Mar 24, 2010

Roasted Potato Salad














Ingredients
  • 3 medium potatoes
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup mango chutney
  • 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 2 cup baby spinach or 1 cup chopped cilantro
  • pine nuts toasted (optional)

Method

  • Preheat oven 425F
  • Scrub potatoes and cut in 3/4 to 1 inch pieces.
  • In a backing pan combine potatoes, 2 tbsp oil, salt and red pepper.
  • Toss to coat.
  • Roast uncovered for 20-30 min. stirring occasionally.
  • For chutney dressing in a bowl combine mango chutney, olive oil, lemon juice & curry powder.
  • Add half the chutney dressing to hot potatoes, toss to coat.
  • Add spinach and toss gently.
  • Sprinkle with pine nuts.

Mar 16, 2010

Kothambir (Coriander) Vadi



















Ingredients:
1 cup - gram flour
2 tbsp - rice flour
2 tbsp – jawar flour
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 - garlic pods (optional)
1" - ginger
1 tsp - cumin seeds
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds (Till)
1 or 2 tbsp - oil
1 bunch - fresh coriander leaves
sugar to taste
Lemon juice to taste
salt to taste

Method:
Wash the coriander leaves and dry completely, chopped finely.
Crushed the garlic, ginger and cumin seeds.
In a large bowl, mix the gram four, the rice flour and jawar flour
Add the chopped coriander leaves, red chili powder, lemon juice, salt and sugar to taste and crushed garlic ginger.
Mix well. Make a deep well in the centre and pour the oil and mix well.
Add enough water to make stiff dough.
Make cylindrical rolls.
In a sieve arrange the rolls and steam for about 20- 25 minutes.
Cool completely when done.
Cut the rolls into small pieces as desired.
Heat some oil in a pan & made a tadaka using mustard seeds & till.
Spread this tadaka on the vadi.
Garnish with fresh coconut and coriander leaves.
Serve with garlic chutney or green coriander chutney

Microwave Egg less Cake














Ingredients:
• Maida (plain flour) - 1 cup
• Milk - 1 1/2 cups
• Cocoa powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Vanilla essence - few drops
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Oil - 3/4 cup
• Baking soda -1 tsp
• Raisins - 1/4 cup
• Chopped nuts - a hand full

Method:
• Boil milk in a pan, Add the raisins and allow the milk to cool down.
• Blend this mixture in a blender till the raisins are ground well.
• Add the oil and blend again till it becomes thick in consistency.
• Add the sugar and again blend for another few minutes.
• Transfer this mixture into a bowl.
• Sieve the Maida along with the baking powder and cocoa powder.
• Add the flour little by little to the blended mixture and gently mix in 1 direction only.
• Add to this, the chopped nuts dusted in a little flour and the vanilla essence and again mix gently.
• Grease a large microwavable dish and pour in the batter.
Microwave for 10 minutes on high checking once in between.
• Allow to stand for 2 minutes.
• Remove the cake and allow cooling.


Chocolate Frosting
3 Cups powdered sugar
2/3 Cup baking cocoa powder
1/3 Cup milk
½ Cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
Blend sugar and cocoa powder. Melt butter, then add butter, milk and vanilla to sugar/ cocoa powder mixture. Beat for a few minutes until well blended. Frost cooled cake.