Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Brown Rice Dosa


Ingredients:

   Brown Rice -2 1/2 cups
   Whole Urad dal -1 cup
   Fenugreek seeds -1 tsp
   Salt as needed

Method:
  1. Soak brown rice and urad dal for 5-6 hours.
  2. Grind urad dal and brown rice along with fenugreek seeds until light and fluffy adding water from time to time. Remove it in a vessel. you can grind it in a wet grinder or in mixer grinder also. Grind it in the same way as you grind it for the regular dosa batter.
  3. Let it ferment for 6-7 hours. After fermentation, mix well and make dosa as you normally do.
  4. Heat a tawa, add a ladle of the brown rice batter in the center and spread it in a circular motion.
  5. Drizzle a tsp of oil around the dosa, when the corners start lifting up, flip it over to the other side and drizzle another 1/2 tsp of oil.
  6. Serve hot with sambar or chutney of your choice.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Butter Corn


Ingredients:

Sweet Corn – 1½ cups
Salt & Pepper – to taste
Butter – 1/2 to 1 tbspn

Method:
  1. Heat water in a pan. Add Sweet Corn and Salt. Boil for 10 minutes.
  2. Add Pepper to the cooked Sweet Corn and mix well.
  3. Mix Butter and serve hot.
Optional: You can add Onion, Tomato, Coriander leaves, Lime juice, Chili powder to this and serve.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Watermelon juice


Ingredients:

1/2 (about 2.2kg) seedless watermelon, peeled, coarsely chopped
2 teaspoons finely grated ginger
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Mint leaves, to serve
Ice cubes, to serve

Method:
  1. Place watermelon, ginger and lemon juice in the jug of a blender and blend until smooth. Add sugar, if desired.
  2. Strain through a fine sieve into a serving jug. Add mint and ice cubes and stir to combine. Serve immediately.