Curd Rice / Thayir Sadam

Ingredients 

Cooked raw rice      : 1 cup
Thick curd               : 1 cup 
Milk / Cream           : 1/4 cup
Pomegranate           : 1/4 cup 
Salt 

For Tempering 

Mustard seeds
Red chilly
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves 
Oil

Method 

Mash and cool the rice.
Add salt, coriander leaves and mix. 
Now add curd and mix well.
Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, add mustard seeds,red chilly and curry leaves.
Switch off the flame and pour the seasoning on the rice and mix well. 
Finally add cream/ milk, pomegranates and mix well.
Serve with any pickle.. 

Baked Ladies Finger/Okra(step-by-step pictures)

Ingredients 

Ladies finger / Okra           : 10 
Red chilly powder             : 1/2 tsp 
Cumin powder                  : 1/4 tsp 
Oil                                    : 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder  
Salt 

Method

Preheat oven to 180C
Wash and wipe ladies fingers. 


                                                           Cut each okra in 4 strips.

                                                 Sprinkle spice powders,salt over the okra. 

                                                                       and mix. 

 

Place okras on a baking tray & Bake for 10 minutes until crisp.

Serve hot ..

Basic Eggless Sponge Cake

Basic Eggless Sponge Cake

Ingredients

Maida        : 1 cup
Curd          : 1 cup
Refined oil  : 1/4 cup
Powdered sugar  : 3/4 cup
Baking soda      : 1/2 tsp
Salt                    : a pinch
Vanilla essence   : 1 tbsp

Method

Preheat oven to 180 C  for 10 mins and grease a cake pan and keep aside.
Sieve maida, baking soda , salt and keep aside.
In a bowl mix curd and sugar well.
Add refined oil and vanilla essence to the curd mixture and combine well.
Now slowly add the flour little by little and stir gently.
Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 20 mins. 

Basic White Bread

Basic White Bread

Ingredients 

Maida / All purpose flour   : 2 cups
Dry Yeast                         : 1 tsp
Honey                               : 1 tbsp
Salt                                   : 1/2 tsp
Lukewarm water               : 1/2 cup

Method

Mix flour, salt, yeast. honey, water and knead gently.
Dust the working surface with little Maida and knead the dough for 3 mins.
Transfer the dough into a bowl and cover with a towel and let it rise for 1 hour .
Remove it from the bowl and again knead for few mins and shape it into a log.
Put the dough into a greased loaf pan, cover it and let it rise for another 1hour.
Preheat the oven at 180 C for 10 mins and bake for 20 mins.
Remove the bread from oven and place on a rack to cool.
Freshly baked bread is ready.
Enjoy..