MultiGrain Crackers

MultiGrain Crackers is a crunchy healthy snack made from different spices and flour.Its a perfect tea time crackers.

You can even place cheese or salad and make it as an appetizer,if you cut them in diamond shape.

Ingredients

• Chenna powder - 1 cup
• Ragi powder - 1/2 cup
• Wheat flour/aata - 1/2 cup
• Pudhina/Mint - 1 smal bunch
• Ginger - 1 inch size
• Cumin Seeds/Jeera - 1 tbps
• Carom seeds/omam - 1tbps
• Asofetida /hing- pinch
• Green chilli - 3 or 4
• Salt
• Oil

Procedure

• Grind mint,ginger,jeera,hing,omam,green chillies into a fine paste.
• Now add this paste,salt to chenna,ragi,wheat flour and knead it well.
• Take a small portion of dough and roll it as you do it for roti and make holes to this roll with fork,now cut them into your desired shape with cookie cutter or knife.

• And fry them till they turn golden brown color,repeat this for the rest of the dough.

• Store them in a air tight container and serve these yummy crackers with tea.

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Pepper Ladies finger

Here is a very simpler version of cooking ladies finger with less ingredients.It goes well with rice and roti.

Ingredients

• Ladies finger - 1 cup
• Garlic pods - 5 to 7
• Pepper - 1 tbps
• Oil
• Salt

Procedure

• In a microwave safe bowl add 1/2 tbps oil,ladies finger and microwave it for around 5 mins.
• In a pan add oil,garlic,microwaved ladies finger,pepper and salt.
• Cook them til the ladies finger are cooked well.

Semolina Cookies/Rava Vanila Biscuit

Rava biscuit is a very simple and easy sweet snack.It hardly takes 15 mins to prepare.

This can be deep fried or cooked in oven.In this version I am using oil.If you cook in oven its semolina cookie :)

Ingredients

• Rava - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Maida - 1 tbps
• Vanilla extract or elachi  powder- 1/2 tbps
• Coconut grated - 1 tbps
• Cashew finely chopped - 1 tbps
• Cold Milk - 2 tbps
• salt - pinch
• Oil (deep frying)

Procedure

• Add all the above ingredients to the rava flour and combine them well by adding milk slowly to form a dough.
• Allow this dough to rest for 5 to 10mins.
• Meanwhile allow oil to heat.
• Take a small amount of dough and roll it into your desired shape and deep fry them until they turn golden brown color.
• Repeat the same for rest of the dough and store it in an air tight container.

Note:

If your doing it in oven

• Preheat the oven to 400 F.
• Baked the rolled cookies in oven for 10 -15 mins

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Medhu Pakoda

Here is an other simple and tasty evening snack "Medhu pakoda".Softer version of onion pakoda with different texture and taste.

Ingredient

• Gram flour - 2 cups
• Soda - 1/2 spoon
• Onions (finely chopped) - 2 to 3 
• Green chillies(finely chopped)- 4 to 6
• Ginger - 1/4 spoon finely chopped
• Hing - pinch
• Coriander leaves - bunch
• Curry leaves - 8 to 10
• Salt
• Oil - deep frying.

Procedure

• Heat oil in a pan for deep frying.
• Mix all the above ingredients by adding 1 tbps of hot oil and water slowly to make a stiff dough.
• Take a spoonful of this mixture and deep fry,repeat this for rest of the dough.Fry them until golden brown color.
• Serve the pakoda with any of your fav chutney.

Ragi Sankati

Today I am going to post a very special traditional food "Ragi sankati".Ragi sankati is one of the traditional dish and very frequently prepared in home.This dish is known for its health benefits.

Ragi sankati is special dish in rayala seema region.This is very often prepared in our home,it tastes yummy with all types of pulusu chicken,nattu kodi,fish etc..,

In this dish rice is commonly used but here i substitute it with cracked wheat as its very high in protein 

Ingredients

• Ragi flour - 2cup
• Cracked Wheat or rice - 1/2 cup
• Water- 2 and 1/2 cup
• Salt
• Ghee - optional

Procedure

• In a heavy bottomed pan add 1/2 cup of cracked wheat and  2 1/2 cup of water,salt and allow it to boil. (Can be even pressure cooked)
• It should be cooked until it looks soft/mash,when it reaches this stage add ragi flour slowly and mix it such that it doesn't form lumps.
• Stir very deep with a ladle.Cover with a lid and simmer it for 5-8 mins.
• The consistency should be soft but not gooey.
• Serve hot with ghee.

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Beetroot Halwa

This yummy halwa is prepared using beetroot.Beetroot halwa is a very delicious sweet,it is very easy to prepare and tastes awesome.

Those who are not fond of beetroot will also love this sweet.Now let us quickly jump into the procedure.

Ingredients

• Beetroot grated - 2 cups
• Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
• Water - 1 cup
• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Ghee - 10 to 12 tbps
• Cashew nuts
• Elachi powder - 1/2 tbps

Procedure

• In a pan add 1 tbps of ghee and dry roast cashew and keep it aside.
• In a pan add remaining ghee,grated beetroot and saute for about 5 mins,to this add water and allow it to boil.Once it boils simmer the heat and add milk.Allow it to took until all the water and milk absorbed.
• Once the liquid is evaporated add sugar,elachi,cashew and stir them on medium heat until it gets well combined.
• Beetroot halwa is ready.Serve it warm.

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Sambar Powder /Milagai thool/ Multi-Purpose Powder

I use sambar powder in most of my cooking that's why I have even given the name multi-purpose powder.This is very much useful in preparing many dishes mainly sambar,can also used in kootu,vegetable curries and even in non-veg curries.I love to cal this powder as an universal powder :) .It lends a great flavor in what ever dish you add.
Well this is nothing but mainly mixture of coriander seed (dhaniya) and red chilies,which we mostly use separately in dishes.
Do not use wet hands while handling with this powder.

Ingredients

• Red chillies - 1/2 kg
• Coriander seeds (dhaniya)- 1kg
• Turmeric (long variety) - 100 gm
• Channa dal- 50 gm
• Pepper- 100 gm
• Sukku(Dry ginger)- 100gm
• Asafoetida (perungayam) - 100 gm
• Jeera - 100 gm
• Fennel/sombu - 50 gm
• Fenugreek seed - 100 gm

Procedure

• Sun dry all the above ingredients and  grind in the mill.After you get the powder from mill allow it to cool down and store it in a big container.
• For regular use store little amount in an air tighter container for daily use.
• This can be used for months.

Masala Pori (Puffed rice)

Masala Pori is also known by name kara pori.This is a perfect snack for masala lovers particularly in cold wheater.To prepare this awesome snack it hardly takes few minutes say roughly  5 mins.So without wasting the time will jump into the yummy kara pori procedure. :))

Ingredients

• Pori - 2cups

• Curry leaves - 10 to 15

• Roasted Groundnut - 2 tbps

• Roasted Cashew nuts - 10 to 15

• Roasted Gram dal - 2 tbps

• Garlic Pods - 4

• Red Chilli - 1/2 tbps

• Chat masala - pinch (1/4 tbps

• Sallt

• Oil

Procedure

• In a kadai add 1tbps oil and add crushed garlic pods with skin.

• Now add curry leaves,roasted gramdal,cashew and groundnut saute them for few minutes.

• Now add rechilli powder,chat masala and salt cook these for a minute.

• Turn off the flame and add pori into it and toss well such that the masala should evenly spread to pori.

• Your yummy masala pori is ready to eat.Store it in an air tighter jar and serve.

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Guava Spritzer

I enjoy fruits having as it is,but imagine making a drink out of it for evening thirst isn't it tempting.

Guava spritzer is a drink made of guava, you can make large quantity in season and store it in a sterilized bottle and refrigerate. common let us jump into the procedure.

Ingredients

• Guava -2
• Sugar - 1cup
• Ginger juice - 2tbps
• Lemon juice - 2tbps 
• Soda

Procedure

• Clean and chop guava roughly.
• In a pan add water,sugar and allow it boil,later add guava pieces into it,allow it to boil till it becomes tender.

• Allow the above mixture to cool and grind it by adding lemon and ginger juice.
• Sterilize the bottle and store guava syrup
• Pour half of the serving glass with syrup and top it with chilled soda.
• Stir well and serve immediately.

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