Strawberry Cobbler

Baked Cobbler

B4 Baking

Batter

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 6-8
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Butter - 100 g (melted)
Vanilla esc - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Remove the leaf part and cut strawberries to thins slices.
• In a pan add 3/4 cup of sugar and strawberries and srir in low flame.
• Sugar should coat berries (glazed berries) and set this aside.
• In other bowl add all other ingredients and mix well.
• Grease a pan and add the batter.
• Top with the glazed strawberries.
• Bake this in a preheated oven (OTG) at 180°C for 25-30 mins.
• Serve this as such or can be served with vanilla ice-cream.

Note:

You can reduce the amount of baking powder. I used a tsp of baking powder.

Irish Soda Bread

Sliced

Baked bread

B4 baking

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Mixed Herbs - 1 tsp
Buttermilk - 1/2 cup
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Honey - 1 tbsp
Oats - 1 tbsp

Method:

• In a bowl add buttermilk and baking soda and mix well.
• Set this aside for 5 mins(it will bubble up).
• Add in olive oil, honey and mix well.
• In a bowl add flour, salt and mixed herbs(italian seasoning) and mix. 
• Add wet ingredients the flour and mix well.
• It will be sticky dough.
• Transfer this to the baking pan and sprinkle oats on top.
• Bake this in a preheated oven (OTG) at 180 for 20-22 mins.

Note:

You can just make a ball shape and bake the same.

Poached(Udacha) Egg Kozhambu

Add each egg little away from the other

Ingredients:

Egg - 4
Small onion - 10-15 (fine chop)
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
Gingely oil - 3 tbsp
Coriander leaves - Little
Salt, Water - As reqd

To Roast and Grind:

Dry Red Chilly - 8
Pepper corns - 1 tbsp
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup
Cinnamon stick - small piece
Onion - 1(medium size)
Tomato - 1 1/2
Garlic pods - 3-4

Method:

• Heat little oil in pan and add items under "to roast and grind".
• Saute them till it turns brown.
• Transfer this to a plate and blend it to a paste.
• Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Add small onion and saute for a while.
• Add the grinded paste, garam masala and salt.
• Add reqd water and mix well and let it boil.
• Cook in low flame.
• Now in a bowl break open a egg and add it to gravy.
• Add remaining eggs one by one to the gravy.
• Cover and cook for 2-3 mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Ghee Cake

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 1/2 cup(melted)
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Curd - 1/4 cup
Milk - 1/4 cup
Vanilla esc - 1 tsp
Cashews - 10-12 (fine chop)

Method:

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• In a bowl take flour and add baking powder and set aside.
• In other bowl add curd and baking soda and mix well.
• Then add milk, sugar, esc, ghee and whisk well.
• Add in dry ingredient and mix well.
• Grease the pan with oil and dust with flour.
• Sprinkle the chopped nuts and pour the batter in.
• Bake this in a preheated oven (OTG) at 180°C for 18-20 mins.

Pizza Dosa

Ingredients:

Dosa Batter - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1
Capsicum  - 1
Tomato - 1
Italian seasoning - 1 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/8 tsp
Grated Cheese - 1/2 cup
Butter - 2-3 tbsp
Pizza Sauce - 2-3 tbsp
Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Fine chop onion, tomato(deseed) and capsicum and add in a bowl.
• Now add salt, seasoning, pepper and mix well.
• Heat dosa tawa and pour a laddle of batter to it and spread.
• Cook in low flame, drizzle little oil.
• Once top is cooked, Add in a tbsp of pizza sauce.
• Then add 1/2 tbsp of butter, onion mix.
• Use a masher and mash all these and spread fully and cover dosa.
• Now add grated cheese and cover and cook.
• Serve the yummy pizza dosa.

Varutha Molaga Thokku

Ingredients:

Dry Red Chilly - 10
Onion - 1 (meidum size)
Small Onion - 12
Garlic pods - 4-5
Tamrind - small piece
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - A sprig
Salt, Oil, Water - As Reqd

Method:

• Heat oil in pan and add small onion, big onion and garlic.
• Saute this for a while and transfer to a blender.
• Now add little oil and add in red chilly and saute till it turns black.
• Once done, transfer to blender.
• Add in salt, tamrind and little water and blend this to a paste.
• Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• And then add grinded paste and cook in low flame for 3-4 mins.
• Goes good with idly, dosa and even bread.

Udupi Sambar

Ingredients:

Onion - 1 (thin slices)
Tomato - 1 1/2 (fine chop)
Small onion - 5 (roughly chop)
Green Chilly - 1
Dry Red chilly - 2
Carrot - 1
Beans - 2
Drumstick - 6-7 pieces
Brinjal - 1
Thoor dal - 1 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Tamrind pulp - 2 tbsp
Hing - a pinch
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Jaggery - Little
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Coriander Leaves - Little
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

Udupi Masala:

Dry Red chilly - 7
Coriander seeds - 5 tbsp
Channa dal - 2 tbsp
Urad dal - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
Coconut - 4 tbsp

Method:

• Heat little oil in pan and add items under "udupi masala".
• Roast them in low flame till it turns n brown color.
• Let it cool and grind to a paste.
• Add water, hing, turmeric powder and boil dal and set aside.
• Soak tamrind in water and strain and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add onions, tomato and green chilly and saute well.
• Add in veggies and add water and cover and cook till it is cooked.
• Now add in dal and grinded paste and tamrind water.
• Add in salt and cook in low flame.
• Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chilly.
• Add in curry leaves and add this to sambar.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice.

1 Min BiscuitCake #1

Ingredients:

Cream Biscuit - 5
Milkmaid - 1/4 cup
Milk - 2 tbsp
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Sprinklers - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• In a blender add in biscuits and blend it.
• Add in milkmaid and milk and give a blend.
• If batter is too thick you can add little milk.
• Pour this in a greased microwave safe bowl.
• Microwave high for a min.
• Let this cool and have as such.
• Or can apply choco spread/ frosting as you wish.
• Top it with sprinklers.

Note:

I used britania milk cream biscuits.

KarunaiKilangu Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

Small onion - 8-10
Garlic pods - 6-8
Tamrind - Lemon size(Soak in hot water)
Karunai Kilangu - 10-12 pieces(cut into cubes)
Sambar thool - 2 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/8 tsp
Dry red chilly - 1
Curry Leaves, Coriander Leaves - Little
Oil, Salt, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Soak tamrind in hot water and after a while strain and set aside.
• Boil this tamrind water.
• Add sambar thool, turmeric and salt to this.
• Add 1 1/2 cup of water and let it boil.
• After few mins add karunaikilangu(elephant yam) and let it boil.
• Heat oil in other pan and add mustard,cumin seeds and fenugreek.
• Add in dry red chilly and curry leaves.
• Once it splutters add in fine chopped onions and garlic and saute.
• Add this to boiling tamrind water and let it boil.
• Once it reduces in consistency add in pepper powder.
• Boil this for few more mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice.

My VegThali's

Menu #1 : Rice, Radish Sambar, Rasam, Curd, Vaendakaai Fry

 Menu #2: Rice,Tomato Soup, KarunaiKilangu Kuzhambu, Rasam, Curd, Vathal & MorMilagaai

Menu #3: Rice,Udipi Sambar, Rasam, Potato Chips & Curd

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Menu #4: Rice, Carrot Pappu, Paasi Payir Rasam, Vazhakaai Poreyal, Curd

Menu #5: Rice, Drumstick Sambar, Rasam, Snakegourd Poreyal, Curd

Menu #6: Rice, ChauChau Sambar, Rasam, Vazhaipoo Vadai, Curd

Menu #7: Rice, Mixed Veg sambar, Rasam, Vazhakaai Poreyal, Curd

Menu #8: Rice,Vaendakaai Kuzhambu, Rasam, Vathal, Curd

Menu #9: Rice, ChauChau Pappu, Rasam, Yam Poreyal, Curd

Menu #10: Rice, Radish Sambar, Rasam, Urulai Potalam, Curd

Menu #11: Rice, Papuls, Rasam, Vathal

Menu #12: Rice,Kalkandubadh, Pappu, Mixed Veg Sambar, Rasam, Yam Poreyal,Avarakaai Poreyal,

Chips, Curd

Menu #13: Rice, Moringa Soup, Murungakeerai Pappu, Rasam, Curd

Menu #14: PaneerMint Briyani, Briyani Gravy, Raita

 Menu #15: Rice, Sambar, Rasam, Aavakaai Bindhi, Curd

Menu #16: Rice, Drumstick Sambar, Rasam, KathiriMurungai Poreyal, curd

Menu #17: Rice, BrinjalKaara Kozhambu, Rasam, Potato Chips, Curd

Menu #18: Rice, Paakarkaai Pitali, Rasam, Curd, Applam

Menu #19: Mint Mattar Pulav, Plantain Masala

Menu #20: Puliodhare, Curd Rice, Carrot Chips, Potato Chips 

Menu #22: Jeera Pulav, Kadai Veg

Menu #23: Murungakaai Kuzhambu, Thakaali Rasam, Curd, Potato Chips and Rice

Menu #24:  Garlic Rice, Lemon Rice, Tamrind Rice, Curd Rice, Vathal, MaaInji Thokku, Mango

Menu #25: Rice, Udupi Sambar, Udupi Rasam, Plantain Poreyal, Curd, Pickle

Menu #26:  Rice, Ghee, Paruppu Podi, Poondu Kathirikaai Kaara Kuzhambu, Hotel Style Veg Sambar,

Thakkali Rasam, Urulai Roast, Appalam

Wheat ChocoMilkshake Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 cup
Corn flour - 1 tbsp
Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder - a pinch
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Chocolate Milkshake - 1 cup
Oil - 1/4 cup
Vanilla esc - 1 tsp
Chocochips - 2 tbsp
Sprinklers -  2 tbsp

Method:

• In a bowl add in wheat flour, corn flour, cocoa powder.
• Add baking powder and cinamon and mix well and seive it.
• In other bowl add in oil and sugar and whisk well till sugar melts.
• Add in milkshake and esc and mix well.
• Now add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Fill them 3/4th in the lined cupcake moulds.
• Top them with chocochips.
• Bake them in a preheated oven (OTG) at 180°C for 10-12 mins.
• Once baked set this to cool.
• I frosted with Mocha frosting.
• I sprinkled few sprinklers on top.

Choco Mocha Frosting #1

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter - 100 g
Icing Sugar - 2 cup
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
Coffee Decoction - 3 tsp

Method:

• In a bowl beat butter and add a cup of icing sugar.
• Beat this well.
• Add in cocoa powder and another cup of icing sugar.
• Beat this well.
• Add in fresh decoction and beat.
• You can use this frosting for cakes or cupcakes.

Note:

• If using powdered sugar then in a cup of sugar replace a tbsp with a tbsp of corn starch.
• I frosted 12 cupcakes with this.

Vaendakaai / Bindhi Fry #2

Ingredients:

Vaendakaai - 15
Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Kadala Maav - 2 tbsp
Arisi Maav (Rice flour) - 1 tsp
Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• First thin slice the bhindi and set aside.
• In a bowl add these, chilly poweder, rice flour and kadala maav and mix well.
• Add salt to this and mix well.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these.
• Crispy and yummy vaendakaai/okra/bhindi fry is ready.

Vaendakaai / Bindhi Fry # 1

Ingredients:

Vaendakaai - 15
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Chat masala - 1/2 tsp
Dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Kadala Maav - 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves - A sprig (chopped)
Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• First thin slice the bhindi and set aside.
• In a bowl add these and the spice powders and salt.
• Add in curry leaves and kadala maav and mix well.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these.
• Crispy and yummy vaendakaai/okra/bhindi fry is ready.

Vellai Paniyaaram

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup
Urad dal - 1 1/2 tbsp
Milk - 1/4 cup
Salt, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Soak rice and urad dal for 2 hours.
• Drain water and grind them to a fine paste.
• You can sprinkle water if needed.
• Add in salt and milk and make a thin batter than dosa.
• Heat oil in a kadai.
• Reduce the flame and pour a laddle of batter to this.
• It will spread like a flower.
• Flip and cook and transfer to a plate.
• Serve this with VaraMilagaai Thokku.

VaraMilagaai Thokku

Ingredients:

Varamilagaai / Dry red chilly - 8
Tomato - 2
Garlic pods - 4-5
Small Onion - 12-15
Nalennai - 3 tbsp
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Hing - Little
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Salt, Water - As reqd

Method:

• In a blender add chilly, garlic, onion and tomato.
• Add required salt to this and grind this to a puree.
• Add little water if needed.
• Heat nalennai in a pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Once it splutters reduce the flame and add hing and grinded puree.
• Cook this in low flame for about 12-15 mins.
• Varamilagai thokku is ready.

Almond Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 110 g or 1/2 cup
Almonds - 1/ 2 cup
Almond esc - 1/2 tsp

Method:

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• Soak almonds in hot water for about 20-30 mins.
• Remove the skin off.
• Heat a pan and dry roast this badam for few mins and set aside.
• Blend the roasted badam and sugar to a fine powder.
• Take this in a bowl and add flour to this.
• Add softened butter and esc and fold well with spatula.
• Just bring together and make a dough.
• Cling wrap this and refrigerate for an hour.
• Cut into deisred shapes and press in crushed almonds.
• Line this in a baking tray.
• Bake this in a preheated oven at 180°C for 10-12 mins.
• It will be soft out of oven and will turn crisp in a while.