Rose Milk

Rose milk is a milk base cool drink and it is a perfect

for hot summer..Amma makes Rose syrup in a big bottle

and uses it for the whole summer.

Ingredients

Sugar - 2 cups

Water - 1 cup

Citric acid - a pinch

Rose essence - 1/2 tsp

Rasberry red color - a pinch

Method

• In a big vessel add water , sugar and citric acid.
• When the syrup comes to boil switch off the flame .
• Cool the syrup completely.
• Add essence and color to this and mix well.
• Store in a air tight bottles in the refridgerator.
• Before serving take one glass of cold milk and add a tsp of sugar syrup and stir well.
• Transfer to the serving glass.

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Idli podi

Can't imagine a tamil home without Idli powder..

It is a hot , spicy powder and a great dish for all

kinds of idlis and Dosas..My son even wants to have

with Rotis..Every home has its own version..This is my

own...Can adjust the amount of chillies according to

the taste

Ingredients

Urad dal - 1 cup

Channa dal - 1/2 cup

Red Chillies - 10

Garlic - 1

Hing - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves - a bunch

Method

• Dry roast all the ingredients separately till the aroma comes out.
• Cool down completely and grind it to a coarse powder.
• Mix with Gingely oil and serve with Idlis and dosas.

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25)Kamalika

Venkayya ( Onion ) Vadams

Vadam means sun dried vegetables that can be

made in summer and store it for year long..Venkaya

vadam is one of them..Though the process is tedious

the result is worth the labor..Amma used to make this

every summer...

Ingredients

Small onion - 3 kg

Urad dal - 1 cup

Red chillies - 30

Garlic - 3

Salt to taste

Mustard - 1 tblsp

Jeera - 1 tblsp

Hing - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 bunch

Method

• Soak urad dal with enough water.
• Peel the skin of onions and chopped into big pieces.
• Chop garlic and curry leaves and add this to the onion.
• Add mustard , jeera ,turmeric to the onion.
• Grind dal with chillies , salt and hing till butter like consistency.
• Mix urad dal batter to the onion.
• Take a polythene sheet or white doti .
• Roll the vadam into bite size in the dhoti leaving some space between each.
• Keep it under the hot sun for 2 days.Turn the vadam and let them dry for another 2 days.
• Store it in a airtight container.
• When needed deep fry in the oil or fry in the MW for 2 min with 1 tsp of oil.

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Instant Mango Pickle

Pickles are the great accompaniment for Curd rice.

Apart from the traditional Avakkai pickle this instant mango

pickle has been in our home all the time..

Ingredients

Mango chopped into pieces - 2 cups

Salt - 1/4 cup

Chilli powder - 4 tblsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Green chillies - chopped - 2

Garlic chopped - 2

Oil - 2 tblsp ( preferably Gingely Oil )

Methi - 1/4 tsp

Hing - a pinch

Method

• Mix mango pieces , salt and chilli powder.
• Keep it aside for 1/2 hr.
• Heat oil in a wide kadai.
• Add mustard and methi.After it splutters add chopped green chillies,garlic and hing.
• Now add the mango pieces .
• Stir slowly and switch off the heat after 2 min.

Serve with curd rice.

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Rasam Powder

The next in the list of Preserves is Rasam Powder. The proportion vary people to people . I used to have two types of this powder, one to make plain rasam and another for Paruppu rasam. Here goes the recipe

for Paruppu rasam. Ingredients Coarinader seeds - 2 cups Toor dal - 1/2 cup Red chillies - 1 cup Cumin seeds - 1/2 cup Curry leaves - a bunch Whole pepper - 2 tblsp Mustard - 2 tsp Method

• Dry roast each ingredient separetely in a kadai.
• Cool down completely and grind it to a nice powder in the mixie.
• Store in a air tight container in the fridge.

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Oil less Lemon Pickle

This is the week # 2 for the Recipe Marathon.This

week I like to post the dishes that comes under

"Preserves". Indian kitchen is not complete without

this precious preserves..starting from podis to pickles.

Today I am giving my Grandma's signature Lemon

pickle without oil..She makes a whole batch in a big

Jaadi ( jar ).She uses freshly grounded salt and chillies.

Here goes the recipe .

Ingredients

Lemon - 1/4 kg

Salt - 1 cup

Chilli powder - 1/2 cup

Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp

Hing - 1/4 tsp

Method

• Wash the lemon well and with 2 cups of water pressure cook the lemon for 1 whistle.
• Cool the lemon completely.
• Chop the lemons into big pieces.
• Add salt and chilli powder to this.Mix well.
• Dry roast the methi seeds and hing and powder it.Mix this to the pickle.
• Keep it under the sun for 3 days.Mix well at the end of each day.
• Store in the airtight clear jar.
• It is better to use wooden spoon to the pickle since the metals react with pickle and make them spoil easily.
• Always use ceramic or glass jars to make pickles.

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