Tadka Times

Tadka Times

  • Vadagam for Tadka

    – Grind 1kg cleaned pearl onion in mixie – don’t grind to a fine paste, break into pieces – Grind 1/2kg unpeeled garlic in mixie – don’t grind to a fine paste, break into pieces – Add 1/4kg mustard, 1/4kg broken urad dal, 100gms fenugreek, 100gms cumin seeds, 100gms fennel seeds in a big bowl…

  • CAULIFLOWER CURRY

    – Boil the cauliflower florets in hot water. – Marinate cauliflower with curd, pepper powder and salt. – Shallow fry the marinated cauliflower in oil. – Grind 2 tomatoes, green chillies and ginger. – Add oil and sauté the grounded mixture. – Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt.…

  • RASAM POWDER

    – Sauté red gram, pepper, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, red chillies, fenugreek and curry leaves. – Grind it to a coarse powder.

  • CAPSICUM CARROT PEAS MASALA

    – Cut capsicum and carrot into small cubes. – Grind ginger, garlic, onion and tomato. – Add oil in a pressure cooker and sauté mustard, cumin seeds, curry leaves, vegetables, green peas, grounded masala, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and salt. – Add coriander leaves after pressure subsides.

  • SHAKKARPARA aka MAIDA BISCUITS

    – Add 1 1/2 cup maida, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 cardamom finely powdered, 2 tbsp ghee or melted butter and sprinkle some water to knead it to a soft non sticky dough – Rest it for 10 mins – Roll it thick than a chapathi batter and cut…

  • VADA CURRY

    – Grind ginger, garlic, green chillies, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom to a fine paste. – Soak bengal gram for 2 hrs, drain the water, add red chillies, little turmeric powder, little grounded masala (for more flavour) salt and grind coarsely without adding water. – Then add finely chopped onion to the vada mixture.…

  • CASHEW NUT THUVAYAL

    – Dry roast cashew nuts and red chillies. – Grind roasted cashew nuts, red chillies, tamarind, pearl onions, little muthuna coconut (optional) and salt. – Add tadka to it. Cheers

  • Cookies/Choco Cookies

    – Sieve all the dry ingredients like 1 3/4 cup maida (or 1 cup maida and 3/4th cup choco powder), 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 cup brown sugar in a sifter in one large bowl – In another bowl add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 cup butter and 2 tsp vanilla…

  • VAZHAIPPOO KOOTU

    – Pressure cook vazhaippoo, broken green gram, bengal gram, red gram, chopped onions, tomato, green chilly, turmeric powder and red chilly powder. – Smash the cooked mixture. – Add oil, tadka and boil the cooked mixture with fennel powder and salt.

  • GROUNDNUT PARATHA

    – Add oil in a pan and sauté groundnut, red chillies, cashew nut, coconut, black sesame seeds and asafoetida powder. – Grind it to a fine paste by adding salt and water. – Stuff the grounded paste in chapathi dough and cook in dosa tawa.