TOMATO SOUP

Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• Tomatoes big     2
• Onion big     1
• Ginger     1 small piece
• Salt     as per taste
• Pepper     as per taste
• Corriander leaves     5 strands
• Water     4 cups

Method

• First boil water in a pan then add tomatoes by cutting into halves. Add big pieces of onion to it.
• Add ginger piece and allow all three to boil till the tomatoes are easy to peal. Then remove from heat.\
• Allow it to cool remove the ginger piece and remove the outer skin of tomatoes. now grind the onion
• And tomatoes into a thick paste. you may filter it if necessary. Then to the same water used for boiling pour the juice of the above and keep boiling till it thickens. Add pepper, salt and coriander leaves as per taste and serve not. Add bread sticks to have a added taste.

SWEET POTATO SOUP

Sweet Potato Soup

cooking time 10-15 mints and around 2 Servings of Sweet Potato Soup.

Ingredients

• Sweet Potato 2 Medium
• Onion 1
• Nutmeg powder a Small Pinch
• Black Pepper Powder a big Pinch
• Milk or heavy Cream 1/2 Cup
• Corn Flour 1 Tbsp
• Vegetable Stock 1 1/2 Cups
• Lemon Juice 1 tsp
• Butter 1 Tbsp
• Salt to Taste

Method 

• Peel, remove ends, wash and roughly chop sweet potato.
• Peel and roughly chop the onion.
• Heat butter in a pan, add corn flour and fry till the mixture turns golden brown in color.
• Add the chopped onion and sweet potato.
• Fry briefly, add vegetable stock and salt.
• Cook the mixture till sweet potato turns soft and vegetable stock reduces quite a bit meanwhile.
• Remove from heat, puree the sweet potato mixture with milk or heavy cream, black pepper powder, nutmeg powder and lemon juice.
• Remove the pureed sweet potato soup onto a bowl.
• Serve sweet potato soup immediately.

EGG PEPPER FRY

EGG PEPPER FRY

Cooking time 10-15 mints

Ingredients

• egg 5
• onions 2
• ginger / garlic paste 1 tbsp
• turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
• ground pepper 1 tsp
• salt to taste

Method

• boil the eggs and peel them and cut it into halves and set aside
• pour oil in a frying pan
• add onions and fry till light brown 
• then add ginger/garlic paste, pepper powder, turmeric powder and salt and fry well with little water to get gravy for 5 mints 
• now add halved eggs and fry in low heat.
• care while mixing the gravy and the halved eggs. the eggs shouldnot smash.
• make this for few seconds then off the gas.

now the hot spicy pepper egg fry ready...

PEPPER RASAM

PEPPER RASAM

pepper rasam a tasty dish.. :)
cooking time 10 mints

Ingredients

• 2 tsp thick tamarind juice 
• 1 1/2 tsp peppr
• 2 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 small tomato, chopped small
• 1 spring curry leaves
• 1/2 tsp sugar or jaggery water
• 1 tsp coriander leaves chopped
• 2 tsp oil
• 6cups water
• salt to taste
• garlic two cloves

Method

•   Powder the peppercorns and cumin in Mixie
•   Grind to get a very coarse powder.
•   Mix together the water, tomato, salt, sugar(jaggery) and tamarind juice.
•   Bring it to a boil on a low flame.
•   Season with mustard, jeera, garlic and curry leaves
•   Add pepper and Jeera powder and boil for 3 minutes
•  Garnish with chopped coriander.
•  Eat when hot with plain rice.

have a tasty and hot and spicy pepper rasam.. 

kanjivaram idly

 kanjivaram idly

Cooking time 15-20 minutes. Approx

Ingredients

Raw rice                    – ¾ cup

Par boiled rice            – ¾ cup

Black gram da            –1 cup

Curd                          –1 tbsp

Oil                             – 4 tsp

Cumin seeds              – 1 tsp – crushed

Pepper corn              – 2tsp

Dry ginger powder    – ½ tsp

Sodium-carbonate     -1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Method

• Cean the rice and dal and soak in water for 3 hours. Grind coarsely (to the size of big rava and make batter as for idlis). Add salt and curds and allow to ferment overnight. Next morning, heat oil, add cumin , pepper and ginger powder. Add  to the batter. Add soda and mix well, then 
• Oil the idly plates lightly and pour the grind and make it boil for 15 mints.
• After that take the soft soft idlis and serve hot

Caramel custard

Caramel custard

Cooking time 45 minutes approx.serves 4-6

Ingredients

Milk                    -400ml

Vanilla essence    -1/2tsp

Eggs                    -3nos

Sugar for caramel -3tbsp

Sugar                   -5tbsp

Method

• Place 3 tablespoons sugar in a puddling would(4 cups capacity) and sprinkle 2 teaspoons water over it.place the mould on a low fame till the sugar melts and turns to a rich brown colour. Remove from fire. In another bowl, beat eggs (if the eggs are taken out of the refrigerator, thaw them before using). Add milk(use warm not hot milk), essence and sugar. Stir till sugar dissolves. Strain this mixture into the pudding mould.
• Place the cooking  pan and pour enough water to fill up to ½  the level of the mould. Now place the mould in the cooker after covering it with a lid. Cover the cooker. When the water in the pan begins to boil steadily make it the flame low and let the custard cook for 25-30 minutes. the off the stove. Remove from the cooker and allow it to cool. Chill in the regrigerator and turn it on to a serving plate

Note

It is important to make the flame low position when the water in the cooker begins to boil failing which the custard may curdle. 

KHEER

KHEER

Cooking time 35 mins. Approx. serves 6-8

Ingredients

Milk                   –1 ½ litres

Basmati rice       – ¾ cup

Milk powder      –6 tbsp (heaped0

Warm water       –1 cup

Badam and pista – few (shredded)

Cardamoms        – 4(powdered)

Method: 

• soak rice in water for one hour. Grind 3 tbsp of soaked rice to a smooth paste and keep aside.
• Pour the milk in the cooking pan and add the rice after draining the water. Stir well.
•  Add cardamom. Cover with the lid. when the milk starts boiling, make it to light flame.
• After 25 minutes, add sugar, rice paste and milk powder dissolved in warm water. Mix well 
• And let the mixture boil for 2-3 minutes.off the stove and serve garnished with shredded badam and pista

Note
      ½ tin sweetened condensed milk can be used instead of milk powder paste. In this case omit or decrease sugar.