Tadka Times

  • CHICKEN DUM BRIYANI

    – Add ghee in a pan and sauté rice in it for few mins, don’t soak in water. – Mix chicken, ginger garlic paste, curd, garam masala powder, red chilly powder, lemon juice, salt and marinate for half an hour. – Without adding oil, sauté all garam masala items, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, black cumin…

  • ALOO PARATHA

    – Boil potatoes, peel the skin and smash it well. – Add oil in a pan and sauté cumin seeds, finely chopped onion, green chillies, mashed potatoes, coriander powder, cumin powder, channa masala powder or garam masala powder, red chilly powder and salt. – Add more chopped coriander leaves after switching off the stove. –…

  • HORSE GRAM SOUP

    – Soak horse gram for more than 8 hrs in water. – Boil water in a pan and add horse gram, little fenugreek, cumin seeds, garlic, pearl onion, curry leaves, red chillies. – Grind the above mixture in mixie to a fine paste. – Add water in a pan and mix the grounded paste, salt…

  • BABY CORN FRY

    – Cut baby corn vertically into two pieces and boil in hot water for 3 mins with salt. – Grind ginger, garlic, fennel seeds, vinegar/tamarind, red chillies and salt to a fine paste. – Mix the grounded paste with baby corn and allow it to soak for 1 hr. – When we are ready to…

  • IDLI SAMBAR

    – Pressure cook broken green gram, chopped carrot, potato, pearl onion, tomato, green chillies, turmeric powder and asafoetida powder. – Dry roast 50 gms bengal gram, 4 red chillies, 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp cumin seeds and little fenugreek. – Grind the above mixture to a fine powder. – Add oil, tadka, grounded powder, salt…

  • CUCUMBER JUICE

    – Grind cucumber pieces, mint leaves, lemon juice, panam sugar and pepper powder in mixie. – Serve chill.

  • MILLETS PORRIDGE FOR DIABETICS AND WEIGHT LOSS

    – Saute 1 kg horse gram, 200 gms varagu, 200 gms thinai, 200 gms saamai, 200 gms pearl millet (kambu), 200 gms raagi (kezh varagu), 200 gms barley, 200 gms red rice and 50 gms badam separately. – Soak all the items for 8 hrs, sprout them, dry under sun and grind to a fine…

  • SPINACH CHICKPEAS CURRY

    – Cook white chickpeas until soft. – Cook spinach in boiling water and grind to a fine paste with red chillies and salt. – Finely powder cashew nuts without adding water. – Add oil in a pan and sauté cumin seeds, ginger paste, coriander powder, garam masala powder, tomato purée, salt, chickpeas, turmeric powder and…

  • PAROTA

    – Mix 1 kg maida, 1 tbsp sugar, salt, 20 gm dry yeast (Mix in Luke warm water) (OR) 1/2 tsp baking soda (OR) 1 1/2 tsp baking powder. – Apply oil and keep it aside for 2 hrs. – Make 30 small balls, apply ghee and keep it in air tight container without gap.…

  • RAVA KICHIDI

    – Add drops of oil and sauté 200 gms of rava. – Chop carrot, beans, capsicum, onion, tomatoes and silt 2 green chillies. – Grind ginger and garlic to a fine paste. – Add oil, ghee and sauté cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, curry leaves, onion, ginger garlic paste, veggies, green chillies and tomatoes. – Add little…