Poha Aapam

Ingredients:

Idly Rice - 1 cup (Medium size)
Poha - 1/2 cup
Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1 tbsp
Water - As reqd

Method:

• Wash and drain poha and set aside.
• Soak rice and poha in water for 4 hours.
• Drain the water and grind it with little water.
• Add in salt while grinding.
• After 8 mins add in grated coconut and grind well.
• It should be niether too thick nor too thin.
• Trasnfer to bowl and set aside to ferment.
• Heat aapa kadai and pour a laddle of batter.
• Swirl this and cover and cook in low flame.
• Serve hot with coconut milk and kurma or any sidedish of your choice.
• Yields around 10-12 aapams.

Rumali Roti

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 240 g
Maida - 80 g
Salt - 1 1/4 tsp
Water - As reqd
Oil - 2 tbsp
Maida - 2 tbsp (for dusting)

Method:

• In a bowl add wheat flour, maida and salt.
• Mix well.
• Add water little by little and mix gradually.
• Add oil and make a soft dough.
• Cover and set this aside for 15-20 mins.
• Make medium sized balls out of it.
• Sprinkle maida and roll it thin.
• You can also do the same with your hands (refer video)
• Now heat a tawa and place this and cook for a second.
• Now invert the tawa and place the roti and cook both sides.
• It will take only few seconds.
• Roll it like rumali (handkerchief) and serve hot.
• Yields 10 rotis.

Note:
Tastes good when hot.

Godhumai Rava Upma

Ingredients:

Godhumai Rava - 2 cup
Onion - 1 1/2 (fine chop)
Green Chilly - 2
Dry red chilly - 1 (break and deseed)
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Coriander Leaves - Little (fine chop)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Hot Water - 4 cups
Hing - a pinch
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Dry roast rava and set aside.
• I have used samba godhumai rava.
• Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds.
• Add in urad dal, curry leaves, dry red chilly.
• Add in green chilly and saute in low flame.
• Add in fine chopped onion and saute for a while.
• In other bowl boil water and set aside.
• Add boiling water to pan and add salt.
• Mix well.
• Add in hing and mix well.
• Now add godhuma rava and mix well.
• Cover and cook in low flame for 4-5 mins.
• Add in fine chopped coriander leaves and ghee and mix well.
• Serve hot.

Red Chilly Paste

Ingredients:

Kashmiri Dry Red Chilly - 25
Vinegar - 2 tsp
Oil - 13 ml
Water - As reqd

Method:

• Boil water in a pan.
• Once it starts to bubble add in chilly and vinegar.
• Cook in low flame for 5-6 mins.
• Drain the water and blend the chillies to fine paste.
• Heat oil in pan and add grinded paste.
• Cook in low flame for 10 mins.
• That is till oil oozes out.
• Let it cool and store in airtight container.
• Can use in recipes of your choice.

Godhumai Rava Payasam

Ingredients:

Godhumai Rava - 1/2 cup
Water - 1 1/2 cup
Jaggery - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Coconut Milk - 1/3 cup
Cashews - 6 (fine chop)
Raisins - 6
Coconut Pieces - Little (fine chop)
Elaichi powder - a pinch
Ghee - As reqd

Method:

• Dry roast rava and transfer to a bowl.
• Add water and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles and set aside.
• Now to a pan add in ghee and roast cashews and raisins and set aside.
• Again add ghee and add coconut pieces and fry till coconut changes to mild brown color.
• Now to the same pan add cooked rava and jaggery and mix well.
• Cook in low flame.
• Once they are binded well, add in milk and cook in low flame for 6-8 mins.
• Add in elaichi powder and coconut milk and mix it.
• Add ghee and mix well.
• Let it boil for few seconds.

Transfer to serving bowl and add fried cashews, raisins and coconut pieces.