December 22, 2018

Thiruvathirai Kali With Rice Flour – Thiruvathirai Recipes

Thiruvathirai kali with store bought rice four is a simplified version of the authentic rice kali recipe. Traditionally thiruvathirai kali is prepared by roasting raw rice and moong dal to golden brown, ground to coarse rava like texture and pressure cooked in jaggery syrup. Today I tried thiruvathirai kali recipe with roasted moong dal powder and store bought rice flour (Idiyappam flour).

As Thiruvadhirai festival is around the corner, this recipe must be useful for people who is looking for a short cut version. I prepared it for Thursday Guru pooja neivedyam. Though its taste is not like the traditional kali, it came out surprisingly good. The smell of roasted moong dal powder is the highlight for this kali. This version helps to reduce the preparation time.

Friends, do try this easy thiruvathirai kali recipe with rice flour and share your feedback with me.

Check out my traditional thiruvathirai kali, kootu and adai recipes.

Thiruvathirai kali with rice flour

Thiruvathirai kali with rice flour.

Cuisine: Tamil nadu

Category: Thiruvathirai recipes

Serves: 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 240ml

Rice flour / Idiyappam flour - 1 cup
Yellow moong dal - 2 tbsp
Grated jaggery - 1.25 to 1.5 cups
Water - 2 cups
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 5

HOW TO MAKE THIRUVATHIRAI KALI WITH RICE FLOUR

Dry roast moong dal till golden. Powder like rava.
Melt jaggery adding 1 cup of water and strain it.
Take jaggery syrup and water to 2 cups.
Add coconut, cardamom powder. Bring to a boil.
Switch off the flame. Add powdered moong dal and rice flour.
Mix without lumps. Keep in low flame and stir it well. Cover cook.
It will become a thick dough leaving the sides of pan.
Lastly add ghee roasted cashew nuts. Mix well and serve.

HOW TO MAKE THIRUVATHIRAI KALI WITH RICE FLOUR- STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Take the moong dal and dry roast in a hot kadai. Roast in medium flame till golden brown with a nice aroma. Grind to rava (semolina) like consistency. Set aside.

In a pan, take jaggery and add 1 cup of water. Heat and melt the jaggery. Strain the syrup in another bowl and measure the quantity. Add more water and make it to 2 cups in total.

In a thick bottomed kadai or pressure cooker base, take the jaggery syrup. Add cardamom powder and grated coconut. Mix well and bring to a boil.

Switch off the flame. Add roasted moong dal powder and rice flour. Mix without lumps. Now switch on the flame and keep it low.

Mix well to make a thick dough. Keep the flame completely low and cover cook for sometime. The mixture will leave the sides of pan.

Roast cashews in ghee and add to the kali. Mix well and serve warm.

Note

You can use idiyappam flour or rice flour used for making snacks.
Adjust the quantity of jaggery as per your taste. Add 1:1 ratio of rice flour and jaggery for mild sweetness.
Addition of moong dal is a must here. It gives the flavor for this kali.
Do not skip coconut and cardamom too.

Try this easy thiruvathirai kali with rice flour. Offer God and Enjoy !

Technorati Tags: Thiruvathirai kali,thiruvathirai kali with rice flour,how to make thiruvathirai kali,thiruvathirai kali recipe,thiruvathirai recipes

December 19, 2018

Eggless Apple Cake Recipe | How To Make Apple Cake (Microwave and convection oven version)

I tried this eggless apple cake recipe using wheat flour/ atta by watching Sanjeev Kapoor’s YouTube video. As this is my first attempt of trying an apple cake at home without eggs, I followed original recipe to the dot. Chef used wheat flour and maida in equal quantities. Cake came out so soft, moist and spongy. I should call it as apple cinnamon cake because cinnamon acts as the major flavoring ingredient. When the cake is baked, I could feel a nice fruit smell with cinnamon all over the house. We all loved it.

During Christmas season, most of us like to bake a fruit cake at home. If you are bored with the regular dry fruits cake, you can try this eggless apple cake instead. The best part is you can make this cake in microwave mode, convection oven and in a pressure cooker as well.

Actually I baked 3/4 th of the batter in convection mode and the remaining in microwave mode by keeping in a glass bowl. Both turned out great. Convection oven cake took nearly 40 minutes of baking time whereas in microwave it was done under 4 minutes. So you can bake this eggless apple cake in microwave mode or convection mode in your oven.

If you want to bake the same in pressure cooker, it is also possible. Just spread 1 inch of powdered salt in a thick cooker bottom. Put a small plate or slotted plate over the sand, preheat the cooker for 15 minutes in medium flame till salt is heated. Remove the gasket and weight valve from the lid and cover the cooker. After preheating, place the baking pan and cook for 20 to 30 minutes in low flame. Check with a tooth pick & remove after cooling down. This recipe is so versatile and it works great for all the baking methods.

Friends, do try this eggless apple cake recipe and share your feedback with me. Hope the step by step pictures can help you better. I will try to share the video recipe soon.

Check out my eggless orange cake, eggless dates cake with wheat flour, eggless christmas fruit cake recipe, eggless plum cake in pressure cooker, microwave fruit cake too.

Eggless apple cake recipe

Eggless apple cake recipe with wheat flour , all purpose flour, butter and milk.

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Eggless cake recipes

Serves: 1/2 kg

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 40 Minutes

Total time: 50 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Apple - 2
Wheat flour / atta - 1 cup
All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Powdered sugar - 1 cup
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Milk - 1 cup
Melted butter - 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp (150 gms)
Cooking oil - 1 tbsp
Water - 1/2 cup (to grind apple)

HOW TO MAKE EGGLESS APPLE CAKE

Wash and chop apple into small cubes. Grind to a puree adding water.
In a wide bowl sieve wheat flour, maida, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon powder.
In another bowl mix melted butter, milk, vanilla essence and apple puree.
Add the sieved dry flours and mix without lumps. Lastly add 1 tbsp cooking oil and mix well.
Transfer the apple cake batter to a greased baking pan. Bake in a preheated convection oven for 40 minutes. Check with a tooth pick and remove the cake after warm.
For microwave apple cake, take 1/2 cup of cake batter in a microwave safe glass bowl.
Cook for 4 minutes. Remove it by checking with a tooth pick. Enjoy when warm.
Apple cake stays good only for 2 days. So try to consume it quickly.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and cut apple into small cubes. Grind to a smooth puree adding 1/2 cup of water. Set aside.

In a wide bowl, sieve wheat flour/ atta, maida, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon powder. Keep it aside.

In another bowl, mix melted butter, milk, vanilla essence and apple puree.

Add sieved dry flour to the wet milk mixture. Add little by little and mix without lumps.

Batter should be thick and pourable. It will fall like a ribbon. Lastly add 1 tbsp cooking oil. Mix well.

Take an aluminum baking pan. Grease it with butter. Sprinkle maida all over the pan and dust off the excess flour. Pour the cake batter to the pan. Fill 3/4th of the pan. Pat the pan to level the batter and break the air bubbles.

Preheat the oven in convection mode at 180c. Place the baking pan and bake at 180c for 35 to 40 minutes. Cake rises and cracks on top. No issues. After 30 minutes, open the oven and insert a tooth pick or knife in the middle of the cake. If its sticky or with batter, bake for another 5 to 10 minutes. If the knife comes out clean, cake is done. Remove the baking pan and set aside to cool down.

After the cake becomes warm, run a knife around the cake and loosen the sides. Invert the cake in a plate and remove it. Make pieces and enjoy ! This cake stays good only for 2 days if kept outside. Refrigeration is not advisable because cake may become dry. So its better to consume soon.

FOR MICROWAVE APPLE CAKE : Take 1 cup of apple cake batter in a big glass bowl. Microwave in high power (800w) for 3 to 4 minutes. Check with a tooth pick and remove it. Invert in a bowl after cooling down.

Note

You can use wheat flour completely instead of atta and maida half and half. But cake looks dense and thick. Not fluffy as shown in the picture. You may need to add more baking soda too.
You can use brown sugar instead of white sugar for healthy options.

Try this eggless apple sponge cake at home and enjoy !

Technorati Tags: eggless apple cake without microwave,eggless apple cake recipe,microwave apple cake,eggless apple cake,apple cake recipes,how to make apple cake,apple wheat cake,apple cake without eggs,apple cake apple cake without oven

December 14, 2018

Plain Rava Idli Recipe – Instant Suji Idli With Eno, Curd

Recently I started making Instant plain rava idli (suji ki idli) without any seasoning for the sake of Raksha. This instant suji idli is a simple and quick version of our usual rava idli (semolina idli). It takes very less preparation time. All you have to do is to just mix a cup of Bombay rava, curd, ENO fruit salt, salt and water. You can also use chiroti rava / fine rava. Make idli batter and steam for 10 minutes. Your instant breakfast or dinner would be ready in no time. This recipe of plain rava idli is ideal for bachelors and working women to make your food quickly on a tiring day. You can use roasted or unroasted rava. Both gives great results. This idli stays soft for few hours. So you can even pack it for your lunch box if you like.

A mixed vegetable kurma or tomato chutney would be a great side dish for this rava idli recipe and makes it a wholesome, tummy filling breakfast or dinner. Most of my readers have asked me to post rava idli without curd and ENO. But I am not sure how it works. As this idli is an instant version without fermentation curd, ENO or cooking soda is necessary to make it soft and spongy. Even in hotels, cooking soda is used to make it fluffy and spongy. If you want to make rava idli without curd, you should increase the quantity of ENO. Similarly if you want to skip cooking soda or ENO, you must add more curd to retain the softness.

Ok friends, lets check out how to make instant, plain rava idli recipe with curd and Eno. Do watch the video and refer the step by step pictures for better understanding. Don't forget to try this instant, plain rava idli recipe and share your feedback with me.

Check out my other instant idli recipes too !

Instant rava idli with seasoning

Instant bread idli

Instant poha idli

Instant oats idli

Instant quinoa idli

Idli , dosa batter with idli rava

Also see my collection of 15+ idli varieties !

Instant plain rava idli recipe - Suji idli with Eno, curd

Instant plain rava idli with eno and curd. Its an easy, quick breakfast recipe.

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Breakfast

Serves: 10

Prep time:5M5 Minutes

Cook time:10M10 Minutes

Total time:15M15 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml

Bombay Rava / Semolina / Suji - 1 cup
Curd - 1 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Eno fruit salt / baking soda - 1/3 tsp / 1/8 tsp
Salt - as needed

HOW TO MAKE PLAIN RAVA IDLI

Heat a kadai and dry roast the Bombay rava(Semolina/ Suji) for few minutes without changing the color.
Let it cool down completely. Roasting is completely optional.
Add curd, water and salt. Make smooth batter without lumps.
Lastly add fresh Eno fruit salt and mix well. It will bubble and make the batter light and frothy.
Add some water and adjust the consistency of batter if its too thick.
Take an oil greased idli mould. Fill the batter till 3/4 th of the mould.
Boil water in an idli pot. Keep the idli plate and steam for 10 minutes till rava idli is cooked well.
Remove the idli and serve hot with coconut chutney, tomato chutney, sambar or kurma.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

To make instant, plain rava idli you can either dry roast the rava/suji for 5 minutes in medium flame without changing the color OR you can skip roasting and make idli directly. Both works well.

If you roast the rava, allow it cool down completely. Do not add curd if the rava is hot. If you are using unroasted rava, you can add curd immediately.

In this recipe, I roasted the rava and used it. Add curd, salt and 1/2 cup of water to the rava. Mix without lumps. No need to rest the batter.

Add ENO fruit salt and mix well. If the Eno is active, it should bubble up as soon as you add it to the rava, curd mixture. Mix gently till the batter is light.

Check the consistency of batter and add some water (say 1/4 cup) to make it slightly thick and pourable. Grease idli plate with little oil. Pour the batter till 3/4th of the mould.

Boil water in an idli pot. Place the idli plate and steam for 10 to 15 minutes till idli is cooked well. Remove the idli plate and rest for 2 minutes. Then remove the idli with a spoon. Serve hot with coconut chutney or tomato chutney, Sambar or kurma as you like. Enjoy !

Note

You can use baking soda / cooking soda instead of Eno fruit salt.
If you want to skip curd, add 1 tsp of Eno instead of 1/2 tsp.
Do not make the batter too thick or too thin. It should be semi thick and pourable.
The size of this idli increases after cooking. So fill the mould till 3/4th or 1/2 as per the size you need.

Try this easy, instant plain rava idli recipe. You will love it. I served it with boiled tomato chutney and coconut chutney.

Technorati Tags: plain rava idli,plain rava idli recipe,instant rava idli with eno,instant rava idli with curd,instant rava idli recipe,instant suji idli,plain suji idli,instant idli recipe,instant sooji idli

December 10, 2018

20 Kurma Varieties For Chapathi - South Indian Vegetarian Kurma Recipes

Here is a collection of vegetarian kurma varieties as side dish for chapathi, poori, parotta and dosa. South Indians love to eat chapathi with coconut based kurma varieties. Kurma recipes tastes good with parotta, idli, dosa, appam, idiyappam, poori and sometimes with rice as well. Most of the Tamil people make vegetable kurma for chapathi/ roti. Chapathi kurma would be the most preferable dinner for us. As I got bored of the regular mixed veg kurma for chapathi, I started trying varieties of kurma recipes at home.

For any South Indian kurma, be it Tamil nadu style, Andhra, Kerala or Karnataka coconut masala or pottukadalai (roasted dal), khuskhus paste forms the base whereas North Indian gravies / sabzi is made with tomato, onion base. With sight variations in the ingredients and cooking method, kurma can be prepared in different taste.

In this collection, I have shared 20+ different types of kurma recipes for chapathi, parotta, idli, dosa and rice. It includes the most popular Saravana bhavan hotel style vegetable kurma for parotta and chapati (with video), white kurma for idiyappam, tomato kurma/ thakkali kurma for idli, dosa, potato kurma for poori (with video), cauliflower kurma, chana kurma (kondakadalai kurma), Green gram kurma ( pachai payaru kurma) in Kerala style, green peas kurma, cabbage kurma for rice, vegetable salna for parotta, special vegetable kurma for idiyappam, potato paya for appam, vegetable stew for appam, capsicum kurma, carrot kurma for kids, Kumbakonam kadappa for idli, brinjal kurma for idli, dosa, Karnataka style vegetable sagu for poori, set dosa and avarekalu kurma/ mocha kottai kurma recipe.

Most of these kurma recipes are tried and certified by my readers. You too choose your favorite and give a try. I am planning to try some idly kurma and more. I will add in this list once I make the post. Ok, lets see the collection of South Indian kurma recipes for chapathi, idli, dosa, rice, idiyappam and parotta. Please click on the picture or the title to view the respective recipe.