RAMZAN SPECIAL RECIPE-RICE SOUP (NONBU KANJI)

RICE SOUP (NONBU KANJI)

It is a special dish during Ramzan.My husband loves nonbu kanji which is a rice dish.It is good for digestion since we fast for the entire day. It is very tasty and easy to eat. It is usually served in bowls. It is popular in Tamilnadu and Kerala.For the entire month of Ramzan ,this dish is served in Iftar parties. During the Ramzan month this dish is prepared in huge quantities and served in mosques.

INGREDIENTS

RICE-1/2 cup
MOONG DHAL-1/4 CUP
ONION-1
TOMATO-1
GREEN CHILLI-2
GINGER PASTE-1 tbs
GARLIC PASTE-1tbs
COCONUT MILK-2 tbs
CUMIN SEEDS-2 tbs
GARAM MASALA-1/4 tbs
CLOVES-1
CINNAMON-2 small pieces
WATER-4 cups
CORIANDER LEAVES-few
MINT LEAVES-FEW
SALT-LITTLE
GARLIC -1 small piece
OIL-2 tbs
GHEE-LITTLE
CHICKEN-7 Small pieces

PROCEDURE:

STEP 1: Grind the rice and dhal in a mixer for a minute so that the rice is broken in to two half pieces.
STEP 2: Take a pan and add oil to it. Add little ghee and put the cumin seeds in to the oil.
STEP 3: Add Cinnamon and cloves to it. Put the onions and fry it.
STEP 4: Add ginger garlic paste to it.
STEP 5: Fry it and add coriander, mint leaves and green chilies to it and keep it in low flame.
STEP 6: Add tomato to it and close it with the lid and lower the flame.
STEP 7: Add garlic pieces to it and add coconut milk and salt.
STEP 8: Cut the chicken in to very smaller pieces and add the chicken and lower the flame.
STEP 9: Now add the grinded rice and dhal to it .Add 4 cups of water and pressure cook it.
Now you have the healthy rice soup which is good for digestion.

URAD DHAL CURRY

URAD DHAL CURRY

Ingredients

1.1 Cup urad dhal

2.1 tomato

3.turmeric-1/4 tbs

4. garlic-2

5. drumstick -4 pieces

6. Little salt

7. shredded coconut-2 tbs

8. Green chillies-3

9.Curry Masala Powder: 1 spoon

curry Masala powder : Grind it together

Propotion: (fennel seeds 100gm+cumin seeds 200 gm,coriander seeds-1 Kg)

Procedure:

This urad dhal curry is good for health. I remember the days when my grandma used to give this special curry to me.My mother used to make it once in a month.It is very good for spinal cord.This curry is good with rice.I recommend all the ladies to take it as urad dhal has medicinal value.

Step 1: Boil 1 cup of urad dhal in a pressure cooker
Step 2: Cut the onion ,drumstick, tomato and boil it along with crushed garlic by adding 2 cups of water.
Step 3: Add 1 spoon curry masala powder, turmeric powder and little bit salt to this.
Step 4: once it is cooked well add urad dhal to it
Step 5: Grind the coconut in a blender and add it to this mixture.
Step 6: Take a separate vessel, add oil and put mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Step 7: Now add this to the mixture.

Now you have the healthy urad dhal curry.

coconut sweet or burfi

COCONUT BURFI

I like coconut burfi a lot and it is a very simple sweet to make.It has only four ingredients and the procedure is also very simple .The two main ingredients are sugar and coconut in the ratio 3:5.

Ingredients:

Sugar-3 cups
Coconut shredded-5 cups
Cardamom-5
Ghee-2 spoons

Procedure:
STEP 1:Take 5 cups of coconut and 3 cups of sugar mix it
STEP 2:Fry this mixture in a dry pan in heat.
STEP 3:Fry it till it becomes semisolid
STEP 4:Fry cardamom in oil and put it in the mixture which gives nice fragrance.
STEP 5:Take a tray and coat the tray in ghee slightly.
STEP 6:Pour the mixture in the tray and keep it aside for few hours(1 or 2).

You will get beautiful coconut sweet.You can cut it to any shapes as you want.

FENUGREEK

It is one of the healthiest ancient spices known to mankind. It has strong bitter flavor so it is usually roasted with other spices to give delicious curry. It is a rich golden covering cultivated 3000 years ago in Assyria. It is the most widely grown medicinal plant with a ability to improve the immunity.

These seeds are used in Egypt to prepare tea. These seeds are boiled sweetened and strained and prepared as a health drink. These seeds are also added to soups and as condiments in cuisines across the world. it soothes skin eruption.

A cake dessert known as Helba in the Islamic world is a tasty treat during Islamic holidays. This is a semolina cake covered in sugar or maple-like syrup, and sprinkled with fenugreek seeds on top.

It also serves as a medicine for treating sugar. It also keeps cholesterol in control.
It is believed that seeds help in increasing the milk supply in mother. It is used as a digestive tonic. It is used to stimulate the liver. It is a natural cure for heart burn and acid reflux. It is also used as a medicine for dandruff.

Fenugreek seeds are a rich source of the polysaccharide galactomannan. They are also a source of saponins such as disgenin,yamogenin, gitogenin, tigogenin, and neotigogens. Other bioactive constituents of fenugreek include mucilage,volatile oils, and alkaloids such as choline andtrigonelline.

Fenugreek seeds are used as a herb in traditional chinese medicine under the name Hu Lu Ba. it warms and tonifies kidneys, disperses cold and alleviates pain. It's used raw or toasted.

Several human intervention trials demonstrated that the antidiabetic effects of fenugreek seeds ameliorate most metabolic symptoms associated with type 1 and type-2 diabetes in both humans and relevant animal models by reducing serum glucose and improving glucose tolerance.

Fenugreek is currently available commercially in encapsulated forms and is being prescribed as dietary supplements for the control of hypercholesterolemia and diabetes by practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine.

In the United states, where maple syrup is popular but expensive, fenugreek is widely used in lower-cost syrup products as a maple syrup flavoring such as Mapleine.

carrot sweet

“Serving boring vegetables Calorie-counting parents often serve plain steamed vegetables, so it’s no wonder children are reluctant to eat them. Nutritionists say parents shouldn’t be afraid to dress up the vegetables. Adding a little butter, ranch dressing, cheese sauce or brown sugar to a vegetable dish can significantly improve its kid appeal. And adding a little fat to vegetables helps unlock their fat-soluble nutrients. The few extra calories you’re adding are a worthwhile tradeoff for the nutritional boost and the chance to introduce a child to a vegetable.” -New york times

Do your children hate carrot.Dont worry, you can use the carrot in your dessert.The interesting news is that this dessert is prepared in most of the star hotels in India.I used to prepare this sweet in parties and get- together .Everyone love this yummy dessert whenever I prepare it.




CARROT SWEET OR HALWA

INGREDIENTS

Carrot-5 carrots
Ghee or butter-5 spoon
Milk-2 ½ cups
Sugar-2 cups
Dry grapes-7
Cashew-7
Cardamom-2

saffron

PROCEDURE

STEP 1: Shread the carrots finely.
STEP 2: Fry the carrots in ghee or butter.
STEP 3: Boil two cups of milk in a separate pan.
STEP 4: Add the fried carrot to the milk.

STEP 5:Add a pinch of saffron to it.
STEP 5: Put the sugar.
STEP 6: Keep it in low flame.
STEP 7: Stir it till the milk evaporates and thickens.
STEP 8: Fry dry grapes, cashews and cardamom in ghee and put it in the mixture.

It is also yummy when you eat this dessert with vanilla ice cream.It is a delicious combination.

spicy fish curry

Fish curry are made in different styles. I learnt to make fish curry from my mom. But when I was trying to make, it doesn’t come out well. I used to wonder why my fish curry does not taste good as my mothers fish curry.

I have a good husband that he used to comment that my fish curry is quite good. But i was not satisfied of my fish curry. I used to think a lot that where do I make mistake. Now after 2 years I found the secret and my fish curry is coming out really well.
Only practice molds a person well.If you like my recipe you will also tell ‘Yes it is awesome’.
warning:people with acidity problems can avoid this recipe.

Ingredients
Onion -1
Tomato -1
Fenugreek -1/2 spoon
Cumin seeds -1/2 spoon
Oil -3 spoon
Chilly powder -2 spoon (green chilly can also be used)
coriander powder-2 spoon
Turmeric -1/2 spoon
Salt- 1/2 spoon(your choice)
Tamarind -3 small balls or pastes (2 spoon)
Coconut -1/2 cup
Fish -8 small pieces

Procedure
STEP 1: Take 3 balls of tamarind and soak it in water for 15 minutes. If you have tamarind paste then skip this step.
STEP 2: Mixture-Once it is done take the tamarind juice and squeeze one tomato in to it. Add 2 spoon chilly powder ,2 spoon coriander powder and ½ spoon turmeric powder and ½ spoon salt to the mixture.Mix it well.
STEP 3: Now take a pan .Add 3 spoon oil and heat it. Lower the flame and add ½ spoon fenugreek seeds and ½ spoon cumin seeds. Fry it in the oil in low flame.
STEP 4: Now add onion and fry it nicely till it becomes brown.
STEP 5: Now add the mixture in to it and keep it in low flame and close it.
STEP 6: Now grind the coconut nicely in a grinder by adding little water to it. Add this paste to the pan.
STEP 7: Now add the fish pieces one by one slowly and don’t raise the flame. Keep it in medium flame so that it cooks well. If you raise the flame the fish pieces will break so keep it in medium flame.
STEP 8: Usually the fish will be cooked in 20 t0 30 min.Check whether the fish is done well and if it is good then it is done.
You can have this curry with white rice along with fish fry as a side dish.
This combination suites well.

Bread sweet

A sweet with bread.It is a simple and easy method but very delicious.It takes very little time to make.I used to make this sweet in parties or when ever guest arrives immediately.

Ingredients

Bread- 5 pieces

sugar 1 cup

water -2 cups

cashews-5

dry grapes -8

cardamom-2

oil-4 spoons

ghee-2 spoons

Procedure

STEP 1:Prepare sugar solution i.e Tke 2 cups of water and add 1 cup of sugar and heat in a pan in a low flame.Stir it nicely till the solution becomes slightly sticky.

STEP 2:Take a pan and boil oil and make the bread in to smaller pieces and fry the bread pieces one by one till it becomes brown.keep it aside in a tissue paper.

STEP 3:Put all the bread pieces in the sugar solution

STEP 4:Add 2 spoon of ghee or butter in a separate pan and lightly fry the cashews,dry grapes and cardamom separately and put it in the bread sweet which you have prepared.Yes, you can taste the yummy bread sweet after one hour or half an hour.

Indian Fried Rice

We know that most of the girls dont know cooking before marriage.Cooking is an art that comes from practice.I never cooked much when i was with my parents.My mother prepares delicious food that we had our relatives for a longer period in our home.I never learnt cooking from my mom before marriage.It was after my marriage i used to write the recipe in a book from my mom.But i struggled for a year to be a good cook.Now i came to know the secret of cooking after practising more and more.This recipe is one of my favourite.I hope you also try it.
If you are a vegetarian dont use chicken and egg.you can continue the procedure with vegetables.
INGREDIENTS
2 cup rice
4 cup water
3 onions
1/2 bell pepper(capsicum)
1 cup beans
1 cup carrot
1 cup peas if necessary
10 mint leaves
1/2 bunch of coriander leaves
2 spoons of pepper
little salt
1/4 kg chicken
1 spoon chilli powder
1/4 spoon garam masala
1 spoon ginger paste
1 spoon garlic paste
1 cup of oil
2 eggs
Method
STEP 1:cut chicken in to smaller pieces,very small to the size of peas .
STEP 2:Add chilli powder,turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste and little salt ,little garam masala as per your taste in the chicken and marinate for 3 to 4 hours.
STEP 3:Take the vegetables carrot ,beans,peas and add 1 cup of water to it and also add some salt to it.Boil the vegetables.
STEP 4:Take the onion and cut longitudinally in to very thin pieces. Take 1/2 bell pepper(capsicum)and cut longitudinally in to thin pieces.
STEP 5:Add 1 cup of oil ,heat it in a pan and put onion and fry it nicely till it comes to light brown.
STEP 6:Add 1/2 spoon of ginger and garlic paste to the onion and fry it and add bell pepper(capsicum) to it.
STEP 7:Add mint leaves and coriander leaves to it and again fry it.
STEP 8:Add little pepper and salt to it.
STEP 9:Now filter the vegetables and drain it.put the vegetables in this mixture and fry it again.
STEP 10:Lower your flame for some time.
STEP 11:cook the rice along with water separately.
STEP 12:When the rice is cooked, mix the rice with the mixture layer by layer.
STEP 13:Fry the chicken which you have marinated.
STEP 14:Add the fried chicken pieces along with the rice layer by layer.
STEP 15:Fry the egg with pepper and salt in a separate pan and put this in the fried rice.
yes now you have the yummy fried rice with good fragrance.My husband loves this fried rice.its tasty and delicious.

SWEET RICE (PONGAL)

By Reading the name itself my salaiva is secreting more.it is very famous in south side of India.it is a delicious sweet with cashews ,almonds and dried grapes.The procedure to make this is very simple.
warning:fatty people dont see the picture itself bec it will tempt u to have.

INGREDIENTS
rice 1 cup
moong dhal 2 spoons
water 3 cups
jaggery 2 cups

PROCEDURE
STEP 1: Add rice and moong dhal together,add three cups of water and pressure cook for 4 or 5 whistles.
STEP 2: In half cup of water dissolve jaggery and strain without mud.Boil it till the raw smell goes away.
STEP 3: Take out the rice and mash it well and add it to the jaggerymix well and stir it in a low flame.
STEP 4: Add ghee how much ever as your wish.Now fry cashews,almonds ,cardamom,dried grapes in ghee.
STEP 5: Put all these in the pongal.it gives a good fragrance.Now your yummy delicious sweet rice( pongal) is ready.serve it hot

YUMMY SAMOSAS

you want to have crispy onion samosas. Here is the recipe.My husband loves my onion samosas.I used to make in the evening as a snack.It is very famous in India.People used to have it in the evening after tea.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup onion

1 cup maida

1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder,

pinch of coriander powder,

pinch of pepper powder

pinch of salt

Procedure

Take one tsp oil in pan,fry onion add all the powders and keep it aside for 5 or 10 minutes.

1 cup maida(all purpose)mix it with water,2tsp oil and little salt

Make it in to a soft dough and keep it aside for 15 min.

Make it in to balls and press it .

Make it in to a circle.

Make a diagnal with knife and cut in to 2 parts to make a semi circle.

Take one semicircle and fold it like a cone.

Place the filling in the cone.

close the cone by lightly touching with water.

Immerse the samosas one by one in hot oil and deep fry it.

You will get crispy yummy samosas.