Rumali Roti And An Award

Rumali rotis are really made differently in hotels.......this is a home made version.I searched many versions but all were prepared on a big vessel put upside down on the fire and on the back side of the vessel we cook the roti.Its difficult in homes to make like that way.
Then I saw an easy way to prepare this roti in home on tawa and it tasted good.



















Ingredients:

1c Atta
1c Maida
Salt
Oil for applying
Slightly warm water as required
Rice flour for dusting
Maida or atta for dusting


















Method:

1.Mix the flours,salt and 2 tsp oil and mix water to this and knead to a soft dough.
2.Cover it with a wet cloth and keep aside for half an hour.
3.After that from the dough take out two equal lemon sized balls.
4.Dust the surface with maida or atta.
5.Roll each balls to a small disc shape.
6.Now in each disc apply some oil and sprinkle some rice flour.
7.Now keep one disc over the other as the oiled surface face together.
8.Now roll the disc to a large thin roti.Roll it as thin as u can.
9.Heat a tawa and cook the roti both side till brown spots appear.
10.Take the roti from the tawa to a plate and separate the both rotis.
11.If u want u can just heat the other side of the roti after seperating.U can see that side is plain without spots.
12.Now fold it into triangles.
13.Serve hot with any vegetable or non-veg curries.

And now award time.This award is from my fellow bloggers sojo of my culinary experiments and ambreen of simply sweet N savory both has beautiful blogs with nice recipes.Thanx a lot dears.

















Now as the rule of the award I have to share this with my 15 fellow bloggers.I was in a confusion and picked up 15 of them.
1.Rachu of ammaandbaby
2.Nash of plateful
3.ruchibedangal
4.Reshmi of easy cook

5.Tina of kaipunyam.com

6.Gayathri of gayathriscookspot

7.southindianhome

8.Divya of divyasrecipes

9.Vimitha of myculinarytrialroom

10.Kalpana of lifewithspices

11.Nidhya of aaha oho

12.Deeksha of deeskitchen

13.Rani of homemadevegetarianrecipes

14.Mimi of mimiskitchen

15.Pushpa of tasteasyoucook

Dear friend please pass this to 15 other bloggers and leave a comment in their blog to collect the award and keep passing on.

Marble Cake

My kids fav cake.............I think they like this more because they can taste both chocolate and vanilla flavor.......i too like this.......

Now to the cake......

Ingredients:

2c All purpose flour

1c Powdered sugar

1 1/2 tsp Baking powder

1c Butter room temp

2 Eggs room temp

1/2 c Milk

1tsp Vanilla essence

2tbsp Cocoa powder or 3 tbsp Melted cooking chocolate

Method:

1.Sieve the flour and bakking powder and keep aside.

2.Beat the sugar and butter together well till creamy.

3.Add the eggs one by one beating well after each addition.

4.Add the flour slowly and fold in well.

5.If the batter is too thick and milk little and keep on mixing.

6.The batter should not be too runny or too thick.

7.Now divide the batter into two halves.

8.In one portion and cocoa powder or metled chocolate and mix well.

9.Grease a cake tin.

10.Now pour the batter by a spoon into the cake like a check pattern.

11.One spoon plain batter near to that cocoa batter like that.

12.And with a knife draw line through the batter here and there to get a marble effect.

13.Preheat the oven at 200 degree c for 15 mins.

14 Bake the cake at 165 degree c for 35 to 40 mins or till the tester comes out clean.

15.Slice and enjoy the cake!!!!!!!!!!!!

This goes to champa's Bake-off event

Idli

Idli for breakfast is really healthy and it is very tasty with any curries...........i'm not very much fond of idlis but my kids and hubby love idlis......... my kids like to have idlis with sugar......


















Ingredients:

2c Raw white rice
1c Urad dal(uzhunnu parippu)
3/4 c Cooked rice
3/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
Water as required
Salt




















Method:

1.Soak raw rice,urad dal and fenugreek seeds for 4 to 6 hrs or over night.
2.Soak both seperately or together.
3.Grind this together or seperately along with water and mix together.The batter should be little thick.(Fenugreek makes the idli more softer and tastier.)
4.Leave it in a warm place for fermentation for 6 to 8 hrs.
5.After it is fermented add salt as per taste.
6.Now boil water in a idli steamer and pour one ladle of batter in each idli mould and steam it till cooked.
7.Have idlis with coconut chutney or any curries.


Participation card from akila of akilas kitchen















This goes to ayesha's any one can cook

Baigan Aloo

Hi friends, I'm back after few weeks....was so busy with shifting and settling.Now almost got set and feeling good.Really missed u all a lot......Hope u all had a great new year.

Now about the dish ,this is a simple dish........this will go well with chapathis and plain rice........

Ingredients:

2 Big Potatoes

2 Big Egg plants

1 Big Onion

1 Big Tomato

3 Cloves Garlic

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tsp Kashmiri chilly powder

1 tsp Cummin seeds

Salt

Oil

Coriander leaves

Method:

1.Cut the potatoes and eggplants into cubes.

2.Shallow fry these vegetables and keep seperately.

3.In the left oil add cummin seeds and let it splutter.

4.Add the chopped garlics,onions and saute.

5.Add the turmeric powder,chilly powder and salt and saute well.

6.Add the chopped tomato and mix well till the tomato is soft.

7. Add the potato and mix well and close the lid and cook on low flame.

8.When the potato is almost done and the eggplants and mix well.

9.Close and cook till everything is cooked.

10.Garnish with Coriander leaves.

11.Serve hot with chappathis or plain rice.

This goes to Ayeesha's event Any one can cook.

Upside Down Pineapple And Coconut Cake And An Award

This cake is soooooo soft and moist………..and the flavor of pineapple and coconut was a real combination…….my hubby and my friends really loved this cake………..

This may be my last post of this year ,because will be busy with packing and all.Shifting to new house......So advanced Wishes to all.......Merry Christmas And A Happy New year to all.Have a great year ahead and god bless everybody........See u all next year........



















Ingredients:

2c All purpose flour
¾ c Powdered sugar
3 Eggs room temp
1c Butter room temp
1tsp Pineapple essence
1½ tsp Baking powder
½ c Chopped pineapple
½ c Dessicated coconut
½ c Syrup of tin pineapple

For Layering:

1 tin Pineapple rings
1tbsp Brown sugar
1tbsp Dessicated coconut
10 pieces Cherries



















Method:

1.Sieve flour and baking powder.
2.In a bowl beat butter and sugar till creamy.
3.Now add each eggs one by one beating well after each addition.
4.Now add the essence and mix well.5.Now add the flour and tin syrup and fold in slowly till it is fully mixed well.


















6.Now add the chopped pineaaple pieces and desicatted coconut.
7.Now grease a cake tin sprinkle brown sugar and dessicated coconut.
8.Now place pineapple rings to cover the bottom and place one cherries in the holes.
9.Preheat the oven at 200 deree C for 20 mins.
10.Bake the cake at 175 degree C for 45 mins or till the tester comes out clean.
11.Serve warm or cooled.



















This goes to Champa's Bake-Off event


This award is by akila of akilas kitchen.......thanks a lot for the award akila.Sorry for posting it late......

Chilly Gobi

Cauliflower is not that much fav veg of mine……….but sometimes its really good to have some curries or dry fries of cauliflower.In this I just added some cashews also which gave the curry a good taste.
Now we shall go to the recipe…..

Ingredients:
1 big piece Cauliflower
1 Onion
1 Tomato
4 Cloves Garlic
1 Small piece Ginger

½ tsp Cummin seeds

1tsp Kashmiri chilly powder or more
½ tsp Turmeric powder
5 Cashew nuts
Coriander leaves
Salt
Oil

Method:
1.Break the cauliflower into small florets.
2.Put this in hot water with turmeric powder.
3.Drain the water after 10 mins.
4.In a kadai heat oil and shallow fry the cauliflower til slightly crisp.
5.Drain out excess oil.
6.Now in the same oil splutter cummin seeds and sauté chopped onions.
7.When the onion turn to transparent and the chopped garlic and ginger.
8.Saute well and add the broken cashewnuts.
9.When this is fried andd the chilly powder and turmeric powder and sauté well.
10.Add the chopped tomatoes and mix well till the tomatoes are soft.
11.Now add the cauliflower and salt and mix well.
12.Close the lid and cook in sim till the mixture is dry.
13.Garnish with coriander leaves.
14.Serve hot with chapathis.

This goes to akila's event DNSW:C

Moru Curry

This is a simple and tasty curry for rice…….healthy also.In moru kachiyathu we don’t use any vegetables.In this curry we use vegetables like chena,chembu and kumbalanga etc….
Now we’ll go to the recipe…..

Ingredients:
½ kg Chena,chembu or kumbalanga or mix of these vegetables
3 Green chillies
½ tsp Turmeric powder
½ tsp Red chilly powder
1 c Curd
½ c Grated coconut
¼ tsp Cummin seeds
¼ c Water
SaltFor Tempering:
Oil
Mustard seeds

Fenugreek seeds
2 Whole red chillies
Curry leaves

Method:
1.In a vessel put the cleaned and cut vegetables.
2.Add the turmeric and red chilly powder and salt.
3.Pour some water and cook till the pieces are soft.
4.In the blender put curd,grated coconut,cumin seeds and water and blend till the mixture is very smooth.
5.Pour this to the vegetables and mix well.
6.Now heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.
7.When it starts spluttering put the whole red chillies and curry leaves.
8.Pour this over the curry.
9.Serve hot with plain rice and pappadam.