Masala kadalai

How many masala kadalai lovers are there??

 You can prepare it very easily at home in less than fifteen minutes. It will be far better than store bought ones,  since we don't add any artificial colours or taste enhanceners.

Over to the recipe ..

Ingredients:

Raw peanuts        - 1 cup
Gram flour           - 1/4 cup
Rice flour              - 2 TBSP
Fennel seeds         - 1.5 TSP
Garlic                     - 4
Salt                         - as needed
Chili powder        - 2 TSP
Oil                           - for frying

Procedure:

You can check masala kadalai video recipe in Tamil here.

Grind Garlic and Fennel seeds together coarsely adding very little water.

Take a bowl. Add raw peanuts, gram flour, rice flour, garlic & fennel seeds paste, salt and chili powder to it.  Mix it well . If needed add little water. Each and every peanut should be coated with flour . If you add more water, flour won't stick well to peanuts .So add water  accordingly.

Now heat oil in a pan. When it is hot, add masala coated peanuts to it in small instances and fry it well on both sides in medium flame.

Drain excess oil and enjoy your  crispy and crunchy masala kadalai.

Notes:

 Adding garlic with skin increases masala kadalai flavour. You can also add more garlic according to your taste preference.

If you have added more water to peanuts try adding little more gram flour and rice flour. Gram flour should be more and rice flour should be less in quantity.      

Till Ka Khatta

This dish is prepared specially to have with Kichadi. Spicy sesame seeds and Peanuts gravy makes it a perfect combo for kichadi.. The recipe follows..

Recipe For :2

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Ingredients:

White Sesame Seeds   - 1/4 cup (Vellai Ellu)
Peanut                         - 1/4 cup
Tamarind                    - small lemon size ball
Big Onion                   - 1 (small)
Mustard Seeds            - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds               - 1/2 tsp
Dry Red Chili              - 2
Ginger-Garlic paste     - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves               - few
Coriander Leaves         - few
Oil                                - 2 tsp

Procedure:

• Dry roast Sesame seeds and peanuts. Grind it by adding little water. Extract juice from tamarind. Chop Big onion lengthwise.
• Take a bowl. Add tamarind extract to it. Add also sesame seeds-peanuts paste and chopped raw onion to it.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and dry red chili to it. When they splutter add ginger- garlic paste to it. Saute till raw flavor goes off  and after that add coriander leaves and curry leaves to it.
• Saute and add it also to bowl. Add enough salt and mix everything. Till Ka Khatta is ready to enjoy with Kichadi.

Easy Peanut Chat

Easy Peanut Chat

Want a tasty snack which is healthy too??? Boiled Peanut chat will help you... Its very easy to prepare.. Here goes the recipe!!

Ingredients: (Recipe for 2)

Boiled Peanut        - 1/2 cup

Puffed Rice            - 1 /2 cup

Big Onion              - 1 

Tomato                   - 1 

Carrot                     -  1 

Salt                         - As required

Chilli Powder         - 1/2 tsp

Coriander Powder  - 1/2 tsp

Cumin Powder       - 1/2 tsp

Chat Masala           - 1/4 tsp

Coriander Leaves   - few

Procedure:

• Chop finely onion and tomato. Grate carrot.. Take a big bowl.. Mix everything together. Serve it immediately. Prepare this just before the time of serving. Adjust the spice according to your taste..