Tadka Times

Tadka Times

  • Kadala Curry

    – Add oil in a pan and saute 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp fennel seeds, 2 cinnamon sticks, 3 cloves, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1 1/2 tsp sambar powder, 1 1/2 tsp coriander powder, 6 pearl onions, 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste ,1 1/2 tsp coconut and grind it into a…

  • Vegetable Soup

    – Pressure cook chopped carrot, beans, cabbage, beetroot, broken green gram, turmeric powder, salt and drain the vegetable stock – Grind 1 tomato to a fine paste – Grind some amount of boiled vegetables to a coarse paste – In a pan, add little oil, cumin seeds, smashed garlic, curry leaves, tomato purée, vegetable stock,…

  • Chocolate Popsicle

    – Add 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder and 2 tbsp corn flour in a bowl and add little amount of milk to make it as a smooth paste – Add 2 cup milk and 1/2 cup sugar in a pan and bring it to boil – Add the cocoa mix to the milk and cook…

  • Fish Kuzhambu

    – Mix water, tamarind juice, turmeric powder, 2 tbsp sambar powder, 1/2 tbsp red chilly powder, 1 coriander powder, 3 or 4 grinded tomatoes and salt – Add oil and sauté vadagam, curry leaves, whole garlic cloves, smashed pearl onion, raw mango and the above gravy – Once the kuzhambu boils, add fish and salt…

  • Prawn Masala

    – Add oil and sauté 2 chopped big onion, 1 potato, ginger garlic paste, tomato, turmeric powder and salt. – Add prawns and after it’s 1/3rd cooked, add 1/2 tbsp red chilly powder, less than 1/2 tbsp sambar powder, curry masala powder and coriander leaves

  • Carrot Soup

    – Add oil, 1 cinnamon, 2 cloves, 3 garlic flakes, carrot puree and boil it for few minutes – Once it boils, add pepper, salt and coriander leaves

  • Pesarattu/Green Gram Dosa

    – Soak 1 cup green gram and 4 tbsp of raw rice – Grind the above with 1 onion, 1 piece ginger, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 5 green chillies, little coriander leaves and salt – Make dosa in the tawa and top it with chopped onions

  • Beetroot Syrup

    – Grate the beetroot and grind in mixie without adding water – Filter the beetroot juice out of the grinded paste – Add the beetroot juice, palm jaggery in a sauce pan and boil it for 5 mins until it thickens – Once it cools down, filter the syrup and add rose essence for flavor

  • Peanut Tomato Chutney

    – Saute tomato, red chilies, garlic and peanut along with salt – Grind it a bit coarse and add tadka to it

  • Capsicum/Bell Pepper Curry

    – Dry roast coriander seeds, red chillies, cashews, peanut and grind it to a fine powder – Add oil, mustard, fennel seeds and then sauté chopped onions, tomato, capsicum – Add the grinded mixture, salt and tamarind water