Mysore Pak (Ghee)

Ingredients:
Gram flour (or) besan- 1 cup
Sugar - 2 cup
Pure ghee-2 cup
Water

Method:
Take a pan and add 2 tea spoons of ghee and the flour.
Fry in low flame till the raw smell goes off.
Seive the flour.
Take a heavy bottom pan, add sugar and add water till it cover the sugar.
Heat in medium flame till the sugar dissolves. (Stir occasionally).
Sprinkle few drops of milk on the sugar syrup and remove the scum.
Bring the syrup to one string consistency. (kambi padham)
Add one cup of ghee and mix.
Keep adding the gram flour in little quantities and mix continously without any lumps.
Continue the low flame.
Add remaining ghee and mix.
Keep stirring continuosly.
When the mixture froths up pour it in a greased plate.
Cut after 10 mts. in desirable shape.

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Thattai

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 200 gm
Channa dal - 2 tbsp
Peanuts - 25 gm
Whole red chilli - 3
Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp(optional)
Garlic - 1 clove ( big)
Curry leaves- 10 leaves
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Butter - 2 tbsp
Salt as required.
Oil for deep frying.

Method:
Soak the channa dal for 1 & 1/2 hr. Drain and keep aside.
Fry the peanuts in the low flame. Cool them and remove the skin.
Dry grind coarsely together - peanut, whole red chilli, curry leaves, garlic
Fry the rice flour lightly in the low flame till the raw smell goes off.
In a bowl take the rice flour and add salt, turmeric powder, asafoetida and mix.
Add the channa dal and mix.
Add the coarse ingredients and mix.
Add the butter and mix.
Sprinkle little water and mix into dough.
Make small balls and flatten them on wax paper. (make shape like marie biscuit, but half thickness).
In heated oil, deep fry, flip, remove when light brown.

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India Barbeque Chicken (Tandoori Chicken)

Ingredients:

Chicken drumsticks - 6 pieces
Fresh Ginger - 2 inch (finely grated)
Garlic - 2cloves (finely grated)
Tandoori masala powder (salted) - required
Cumin powder -1/4 tsp
Lime juice - 2 tsp
Thick curd - 3 tsp


Method:
Wash and pat dry the drumsticks. Do not leave water stay on them.
In a bowl add chicken drumsticks, ginger, garlic, taondoori masala powder, cumin powder, lime juice, and thick curd.
Mix well.
Marinate overnight in the fridge.
Pre heat the oven to 450 F.
Keep drumsticks in a tray.
Place the tray in the upper rack of oven for 15 minutes.
Baste with oil after removing from oven.
Again put it back in the oven for 20 minutes or till done.
To get tandoor effect, set the oven to broil low for 5 minutes.
Serve with onion and lemon wedges.

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Bajji

1) Raw banana (vazhakkai) sliced vertical.

Ingredients:
Raw Banana (vazhakkai) or potato or green pepper (sliced thin)
Bengal gram powder (besan) - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Maida - 4 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking soda- 2 pinch
Asafoetida- 2 pinch
Salt as required
Oil for deep frying

Method:
Mix besan, rice flour, all purpose flour, red chilli powder, salt, asafoetida, baking soda.
Pour water and make a thick batter (like idli batter).
Heat the oil in medium flame.

When hot, dip the slice in batter and drop it gently in the oil.
Flip when one side is done.
Remove when the other side is also done.

Method for Stuffed pepper bajji:
Stuffing for pepper:
Potato - 1 (boiled and mashed)
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Onion - 1 tsp (cut into pieces)
Salt as required.
Coriandar leaves - finely chopped.

Method:
Mix all the ingredients.
Slit the pepper and stuff the above mix.
Dip in the batter and deep fry.

2) Vazhakkai Bajji


3) Bajji milagai stuffed with potato masala.

4) Bajji in the middle is the milagai.

5) Potato Bajji


6) Leftover potato masala became aloo bonda !!

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French Bread Pizza

Ingredients:
French Bread
Capsicum pieces
Cheese
Tomato Sauce
Onion (optional)

Either use frying pan or oven for making this dish.

1) Pan fry method:
Cut the bread into two pieces vertically.
Spread the tomato sauce, capsicum pieces, cheese on the bread
Toast the bread on pan in low flame.
Place a lid on the pan.
Item is ready to eat when cheese is melted.

2) Oven method:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F
Spread tomato sauce, capsicum pieces, cheese on the bread
Keep in the oven for 7 to 9 minutes or till cheese melts


Pan fried french bread pizza



Oven toasted french bread pizza

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Red Health Salad

Ingredients:
Mix of Fruits

Method:
Cut the fruits into likable shapes and toss together in a bowl.
Enjoy the salad.
p.s. In this salad, I used water melon, cantaloupe, red grapes, and black grapes. I used melon scooper to make half ball shaped water melons and cantaloupes.



Sent off to the 15-minute event.

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