Recipe Fundas!-Simple,Tasty, Healthy Vegetarian recipes for a Vibrant Living!

All of us know cucumber, but there is a brown skinned- cucumber, coming from places like Kerala. This is called Malabar Cucumber and this is available in Singapore. How to make Molagootal( Kootu) with this: 1. Peel the Malabar cucumber, remove the seed side portion and cut into small cubes. 2. Pressure cook one handful of Toor dhal 3.Cook the Malabar cucumber, adding lil turmeric. 4. Grind 3-4 tbsp of grated cocount, 3-4 green chillies, 1 tbsp of cumin and the cooked toor dhal and add to this malabar cucumber. 5. Add salt and let all this boil together 6. Saute with Mustard and curry leaves. This one goes well with rice. You can try it with pickles like Aavakkai

Many of us would not have noticed this popular snack, available in Indian backeries. It is cube shaped, and is neither too sweet/nor salty, but very crispy. I just looked for this and made for Diwali. All my Chinese friends, who dont like Indian sweets enjoyed this. How to make: I did not have the diamond shaped cutter. so i just made them as balls. Maida - 1 cup, Sugar- 1 tbsp; Butter- 1-2 tbsp. Mix Maida, sugar and butter and make a dough and make balls out of these. Deep fry in oil and store in airtight container

Though no one needs guidance on how to make gulab jamun, its in the interest of first timers, I am uploading this recipe. I bought MTR Gulab Jamun Mix. For 1 cup of the flour, use 2 cups of sugar. How to make Sugar Syrup: Add sugar and water in a pan in 1:1 proportion and heat it in medium flame. Once the sugar has dissolved fully, the sugar syrup will be ready. How to make gulab jamun: Add lil water to the flour and make a dough. Grease your hands in ghee and make balls. Leave aside for 10 mins. Deep fry the balls in oil and soak them in sugar syrup. Requires 10 hours of the balls in sugar syrup, before serving.

This is another easy sweet, I made for Diwali. 1.Just dry roast slightly 1 cup of pottukadalai 2. Grind this, sieve and measure. 3. Grind 1.5- 1.75 cups of sugar and powder the sugar and mix with the sieved pottukadalai powder 4. Now heat ghee in a pan and fry cashews and keep adding the ghee and make balls. The balls can be made only when the ghee is hot. So,I heated 2 tbsp of ghee at a time. This will last for about a week, if you store it airtight.

I wanted to try the traditional recipes like Mullu Murukku this time for Diwali. When I asked my mother, she said that I need to soak rice, dry it, powder it, sieve it etc. My head went reeling, but its worth the effort, as the output was too good! How to make Mullu Murukku: 1. You will need the Muruku maker (with star shaped nossle). 2. Soak 3 cups of raw rice for 20 mins and then rinse it. In a dry cloth, spread the filtered rice and let this dry in-house for 3-4 hours. 3. Now, grind the rice and sieve it. 4. Dry roast 1/4 cup of channa dhal and 1/4 cup of moong dhal until they become red. 5. Grind these dhal together and sieve. 6. Add 2 tbsp of butter and salt and mix and make it like a dough (resembling, poori or chapathi dough). 7. Now, apply little oil in the muruku maker and make murukku in a polythene paper. (If it does not become brittle, then you can start making. If it is becoming brittle, you can add 1-2 tbsp of rice powder (bought from stores). 8. Heat oil and start makin

Dear All, Thanks for your support for my blog. Deepavali Marundhu is of high medicinal value and can be used to avoid, digestive problems. Usually, we buy ingredients for this from the rural medical shop (Naatu marundhu kadai)and prepare. But, here is the exact recipe. If you use palm sugar (Panai vellam/ Panai Kalkandu), the color will be black. Ingredients: 1. Coriander seeds- 2 tbsp 2. Black pepper- 2 tbsp 3. Cumin seeds (Jeera)- 2 tbsp 4. Fresh Ginger (Grated)- 2 tbsp 5. Cardomom- Peeled - 2 nos 6. Omam (Ajwain)- 2 tbsp. (This is the one that they use in gripe water for babies). 7. Ghee- 3-4 tbsp 8. Jaggery/ Palm Sugar/ Palm-Rock sugar- 1:1 or 1: 1.5 (depending on your taste) How to make Deepavali Marundhu: 1. Warm all the ingredients in a tava (No need for any roasting) 2. Grind all of the ingredients including cardamom, adding lil water to paste like consistency. 3. I used palm rock sugar (Panangkalkandu), so I grinded equal quantity of Palm- Rock sugar