FOX TAIL MILLET/ NAVANE UPMA

Millets are healthy , it is also healthy for diabetic patients. & also others too, we should replace to millets at least one or two times in a week.here I have made foxtail millet Upma which is very easy & tasty too by adding vegetables. You can use store bought rava.

Ingredients 

1 cup of foxtail millet rava

3 cups of water 

1 cup of mixed vegetables 

Salt

5/6 or as per spice chopped green chilli 

Few curry leaves

Few coriander leaves 

Pinch of sugar

Lemon

Seasoning 

2- tbsp ghee or oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds 

1/2 tsp jeera

1 tsp chanadal 

1 tsp urad dal 

Method 

Cut vegetables & cook ( you can also cook on stove top) keep ready.

Heat oil in a pan & make seasoning 

Add onion & fry until done

Next add vegetables & mix

Now add 3 cup of water & add other ingredients 

Leave it for boiling 

Then add fix tile millet rava little by little without any lumps 

Cover & cook until done 

Garnish with coriander leaves 

Serve hot.

CURRY LEAVES RASAM

 Curry leaves is very healthy & most of people are using in every day cooking, by adding it to dishes & in different ways, it is tasty & good aroma. Here I got one recipe of making rasam using curry leaves itself with other ingredients, no dal & easy to prepare 

Ingredients 

2-3 medium size ripe tomatoes cut into pieces 

3/4 cup or little more curry leaves 

Small lemon sized tamarind soaked in water 

Salt as per taste

Masala paste

Ghee 2 tsp

1/2 tsp urad dal

1 tsp toor dal

4-5 red chili ( as per spicy)

3/4 tsp or as per spicy pepper 

 Seasoning 

2 tsp ghee

1/2 tsp jeera

1/2 tsp mustered seeds

Pinch of hing 

Method 

. Heat ghee in a vessel & add seasoning when it splutters add cut tomatoes & fry until soft.

. In another pan heat ghee and fry ingredients given under masala 

. Combine with curry leaves & add little water & grind into paste .

. Now add this to tomato mixture & add sufficient water & salt little jaggery & tamarind water & mix & leave it to boil for few minutes.

. Not too thin or thick it should be pouring consistency 

. Remove from fire 

.serve hot with rice.

KADALE BELE CHAKLI/ CHANADAL CHAKLI

 KADALEBELE or chanadal chakli I tried for first time it came out very well, some told it will be hard but after adding oil sufficiently it was crisp & tasty . But still it is different from our regular chaklies but if you want a change of taste & texture & feeling bore of eating same kind sure you can change for this.

Ingredients 

Rice flour 1 cup

Chanadal ( roast for few seconds) flour 3/4 cup

Salt 

Jeera

Oil 2-3 or little more ( if you hold mixed flours in your fist & press it should hold the shape)tbsp

Chakli press

Oil for deep frying 

Method 

Mix flours add salt and mix then add jeera and oil & mix , 

Now add little by little water & make dog dough not too soft or hard , it should hold shape while you press

Now keep oil on flame for frying 

After oil is hot ( not piping hot) on a sheet press Chaklies & keep ready 

When oil is hot put one by one in oil & fry until golden color or if chakli sinks in oil it is said that done

Remove on paper towel remove extra oil

Enjoy with coffee or tea 😊👍

MANGO VANILLA ICE CREAM

 Who doesn’t like ice cream 😋 I think everyone ( May be very less person like) this is mango flavoured vanilla ice cream no eggs .it is very yummy & nice texture . But preparing is little bit time consuming & long process but still final product is too good & sure everyone likes.

Ingrediants 

1 cup of full fat milk ( I used green pack of milk)

1 cup of heavy cream

1 tb sp corn starch or flour

1&1/2 tbsp G.M.S ( glycerol monostearate) 

1/4 tsp C.M.C POWDER ( carboxy methyl cellulose)

2tsp milk powder

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup of water 

1/3 cup of butter

Additional 2 tbsp heavy cream

Pinch of salt

2tsp vanilla essence

Method 

Boil milk & cream & keep 1/4 cup of milk aside,continue boiling and occasionally mixing until it reduces 

Take 1/4 cup of milk & mix add corn flour,milk powder,GMs & CMC and mix throughly 

In a wide pan add sugar and water & bring to boil avoid cristalization.

Now add butter & two tbsp cream,vanilla essence,& stir until it starts to thicken 

Now add mango pulp 1 cup or little more & mix  and stir continues finally add this mixture to sugar syrup & mix 

Now leave it to completly cool 

Then put it in airtight container & freeze it to 3-4 hrs.

Then after freezing remove & blend or churn in a blender to smooth

Again shift into airtight container & cover with aluminium foil tightly where air should be avoided 

REpeat every 3 hrs blending & storing in airtight container with aluminium foil covered.

THis should be done 3 times & finely keep it freezer & after that ice cream is ready to use.

Note

Any fruit flavour you want make pulp of it & use

If you want you can use colour

Here you can put pieces of fruits or dry fruits or 

FRIED GRAM MYSORE PAK/ HURIGADALE MYSORE PAK

Normally,we make mysore pak using gram flour.  This one I tried with fried gram dal,that is also called as hurigadale in kannada.this came to my mind that I had stock of fried gram in my pantry because without knowing I bought two times, if we keep it for more days it will spoil so, thinking what to do so I tried both besan ladoo & mysorepak both.here I followed same as we make regular mysore pak.it came out very well & tasty.

Ingrediants 

1 cup of powdered fried gram/ hurigadale 

3/4 to 1 cup of sugar ( depends on sweetness)

1/4 cup or little more water for making sugar sirup 

Little less or 3/4 cup of melted ghee 

METHOD

1. Take a pan & add sugar & water and make 1 string syrup 

2. Now add slowly fried gram powdered and mix without lumps 

3. Add ghee little by little in between.

4. Keep mixing until it leaves sides ( here be alert about ghee mixing you can see that ghee is enough so stop adding.i want to say that ghee measurement is for count but it may change while mixing)

5.keep a greased plate ready

6. Keep mixing it starts leaving sides & starts to form like dough

7.now take it immediately & pouron greased plate & tap  it with spatula & make it even & make impressions of cutting & keep it to cool 

8. After it is come to room temperature remove & make pieces.

9 store in airtight container 

10. This takes very less time to make & tasty too.