Showing posts with label Ugadi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ugadi. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Masala Vadai and Rice n Dal Payasam

Vadai and Payasam are traditional recipes, i use to make both these recipes for all festivals and functions. I couldnot separate both the recipes its like husband and wife, even you can notice everybody says it together as vadai payasam. Both the recipes are perfect for all Occassions and Vadai taste good esp on rainy day evening with masala tea. My Hubby likes Masala vadai, simply he will have the vadai alone but for him it shouldn't be too strong and spicy. Here am sharing both the recipes together.






Ingredients for Masala Vadai:

1.Chana Dhal - 2 cups
2.Chopped onions - 1
3.Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
4.Garlic pods - 2
5.Ginger - 1/2 inch
6.Red Chillies - 4
7.cloves - 2
8.Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch
9.Baking soda - a big pinch
10.Salt - to taste
11.Canola oil for deep frying
12.chopped curry leaves few

Preparation:

1.Soak the chana dal for 4 hrs and drain the water leave in a large plate to get drain completely.
2.Meanwhile grind the ingredients in dry jar put fennel seeds, redchillies, cloves and cinnamon , grind it to powder and then add little bit of soaked chana dal, ginger n garlic. Grind to fine paste.
3.In another batch take the 2 tbsp of soaked chana and grind the remaining chana dal roughly n coarsely. Meanwhile heat the oil in the kadai.
4.Now mix the chana dal mixture with chopped onions,chopped curry leaves ,salt and baking soda.
5.Take a lemon size balls and flat it inbetween your palm.( the batter should be stiff not too watery, if you feel bit watery then add the rice flour to make it right).
6.Make the vadais immediately after ground the dhal, now put the flattened vadais in hot oil. Turn the vadais gently to both sides leave it to cook till turns golden brown.
7.Drain it in the kitchen towel..Now serve hot the Crispy Masala vadai with coconut chutney.


Rice and Paasi Paruppu Payasam



Ingredients for Rice and Paasi Paruppu Payasam :( Rice and Yellow Moong dhal payasam)

1.Raw Rice or Basmathi rice - 1/2 cup
2.Yellow Moong dhal - 1/2 cup
3.Brown sugar - 1/2 cup
4.Condensed milk - 4 tbsp
5.Full cream fresh milk - 250 ml
6.Coconut pieces - 4 tbsp (cut into bit pieces)
7.Ghee - 2 tbsp
8.Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
9.Sliced cashew nuts - 1 tbsp ( can also use whole nuts)
10.Raisins - 2 tsp

Preparation:

1.Dry roast the rice and dhal in a pot for 5 mts in medium flame till you get the nice aroma of the dhal.
2.Then wash the rice n dhal and pressure cook it for 4 whistles till it turns fully soft.
3.Now hot the milk in the pot in medium flame, leave it to boil till it reduce little bit thick.
4.Now add the sugar and cooked rice n dhal mixture, mix it gently till the rice mixture incorporate to the milk.
5.Cook it in medium flame after 3 boils add condensed milk ( it gives nice thick n good taste to payasam), cardamom powder. Leave it to cook for 10 mts in medium flame.
6.Meanwhile heat small frying pan, heat the ghee in medium flame fry the coconut bit pieces till light golden brown first and then add cashew nuts and lastly add the raisins.
7.Now pour the fried items with ghee on top of the payasam.
8.Delicious and yummyy rice n dhal payasam is ready to serve, it taste good while having one bite of masala vadai and sipping payasam. It also taste good with appalam.

This delicious and sweet Rice and Dhal Payasam is going to part in Payasam/ Kheer event in Shama's  Easy to cook recipes.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Ugadi Celebrations

Happy Ugadi Wishes to all my Blogger Friends.


The New year festival (Ugadi) celebrated in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Gudi padwa in Maharashtra. Ugadi festival comes in spring season, it is the first season Ugadi is the New Year and New Beginnings of all New Business on this Auspicious day. It is the season for mangoes and Sugarcanes, with these seasonal fruits we make "Ugadi Pachadi" with raw mangoes ,neem flowers and jaggery from sugar cane on this auspicious day. Ugadi Pachadi  is the combination of sweet , bitter and sour, it symbolises the true life. We get fresh mangoes from our field and my Mom makes tongue tinkling Mango Pickles in this season.

My mom use to begin the preparations a week ahead . On that day, we wake up early in the morning and take oil bathe, decorate our house with mango leaves ( Mavilai thoranam) and decorate the pooja room with jasmine flowers. She prepares the sweets a day before itself like Bobbatlu ( Opputtu) and Athirasam.

On Ugadi day, We use to fast in the morning after the prayer have our lunch with Ugadi Bhojanam ( Ugadi Feast). She cooks lot of recipes for our lunch Rice, White Pumpkin Sambar, Tomato rasam, yellow Pumpkin curry with beans,Pulihora,Udhu Vadai ( Methu Vadai), Aval Paal Payasam,Appalam and Mango Pickle.


Here, on yesterday we celebrated our Ugadi festival as in the same way. In the evening we have done our prayer after my hubby came from work. Our dinner with Ugadi Bhojanam Rice, Brinjal sambar, Tomato rasam, Potato fry,Masala Vadai, Rice n Moong dal Paal Payasam, Appalam . My hubby came early on yesterday,Once i finished all the cooking preparations we offered the food to the God and then had our dinner.