Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Rice Flour Upma

Ingredients:

Rice floor - 2 cups
Yogurt/buttermilk - 4 cups
onions - 2
jeera - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal(minapappu) - 1 tsp
Channa(pacchi senaga)pappu - 1 tsp
red chillies - 2
Curry leaves - 5
Green Chillies - 4
salt - as per taste
oil - 1 1/2 tbsp

Method:


1.First batter the yogurt just like buttermilk and add rice floor to the batter yogurt just like dosa mix, then keep aside.
2.Then heat a kadai in a stove, after heating add oil,urad dal,channa,mustard seeds,red chillies let them turn lite brown.Then add chopped onions,green chillies and curry leaves and fry them until onions turn lite brown.Then add mixture of yogurt and rice floor, turmeric powder and salt.Stir continously with not forming lumps
3.Let it cook for 10 min .If necessary add water.


Hot and Yummy Rice flour upma is ready.
Serve with cocunut chutney or pickle



 

Friday, August 15, 2014

Kalakand using ricotta cheese

Ingredients:

1.Ricotta Cheese  - 1 cup
2.Milk powder - 1 1/2 cup
3.Butter -  3 tbsp.
4.Sugar - 3/4 cup

Method:

1.Take a microwave safe bowl, add milk powder to it. Bring ricotta cheese,butter to room temperature. Place the butter and cheese , for half an hour, for it to reach room temperature.
2.Now add the measured ricotta cheese and butter to the bowl. 
3.Using a spatula, mix them without any lumps. 
4.cook on Microven for 8 minutes approximately, stirring them in between. This makes the moisture to disappear. 
5.Now spread the kalakand on the pan . 
6.Cool the kalakand completely. Once they are set, use a buttered knife and cut into small squares. Store it in air tight containers