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AVAL MIXTURE

Hi, One of the most easiest snack that you can make in minutes, Aval mixture .. the recipe is as below, COOKING TIME : 10 mins. SERVINGS : 4 members. INGREDIENTS :  Poha/ Aval : 1 cup. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp. Chilli powder - 1 tsp. Peanuts - 1 tbsp. Roasted channa dal / Pottukadalai/ Chutney Kadalai - 2 tblsp. Curry leaves - a sprig Oil - 5 tblsp. Salt - 1/2 tsp. METHOD : 1) Heat oil in a wide pan, when oil is hot, low down the heat . 2) Fry peanuts till brown, remove from oil and drain oil completely. 3) Fry channa dal till golden brown, remove from oil and drain oil completely.Followed by curry leaves. 4) Finally add poha and fry for 1 minute till golden brown. 5) Poha fries too fast so be careful not to burn. 6) Remove from flame, drain oil completely. 7) To drain oil completely , keep the fried aval in cotton towel or tissue paper to drain the oil completely. 8) After 10 mins , in a bowl add fried aval, chilli powder, turmeric po...
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KADAMBA / KANAVA MASALA /SQUID FISH CURRY

Hi, Sea has lot of creatures in it that we can cook and we were much more unaware of many . Squid fish is one among the yummy species which I was totally unaware even after coming to Chennai.One day in market I saw them and surprised that they are selling octopus ( it looked like that to me :)). Then I surfed in net and found actually they are squid ( kadamba / kanava) and not octopus , My friend Saranya cooked this gravy for us during her visit to our home .I copied the recipe from her and tried next week itself.Though the squid fish looks very weird the taste was so yummy and there is no fish odor in that.It just tasted like mutton. The cleaning part is little tricky but easy, I suggest once you finished cleaning dispose the waste immediately out of your house as the waste from squid fish is very smelly and also it starts leaving water .So dispose the waste of squid as quick as possible. Other than that the fish tastes heaven , spicy, yummy and very easy to cook. I have...
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WARM WATER CHAPATI / BEGINNER GUIDE FOR SOFT CHAPATI

தமிழில் காண : கிளிக்   Hi All, If you are a beginner in cooking ,then chapati is the toughest task that needs a lot of practice. When I was learning cooking my chapatis will be either crisp like disc or rubbery that you need to dentist after chewing😭 So I try so many versions to make my chapati perfect and this warm water method is one success method , This method is so easy that your chapatis will be very very soft and light. A few tricks to make your chapatis perfectly soft and puffy are , Add water little by little while kneading . Don't knead dough too dry , make slightly sticky dough so that while toasting it comes to perfect softness. The recipe of perfect soft chapati is below, COOKING TIME : 1 hour. SERVES : yields about 10 chapatis INGREDIENTS : Wheat flour – 2 cups. Salt – 1/2 tsp. Warm water – 1 cup ( appx). Oil / ghee – few drops. METHOD : In a wide bowl add wheat flour ,salt and mix , make a well in middle of flou...
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