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Quick Cooking Tips

(241)Mix Dal flour OR batter

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Masoor dal.
  • 1 cup Moong dal.
  • 1 cup Chana dal.
  • 1 cup Tur dal.
  • ½ cup Udad dal.
  • ½ cup Rice.

Method

  1. Mix all dals and make coarse flour in a flour mill.
  2. OR Mix all dal in a big sauce pan .
  3. Wash thoroughly for 2 times and soak for 8-10 hours.
  4. Drain all water and add dal, finely cut 2 inches ginger, 2-3 green chillies, ½ cup Coriander leaves and salt. Grind it in a mixture grinder and make smooth batter without water.
  5. Enjoy Chila, Dhokla, Uttapam, Idli and Dosa from this batter. For chila, dosa and uttapam, you have to add some water to meet the consistency. Whereas the flour can  be used for making Thepla, Puri, Paratha, Muthiya and also for Chila, Dosa, Idli and Dhokla.

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Steamed food

(162)Rava Dhokla

Suji Dhokla

ingredients

  1. 2 cups Rava ( Suji).
  2. 1 cup curd.
  3. 2 cup water
  4. 1 sachet Eno or ½ tsp. Soda
  5. 1 tsp. Ginger paste.
  6. 1 tsp. Green chili paste.
  7. 1 tsp. Salt.
  8. Optional items like 1 cup Sweet Corn or 1 cup grated Carrot or 1 cup grated bottle gourd or 1 cup crushed Green peas or 1 cup mix vegetables ( Peas, carrots, corn and bottle guard).

Tempering ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. Til oil.
  • ¼ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Sesame seeds.
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped coriander leaves
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.

Method

  1. With the help of chopper , chop all vegetables.
  2. Mix chopped vegetables with salt and Ginger chili paste.
  3. In big mixing bowl mix rava with vegetable mixture.
  4. Add curd , water in rava mixture and make batter without lumps. Taste the batter before any further process.
  5. Add soda or eno and mix thoroughly.
  6. Grease thali with oil and pour batter.
    Fill ¾ thali with batter.
  7. Steam dhokla thali for 20 minutes.
  8. Remove thali from steamer and keep aside for 1 minute to release steam from dhokla.
  9. Cut dhokla into desire shape.
  10. For tempering heat oil in pan or vaghar vessel.
  11. Add mustard seeds, wait for crackling sound.
  12. Add Sesame seeds, Curry leaves and Coriander leaves .
    Pour temper oil on dhokla thali and spread evenly on dhokla.
  13. Serve hot dhokla with Garlic Chutney, Green Chutney, Sweet Chutney and a glass of chilled Chaas..
Plain Rava Dhokla

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(146) Mixed Herbs Butter.

Ingredients

  • 100 gms. Amul butter.
  • 1tbsp.finely chopped fresh Parsley.
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh Basil.
  • ¼ tsp. Oregano powder.
  • ½ tsp. Chilli flakes ( optional)
  • 4 Garlic pods or 1 tbsp. green garlic paste.

Method

  1. Pluck leaves of Parsely from stalks.
  2. Wash leaves and finely chop. Keep aside.
  3. With the help of rolling pin crush Garlic pods into smooth paste. Keep aside.
  4. Bring butter to room temperature .
  5. In mixing bowl, mix all ingredients- butter, Parsely leaves, Oregano powder, Chilli flakes and Garlic paste.
  6. Mix well and refrigerate.
  7. It remains fresh for 6 months in freezer.
  8. Apply this butter on bread, bhakhri, roti, paratha, kulcha, chila, Idli, Dosa or as you wish.
Mixed Herbs Butter
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Quick Cooking Tips Spices

(10) Milagai Podi or Gun Powder

Ingredients


Udad dal ½ cup
Channa dal. ¼ cup
Daliya dal. ¼ cup
Rice. ¼ cup
Sesame seeds. ¼ cup
Curry leaves. 2 cups
Kashmiri chillies. 10 pcs
or
Black pepper. ¼ cup
salt. 2 tsp

Method

1) In kadhai add all the ingredients except salt.

2) On high flame stir continuously till aromatic.

3) Remove whole things in one big dish from kadhai to cool down for 10 mins. after mixing salt.

4) Grind all spices in grinder and sieves with the atta sieve.

5) Gun powder is ready. To be bottled in air tight bottle. If possible keep it in fridge for freshness.

6) You can enhance the taste of Dosa, Uttapam,Chila by sprinkle while making or eat like chutney and enjoy the taste 😋

Home made Milaga Podi

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(09) Rasam Powder

Ingredients

Dhana( coriander seeds)   40 gms                                                  ½ cup   

kala miri(Black pepper)     30 gms ¼ cup

or

Kashmiri chillies  10 pcs

Channa dal.        50 gms ¼ cup

Jeera(Cumin)       30 gms ¼ cup

Tur dal.                50 gms ¼ cup

Udad dal.            25 gms ⅛ cup

Haldi(Turmeric )pd        1 tsp

Methi dana.         1 tsp

Hing(Asafoetida)              1 tsp

curry leaves.        1 cup

dried kokam(Garcinia)      10 pcs

                       or

Aamchur pd.(Mango)       2 tsp.

Method

1) Either sun dried all spices for 1 hr. or preheat kadhai for 10 mins.

2) Switch off the flame and add 2 tbsp.oil in pre heat kadhai. Add all  spices except aamchur powder  in kadhai and stir continuously till it becomes aromatic.

3) Remove whole things in one big dish from kadhai to cool down for 10 mins. Add  aamchur powder.

4) Grind all spices in grinder and sieves with the atta sieve.

5) Rasam powder is ready. To be bottled in an air tight bottle. If possible keep it in the fridge for freshness.

6) You can enhance the taste of Rasam with this masala.

Rasam Powder with red chillies

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