Potato Bread Sandwich

How many Sandwich lovers there??  Today's recipe is very much Indianized Potato sandwich. This recipe is for those, who prefers Indian flavor in everything.. Its very easy to prepare too.. Give a try to this recipe once for a hassle free, tasty and fulfilling breakfast.

The recipe follows..

Yields : 2 Sandwiches

Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Ingredients:

Potato                    - 2 (Medium size)

Big Onion             - 1

Bread Slices          - 4

Chopped Ginger   - 2 tsp

Green Chili           - 2

Salt                        - As required

Chili Powder         - 1/4 tsp

Cumin Powder      - 1/4 tsp

Garam Masala       - 1/4 tsp

Coriander Leaves  - few

Oil                          - for toasting (optional)

Procedure:

• Boil potatoes. Chop finely Big onion, Ginger, Green chili and Coriander leaves.
• Take a bowl. Add boiled potatoes to it. Add also Big onion, Ginger, Green Chili, Coriander leaves, salt, chili powder, cumin powder and Garam  masala powder to it.
• Smash and mix everything well.
• Stuff it in between breads and toast it using a toaster or using a dosai pan.
• When its done on one side, carefully flip it over to the other. Enjoy your Sandwich hot after its done on both sides. 

Kal Dosai

 I can read what is going on in your minds,  wondering if there is  a separate recipe for Kal Dosai??

Yes!! this is the original recipe for Kal Dosai. Rice and dal are soaked together for whole night. In the morning it is ground to  a batter and dosai is  prepared with that batter. No need of fermentation. You get to eat soft and spongy dosai which is perfect for breakfast.

 Rice and dal proportion also differs from that of usual Dosai batter and Its totally a different avatar of usual dosai. No more waiting, Original kal dosai recipe follows..

Yields : 25 - 30 Dosai

Preparation time : Grinding time + 5 minutes + Over night soaking time

Ingredients:

Raw Rice                - 1 cup (Pacharisi)
Par-Boiled Rice      - 1 cup (Pulungal Arisi)
Urad Dal                 - 1 cup
Fenugreek Seeds     - 2 tsp (Vendhayam)
Salt                          - As required
Gingelly Oil            - For Dosai

Procedure:

• Wash Soak everything overnight. In the morning, grind together to a batter.
• Add enough salt to the batter. Now your Dosai batter is ready. Fermentation is not at all needed for this dosai. You can start preparing Dosai instantly.
• Heat the Dosai pan. Grease it with gingelly oil. Add the batter to the pan and expand it like Uthapam. Apply oil to it.. Once both sides are done, remove from the flame and serve it!!!
• Serve it hot with sambar and Chutney of your choice.

Kanchipuram Rava Uppuma

Kanchipuram Rava uppuma differs from usual Rava uppuma in the seasoning which is added to it. Cumin seeds, Pepper and Grated Coconut are added for seasoning. Give a try to this Kanchipuram Uppuma instead of regular Rava uppuma.. The recipe follows..

Recipe For : 2

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Rava                     - 1 cup

Big Onion            - 1 (small)

Chopped Ginger  - 2 tsp

Green Chili          - 1

Grated Coconut   - 2 tsp

Curry Leaves       - few

Mustard Seeds     - 1/4 tsp

Urad Dal              - 1/4 tsp

Channa Dal          - 1/4 tap

Cumin Seeds        - 1/4 tsp

Black Pepper        - 1/2 tsp

Cashew Nuts        - 4-6 (optional)

Salt                       - As required

Turmeric Powder - a pinch

Oil                        - 2 tbsp

Procedure:

• Dry roast rava till it leaves nice aroma. Take it out in a plate. Chop Big Onion lengthwise. Slit Green chili. Finely chop Ginger. . I will make sure that they are finely chopped so that my husband and my kid can't even take it out.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds , Urad dal, channa dal , cumin seeds and pepper to it. If you wish you can also add Cashew nuts. 
• After thy splutter add chopped onion, Ginger , Green chili and curry leaves to it.
• When the onions turn translucent, add Grated coconut and 2.5 cups of water to the pan.
• Add also salt and Turmeric powder.
• When the water boils, add roasted rava in small instances. Keep on stirring in between to avoid the lumps.
• Cook for 3- 5 minutes till rava has absorbed all its water. Serve it hot... Tastes good with Coconut Chutney..

Whole Wheat Naan

How many Naan lovers there??? Here is the recipe for easy Homemade Butter Naan. . I usually prepare Naan with whole wheat flour. I don't prefer Maida flour, since many chemicals are used to refine it..  Try to replace Maida with Whole Wheat flour for preparing Poori, Parotta or Naan for a healthy life style.. You will surely love the taste too!!!

Now coming is the recipe for Whole Wheat Naan..

Recipe For : 8 Naan

Preparation Time : 2 hours

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour               - 3 cups

Sugar                                      - 1 tbsp

Instant Yeast                          - 1/2 tsp

Yogurt                                    - 4 tbsp

Butter                                     - 2 tbsp

Water                                     - 1.5 cups

Kalonji Seeds                        - few (Karunjeeragam)

Salt                                        - As required

Procedure:

• Take instant yeast, sugar in a bowl. Add 1.5 cups of water to it and mix well. Let the mixture sit idle for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes, you can see the mixture has frothed. Now add 1 cup of wheat flour and whisk it. Keep it aside for 45 minutes. Now the mixture would look like in the below picture.
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• After 45 minutes, add remaining flour, salt,yogurt and butter to the bowl and start kneading well. Cover and keep the dough for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, divide the dough into big size balls. Cover it again and keep it aside for 20 minutes.
• After 20 minutes, start rolling the dough with the help of flour. Sprinkle some Kalonji seeds in between and start rolling the dough.
• Heat a dosai pan. When its hot place rolled out dough on it and cook on both sides. When its done on both sides, add some butter over the cooked Naan and serve it hot...

Masala Idli

Masala Idli

This is my kid's favorite recipe... When ever i prepare Idli for Breakfast, will  cook 2 more Idlis together.  Will prepare this Masala Idli with those Idlis  for dinner. My kid just loves this idli. You can easily prepare this dish with the left-over idlis. 

Idli is such a healthy Breakfast. You can try giving this dish to those who don't even like idli also.. The masalas and vegetables added, enhance the taste of this idli.

Here is the recipe..

Ingredients: (Recipe For 1)

Idli                            - 3

Big Onion                 - 1

Carrot                        - 1 (small)

Chopped Cabbage     - a handful

Green Peas                 - a handful

Capsicum                   - 1/2

Tomato                       - 1

Ginger-Garlic Paste   - 1 tbsp

Salt                             - As required

Turmeric Powder       - a pinch

Chilli Powder             - 1/2 tsp

Garam Masala            - 1/2 tsp

Curry Leaves              - few

Procedure:

• Boil Green Peas. Chop Big onion, Carrot and capsicum finely.
• Cut idli into chunks.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onion and curry leaves.
• After the onions are translucent, add Ginger-Garlic paste.
• Saute till raw flavor goes off. After that add all the chopped vegetables except tomato.
• After some time, add chopped tomatoes.
• Add salt, turmeric and chilli powder to the pan.
• Mix well the masala with the vegetables and add Idli chunks.
• Mix everything well together  and cook for another 15 minutes.
• Add Garam Masala  Powder and serve immediately.
• Serve with Chutney Of Your Choice.

aapam (step wise pictures)

Aappam

Appam is the dish which few people think that its hard to prepare. But its quite easy. Just like Dosai one can do. You have to prepare the batter. Soak the ingredients for batter on the previous day itself.

Soak it for atleast 5 hours. Then grind it. Let it ferment for the whole night. In the morning , can prepare appam with the batter. you don't even need a typical appam pan. If your stove is a electirc one, you can't use appam pan. In that case you can use a small non-stick pan. The corners won't be very crispy.. But something is better than nothing. So give it a try.

 Ingredients: 

Idli rice                                        - 1 cup
Paccharisi ( Raw rice)                 - 1 cup
Urad dhal                                     - 1/4 cup
Javvarisi ( Sago)                          - 1/4 cup
vendhayam ( fenugreek seeds)    - 2 tsp
Salt                                               - as required
Gingelly Oil                                 - for appam
Grated Coconut                            - a handful

Procedure: 

1. Add grated coconut to the fermented batter. The batter should be in free flowing consistency
2. Heat the pan. 
3. Add oil to grease the pan. 
4. Pour batter with a ladle in the centre .(picture 1)
5. Then rotate the pan so that batter reaches all the parts of the pan. Apply some oil. Close it with a lid. (picture 2 & 3)
6. Once its done remove from the flame and serve with coconut milk.

Quick Tips:

 Though many procedures are followed for preparing appam, this is the one which i learnt from my MIL. I don't prefer adding appam soda since its unhealthy. If you want you can add a pinch.