Rava Cake

Ingredients:-

Rava-1 Cup

Sugar-1 Cup

Milk-2 Cups

Ghee-1 Spoon

Cashews-10 pieces

Raisins-10 -15 pieces

Process:-

1.Roast Cashew and raisins in ghee and keep it aside.

2.Fry Rava in a pan till it starts to change the color.

3.Add Sugar and stir it well.

4.Mix the milk and roasted nuts.

5.Keep stiring until it is thick in consistency.

6.Pour this on a plate greased with Ghee.

7.Cut into pieces with knife.

8.Rava cake is ready to serve.

Note:-

Tastes similar to Kesari.No need to serve in bowl.Can hold and eat.

Simple Chicken fry

Ingredients:-

Chicken-250 gms

Onion-1 (finely chopped)

Cumin seeds-1 Spoon

Turmeric powder-1/4 spoon

Dry red chillies-4 nos(break into small pieces)

Oil-3 Spoon

Salt-to taste

Process:-

1.Heat oil in the pan and add the broken red chillies.

2.Saute onion till it turns to light brown color.

3.Add Cumin seeds and fry for few mins.

4.Bring Chicken to fry and mix turmeric powder.

5.Stir it occasionally till chicken cooks.

6.Fry it till the water evaporates.

7.Chicken is ready and goes well with Rasam rice.

Note:-

Small onion gives good taste.

Spicy Prawns Curry

Ingredients:-

Prawns(Shrimp)-200 gms

Onion-1(finely chopped)

Tomato-1(finely chopped)

Green chilli-2

Cumin seeds-1/4 Spoon

Garlic paste-1 Spoon

Curry leaves-10 leaves

Turmeric powder-1/4 Spoon

Salt-to taste

Oil-2 Spoons

Coriander leaves-10-15 leaves

Masala powder-3 Spoons(Coriander powder-2 Spoon and Chilli powder-11/2 spoon)

Process:-

1.Wash Prawns carefully and make sure that there are no veins left over.

2.Marinate with turmeric powder and salt and keep it aside.

3.Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds.

4.Slit green chillies and fry it.

5.Saute onion till it turns brown.

6.Add tomato and fry it till they become soft and mushy.

7.Add Garlic paste and fry it till the smell changes.

8.Mix the masala powder and stir for 2 mins only.

9.Add Prawns and stir it for few mins.

10.Mix required water and cook it for the required consistency.

11.Garnish with Coriander leaves and serve with Rice.

Murukku

Ingredients:-

Parboiled rice(Pulungal arisi)-1 Cup

Pottu kadalai(Dalia Split)-1/4 Cup

Urad dal-Slightly less than 1/4 cup

Cumin seeds-1/4 Spoon

Seasame seeds(optional)-1/4 Spoon

Ghee or Dalda or Butter-1 Spoon

Salt-to taste

Oil-200ml

Process:-

1.Soak the rice for minimum an hour.

2.Fry Urad dal in a dry pan to slight brown color.

3.Grind it to a fine powder and keep it aside.

4.Grind pottu kadalai to a fine powder and keep it aside.

5.Grind the rice by adding necessary water.

6.Rice should be finely ground.

7.Prepare dough by adding Urad dal powder and Pottu kadalai powder with rice batter.

8.The dough should be neither hard nor soft.

9.Add Cumin seeds,Seasame seeds,Salt and Ghee with the dough.

10.Fill the Murukku press with dough and make the desired shape.

11.Deep fry in oil to golden brown color and drain in tissue paper.

12.Crispy murukku is ready to eat.

Note:-

We can use star disc or round disc or 3 round disc in murukku press.I used star disc in press.