Meen Kozhambu #3 - Madurai Style

Ingredients:

Vanjaram fish - 250 g
Nalennai - 1/4 cup
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2  tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
Fennel powder - 1/2 tsp(optional)
Green chilly - 1
Small Onion - 15(fine chop)
Tomato -  1 1/2 (puree)
Garlic - 3-4 (fine chop)
Coriander leaves - Little
Tamrind pulp - Soak lemon size tamrind in water.
Water, Salt - As reqd

Method:

• Strain tamrind pulp and set aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and add fenugreek seeds.
• Add in onion, green chilly and garlic and saute.
• Add in ginger garlic paste and tomato puree and cook in low flame.
• Now add in the spice powders and mix well.
• Add the tamrind pulp and little water and cook for few mins.
• Wash the fish pieces and set aside.
• Once gravy starts to reduce in consistency add in salt.
• Add fish pieces and cook for 4-6 mins.
• Garsnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Prawn Pepper Thokku

Ingredients:

Prawn - 150 g
Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Tomato - 1(small, fine chop)
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig (fine chop)
Pepper powder - 3/4 tbsp
Sambar thool - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Lime juice - 1 tbsp
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Remove the nerves and clean prawns.
• Add in turmeric and set aside.
• In a pan, heat oil and add in onion.
• Then add tomato and then add pepper powder and sambar thool.
• Add reqd salt and mix well.
• Cook in low flame.
• Add in water and let it cook for few mins.
• Add the prawns and cook in low flame.
• Mix it well and cook for few mins.

Fish Fry #2

Ingredients:

Vanjaram Fish - 5 slices
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig(cut & add)
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Lime juice - 1/2 limes
Vinegar - 1 tsp
Water - Little
Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• In a bowl add spice powders, ginger garlic paste.
• Add in lime juice, vinegar and salt and mix well.
• Add little oil, curry leaves and mix well.
• If needed add water and make a paste.
• Add in washed fish pieces and apply paste all over.
• Let it aside for min 30 mins.
• In a tawa add little oil and fry these pieces.

Nutty Chocolates

Ingredients:

Cocoa powder - 3/4 cup
Powdered sugar - 1 cup
Milk powder -  1/3 cup
Cocoa butter/Oil / Unsalted butter- 3/4 cup
Chopped Nuts - 2 tbsp

Method:

• In a bowl add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Now add in butter and mix them evenly.
• Fill half the mould with batter and then add chopped nuts.
• Cover them with batter.
• Dap them twice.
• Refrigerate till it set and enjoy the nutty chocolates.

Chocolate - 4 Ingredients

Ingredients:

Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp
Powdered sugar - 2 tbsp
Milk powder -  2 tbsp
Unsalted butter - 1/4 cup

Method:

• In a bowl add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Now add in butter and mix them evenly.
• Pour them in moulds and dap them twice.
• Refrigerate till it set and enjoy the chocolates.

Paneer Butter Masala #2 - OPOS

Ingredients:

Onion - 2
Tomato - 4(small, scoop seeds)
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder - 1 tsp
Kasuri methi - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Paneer - 150 g
Butter - 2 tbsp
Water - 3 tbsp

Method:

• Take a pressure pan and add butter.
• Cook in low flame.
• Add water and then onion, tomato.
• Add in sugar, salt and all spice powders.
• Mix them up.
• Pressure cook this for 3-4 whistles.
• Meanwhile  shallow fry paneer and set aside.
• Once pressure releases, either blend or mash the gravy.
• Add in paneer cubes and let boil for few seconds.
• Sprinkle little garam masala and methi leaves.

Note:

• You can soak paneer in warm milk and add.
• Or you can marinate paneer with spice powders and add.

Subway Sandwich Bread

Subway Sandwich

Layering

Sliced Bread

Ingredients:

Subway Bread - 1
Cheese Slice - 2
Veg Mayonaise - 2 tbsp
Tomato Sauce - 2 tbsp
Red Chilly flakes - 2 tsp
Tomato - 2 (cut into thin circles)
Onion - 1 (cut into thin circles)
Paneer Crispy Balls - 3
Lettuce Leaves - As reqd

• Method:
• 
  
• Slice the bread and spread mayonaise.
• Place cheese slices and sprinkle little chilly flakes.
• Place 3 onion roundels next to each other.
• In same way top 3tomato roundels.
• Then place 3 paneer crispy balls.
• Top it with tomato sauce and sprinkle chilly flakes.
• Cover with other slice bread and serve homemade subway sandwich bread.

Subway Style Bread

Sliced

Baked

2nd proofing

1st proofing

Dough

 Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 2 cups
All purpose flour - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1 tsp
Olive Oil - 2 tbsp
Dry yeast - 1 tbsp
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Warm water 1 cup

Method:

• In a bowl add sugar, yeast and water and set aside.
• In other bowl add flour,salt and oil and mix well.
• Once yeast is activated you can add it to flour and mix well.
• Knead and make a soft dough.
• Set aside for an hour for proofing.
• Now punch the dough and shape it to a log.
• Cut this into 4 equal parts.
• Shape each part to a log.
• Place this in a greased butter paper and apply oil.
• You can sprinkle sesame seeds or italian herbs on top(optional).
• Set this aside for 30 mins for proofing.
• Bake this in a preheated oven(OTG) at 180°C for 25-30 mins.
• Once baked brush the top with oil.

Veg Mayonise #2

Ingredients:

Milk - 1/4 cup
Oil - 3/4 cup
Salt - 1 tsp
Powdered sugar - 1 tsp
Mustard powder - 1/2 tsp
Crushed pepper corns - 1/4 tsp
Vinegar - 2 tsp

Method:

• Crush mustard seeds to a powder and set aside.
• In a bowl add milk, oil, salt and powdered sugar.
• Add in mustard powder, crushed pepper corns.
• Blend this using electric hand mixer for 2 mins at speed.
• Then add vinegar and blend at high speed, till it is creamy.

Note:

• You can blend in your mixie too, but should check for consistency.
• Instead of vinegar you can use lime juice too.

Veg Mayonaise #1

Ingredients:

Fresh Cream - 200 g
Oil - 1/4 cup
Salt - 1 tsp
Powdered sugar - 1 tsp
Mustard powder - 1/2 tsp
Crushed pepper corns - 1/4 tsp
Vinegar - 2 tsp

Method:

• Crush mustard seeds to a powder and set aside.
• In a bowl add fresh cream, oil, salt and powdered sugar.
• Add in mustard powder, crushed pepper corns.
• Blend this using electric hand mixer for 2 mins at speed.
• Then add vinegar and blend at high speed, till it is creamy.

Note:

• You can blend in your mixie too, but should check for consistency.
• Instead of vinegar you can use lime juice too.

Carrot Oats Muffins #2 - Eggless

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 3/4 cup
Oats - 1/2 cup
Grated carrot - 3/4 cup
Brown sugar - 1 cup
Curd - 1 cup
Oil - 1/4 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Esc - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Walnuts - 2 tbsp(chopped)

Method:

• In a bowl take curd and add sugar.
• Mix well and then add oil and esc.
• In other bowl sieve flour, oats,baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add this to curd and mix well.
• Add in the grated carrots and mix well.
• If batter is too thick, add little milk.
• Line the muffin tray and add batter to it.
• Top it with chopped nuts.
• Bake this in a preheated oven(OTG) at 180°C for 18-20 mins.

CoconutKhoya Ladoo

Ingredients:

Unsweetened Khoya - 3/4 cup
Dessicated Coconut - 1/3 cup
Jaggery - 3/4 cup
Water - 1/3 cup
Elaichi powder - a pinch(optional)

Method:

• Soak jaggery in warm water and crush it.
• Then heat up, until it is thick.
• Then strain and set aside.
• Now add this syrup to pan and heat up.
• Once it starts to bubble up, add khoya and mix well.
• Once it starts to thicken add the dessicated coconut and mix well.
• Let it cool down, make small ladoos.
• Roll them in dessicated coconut and serve.

Paneer Crispy Balls

Ingredients:

Paneer - 100 g (grated)
Potato - 2 (grated)
Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Mint Leaves - Little
Cashews - 6-8 (fine chop)
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Red Chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Rusk - 4 pieces (powdered)
Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Heat oil in pan and add onion.
• Saute for a while and add ginger garlic paste.
• Add in grated potato and cook in low flame.
• Add in all spice powders, salt and mix well.
• Add in mint leaves and mix well.
• Transfer this to a bowl.
• Now heat little oil in pan and fry cashews and add it to the same bowl.
• Add in rusk powder and mix well.
• Make small balls out of it.
• Use paniyaaram kal and with little oil fry these balls.
• Serve with tomato sauce.

Note:
You can use bread crumbs instead of rusk powder.

2 Min ChocoBanana Mug Cake

Ingredients:

Banana - 1 (mashed 4 tbsp)
Wheat flour - 3 tbsp
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Chocolate Chips - 2 tbsp
Oil - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• In a bowl, add banana and mash it with fork.
• Add sugar and mix well.
• Then add cocoa powder and mix well.
• Add flour, baking powders and mix well.
• Add chocochips and mix well.
• Grease a microwave safe mug(with oil) and pour the batter in.
• Top with chocochips.
• Microwave high for 2 mins.

Coconut Cookies #1

Ingredients:
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 1/2 cup
Dessicated coconut - 1/2 cup
Vanilla Esc - 1 tsp
Milk - 1-2 tsp

Method:

• In a bowl add butter and sugar and mix till creamy.
• Add in flour, coconut, esc and mix well.
• Add milk(if needed) and knead to soft smooth dough.
• Freeze it for 10 mins.
• Make small balls and press it.
• Dust it with dessicated coconut.
• Line a baking tray and place these cookies.
• Bake them in a preheated oven(OTG) at 180°C for 15-18 mins.

Coconut Ladoo

Ingredients:

Dessicated Coconut - 1 cup
Codensed Milk - 1/2 cup
Elaicihi powder - a pinch(optional)

Method:

• Heat a pan and roast the dessicated coconut for 2 mins.
• Add milkmaid to this and cook in low flame and mix them.
• It will come together like a dough.
• Turn off the flame and make small balls.
• Roll them in dessicated coconut and serve.

Note:

• If you don't have dessicated coconut, then use regular one.
• But roast them till golden brown and use.

Rolled Buttercream Fondant

Ingredients:
Unsalted Butter - 250 g(softened)
Light Corn Syrup - 1 cup or Sugar - 1 cup(dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water)
Powdered Sugar  - 4 1/2 cups
Vanilla esc - 1 tsp

Method:

• In a bowl add butter and whisk it using electric mixer.
• Add in corn syrup or acc and whisk again.
• Add in vanilla esc and food color gel(if using) and whisk it.
• Add powdered sugar little by little and mix well.
• Mix and form a nice dough.
• Cling wrap and store in air tight container.
• Refrigerate for 2-3 hours before using.
• While rolling it out dust the surface with icing sugar and roll thin.
• Use this to cover cake or cut different shapes and decorate your cake.

Wheat ChocoApple Muffins

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 3/4 cup
Brown sugar - 1/2 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp
Water - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1 tbsp
Apple - 1 (peel, deseed and grated/chop)

Method:

• In a bowl take flour, bakig soda and baking powder.
• Add cocoa powder and mix well.
• In other bowl take water, add sugar and mix till it dissolves.
• Add oil to this and mix well.
• Add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Add grated apple and mix well.
• Line the muffin tray and scoop and add batter to this.
• Bake this in a preheated oven(OTG) at 180°C for 20-25 mins.

Eggless TuttiFrutti Muffins

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Oil - 1/2 cup
Vanilla Esc - 2 tsp
Curd - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1 1/4 tsp
Tutti frutti - 2-3 tbsp
Salt - a pinch
Milk - 1/4 cup

Method:

• In a bowl take tutti frutti and add tsp of flour and toss and set aside.
• In other bowl take sugar, oil and vanilla esc and mix well.
• In other bowl take curd, add baking powder and baking soda.
• Set aside for 5 mins.
• Then add sugar mix and mix well.
• Add flour, salt and mix well.
• Add milk and mix up. 
• Add little tutti frutti and mix well.
• Line a muffin tray and pour this 3/4th of this batter in each cup.
• Sprinkle tutti frutti on top.
• Bake this in a preheated oven (OTG) at 180°C for 20-25 mins.

Small Onion Chutney #2 -Spicy

Ingredients:

Small Onion - 15-20
Dry Red Chilly - 4-5
Tamrind - small piece
Temper - Mustard seeds, Urad dal, Curry leaves
Salt, Oil, Water - As Reqd

Method:

• In a pan add oil and saute onion and chillies.
• Add tamarind and salt and reqd water and blend it.
• Heat oil in pan and add this paste and cook in low flame for few mins.
• Transfer this to bowl.
• Heat oil in pan and add items under temper.
• Add this to chutney.

Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake #2

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
Curd - 1 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1 1/4 tsp
Oil - 1/2 cup
Vanilla esc - 1 1/2 tsp
Milk - 1 tbsp

Method:

• In a bowl add curd and sugar and mix well.
• Now add baking soda and baking powder and mix and set aside for 5 mins.
• Once it bubbles up, add in vanilla esc, oil and mix well.
• Add flour and mix well.
• If batter is too thick add little milk and mix.
• Pour this into greased pan.
• Bake this in a preheated oven(OTG) at 190°C for 25-30 mins.

Note:

• I divided and made too cakes.
• One is covered with ganache and dusted with sprinklers.
• Other used for rustic remote ctrl car cake.

Marshmallow Fondant

Ingredients:

Marshmallow - 150 g or Homemade Marshmallow
Powdered Sugar - 1 1/4 cup
Corn Flour - 1/2 tbsp
Water - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp

Method:

• Take marshmallow in big microwave safe bowl.
• Add water and microwave high for 30 seconds.
• Take it out and again pop for 30 seconds.
• Repeat this till your marshmallows are melted.
• Set this aside for few mins.
• Then add sugar little by little and keep mixing. 
• Grease your hands with oil to avoid stickiness.
• Keep mixing until you get a soft nonsticky dough.
• You can cling wrap and store in air tight container at room temperature.
• Stays good for 5-6 days.

Note:

• While using dust the surface with icing sugar and then roll it.
• You can also add colors to this.
• If you find it hardened, then just sprinkle water and knead or just microwave for 30 secs.

Marshmallows

Ingredients:
Gelatin - 2 tbsp
Cold water - 1 cup
Granulated Sugar - 2 cups
Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Vanilla esc - 2 tsp

Method:

• In a bowl add gelatin and add 1/2 cup of cold water.
• Set this aside for 10 mins.
• In other pan add 1/2 cup cold water and sugar and stir in medium flame.
• Once sugar is dissolved add in the gelatin and bring to rolling boil.
• Now transfer this to a bowl.
• Add in salt and vanilla esc.
• Using hand mixer and whisk till it is soft and doubled in volume.
• Grease a pan and dust with powdered sugar.
• Pout the batter to this and smoothen it with a greased spatula.
• Leave it uncovered for 3-4 hrs or until firm.
• Dust with powdered sugar and cut into desired shapes.
• Store in air tight container.

Note:
While whisking first whisk at low for 2 mins and then at high for 10-15mins.

Pav Bhaji Dosa

Ingredients:

Dosa Batter - 1 cup
Pav Bhaji - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 2-3 tbsp
Oil - As reqd.

Method:

• Heat a tawa, and pour a laddle of dosa batter and spread.
• Low the flame.
• Drizzle some oil over the dosa.
• Add butter in the middle and then paav bhaji.
• Spread this and let this cook.
• Once roasted serve the bhaji dosa with chutney or can have as such.

Ellu Rice

Ingredients:

White Sesame seeds - 3-4 tbsp
Dry red chilly - 3 - 4
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad  dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - Little
Rice - 3/4 cup(boiled)
Oil, Water, Salt - As reqd

Method:

• Dry roast sesamae seed, once it starts to crackle transfer to a plate.
• Now add 3 chillies and roast it.
• Add reqd salt and saute for few seconds.
• Grind all this to fine powder.
• Now heat oil in pan and add mustard, cumin and urad dal.
• Add one chilly and curry leaves.
• Add this to boiled rice, add the reqd grinded powder and mix with fork.

Paal Kesari

Ingredients:

  Rava - 1 cup
  Sugar - 2 cups
  Milk - 2 cups
  Badam, raisins - 5- 6 pieces each
  Ghee - As reqd.
  Kesari color - Pinch(optional)

Method:

• In a pan add ghee and fry rava and keep aside,
• Add ghee and fry badam and raisins too and keep aside.
• Now heat the pan and add milk and let it boil.
• Once done low the flame and add rava and stir for 3-4 mins.
• Add sugar and mix well and cook for 4-5 mins.
• Add ghee and finally add fried badam and raisins and serve hot.

Note:

• Paal Kesari will be in white color.
• My people will not eat if its in white color, so I added kesari color.

Tiffin Sambar #3

Ingredients:
Thoor dal - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/4 cup (dry roast and keep)
Tamrind - Little(soak lemon size tamrind in water)
Small onion - 10 (Thin slices)
Tomato - 1 (fine chop)
Coriander leaves - Little
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Sambar thool - 1 tsp
Hing -  Little
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd
Temper - mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, 1 dry red chilly
Roast & Grind:
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Raw rice - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Dry red chilly - 1
Grated Coconut - 1 tbsp

Method:

• Heat a pan and dry roast ingredients under "roast and grind".
• Let it cool and grind this to a powder.
• In a bowl take dals, add turmeric powder and hing and pressure cook for 6 whistles.
• Once boiled mash and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add items under temper.
• Now add small onions and tomato and saute.
• Add mashed dal, required water and salt and mix well.
• Add tamrind pulp, grinded powder, sambar thool and mix well.
• Let this boil for 6-8 mins.
• Once it thickens a bit, transfer to bowl.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Note:

• I made mini idly and drizzled ghee.
• Then added this sambar.
• While serving topped with finely chopped big onion.

Vanilla Cake - Eggless #1

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 1/4 cup
Condensed milk - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Vinegar - 1 tsp
Vanilla Esc - 1 tsp

Method:

• In a bowl add flour, baking soda, baking powder and mix well.
• In other bowl add butter and condensed milk and mix well.
• Now add sugar, vinegar, vanilla esc and mix nicely till sugar dissolves.
• Add sugar and mix well.
• Now add the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Pour this in a greased pan.
• Bake this in a preheated oven(OTG) at 180°C for 25-30 mins.

Note:

• I baked in two moulds.
• In one I topped with red tutti frutti and the other plain.

Thattai

Ingredients:

Rice flour - 2 cups
Gram flour - 1/2 cup (pottukadalai)
Urad dal flour - 2 tbsp
Chana dal - 1 1/2 tbsp
Butter - 1 1/2 tbsp(softened)
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Hing - a pinch
White Sesamae seeds - 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves - Little
Water, Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Soak chana dal for half an hour.
• Dry roast pottukadalai for few mins and grind it to a powder.
• Transfer this to a bowl.
• In same kadaai dry roast urad dal, till color changes a bit(light brown).
• Grind this to a powder and transfer this to the bowl.
• Dry roast rice flour for few mins and transfer to a bowl.
• Now take all flours in same bowl.
• Strain channa dal and add to this.
• Add hing, red chilly powder, curry leaves(tear and add).
• Add butter, sesame seeds and salt and mix well.
• Add water little by little and make soft dough.
• Make small balls and set side.
• Take a plastic sheet and apply oil in it.
• Place a ball in that and top with another sheet.
• Press the ball using a dappa(I used coffee dabara).
• It should be thin.
• Line them in greased butter paper or towel.
• Prick them with fork.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these thattais.

ChocoVanilla Muffins - Eggless

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Warm water - 3/4 cup

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Vinegar - 1/2 tsp

Vanilla Esc - 1 tsp

Butter - 3 tbsp(melted)

Cocoa Powder - 1-2 tbsp

Salt - a pinch

Method:

• Mix all dry ingredients(except cocoa powder) and set aside.
• In other bowl take warm water.
• Add sugar, vanilla esc and vinegar and mix well.
• Add in butter and mix till sugar is completely dissolved.
• Now add the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Take a portion of this batter in other bowl.
• Add cocoa powder to this and mix well.
• Line the muffing tray and pour vanilla batter and little cocoa batter(refer pic).
• Bake this in a preheated oven(OTG) at 180°C for 20-22 mins.

Note:

I have made plain vanilla muffins too.

Tiffin Sambar #2

Ingredients:

  Moong dhal - 1/2 cup
  Small Onion - 10 (cut it into halves)
  Tomato - 1 (sliced)
  Green Chilly - 1
  Tamrind pulp - Little
  Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
  Hing - pinch
  Temper - Mustard, cumin seeds, curry leaves
  Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

To Grind:
  Channa dal - 1 tbsp
  Coriander Seeds - 1 tbsp
  Dry Red chilly - 1

Method:

• Dry roast moong dal.
• In a bowl add moong dhal and thoor dhal and required water.
• Add turmeric powder and hing and pressure cook(6 whistles).
• Once pressure releases, mash the dal and keep aside.
• Dry roast items under to grind and grind it and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add items under temper.
• Then add onion, after a while add tomato and chilly.
• Saute for a while and then add salt.
• Now add the mashed dal and required water.
• Add the grinded powder and tamrind pulp.
• Let it boil for 5-8 mins.
• Best combo for idly and dosa.

Note:

• You can add potato and carrot too.
• Boil and add them.