchup on it.

Next sprinkle red chilli flakes.

Arrange chopped leaves & grated cheese. Cover & cook for a few secs.

Transfer to a plate.

Make another oothappam, plain.

Keep it over the first, cut & serve.

This does not need a side-dish at all!

 

Ragi Puttu - 'cut on rice' is the new slogan!!

This is popular down South for breakfast.
Roast 3/4 cup of ragi flour in a dry kadai, till a nice roated aroma comes. Switch off & add 1/4 cup of idiyappam flour,to get a nice texture.
Follow the procedure as given in
Kuzal Puttu
with as little coconut as you prefer. Best served hot.

 

Eazy Aappam - a foo lproof easy method!

Raw rice - 1 cup flat

Heap the same cup with urad dhal (as for Vellai Paniyaram )

Thick poha - 1/3 cup

Mix, wash & soak all these ingredients together for 2-3 hrs & grind very fine adding little salt.

Ferment for 8 hrs & make aappams as given in
Aappam

Serve with sweetened coconut milk or
Vegetable Kurma
or
Jain Kurma

 

Papputu - a Coorgi delicacy!

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This is a steamed dish and ideal for breakfast. Best served with
Tempered Vegetable Stew


Raw rice rava - 1 cup

Milk & water - 1 cup, each

Freshly grated coconut - ½ cup

Sugar - 1 tbsp

Salt - ½ tsp

Cardamom powder - a pinch (optional)

Mix all ingredients and steam in a round vessel in boiling water for 10 mtes.

Cut into segments & serve, topped with ghee for a nice flavor.

 

Idiyappan - as the Nagarathaar call it!!

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This is idealfor breakfast.
This can be easilymade with store-bought idiyappam flour. The dough is kneaded as given in
Idiyappam
Now to make idiyappam, take 1 cup flour, salt & 1 tsp oil in a vessel ready.

Boil 2 cups of water.

When the water starts boiling well, remove & add to the flour, mixing well till a soft dough is formed.

Add water gradually & carefully so that just the right amount of water is added.

Press in “ idiappam moulds” into small circles in a steaming plate & steam for 5 mts. Avoid clutter, but each steaming plate can take 4 mould-fulls.

As soon as you take out of steamer, transfer to cold water in a bowl. Separate the strands with hand & drain completely.

Sweet idiyappan:
Add moong dhal (cooked grainy for just one whistle & drained), sugar to taste, grated coonut and cardamom powder.

Savory idiyappan:
Smear just 2 tsp of buttermilk to soften ir. Temper in 1 tsp oil, red chillies, mustard seeds, hing & curry leaves. Add very little salt.

 

Neer Dosai without Coconut! - yet soft!

My first version
Neer dosai with Kara puli kuzambu
uses coonut. This does not. But there is no compromise in texture!

Raw rice - 1 cup

Cooked rice - 1/2 cup

Little salt

Water - 2 1/2 cups

Wash & soak rice for 2 hrs.

Drain & grind adding cooked rice - use a total of 2 1/2 cups of water for grinding & diluting thebatter. It is very thin. Do not ferment, but make immediately.

Follow
Tips on Rava Dosai
for making very thin dosais. Flipping is not necessary.

The side dish can be sweetened coconut milk or any chutney or any spicy dish. Makes an ideal breakfast dish.

 

Averakalu (mochai) Ragi Roti - a Karnataka delicacy!

Mochai paruppu in tamil is known as avarekalu in Karnataka. It is also called hyacinth beans or lima beans. Dry white broad beans can be roasted, soaked & cooked till soft.

Soak fresh mochai for 6-8 hrs & peel the outer skin. The soft inside green portion is boiled with little salt till soft & used.

Ragi flour - 1 cup

Finely chopped green chillies & ginger - each 1 tbsp

Finely chopped onions - 2-3 tbsp

Grated coconut - 2-3 tbsp

Salt

Jeera - 1 tsp

Seasame seeds - 1 tsp

Chopped coriander leaves - ½ cup (can use dill leaves instead)

Boiled avrekalu - ¾ - 1 cup

Curds - to knead

Mixture of oil + ghee - to shallow fry

Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly.

Knead to a soft dough using curd, adding gradually.

Make small balls, pat into a circle rolling between two greased plastic sheets.

Shallw fry on a tava using a mixture of oil+ghee, till cooked on both sides.

Served with
Instant Chutney