Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Colored sapathi

Ingredients 
  • 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm water (Use more as needed)
  • 1/4 cup whole-wheat flour for rolling
  • 1 cup Amaranth leaves(Mulai keerai)
  • Ghee
Receipe
  • Boil the amaranth leaves and grind it.
  • Take half of the flour, salt and grinded leaves(to make green color roti) together to make a soft dough (add water as needed).
  • Mix remaining  flour, salt and water togather to make a soft dough (add more water as needed)seperately.
  • Make the whole dough seperately into smooth ball and press flat. Dip it in dry flour from both sides.
    Roll them into big disks.(Roll the colored dough & colorless seperately)
  • If the dough sticks to the rolling pin or rolling surface, lightly dust the roti with dry flour 
  • Place the disks one above the another.Then roll them together like cigarette .Divide them into small balls.Again roll them into small disks.
  • Heat the pan, put a chapati(disks) on the pan and press it flat with a spatula or dry cloth to make it rise up.
  • Flip and repeat so it becomes lightly browned on both sides.
  • Chapatis(disks) are often brushed with ghee (clarified butter) after being cooked.











 

 

 

 


Vazhaipu Guruma

Thengai pal sadham

Ingredients
  • Rice(for better result use basmathi) --1 Cup
  • Coconut Milk                                -- 3 Cups     
  • Salt                                               -- to taste
Tempering
  • Ghee                        --2 Tbspn
  • Cardamom               -- 2
  • Cinnamon stick         --1 small piece
  • Cloves                      --4
  • Sombu                      --1 tspn
  • Bay Leaf (brinji ilai)   -- 1
Recipe
  • Soak rice for half an hour.
  • Heat 2 Tbsp of ghee is a pan, fry Sombu,bay leaf,cloves,cinnamon stick & cardamon.
  • Add the soaked rice,salt and stir well. 
  • Add 3 cups of coconut milk stir a while and pressure cook upto 2 whistle.
  • Serve hot with chenna masala or malai gofta.

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