Monday, February 14, 2011

Idli or dosa chutney powder recipes

Ingredients:
Urad dhal - 1 cup
Gram dhal - 1/3 cup
Toor dhal - 1/3 cup
Red chilli - 15 - 20
Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Curry leaves - one handful
Salt to taste


Preparation:
1. Roast Urad dhal, gram dhal and toor dhal seperately in low flame without oil.
2. Fry red chillies in 1 teaspoon of oil.
3. Fry curry leaves in 1/2 teaspoon of oil.
4. Cool well and then blend it in a food processor after adding salt to taste (If not cooled properly, the powder will have lumps.)
5. Serve it with sesame oil or ghee for dosa or idli.





Sunday, February 13, 2011

Mysore Pak or Mysurpa recipe

Ingredients:
Gram Flour - 1 Cup
Sugar  - 2 Cups
Ghee - 3 Cups

Preparation:
1. Roast the gram flour in low flame without any lumps and keep it aside.
2. Dissolve the sugar in 2 cups of water and make a sugar syrup.
3. Sprinkle some gram flour in sugar syrup and stir well.
4. Add a little amount of ghee in it and stir well.
5. Repeat sprinkling the gram flour and ghee alternatively till it gets over.
6. Stir the mixture till it reaches the boiling point.
7. Apply  a thin layer of ghee on a plate and pour the contenets into it.
8. Allow it to cool for 10-15 minutes and then cut in to pieces in required sizes before it gets completely cool down.
9. Serve it when it gets cool.
Note: Use of fresh hot ghee gives good taste.

Sugar syrup preparation:
1. Dissolve 2 cup of sugar in 2 cups of water and heat in low flame.
2. Stir well until it becomes slightly greasy.
3. Take a cup of water and pour a drop of sugar syrup into it.
4. The drop of sugar syrup should become a greasy ball (It must not dissolve in water) and it should sink in the water.