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Hi, Ragi Dosa, When all my Kannada neighbors make Ragi mudhe so easily Iam the one always struggle to make ragi balls. So instead of fighting with ragi balls I carefully shifted to other options like Ragi roti and Ragi dosa. There are so many versions for Ragi dosa and this is my second version. click below for other versions. 1) Flax seeds ragi dosa. 2) Easy ragi dosa.   SERVING : 3 members. PREPARATION TIME : 10 HOURS. Lets jump to the recipe, INGREDIENTS : Raw rice – 1 cup. Urad dal – 3/4 cup Ragi powder – 1 cup ( click here for recipe). Aval/ Poha – 1/8 cup Fenugreek – 1/2 tsp. Curry leaves – 1/2 cup Cumin / Zeera – 2 tsp. Dry red chillies - 6 Salt – as required. Oil – for making dosa ( I use Gingelly oil). METHOD : Wash and soak rice, dal and fenugreek together for 3 hours. Grind rice , dal , ragi powder, poha, fenugreek, curry leaves , cumin, chillies to fine paste with required amount of water. ...

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...

NEEM RASAM : Hi All, Lets quickly move to the most healthy neem flower rasam which helps in digestion, kills worms in kids stomach and of-course helps to maintain diabetics. SERVING : 4 MEMBERS. COOKING TIME : 10 MINS   INGREDIENTS : Dried neem flowers – 1 tblsp. Tamarind – small gooseberry size. Garlic – 3 pods. Mustard –1 tsp Curry leaves - 1 sprig. Asoafeotida – a pinch. Coconut milk – 1/8 cup ( optional) Coriander leaves – a bunch. Coconut oil – 1 tsp. Salt – as required. Mustard – 1/4 tsp. To grind : Garlic – 8 pods. Curry leaves - a sprig. Cumin – 1 tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Pepper – 1 tsp. Tomato – 2 nos. METHOD : Grind the grinding ingredients to very coarse paste except tomato.   Grind tomatoes to coarse paste. Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 mins , extract juice and discard the pulp. Heat oil in a vessel, add mustard followed neem flowers and saute till flowe...

POTATO KARA CURRY : COOKING TIME : 20 MINS. SERVINGS : 3 MEMBERS INGREDIENTS : Potatoes – 3 Coconut oil – 2 tsp Mustard – 1/2 tsp. Curry leaves – a sprig. Coriander powder – 1 tsp. Chilli powder – 1 tsp. Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp. Salt – for taste. Lemon juice – 1/2 tsp ( optional). METHOD : Boil potatoes for one or two whistles . Do not over cook , potatoes need to be firm. 90% cooking is enough. When you insert a knife in middle of potatoes it must be firm and not too soft or too hard. Drain water , peel skin and chop to medium sized squares. Heat oil in pan, followed by mustard, curry leaves. When mustard splutters add the spice powders – chilli powder , coriander powder , turmeric powder and saute for 30 seconds in very low flame ( make sure you dont burn them). The add chopped potatoes, salt and mix in low or medium flame till masala incorporates with potatoes well. Increase the flame to ...

Hi All, I made this chocolate murmure spread using left over rice puffs . And now iam thinking too much to make something exciting for my daughter's school .and here is one among them. INGREDIENTS :  Rice puffs - 1/8 cup Milk powder - 2/3 cup Sugar - 3/4 cup cocoa powder - 5 tblsp Butter - 1/4 cup Warm milk - 2 tblsp. METHOD :  1) Sieve and mix milk powder , cocoa powder without any lumps. 2) In a pan heat sugar and water till sugar dissolves . 3) When the syrup reaches one string consistency , remove from flame and add butter immediately.  4) When butter melts completely , add cocoa-milk powder mixture, milk and mix well without lumps. 5) Finally add rice puffs and mix well. 6) When refrigerated the spread becomes hard , when needed remove from fridge and keep in room temperature for 5 mins to get silky, flowing consistency. 7) Can be used in breads, chapati , dosa etc. HAPPY COOKING!

Hi All , I made this Donuts for diwali but posting it after so long time, here is the easy , yummy recipe for you, INGREDIENTS : Chocolate cookies (any brand) – 10 Condensed milk – 2 tblsp. Maida – 1/2 cup Powder sugar – 2 tsp. Salt- 1/2 tsp. Milk – 120 ml ( appx). Melted butter – 50 ml. White chocolate – 4 tblsp ( appx) . Oil – for deep frying. Baking powder – 2 tsp Method : Crush the biscuits using motor to little coarse powder. Mix condensed milk to crushed biscuits and mix well. In a bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt, powder sugar and mix well. Add butter and mix. Now add milk little by little and knead the dough to form a firm dough. Make small balls out of dough and stuff little chocolate in the dough and roll it.  Heat oil and deep fry in medium heat till golden brown. Melt white chocolate in double boiling method . Pour 1 tsp of melted chocol...