Recipe Junction for October

Following are the recipes i tried out as Prashadhams for my golu.

Aval Inipu(Sweet poha)
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Ingredients
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1) Aval(Poha) - 2 tumblers
2) Jaggery(Grated)- 2 Tumblers
3)cashenuts - 10
5)Dried Grape (Kismis) - some
6)Ghee - 3 tspn

Method
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1)Wash Aval in water and drain water immediately so that they are still crisp.You can wash them in Milk also to enhance the taste

2)Take grated or powdered jaggery in a kadai and heat them by sprinkling some water. Heat it till there are bubbles by stirring.Pour them onto aval.

3)Fry the cashewnuts and kismis in ghee and pour them onto aval.

Delicious Aval inipu is ready in seconds..


Rava Halwa(Kesari)
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Ingredients
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Rava - 1 cup
sugar - 1 cup
Ghee - 5 tspns
Water - 3 cups

Method
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Boil water in a kadai by mixing sugar in it till you get bubbles.If you want you can add kesari colour also. Add rava and dont touch it for 2-3 minutes. When it all joins together add ghee into it and mix it thouroughly. Add friend cashenuts and kismis.

Sweet Rava Halwa is ready in minutes


Sundal
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Ingredients
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Channa(Sundal) - 2 cups
Oil- 3 tspn
Red chilli- 4
Grated coconut - some
Soris(Kadugu) - some


Soak channa in water for 6 hours.Then boil them in a cooker for about 10 -15 minutes Heat oil in a frying pan and add soris(kadugu).Then add red chilli. Add boiled channa, salt and grated cocnut and fry them for a minute or two.

Soodana Sundal ready.

Puliogare
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Ingredients
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Tamraind - Lemon size
Gingely oil - 8 tspn
Rice - 2 cups
Ground nuts- some
Soris,urad dhal(Ulunthu parupu), Chana dhal(Kadalai parupu)- some
Haldi(Manjal)- a bit
Red chilli - 5-6
Salt to taste

Soak tamrind in water for half an hour and then extract juice out of it. Cook rice in a pressure cooker with 2 times the water and take it out in 2 whistles so that the rice doesn't stick to one another.Add oil in a frying pan and fry soris, urad dhal and chana dhal in it.Then add red chilli, haldi, salt and then add the tamarind juice.Let it boil till the oil comes out. Mix it with rice. Fry the groundnuts in oil separately and mix them with rice.Puliagare is ready.

Lemon Rice
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Ingredients
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Lemon - 2
Gingely oil - 8 tspn
Rice - 2 cups
Ground nuts- some
Soris,urad dhal(Ulunthu parupu), Chana dhal(Kadalai parupu)- some
Haldi(Manjal)- a bit
Red chilli - 5-6
Salt to taste

Extract juice out of the lemons and keep aside. Cook rice in a pressure cooker with 2 times the water and take it out in 2 whistles so that the rice doesn't stick to one another.Add oil in a frying pan and fry soris, urad dhal and chana dhal in it.Then add red chilli, haldi, salt and then add the lemon juice.Let it boil for 3 minutes. Mix it with rice. Fry the groundnuts in oil separately and mix them with rice.Lemon Rice is ready.

Curd Rice
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Ingredients
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Curd - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Rice - 2 cups
Ginger - some(finely chopped)
soris, urad dhal,channa dhal- some
(Kadugu,Ulunthu parupu, kadalai parupu)
pomegranate seeds - some

Cook rice by adding 3 times the water till they become a paste. Cool them by keeping it out.Then add curd , salt and milk to it and mix thouroughly. Heat oil in a pan and add soris, urad dhal, channa dhal and ginger and add them to tthe rice. Decorate it with pomegranate seeds.
Tip - dont prepare curd rice when the rice is hot.