Aalu-dhal

Today's 24/11/2017 Recipe : Aalu-Dhal 
Preparation by Chef. Varshini at Home.
No-Onion / No-Garlic Recipe. 

Ingredients : Potato 250 gms, Paasi Paruppu : 100 gms, 2-Tomatos, 2 green Chillies, pepper 2tsp, Jeera 1 tsp, Garam Masala 1 tsp, Coriander Powder 1 tsp, Aaharam Red Chilly Powder 1 tsp, Lemon 1/2 no.

Pressure cook Paasi Paruppu along with chopped Tomato, Slitted Green Chilly, Salt and Turmeric powder.  Once cooked, mash and keep ready.  Peel Potato skin, chop into 1/2 inch cubes and keep ready.

In a kadai, add oil, temper jeera, and add the chopped potatoes.  Add Coriander powder, Red chilly powder, Crushed pepper, Garam Masala powder and cook in medium flame covering with a lid.  Toss in interval.  Once cooked, add the mashed Dhal into it and check for consistency.  Add salt and adjust as required.  Once starts boiling, switch off and garnish with squeezed lemon juice and chopped coriander leaves.

Your special No-Onion No-Garlic Aalu-Dhal is ready to serve with Roti / Phulka / Naan / Steamed Rice, Chapathi, etc.

Chow-Chow Mor-Kottu

Today's 22/11/2017 Recipe - Chow Chow Mor-Koottu

No-Onion / No-Garlic Recipe.

Ingredients: Vegetable : Chow-Chow chopped to 1/2 inch cubes 500 gms, Sour Curd: 150 ml, Green Chilly: 6, Ginger: very tiny piece, Curry leaves & coriander leaves: few, Jeera: 2 tsp, Corainder Seeds: 2 tsp, Toor dal: 2 tbsps, Salt as required, Coconut Oil : 2 tsps, Mustard seeds, Coconut: can be 1/4th of the whole coconut quantity, Water as required

Method : In a Kadai, boil the vegetables with Water and Salt. In the meanwhile, separately soak the toor dal, coriander seeds, jeera in water and after 10 to 15 mins, grind the soaked ingredients with coconut, green chillies, ginger and very few curry leaves in the form of a paste. When the vegetables in the kadai are 3/4th cooked, add the above grounded paste to the kadai and add few more curry leaves now. Leave it for 5 to 10 mins and add the Beaten sour curd also to the Kadai now. Boil coconut oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter and add this seasoned mustard to the More Kootu now. Add very very little quantity of coriander leaves. PS - Do not add Asafoedita to More Kootu since it may give a light bitter taste.

Traditional Vethakuzhambu

Traditional Vethakuzhambu Recipe

No-Onion / No-Garlic recipe

Always soak lemon sized tamarind in Warm water for 20 to 30 mins.  Discard seeds, squeeze tamarind water and keep ready.  

In a Heavy bottom Iron Kadai, add 4 tsp of groundnut oil and 4 tsp of gingelly oil.  Once hot, add 2 tsp of Tur dhal, 1 tsp of pepper balls, 1 tsp of Fenugreek seeds, required amount of Salt (Always use kal-uppu) saute well.  Now add 1 handful of Manathakkalai Vathal (Or Sundakkai vathal of your choice),  1 tsp of Sambar Powder, 1/2 tsp of Turmeric Powder under aroma arises.  Now pour the squeezed Tamarind slowly and take care that oil does not sluppter out.  mix well and cook in medium flame.  

Once half cooked, add 1 tsp of Aaharam's Red Chilly Powder for a perfect color and texture, 1 tsp of Aaharam Asafoetida, one arc of Fresh curry leaves, 1/2 Tomato sliced, mix well and cook again on medium flame, until oil oozes out and the kuzhambu gets thickened.  

Serve this Traditional Vethakuzhambu with Steamed Rice, along with Aaharam Appalam and Potato Curry / Coconut Thogayal of your choice.

Sambar Powder

Aaharam's Special Sambar Powder

Sambar Powder, which contains a course spice mix made of roasted lintils, dried red chilles, fenugreek, coriander seeds with Asafoetida, finds an important place in making a traditional sambar in South India.  Its a custom in many households to get it done at home, but each one has its own different taste due to the methodology involved or due to variation in the quantum of spices and one finds difficult at the end to get the Unique / Traditional / Authentic taste of Sambar.  

Aaharam's Special Sambar Powder, a 100 year old traditional recipe from grannies is a perfectly blended powder, selected from best quality spices and Lentils, gets you a perfect Aroma / Authentic and Traditional taste, whether be prepared at Home or at Functions.  Our Sambar Powder is now available in 200 grams double sealed Aroma Packs, which retains its freshness at all times is just Rs.92/- per pack.  The best result on authentic Sambar can be had adding our special Aaharam Asafoetida to the Sambar. 

Getting Aaharam's Special Sambar Powder is not so tough.  Just on a click on our purchase order form would lead to Door-Delivery within 24 to 48 hours by courier.  Why wait?... Log on to www.aaharam.org.in and place your order.

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Khadhoo Dhal Tadka

Recipe for Khadhoo Dhal Tadka

(No-Onion / No-Garlic Recipe)

Soak 100 gms of Channa Dhal (Kadalai Paruppu) for 30 mins. Strain water and add to pressure cooker.  Add chopped Khadhoo (White Pumpkin cut into 1/2 inch cubes), add little turmeric powder and 1/2 salt, add little water and pressure cook for 4 whistles. Allow to cool and keep aside.  

In a Kadai, add 2 tsp of Ghee and 2 tsp of Refined oil, sizzle 1 tsp of Jeera.  Add 1/2 tsp of Aaharam Asafoetida. Add 1 no finely chopped Green chilly.  Now add curry leaves, finely chopped tomatoes (2 nos) into it and  mix well and mash well when cooked.  Now add 1/2 of Turmeric powder, 1 tsp of Aaharam Chilly Powder, 1/2 tsp of Jeera Powder, 1/2 tsp of Coriander powder and 1/2 tsp of Garam Masala Powder. required salt and mix well.. Once its meshy, remove and add the tadka to the Cooked Khadhoo and Dhal and mix well.  The dhal should be neither be watery nor too thick... (Let it be in Idly batter consistency).  Squeeze 1/2 lemon into it, add finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well.  

Your yummy special Khadhoo Dhal Tadka is ready to serve.  Goes well with Roti / chapathi / phulka / Plain rice, etc.

Serve with Joy / Serve with Pride.

Vegetable Sheer Fry

Vegetable Sheer Fry

Special Vegetable Recipe from Aaharam Kitchen

Recipe : Chop length-wise Carrot, Potato, Beans, Cauliflower florets / Broccoli florets and Nool-kol, add fresh peas. Mix all in water, bring to boil, allow to cool, strain and keep in a bowl. Sprinkle on it - Turmeric powder, chilly powder, corainder and jeer powder, 3 tsp of Thick curd, 1tsp of Lemon juice, salt, mix well, marinate for 30 mins in fridge. In a kadai add 1 tsp of butter, temper jeera / cumin seeds, a pinch of asafoetida, 1 pinch of star-anice, add 1 finely chopped onions and finely chopped tomatoes, one by one, saute in high flame. Now add the marinated veggies, saute again in high flame, check sault for consistency and sprinkle water if necessary. Remove from flame and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

Your special Vegetable Sheer Fry is ready to serve This goes yummy with Roti / Naan / Pulav / Dum Biryani, of your choice. Kids who hate to have veggies would love to eat since it has all the taste.

You can avoid Onion on this if you wish to and have it as a No Onion / No Garlic recipe.

Mattar Ki Sabji - பட்டாணி சப்ஜி

Mattar Ki Sabji - பட்டாணி சப்ஜி 

No-Onion / No Garlic Recipe

A typical recipe which is mainly served in many of the Gujju's house made with fresh peas, tomato and fresh yogurt. This is a side dish for almost all rotis / pulka / chappathi. The freshness of Mattar with mashed tomato along with Yogurt gives a tingling taste to your buds... .

Recipe : Temper 1 tsp of Mustard seeds in 2 tsp of oil, add jeera and allow to sizzle. Add grated Ginger and saute for 1 min till raw smell goes. Add finely chopped green chillies, saute well, add finely chopped tomatoes and cook until soft and mushy. You can mash it with masher so that it goes fine mushy. Add salt, turmeric powder, chilly and coriander powder, mix well and again cook for a minute. Now add Fresh Peas (Mattar) and little water and cover cook for 3 mins or until peas are soft and tender until gravy dries out. Now add little water and 4 tsp of fresh whisked Yogurt and mix well immediately. Medium cook for 1 minute and add fresh / finely chopped cilantro (coriander leaves).

Your yummy No-Onion / No-Garlic Mattar Ki Sabji is ready to serve with Phulka / Roti / Chappathi / Plain Parata. This can be served as a Accompaniment to steamed Rice also.

Tomato Kuruma

Today's Sunday 05/11/2017 morning breakfast

Pondy's Special Tomato Kuruma + Masala Poori (NIP)

Special Tomato Kurma

(No-Onion / No-Garlic Recipe)

This is very special in our area, but other people used to make with Onion and garlic. But this special recipe originally belongs to Salem District, when my mom used to make and pack for our idly / dosa during our school days in my hometown My mom's typical authentic cuisine from Salem Delta (Magundanchavadi), which is posted here. Recipe is very simple and goes very good with Idly, Dosa, Chappathi, Poori, etc.

Grind 1/2 cup grated coconut with 2 greenchilly and 1 inch ginger and keep aside. Grind 2 tomatoes to paste and keep aside. In a kadai temper 1 Bay leaf, 1 tsp of Jeera, 1 tsp of Aaharam Asafoetida. Add the grinded tomato (puree) to it and saute well. Add Turmeric powder, Red Chilly Powder (Aaharam's Special chilly powder for perfect colour and spicyness0, 1 tsp of Coriander powder, and mix well.. Once gets thickened, add the coconut paste, and adjust water consistensy. Add required salt to the gravy and simmer for 3 mins untill cooked. Remove lid, add finely chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with Masala Poori.

Your Special Tomato Kurma is ready.

Khadhoo Tamatar Sabzi

Today's 09/11/2017 Recipe 

Khadhoo Tamatar Sabzi.(White Pumpkin + Tomato Sabzi)

No-Onion / No-Garlic Recipe

Chop white Pumpkin into 1/2 inch cubes, wash in water, drain and keep ready. In a kadai add 2 tsp of Groundnut Oil, sizzle 1 tsp of Jeera. Add 1 no. finely chopped green chilly and mix well. Now add Curry leaves, tomato and cook for 3 mins. Add Turmeric, Chilly, Coriander, Jeera powder and mash well untill meshy. Now add Salt. Mix well. Add chopped Pumpkin and mix well. Add 100 to 125 ml water to it, mix well, cover with a lid, and medium cook for 5 to 8 mins depending on cooking level. Remove lid, mix well, and squeeze 1/2 lemon into it and garnish with finely chopped Coriander leaves and serve hot with Roti, chappathi, Phulka, Plain steamed rice of your choice.

Your yummy No Onion / No Garlic Khadhoo (White Pumpkim) Tamatar Sabzi is ready. Serve with Joy / Serve with Pride.

Try this at home and let me know your feedback.

Aalu-Mattar Sabji

Aalu - Mattar Sabji

(No-Onion / No-Garlic Recipe)

Chop 2 potatoes, wash in cold water with Fresh peas, remove water and keep aside.  In a mixer add 2 tomatoes, 2 green chillies and 2 inch ginger, grind to paste and keep ready.

In a Kadai, add oil, temper jeera 1 tsp, Aaharam Asafoetida 1 tsp, add the grinded paste, mix well.  Add Turmeric Powder and Coriander powder and mix well.  Now add the Potato / peas, add water, cover and cook in medium flame for 5 to 7 mins until potatoes are cooked.  Remove lid, add Red Chilly Powder, check water for consistency, add required salt, mix well and cook for 2 mins.  Now add chopped coriander leaves and 1 tsp of Kasuri methi, a Pinch of Garam Masala and serve hot with Roti / naan of your choice.

Your yummy no-onion / no-garlic Aalu Mattar Sabji is ready to serve.

Serve with Joy / Serve with Pride.

Mysuru Bonda

Home made Mysuru Bonda

In a bowl, add Maida (3 hand ful), 1 handful Grated coconut, mashed pepper, 1 tsp jeera, 1 full tsp of Aaharam Asafoetida, Chopped - coriander leaves, curry leaves and green chilly, add salt, add a pinch of Cooking soda, required salt and add water and make batter to Idli batter consistency.  Allow to rest for 20 mins.  Bring oil to temperature, and pour with a Big Spoon in oil and deep fry,  and serve hot with spicy chutney.

Kitchen / Cooking Tips # 28

Kitchen / Cooking Tips # 28

1. சப்பாத்திக்கு மாவு பிசைவதற்கு முன்னால் கையில் சிறிதளவு உப்பைத்தடவிக் கொண்டால் கையில்சப்பாத்தி மாவு ஒட்டாது.

2. உருளைக்கிழங்கு வேக வைத்த தண்ணீரில் பாத்திரங்களை கழுவினால் பாத்திரங்கள் பளபளப்பாக இருக்கும்.

3. அரிசி மற்றும் காய்கறிகள் கழுவிய தண்ணீரை வீணாக்காமல் செடிகளுக்கு ஊற்றினால் செடிகள் செழிப்பாக இருக்கும்.

4. வெயில் காலத்தில் பெருங்காயம் கட்டியாகி விடும். அப்படி ஆகாமலிருக்க பச்சை மிளகாயை காம்பு எடுக்காமல் பெருங்காய டப்பாவில் போட்டால் பஞ்சு போல் மிருதுவாகஇருக்கும்.

5. ரவா,மைதா உள்ள டப்பாவில் பூச்சி, புழுக்கள் வராமல் இருப்பதற்கு கொஞ்சம் வசம்பை தட்டிப் போட்டால் பூச்சி, புழுக்கள் வராது.

6. தயிர் நீண்ட நேரம் புளிக்காமல் இருக்க இஞ்சியின் தோலை சீவி விட்டு கொஞ்சம் தட்டி தயிரில் போட்டால் புளிக்கவே புளிக்காது.

7. காய்கறிகளை வேகவைக்கும்போது அதிக தண்ணீர் வைத்து வேக வைக்க கூடாது. ஏன் என்றால் காய்கறிகளில் உள்ள வைட்டமின் சத்துகள் போய்விடும். அதில் உள்ள மனமும் போய்விடும்.

8. காய்ந்த மிளகாயை வறுக்கும்போது நெடி வரும். அவை வராமல் இருப்பதற்கு சிறிது உப்பு போட்டு வறுத்தால் நெடி வராது.

Kitchen / Cooking Tips # 29

Kitchen / Cooking Tips # 29

1. பச்சை மிளகாயை காம்புடன் வைக்காமல் காம்பை எடுத்து விட்டு நிழலான இடத்தில் வைத்தால் நீண்ட நாட்கள் இருக்கும்.

2. நெய் ப்ரெஷ்ஷாக இருப்பதற்கு அதோடு ஒரு வெல்லத்துண்டை போட்டு வைத்தால்ப்ரெஷ்ஷாக இருக்கும்.

3. காபி டிகாஷன் போடுவதற்கு முன் சுடு தண்ணீரில் டிகாஷன் பாத்திரத்தை வைத்துவிட்டு  டிகாஷன் போட்டால் சீக்கிரம் காப்பித்தூள் இறங்கிவிடும். 

4. சீடை செய்யும்போது அது வெடிக்காமல் இருப்பதற்காக சீடையை ஊசியால் குத்திய பிறகு எண்ணெய்யில் போட்டால் வெடிக்காது.  

5. சப்பாத்தி போடும்போது சப்பாத்தி போடும் கட்டையில் முதலில் உருண்டையாக போட்டு விட்டு பின்பு அதனை நாலாக மடித்து உருட்டி போட்டால் சப்பாத்தி மிருதுவாக இருக்கும்.

6. முட்டைகோசில் உள்ள தண்டை வீணாக்காமல் சாம்பாரில் போட்டு சாப்பிட்டால் மிகவும்சுவையாக இருக்கும். 

7. கொழுக்கட்டை மாவு பிசையும் போது ஒரு கரண்டி பால் சேர்த்து பிசைந்து கொழுக்கட்டை சுட்டால் விரிந்து போகாமல் இருக்கும்.

8. எண்ணெய் பலகாரங்கள் டப்பாவில் வைக்கும்போது உப்பைத் துணியில் முடிந்து வைத்தால் காரல் வாடை வராது.

9. இட்லி சாம்பாரில் கடைசியாக மிளகு, சீரகம், காய்ந்த மிளகாய், கொத்தமல்லி  போன்றவற்றை ஒரு பாத்திரத்தில் போட்டு வறுத்து விட்டு மிக்ஸியில் அரைத்து சாம்பாரில் போட்டால் கூடுதல் சுவையாக இருக்கும்.

IBCD - International Brahmins Cuisine Day

International Brahmins Cuisine Day IBCD Lunch 01/11/2017

South Indian Traditional lunch served in North Indian Style (Like Thaali Meals)... <3 Kids choice.<3

Menu : Annam, Kalathu Paruppu, aajyam, Vazhaithandu Thayir Pachadi, Pumpkin Sambar, Authentic Mysore / Udupi Rasam, Traditional Bitter Gourd pachchadi, Paruppu Payasam, Cabbage Thengai potta Curry, Organic Home-grown Seppankizhangu Fry, Appalam, Vadai & Sambaaram (NIP) 

Pasanga Happy.. Parents also happy.... (y) (y) 

IBCD Nov-01

International Brahmins Cuisine Day - IBCD

Well.. my dear Sonthangalae...!!!

All of you are aware of that Aaharam has started celebrating International Brahmins Cuisine Day - IBCD, which has been liked and followed by many of our brahmins in many group, with a unique profile picture on the day.  On this day, we aaharians and all other brahmins in India and in abroad, celebrate with only Autherntic / Traditional cuisines especially with No-Onion and No-Garlic Recipes..... 

IBCD is always celebrated on Nov-01 every year with a day to earmark our Traditional cuisines / Recipes to reach the nook and corner of the world and to recognise our systems and traditions which. on one day would rock the entire World with our cuisines, and also to celebrate a Unique day for our brahmins.... With  your united support, we shall rock this day with our Unique Picture in our timeline and as our Profile Picture and make traditional recipes / cuisines at home and serve our beloved family and friends and show we are UNITED at all times...

Deepawali 2017

Methi Puri - மெத்தி பூரி

Methi Puri - மெத்தி பூரி 

Take 200 gms of Atta, add salt, 1/2 tsp of Turmeric Powder, 3/4 tsp of Aaharam's Special Red Chilly Powder, 1/2 tsp of Garam Masala Powder, 1/2 glass Hot Milk, 3 tsp of Kasuri Methi mix well to dough and roll on puris.  Deep fry in oil and serve Hot with Onion-Tomato Masala

A rich / nutritious / Healthy morning breakfast

Pidi Kozhukattai - பிடி கொழுக்கட்டை

Pidi Kozhukattai - பிடி கொழுக்கட்டை

Breakfast Recipe | No-Onion No-Garlic | Traditional South Indian

Soai 250 gms Boiled rice for 3 hours.  Strain water and grind to fine and thick paste along with required salt.  In a Kadai add oil, temper mustard seeds, curry leaves, Urud Dal and Channa dal, add 3 nos of cut Red chilly, 1 tsp of Aaharam Asafoetida saute well.  Add grated coconut 2 handful and add the grinded flour and saute well continuously until water evaporates and becomes like Rice Upma.  Remove from flame and make it to balls of your choice and steam boil for 10 mins in Idly Cooker.

Your special / traditional / tasty Boiled Rice Pidi Kozhukattai is ready

Serve with Joy | Serve with Pride

Peerkangai Gotsu - பீர்க்கங்காய் கொத்ஸு

Peerkangai Gotsu - பீர்க்கங்காய் கொத்ஸு

No Onion - No Garlic Recipe

Peel 1/2 kg Peerkangai skin, chop to 1 inch cubes. In a bowl, add chopped kai, turmeric powder, 1 green chilly and bring to boil. Remove water, allow to cool and mash it and keep ready. In a kadai add oil, temper mustard seed, curry leaves and finely chopped shallots (optional) and pour tamarind water, and bring to boil until raw smell goes. Now add the mashed veggie, chilly powder, dhania powder, pepper powder and jeera powder, required salt and mix well. Bring to boil and remove from flame. Serve hot with dosa / Idly / Pongal / Rice of your choice. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.