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Masala Dosai | Rajma Curry | Badam Cake | Milk Payasam | Rice Payasam

Masala Dosai

Ingredients :
Par Boiled rice - 2 cups
Raw rice - 2cups
Urud Dal - 1 cup
Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp.

Preparation :

Rinse the above ingredients in water for about 2-3 hours.Then grind in a blender (with adding water in steps) into a very fine flour.Add salt and keep it aside (to get sour)for 12 hours. Heat the pan and spread a drop of oil on it.When the pan is fully heated, take some flour and spread it on the pan into a round shape.Turn it over so that both sides are cooked well.When it is almost cooked spread a teaspoon of coconut chutney over it.Place some potato curry and roll the dosai on both sides and move it to a plate.

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Rajma Curry
Ingredients :
Vegetables:
1 can red kidney Beans.
1 large Tommato.
2 medium sized Carrots.
1 Capsicum.
1 large Onion.
Preparation :
Cut carrots and tomatoes and boil for a few minutes till the raw smell disappears.Grate it to a fine paste in the blender. Cut onions and capsicum into fine pieces and fry them in a little oil till the onion turns golden brown.Add the tomato-carrot paste to this. Add 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp garam masala powder, salt to taste.
Pour some water in the mixture so that the gravy is not too thick.When the gravy begins to boil, add the boiled rajma and simmer for a few minutes till the rajma mixes well with the gravy. Serve with chapathis or rice.
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Badam Cake
Ingredients :
Almonds - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup(very finely powdered)
Ghee - 2 tsp.
Preparation :
Soak the almonds for an hour. Drain. Remove the skin and grind into a thick smooth paste adding minimum water. In a thick vessel, mix sugar and 1/4 cup water and heat. When the sugar is completely melted, add this paste and cook this for five minutes. Add ghee and remove from fire. Pour it on a large palate and smoothen the surface of the mixture with a roller. Then cut with a knife by drawing parallel lines in the form of cubes.
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Milk Payasam
Ingredients :
1 litre of Milk.
1/4 cup of raw Rice.
1 cup Sugar.
1/2 tsp powdered Cardomom.
Some Cashewnuts.
and Ghee.
Preparation :
Heat one litre of milk and when it boils and starts to rise add raw rice.Keep in low heat with constant stirring until the quantity reduces to one-half.Then add sugar and powdered cardomom.Roast cashewnuts and raisins in ghee and add it to the payasam.
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Rice Payasam
Ingredients :
Basmati Rice
Chopped almonds(combined) - 4 tsp.
Milk - 2 cups
Coconut extract - 1 cup
Evaporated milk - 1 tin
Sugar - 1&1/2 cups
Cardomom powder - 1/4 tsp.
Preparation :
Soak rice for 15 minutes.Allow the milk and coconut extract to boil, add the soaked rice and cook. After it is cooked, add sugar, cardamom powder and almonds and let it boil for 5 minutes. Add the evaporated milk and let it boil.
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