Ragi Vada

This is a very famous snack(pakoras) prepared in the Coimbatore and its surroundings(mostly in the villages-one of those recipes disappearing with the discovery of pizza and burger ;) ).Even my mom has never made it,I never missed to taste whenever I visited my grandma.You can make it either way- soft or crunchy...Just make sure that u dont spoil the pakoras by overfrying(in case u want a crunchy pakora).This is my DH's most favorite and he demands for it whenever it rains :)and its raining here today :)

Excuse me for this pic :((((((((battery was low and could use my camera ;)a click from the mobile phone :(

Ingredients
1 cup ragi flour
1/2 cup rice flour
1/4 cup powdered dalia(pottukadalai)
one handful of dalia(split)
a small bunch of coriander leaves(finely chopped).
1 big onion (finely chopped)
3 green chillies(finely chopped)
handful of curry leaves(chopped)
Water(enough to bind all these into a pakora dough- not too thick, not too thin)
salt.
Oil(for deep fat frying)

Method
1.Mix all the ingredients together except oil.
2.Heat oil at medium flame and drop this dough little by little in small batches.
3.Leave in the oil until the bubbles stop for crunchy pakoras.else take out when they are soft but cooked ;)

Read the entire recipe here

Choco -Milk Burfi

Hi all :) I am back with my first post at the end of this year ;) finally yeahhhhhhh finally......thought let me log in to my blog ;) and post something.


This is just the replication of the recipe I found in Sailajas blog,except for the very minimal changes.



Ingredients
4 cups Dry Mik powder(I used nestle's)
1 cup All purpose Flour
1 cup or more Sugar 
1 Pint Heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup Chocolate chips(Semi sweet or milk choco chip)
1/4 cup of milk(if needed)
Ghee-1tsp to grease the tray

Method
1.Mix Dry milk powder,all purpose flour,sugar and whipping cream without any lumps.I found the mixture to be a very thick batter ,so added a 1/4 cup of milk to it.
2.Grease a tray with ghee and keep it aside
3.In a microwave safe glass bowl ,put this mixture and at microwave HIGH cook for 8 minutes at 1 minute intervals,Taking out and stirring for each and every 1 minute.
4.It must have become frothy at the 8 th minute.If it does n't add another minute or two with the same 1 minute interval.
5.Pour 1/2 of the mixture into a greased tray and spread evenly.A silicon spatula does a good job :)
6.Immediately add the chocolate chips to the rest of the mixture and stir well.
7.Pour it on top of the white part.(Again,get the help of a silicon spatula)
8.Let it cool to room temperature,then refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours hours or until done.
9.Cut it to desired shapes.Keep it refrigerated before serving.


Notes

• I was not able to cut peferct shape from the tray ;)so,what I did is after slicing them into squares,I again sliced the sides to get the perfect shape :) and I loved it :)
• Do not slice it at room temperature. It is highly recommended to slice it after refrigerating it. 
• Make sure the mixture is taken out from the microwave after it becomes frothy and moves from the sides.

:)

Read the entire recipe here