Tawa Pulao

Tawa pulao the food that my teen often eats on the streets!!  So when I saw this at Cook-Eat- Burrp and by I changed my plans of making the much disliked matar pulao to tawa pulao.

Yes you read right my girls do not like green peas. They will eat them plain but in veggies or pulao …no.

So when I had mentioned that I am making Matar pulao it was not met with much enthusiasm. So I just made this tawa pulao.  As soon as I came home from work the first thing that I was told was the pulao is awesome!

 What more do you need?

Thanks Pallavi. Here is her recipe.

Mini Ghevar Topped with Rabdi ~~SNC Challenge

What is left of Rabdi and Ghevar

As a part of the North and South challenge, Divya’s  brainchild we try out new recipes. This time the north group has challenged the South group to make Ghevar. This challenge was suggested by Manjula Bharath of Desi Fiesta from Northern team, while Southern team challenged them with Vada Curry by Ramya Krishnamurthy of LemonKurry.

The first time I heard about Ghevar was in Jodha Akbar! Where Jodha cooks a delicious vegetarian meal for Akbar. The ladies come singing about what all is cooked. One of the dishes was Ghevar. I wanted to try it when I saw Priya recipe here.

Apple Pie

Wish you all A Very Happy Sanktanti or Pongal! Hope you have made delicious Pongal or Gulpolis and til ladoos.

There seems to be a lethargy on my part I am finding it difficulty in surfing the net.So there are hardly any comments from me or visits for that matter! Kindly excuse me  yet again!!

 I am tired and seem to have some kind of health problems (read lack excercise and have become fat) which needs me to exercise so most of my evening are spent cycling. If in case you get some invites from Facebook for Farmville etc then please feel free to ignore them. My daughter plays it under my name.

Coming to blogging

For Baking Partners #6 Sawati's brainchild we were to try tarts and pies.The girls wanted Apple Pie ! So Apple Pie it was!  Swati had provided us with the recipes but since these days I am not upto the mark in my cooking I just tried making the pie from the Joy of Baking site which I had already tried it out to make Quiche here. 

Now these pictures are taken in the night. I will set better pictures when I make it again. 

So there are 2 reasons for me to make the pie again plus the girls want me to make a "jali' of the dough.Three  reasons enough!

Ingredients:

·      2 ½ cups (350g) Maida or all purpose flour

·      2 tbsp (30 grms) white granulated sugar

·      1 pinch of salt

·      1 cup (226 grms chilled butter cut in 1 inch pieces

·      ¼ to ½ cup( 60-120 ml) ice water

 Apple filling

·      1.1 kg peeled, cored and sliced to ¼ inch thickness

·      ¼ cup (50grms) white granulated sugar

·      ¼ cup (55grms) brown sugar

·      1 tblsp lemon juice

·      ½ tsp cinnamon

·      2 tblsp 928grms) butter

·      1 ½ tblsp corn flour

Method:

·      Mix well the sugar, salt and flour till well combined.

·      Add the butter and rub till the mixture resembles crumbs.

·      Pour ¼ cup water and mix well. Add more water if needed. Do not knead for long.

·      Make a ball of the dough. Then make 2 pieces one big and one small. Flatten and refrigerate for 1 hour.

·      After 1 hour remove the bigger ball on a lightly floured surface and roll out in a disc to a 12 inch circle.

·      Dust the flour and transfer to the pie dish. Since the recipe called for an 8 inch pie tray and mine is 7 inch tray I had some excess dough. Which I used in these small muffin moulds. Cover with plastic and refrigerate.

·      Roll out the smaller ball to a disc dust and cover with a plastic. Refrigerate.

Pie fillingMethod:

·                     Mix well the sliced apples with sugar, ground cinnamon lime juice. 

             Let it sit at room temperature for about 3 hours.

·       Strain the juice of the apples with a strainer in a bowl.

·       Let the apples drain 15-30 minutes or till there is ½ cup of juices.

·       Transfer the liquid to a greased micro safe bowl add the 2 tbsp of butter and boil for 5 to 10 minutes till the liquid reduces to 1/3 cup.

·       Meanwhile remove the crusts and let it sit for at least 10 minutes on the counter.

·       To the drained apples add the corn flour and mix well. Then mix the syrup on the apples and combine well.

·       Pour the apples and the syrup in the crust and pat the apples and arrange them in the dish.

·       Moisten the edges of the pie crust with a little water then place the top crust. Tuck the excess under the bottom crust.

·       Make slits with a sharp knife from the centre to edge about 5 cms on the top crust. Cover and refrigerate.

·       Preheat oven to 220ºC for about 45 to 55 minutes or till the knife when inserted in the slits feel tender and not mushy.

·       Serve about 3-4 hours later.

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 Baking Partners #6

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Tousule for Magic Mingle #13

Tousule is a Goan delicacy made in the rainy season.

Why rains?  Well cucumbers the main ingredient of Tousule is grown in plenty in the hilly areas and is sold not only on the roads but also in the markets. Its common sight for the farmers themselves selling the freshly plucked cucumbers. Also one more ingredient the turmeric leaf that is used to give a delicious aroma to the Tousule.

Traditionally the Tousule is made out of rice suji or rava or wheat rava fine or thick kind, cashew nuts, coconut and jaggary are used to create this beautiful steamed delicacy called Tousule.

When Kalyani announced the Magic Mingle of cucumber and walnuts I was sure I will never make it. Then I saw Gayatri post of zucchini bread and something went click in my head and I thought Tousule.

Well if you are a regular visitor here you will know sweets, let me clarify some sweets, are unmentionables in my place this happens to be one of them. I made minimum quantity of 1 katori. But please let me not put you guys off the Tousule it is amazing. Do try it out.