April 2010 | ahmi

Kambu Koozh ~ Pearl Millet / Broken Bajra Porridge

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Kamis, 29 April 2010

Kambu or Pearl Millet as called in English is a Cereal Kind, Consumed in Tamil Nadu, we have it as Kamban Koozh, its a very common Break-fast among the field workers in village's. Find the Nutritional Values of Bajra / Pearl Millet / Sajjalu(as called in Telugu lang.) / Sajje(as called in Kannada lang.) Here.

When i want to cut Rice for a Day, i decided to make Oats for Break-fast and Kambu Sadham / Pearl Millet Rice for Lunch and Roti's for Dinner. I will post the Oats Break-fast recipe next. Now Coming to this Kambu Koozh, it is cooked as Rice and then mixed with Buttermilk.

Ingredients:

Broken Bajra / Kambu Kurunai - 4 tbsp's ( 4 periya kuzhi karandi)
Water - 3 cup's
Butter Milk - 1 cup
Shallots / Small Onions - 8

Method:

First Boil the Water in a Thick Bottomed Vessel. Put the Broken Bajra/ Kambu in a Collander / Vadikatti and wash them. when the water boil's add the Kambu to the water and let it cook in medium flame for about 10-15 minute's. Now after the Kambu got cooked, let it cool and mix with Butter Milk and salt to taste. Now the Koozh is Ready. eat along with small onions.

The sweet taste of the onions with the sourness of buttermilk, this Kambu Koozh tastes extremely Good.

So when this Kambu is Good for Health, why not Cut Rice for a Meal and eat this Kambu Koozh??

Note:

* If you are not accessible to Broken Bajra and you are left with whole Bajra's then, you can sprinkle some water over the bajra's and leave it for 15 minute's. then grind them in your mixer grinder. just 1 or 2 pulse is enough. then you can wash the grinded bajra's with water and use it as broken bajra's.
Refer Cookatease for details.

* Kambu Generates Heat. so its must to consume along with Buttermilk and small onions or Onions.

Label: Ancient Indian Cooking, For Morning Tiffin, Indian Villiage Food

Basic Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Selasa, 20 April 2010

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Baking Cake is very easy, when you know, how the cake batter should be in consistency, before putting into oven for baking. and the next very important point is to measure and add the ingredients as in the recipe. If you follow these simple two tricks, you can master the Cake Making in couple of trials. Chocolate Cake should be moist, it should have red velvetty texture-that comes as a chemical reaction, when the cocoa powder mixes with the sour thing like vinegar or lime juice or Buttermilk.

My Son was asking me to bake a cake for him from last month. as me and my son had cough, i postponed it and finally baked the cake last Sunday. We enjoyed the cake much with frosting, which i prepared with dark chocolate. Chocolate Cake with Dark Chocolate Frosting was so excellent. I need not tell, as you may also agree when you look at the above picture.

While Googling for a Good Chocolate Cake, i came across a term / ingredient Cake Flour. Iam very sure, if i have to search for it in Chennai, it will take atleast 2 months for me, and also its not 100%, that i could able find it. so the next search went as Substitute for Cake Flour. and there my baking teacher Site Joy of Baking, had a solution for it and it said, to mix Corn flour with all purpose flour / Maida in 3:10 ratio. i added One cup of all purpose flour and 2 tbsp's + 1/4 tsp of Corn Flour and used as Cake Flour.

Basic Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 Cup's
Corn Flour - 2 tbsp's + 1/4 tsp
Baking Powder - 1tsp + 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1 tsp + 1/2 tsp
Cocoa Powder - 1/2 Cup
White Sugar - 1 cup
Light Brown Sugar - 1 cup
Egg 's - 2
Butter - 1/2 Cup
Buttermilk - 1 Cup
Hot Water - 1/4 cup
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Method:

Mix All purpose flour and corn flour together and Sieve the flours with baking powder and soda for two times and mix cocoa powder to it and keep aside. Powder a cup of White Sugar and keep aside. Measure a cup of Light Brown Sugar and Keep aside.

Have a large glass bowl or aluminium vessel to beat and mix all the ingredients. First Beat the Butter at room temperature for a minute. i used my hand whisk, so i will be telling what i did. Then add powdered sugar to the Butter and beat it for another 2 to 3 minute's. add Light Brown Sugar and Beat it further. it becomes hard at this point and so i just mixed the brown sugar to butter sugar mix. Now Break in a Egg and beat well. Break in another egg to the mix and beat well. add vanilla essence and beat well.

Now the trick on recipe comes. add little Flour mix to the bowl and mix with a wooden spatula or wooden spoon. add little buttermilk and mix, alternatively keep adding the flour and buttermilk and keep mixing till the flour mix is over. Finally add Hot water little by little to the Cake Mix and mix slowly and evenly. see to that no lumps are formed. See to that the Cake Mix consistency is Light, Creamy and Very Fluffy. (Remember, this is what i mentioned above in the very First Line, the consistency of Cake mix is important, also the exact measurements of the ingredients).

Grease a Pan with little butter for baking the Cake. Pre-Heat the Oven at 175C / 350F for 10 minutes. Pour the Cake mix to the Greased Pan and Bake the Cake for about 45 mins to 50 minutes, till a toothpick inserted to the center of the cake comes out clean.

After Baking the Cake, remove it from the Oven and let it cool down for 10-15 mins and then you can slice or do frosting.

My Chocolate Cake After Baking:

Recipe for Dark Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients:

Dark Chocolate - 1/4 cup

Butter - 1 tbsp

Milk - 1/4 cup

Powdered White Sugar - 1/4 cup

Method:

Melt the Butter and Dark Chocolate in a Pan in very slow flame. add milk and keep stirring. add sugar and keep stirring. The frosting starts thickening after 3-4 minutes and you can remove the pan from flame, when the frosting starts thickening with bubbles.

Apply the frosting over the Cake. and Serve a slice with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream for a Perfect Treat:)

Label: Baking, Chocolate

Garlic Bread - Exotica

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Jumat, 16 April 2010

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Though this post may sound silly. But for some people, who are hooked to pizza hut stuff's like me, will sure Enjoy this Post. Ever since i discovered Round shaped Breads (Roundels) at Spencers Daily, I was thinking of preparing these Garlic Bread Exotica to my Family. Finally managed to prepare these this week. If you Could not find Round shaped Bread's, then Cut the Sandwich Bread in Round shape. Iam sure it will also turn good.

Get Ready with the Following To Prepare these Garlic Bread - Exotica

1. Round Shaped Breads (or) Cut the Sandwich Bread in Round Shape's - 6 breads
2. Garlic Flavoured Cheese - 2 tbsp's
3. Red Onion - 1
4. Tomato - 1
5. Capsicum / Bell Pepper - 5 spoons chopped
6. Green Chilli - 1
7. Butter - 1/2 tbsp

How to Prepare?

Chop the Onion, Tomato and Capsicum into small cubes. Finely Chop the Green Chilli.
Mix the chopped onion, tomato, capsicum and green chilli together. add little salt to taste to veggies and mix well.You can also add chopped Olives to it.

Apply butter on one side of the breads and toast them in a Pan on medium flame.
To the other side of the Bread, spread the garlic cheese and spoon in some veggies over the cheese spread on bread.

To Roast on Tava:

Place the Breads in tawa, with the toasted side facing the tawa. close the tawa with a lid and let the bread get toasted for 2-3 minutes at slow flame.

or Grill / Broil the Breads at 250C / 500F for 3-5 minutes.
After Grilling, let it cool for 2 minutes and serve Hot.

It tastes Great With Soups. Iam Sure, This will be a stunning appetizer's in Party. I prepared these Breads, without the cheese spread, and i liked this way much.

Toppings with Onion and Green Chilli

While serving for Kids Keep in Mind:

* Avoid Green Chilli's, as they may bite it. Little Pepper Powder can also be used instead of chilli's.

* You can also add cooked sweet corn kernels along the veggies.

Label: Appetizers, Snacks

How to Make Paneer Tikka Masala

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Jumat, 09 April 2010

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I should have made this post a week ago, but i could not manage to sit and write, as the Summer is So So Hot here in Chennai. Only if i post this Paneer Tikka Masala, my mind would think of Cooking or Making other post. So Here Iam with that Compulsion. There are two inspirations for me to try Paneer Tikka Masala. One. I read a recipe for PTM(Paneer Tikka Masala) in Aval Vikatan and Two. Bharathy's Paneer Tikka Pizza caught my eye. I mixed the both recipe's as far as i can and brought a Perfect Recipe for PTM. Paneer Tikka's tasted so Good as such than in the Gravy. so this is certainly a Keeper Recipe for Paneer Tikka's.

Paneer Tikka Masala Gravy

Paneer Tikka Recipe[Recipe for 2 or 3 adults.]

Tikka is referred to the pieces of Food, that is marinated with Curd and cooked.

Ingredients for Paneer Tikka:

Paneer - 200gms
Thick Curd - 7 tbsp's
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 and half spoon's
Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 spoon
Garam Masala - 1/4 spoon
Salt to Taste.

Method:

1. You need to have Thick Curd to prepare these Tikka's. So Drain the Curd / Yogurt in a muslin cloth or cotton cloth for about 2 hrs atleast.
But what i did is, i drained the water content in curd and squeezed the curd on cotton cloth furthur to drain it completely. as a end result, i got a very thick curd, i spooned out the cotton cloth to get the thick Curd.

2. Cut the Paneer into strip's or cubes.
Mix the thick Curd, Ginger Garlic Paste, Chilli Powder, Garam Masala and Salt to taste together. add Paneer Cubes to the masala's mixed and mix well, so that all the paneer cubes are well coated with the Masala.

3. Refrigerate the Marinating Paneer with the Masala's for 3 hours. Marinating Overnight is also welcome.

4. If you have a Oven, Arrange the Paneer Strip's in a Greased Foil sheet. Pre-Heat the oven and Grill / Broil the Marinated Paneer for 10 - 15 minutes at 500F / 250C. till the Paneer turn into Golden Colour.

5. To Prepare in the Tava / Dosa Kal, Heat the Tava and arrange the Marinated Paneer Cubes(5 to 7) for a shift and roast the Paneer in medium Heat. add oil on side's of the Paneer and turn upside down, to roast the other side too.

If you want to Grill the Paneer Tikka's in a skewer, with Capsicum, Onion and Tomato. Insert a Paneer Cube, a small onion, a tomato piece, a capsicum and a Paneer cube. Follow the order and grill at the above specified temperature.

Now Paneer Tikka's are Ready.

Paneer Tikka's from the Oven, arranged Paneer Tikka's for Pizza Toppings

Ingredients for Paneer Tikka Masala Gravy:

One Onion
Three Tomatoes
One Green Chilli
Oil - 2 spoons
Cashews - 15 no.
Chilli Powder - 2 spoon's ( as cashews reduce the spice, check and add chilli powder, to suit ur taste)
Garam Masala - 1/ 4 tsp
Chopped Corriander Leaves - 2 tbsp's ( To Garnish)

Method:

Heat Oil in a Pan. Add a diced Onion and saute it, till it turns translucent. add chopped Tomatoes and Green Chilli. saute them for 2 - 3 minutes. add the Cashews, the Chilli Powder, Garam Masala and salt to taste.Let them all get mix well. Cool them down and Grind into a Fine Paste with little water added.

Heat the Pan and add the Grounded paste and let it Boil. add the Grilled Paneer cube's to the masala, just before serving and Serve with Chapathi's or Vegetable Pulao.

I Prepared Paneer Tikka Masala Pizza for Indian Flavoured Pizza's. I applied oil on both sides of the pizza base and spreaded the gravy of Paneer Tikka Masala over the base. then arranged the grilled Paneer Tikka's over the Gravy on base. arranged few capsicum slices and added mozarella cheese to the toppings. and baked the pizza at 200C for 15 minutes.

Have a Look at the Paneer Tikka Pizza..

Label: Paneer, Side Dishes For Chapathi

Roundup of Indian Flavored Pizza's - Global Kadai

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Rabu, 07 April 2010

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This was the best event i hosted here. Thank You very Much Cilantro, for the opportunity. Each entry reached me with a creative edge on it. You All should check and encourage my creative buddies, for sending me such Lovely, Pizza's. I received few Special entries from Special Friend's. Thanks You Dear's. Iam sure, Friends who send me their entries, certainly enjoyed the event, as the theme Indian Flavored Pizza's is an Enjoyable Theme. Dont you agree?

Here Iam presenting the Roundup with Full energy, which i got when preparing for the Roundup. Common Energise Yourself.......Lets Start..

Shri made Palak Khumb Pizza. Absolutely healthy and tempting pizza from you Shri.

Vaishali made Baghare Baingan Naan Pizza. Look at the Baghare Baingan Masala and fall in love with this special pizza sent for me.

Bharathy’s Homemade Pizza with Desi Ghee, Tulsi(Basil) and Paneer Tikka masala. (a perfect Desi Pizza Combo) I tasted these Specially made Pizza, virtually and relished it!!

Rak’s Homemade Pizza. If you are looking for “How to make Pizza base and toppings spread at home”, then your destination should be here. She explains brilliantly with Step wise Pictures. Already she made few bloggers try her pizza.

Cilantro, the brain behind the Global Kadai, made Pizza with Soy Granules. She made these healthy Pizza. Iam sure, this could be a great way to make Kids eat Soy.