When I am bored of having the usual idli or dosa for breakfast, I turn to upma for a change.It is so easy to prepare and in grannys words this is South-Indian fast food!
You need:
Wheat Rava – 1 cup
Vegetables – peas,carrot,potato – finely chopped and parboiled
Onion – 2 chopped
Tomato – 1,chopped
Ginger – a small pice [...]
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You need:
Grated coconut – 1/2 a cup
Roasted Bengal gram-1/4 a cup
Green Chillies – 3 [adjust to taste]
Tamarind – a small piece [optional]
Salt – to taste
Seasoning:
Mustard – 1 teaspoon
Urad dhal- 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves – a few
Oil – 1 tablespoons
1.Grind all the ingredients to a fine paste.
2.Heat oil and add the seasoning and [...]
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You need: .
Garlic- ½ cup ,chopped
Shallots /pearl onions– 1 cup ,chopped
Tamarind extract – 1 ½ cups [thick]
Salt -to taste
Chilli powder – 1tsp
Turmeric powder -a pinch
Gingelly /sesame seed oil – ½ cup
For seasoning
Mustard – 1 teaspoon
Asafetida – a pinch
Red chillies – 2
Curry leaves
1. Heat the oil in a pan and add the seasonings – mustard, [...]
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During my post-natal stay in the hospital,a small bowl of rice was served along with the regular lunch.I tasted it hesitantly and found that it was good and it was garlic rice.That was the first time I ever tasted this dish.I liked it straight away and since then I have made it a point to [...]
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Da suan,ajo,agliottli,ail,poor man’s treacle…..
Wondering what these are? They are nothing but the names of GARLIC in Chinese,Spanish,Italian. …
Did you know that garlic was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, chewed by Greek Olympian atheletes and thought to be essential for keeping vampires at bay! ?
Garlic is used as a seasoning or a condiment. [...]
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