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Friday, February 10, 2012

Gothambu / Wheat Ottada




Wheat Ottada can be served during breakfast or at snack time.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Wheat flour  - 2 cups
  • Grated coconut - 1cup 
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Water  - As required
  • Banana Leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Mix the Grated Coconut and sugar for filling.
  • Add Water and Salt to Wheat flour and make a dough.
  • Make the dough into small balls.
  • Flatten the dough on a rectangular banana leaf using finger tips and little water. 
  • Put a some coconut mix and spread it in one half of the ada.
  • Fold the banana leaf in half. 
  • Heat a Pan / Thava / Chatti.
  • Put each ada in it and sprinkle some water.
  • Cover it with a pan and cook in medium heat.
  • Roast the ottada on both sides till the banana leaf turns brown and the ada detaches from the leaf.


Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Beetroot Vada




Beetroot Vada is a quick tea time snack. It is a healthy and nutritious vada. kids also love this colourful and
delicious snack.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Grated Beetroot - 1 cup
  • Finely chopped Shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
  • Beasn Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  - 1 cup
  • Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
  • Red Chilly - 3 nos
  • Curry Leaves - 1 stem
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Mix chopped shallot,chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly,Curry leaves, Beetoot and salt with gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
  • Sprinkle some water to make a thick dough like parippuvada dough.
  • Heat oil in a pan .
  • Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
  • Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
  • When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea



Thursday, February 2, 2012

Ethappazham Cutlet / Banana Cutlet




Ethappazham cutlet is a variety cutlet.I got this recipe from a blog "Pazham pappadam Payasam" while trying variety Banana based snack . I've modified this recipe in my own way.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Rippened Banana- 2 no
  • Sugar 1 - 1 tsp
  • Grated Coconut - 1tbsp
  • Ghee - 3 tbsp
  • Bread crumbs - ½ cup
  • All purpose flour - 1 tbsp
  • Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook the bananas(with skin) in a steamer.
  • Peel off the skin and mash well.
  • Heat 1 tsp Ghee in a Pan.
  • Add grated coconut and roast for 2 minutes.
  • Add sugar and mashed banana in to it and mix well.
  • Saute this mixture for 2 minutes in medium fire.
  • Remove this from fire and let it cool.
  • Make small balls from this mix and flatten them.
  • Heat remaining ghee in a pan.
  • Mix water with Maida in a bowl to make a thin batter like water.
  • Dip the flattened patties in it and roll them in bread crumps.
  • Fry each patties in ghee till it turns golden brown on both sides






Monday, January 30, 2012

Ottada



Ottada can be served during breakfast or at snack time. Ottada is a traditional food, ada wrapped in banana leaf roasted in 'cheena chatti'. The smell of roasted banana leaf takes me back to my childhood days.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Roasted rice flour  - 2 cups
  • Grated coconut - 1cup 
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Water  - As required to make dough
  • Banana Leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Mix the Grated Coconut and sugar for filling.
  • Add Water and Salt to rice flour and make a dough like chappathi dough.
  • Make the dough into small balls.
  • Flatten the dough on a rectangular banana leaf using finger tips and little water. 
  • Put a some coconut mix and spread it in one half of the ada.
  • Fold the banana leaf in half. 
  • Heat a Pan / Thava / Chatti.
  • Put each ada in it and sprinkle some water.
  • Cover it with a pan and cook in medium heat.
  • Roast the ottada on both sides till the banana leaf turns brown and the ada detaches from the leaf.


Sunday, January 29, 2012

Cabbage Vada




It is a quick and delicious snack. It tastes similar to parippu vada.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Finely Chopped Cabbage - 1½ cup
  • Finely chopped shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
  • Besan Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  -  1½  cup
  • Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
  • Red Chilly - 3 nos
  • Curry Leaves - 1 stem
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Mix chopped shallot, chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly, Curry leaves, Cabbage, salt and gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
  • Make a thick batter using little water (like parippu vada consistency).
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
  • Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
  • When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides to a golden brown colour.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea