Kadappa

Kadappa is one of the most famous dishes in chettinad.  People in chettinad do have kadappa with idlies as well as poori. Im sure that you’ll like it …..

INGREDIENTS:

Fennel seeds / sombu – 2 tblsp

Grated Cocnut – 1 cup

Garlic – 3 cloves

Ginger – a small piece

Roasted gram – 2 tblsp

Red chilli – 1

Onions – 2

Tomatoes – 2

Cloves / kirambu – 2

Red gram- 1 tblsp

Oil – 1 tblsp

Curry leaves  - few

Water and salt

PROCEDURE:

1.       Add the  coconut, ginger, roasted gram, garlic, fennel seeds in a mixie or blender and grind it by adding little amount of water.

2.       Now add the red chilli to it and grind again. You can use green chilly if you don’t have red chillies.

3.       Now add oil in a kadai and add fennel seeds , curry leaves and also cloves to it . once it splutters add the onions. And once it turns golden brown add the tomatoes. Along with that add red gram.

4.       Once the tomatoes turns mushy add the grinded mixture to it and also salt. Then close it partially with a plate.

5.        And finally kadappa is ready…

Dosa Batter

When we live in abroad we’ll not able to get grinder. So we’ll not able to do idly or dosas. But im sure that we can prepare dosa with a blender or mixie.  JJJ so yummy yummy crispy dosa will be ready

PREP TIME: 10 mins

SERVING SIZE: 25 dosas

INGREDIENTS:

Idly rice - 1 ¼ cup

Urad dal – ¾ cup

Fengrueek seeds – 1 tblsp

Salt – 1 tblsp

Water – little

PROCEDURE:

1.       Soak the rice and urad dal in a water separately. And also add the fengrueek seeds to the rice soaked in water

2.       After 4 hours wash both the urad dal and rice. Now grind the rice and urad dal separately in a blender. And then combine both the batter  evenly.

3.       Now add the salt to it and mix well along with little amount of water.

THINGS TO KNOW:

1.       If you live in abroad fermentation will not happen. So turn on an oven for 5 minutes ( at low heat).  And keep the batter inside the oven before you go to sleep and the next day the batter is ready to use.

2.       Add the water little by little while grinding

3.       If the batter is too thick add some amount of water to it and mix it evenly