Devi's Kitchen

 Murukku sticks Rice cup - 2 cups Poha/ அவல்/ flatten rice - 1 cup Roasted Dalia/ பொட்டுக்கடலை - 1 cup Omam(Ajwin) - 1/2 teaspoon  Chilly powder - 1/2 teaspoon  Sesame seeds - 1 teaspoon  Salt - 1 teaspoons & little more if needed  Oil - 1/2 litter for deep frying  Water - 4 cups Instructions  First grind poha and roasted Dalia as fine powder.  Next boil four cups water on stovetop or microwave(lukewarm) Take a bowl then mix rice flour and poha, Dalia powder with all spices. Add water gradually.  Add three cups water with one tablespoon hot oil. Mix it with utensil(karandi)/Spatula well. if you need more water add the remaining one cup water and knead well with your hand and make a dough. Take a deep pan and pour oil in that pan. Take a murukku achu(mullu murukku) and apply oil or water(show it in running tap water) after draining water, fill with dough while oil getting hot.  Press it in oil carefully. Wait to get crispy(when the bu...

 Healthy snacks/Vegetables snacks Steamed  Broccoli &  corn - need to steam or roast  Add only black pepper, jeera powder and salt Sliced Cucumbers 🥒  Sliced Carrots &  Celery  Stir fry  Onion Mushrooms and  Zucchini  Asparagus  Brussels sprouts  Sliced Carrots  Cauliflower  Pressure cooked Peas Peanuts Yellow Chickpeas Brown chickpeas Green moong dal Channa dal split  Moong dal split Make this Sundal or chat Instructions for Simple chat  Chopped onion  Chopped tomatoes  Chopped coriander leaves Add with any one of the above dal & mix all these items with little bit chilly powder and chat masala powder, gram masala powder with salt & lemon juice  

  Ingredients   Cabbage.    -  1 to 2 cups(finely chopped) Potato.        -  1 big Onion          - 1 small Tomatoes.     - 1 (optional) Peas.             - 1/2 cup Pav bhaji masala       - 2 tablespoons  or Gram masala         - 1 tablespoon Chilly powder            - 1teaspoon Coriander powder.      - 1teaspoon  Salt.                             - as needed(2 teaspoons) Instruction   Take a pan and add 2 tablespoons oil and add jeera in it. Once spluttered add onion when it gets transparent add chopped cabbage and peas. Sauté and let them to evaporate the water then add boiled potato with half cup water  and all spices. Mash it all and combine well. Add salt and check the taste. Note: if you add 2 tablesp...

 Ingredients  Toor dal - 1/2 cup Green beans - 1/2 kg Red chilli - 5  Fennel seeds - 1/2 teaspoon  Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon  Salt - as needed  Oil - 1 to 2 tablespoons  Seasoning - mustard & Urad dal, fennel seeds(a pinch of each) Instructions  First soak toor dal for two hours. After two hours chop green beans then take a non stick pan. Add oil once it’s heated add mustard and Urad dal, fennel seeds as seasoning then add chopped green beans. Sauté well for ten minutes on medium flame. We can close the pan with lid for few more minutes to cook beans well. Meanwhile drain water from soaked toor dal and do pat dry the dal. Add it to mixie, grind as a coarse with fennel seeds, cumin and red chilies. Add this paste to cooked green beans. Add half salt before adding toor dal mix. Mix well with green beans. Stir fry for few minutes continuously. You can see the dal mixture getting color change once it’s cooked. It takes five to ten minutes. At tha...

 Beetroot      - 1 Medium or big one  Onion           - 1 Medium  Tomato         - 1 Medium or big Green chilies  - 2 or 3 Channa flour.  - 1 tablespoon Curry leaves    - few Salt                   - as needed  Oil                    - one tablespoon Seasoning         - Mustard, Urad dal, whole black pepper &                              Fennel seeds, channa dal Instructions Chop onion and beetroot, tomato finely. Slit the green chillies.  Take a pan add one tablespoon oil add seasoning when it splatter add onion and green chilies. When it gets transparent add chopped beetroots. Sauté for at least five minutes then add chopped tomatoes. Sauté till it get mushy after that add one cup of water. ...

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 Ingredients  Basmati rice. -  2 cups Water.            - 2 and 1/2 cups Green beans.  -  1/2 cup Carrots.           - 1/2 cup Mushrooms     - 1/2 cup Capsicums       - 1/2 cup Red onion         - 1/2 cup Sriracha Chilly sauce - 1 tablespoon Ginger garlic paste.   - 1 teaspoon Soya sauce                 - 1 tablespoon  Pepper cumin powder - 1/2 teaspoon Salt                              - as needed(1/2 tablespoon) Oil                               - 2 tablespoons  Instructions  Take 2 cups of basmati rice in a bowl then wash and soak it for 20 minutes. Meanwhile chop all  vegetables as small pieces. Cook basmati rice in a Pressure cooker or in instant p...

Very easy recipe  Ingredients  Brinjal.  -   3 to 5 medium   Onion     -  1 small Tomato    - 1 Turmeric. - 1/4 teaspoon  Chilli powder  - 1 teaspoon Coriander powder  - 1 teaspoon Salt  as needed Seasoning  Gingelly oil - one tablespoon  Mustered  - 1/8 teaspoon Urad dal  - 1/8 teaspoon  Fennel seeds  - 1/8 teaspoon Instructions: First cut the onion and tomato, Brinjal lengthwise. Then  Take a pan add one tablespoon oil and fry sliced Brinjal well till it turns little brown  it’s edges.  Take it out from oil & Keep it aside in a bowl. In the remaining oil add seasoning(mustard, urad dal &  fennel seeds).when it’s splatter add onion. Add tomoto slices when onion gets transparent. Sauté well then  add Chilli powder and coriander power, turmeric powder with  one cup of water. When it’s all get thicken  add Brinjal & salt. Keep the flame Simmer ...

Ingredients  Moong Dhal.   - 1/3 cup Eggplant.        -  2 medium  Potato.             - 1 small  Onion.             - 1 small Tomato           - 1 large  Green chillies - 7 to 8 Turmeric.        - 1/8 teaspoon (pinch) Tamarind purée - 1 tablespoon (Optional) Salt                 -  as needed (one teaspoon) Seasoning   Oil  - 1 tablespoon  Mustard - 1/2 teaspoon  Urad dhal - 1/2 teaspoon  Asafetida - 1/8 teaspoon (pinch) Preparation   Take a pressure cooker, then add 2 cups of water.  Put moong dhal and  all the chopped vegetables into it.   Add salt & turmeric before closing pressure cooker. Pressure cook on medium flame till first whistle then put sim for ten minutes or allow three to five whistles. Actually It’s cooks well in few minutes....

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Ingredients  பாசிப்பருப்பு.         - 1 கிண்ணம் சர்க்கரை(சீனி).     - 3/4 கிண்ணம் தேங்காப்பூ.           - 2 டேபிள் ஸ்பூன் ஏலக்காய்               - 1/4 டீஸ்பூன் பச்சரிசி                   - 1/2 கிண்ணம் உளுத்தம் பருப்பு   - 1/4 கிண்ணம் வெல்லம்/சர்க்கரை - 1 டேபிள் ஸ்பூன் செய்முறை பாசிப்பருப்பை ஐந்து மணி நேரம் ஊற வைக்கவும்.  பச்சரிசியையும் உளுத்தம் பருப்பையும் சேர்த்து இரண்டு மணி நேரம் ஊற வைத்து மிக்ஸியில் மை போல கெட்டியாக அரைத்துக் கொள்ளவும்.  ஊறிய பாசிப்பருப்பை தண்ணீரை வடித்துவிட்டு ஒரு இட்லி பாத்திரத்தில் ஆவியில் வேக வைக்கவும்.  பாசிப் பருப்பை நன்கு மலர (அ) மசிய வேக வைக்க வேண்டும். இதற்கு அரை மணி நேரமாகும்(கீழே உள்ள பாத்திரத்தில் அரை மணிக்கு  தேவைப்படும் நாலு டம்ளர் தண்ணீரை வைத்து  கவனமுடன் பார்ததுக் கொள்ளவும். பத்து நிமிடத்திற்கு ஒரு முறை இட்லி பாத்திரத்தை திறந்து பார்த்து பாசிப்பருப்பு மீது  தண்ணீர் தெளித்து தெளித...

Ingredients  Egg.                     - 4 to 6(boiled) Onion.                  - 1 medium  Garlic.                  - 5 to 7 small pods Tomato.                - 1 medium  Tamarind pulp      - 3 tablespoons  Red chilly powder - 3/4 tablespoon  Coriander powder - 2 tablespoons  Seasoning.             - mustard, Urad dal, fenugreek,                                   Whole pepper & fennel seeds.  Instructions  First boil the eggs and remove the shells. Split the top of the egg and sprinkle little bit of turmeric, salt to the eggs. Keep it aside. Then slice onion and tomatoes.  Soak tamarind for ten minutes in warm water. Then extract thr...

Onion.             - 1 Tomatoes.       - 3 Red chillies     - 5 to 7 Mustard.          - 1/2 teaspoon  Asafetida.        - 1/8 teaspoon  Gingelly Oil.   - 2 tablespoons  Salt                  - as needed  Take a medium size or big size mixie jar, cut medium size onion & tomatoes as big slices then put it into the mixie jar with red chillies(if you don’t like much spice add 5 red chilies). Grind it finely. Take a deep pan add oil then add mustard, curry leaves, asafetida when it spluttered pour grounded onion tomatoes next add salt. Allow it to boil for ten to fifteen minutes. Now easy tomato chutney ready. 

Onion.                    - 1 small Tomato.                  - 1 small Curry leaves          - 1 cup or 10 strips  Coriander leaves.   - 2 cups or Half bunch  Oil.                         - 1 tablespoon  Red chillies.           - 5 Salt.                        - as needed Seasoning        Mustard.                  - 1/2 teaspoon  Uraddal                    - 1/2 teaspoon  Take a pan add oil once heated add onion slices when it gets transparent add tomatoes with curry leaves sauté for a minute after that add coriander leaves and sauté for few seconds then switch off the stove. Allow it...

Mushrooms           - 500gram Thick curd               - 2 tablespoons  Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 teaspoon  Chilli Powder.           - 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder.       - 1 teaspoon Gram masala/Tandoori Powder - 1 teaspoon  Oil             - 2 tablespoons  Salt            - 1/4 teaspoon   Wash mushrooms well and slice as two pieces if it is small mushrooms or slice as four pieces if it is big.    Then marinate mushrooms with all above ingredients. Keep it aside for half an hour.   After half an hour shallow fry in a non stick pan as batches. When mushrooms start to getting brown on its sides is cooked at this stage transfer to plates.    It’s like a curry vruval. Kids to adults love it! Enjoy!! Note:   We can use half lemon instead/substitute  of curd. 

Ingredients Egg - 6 Onion - 1 Tomato - 2  Coconut milk - 1 can Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 spoon Chilly powder - 1 spoon Coriander powder - 2 spoons  Jeera powder -1 spoon Garam masala - 1/2 spoon Salt - 3/4 spoon Preparation Hard boil eggs and once done remove shells, apply littlebit salt & chilly, turmeric on eggs. Take a pan, add some oil. Add a cinnamon stick or mustard, urad dal with peppercorns. Then sauté onions well after that add tomato purée with ginger garlic paste, chilly, coriander, jeera powder. Allow few minutes to cook well. Then add coconut milk.  If you feel too thick add some water. Check salt and spices. At this time add boiled eggs. After couple of minutes switch off the flame. Transfer to a serving bowl. You can enjoy this coconut milk egg gravy with chapathi or hot plain white rice...