Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Christmas recipes

Hi friends,
I am sure everyone has great plans for Christmas. Along with the Christmas decorations, Church schedules,  and shopping comes the cooking plan. We all wonder and think of many many recipes, but still the family's vote goes for our usual successful recipes That too native recipes stay in our menu forever. As we both are from Tirunelveli, our town's recipes comes to our minds first. Every year Xavier gives me a long wish list Here is that list ! Enjoy !

Merry Christmas !

Christmas plum cake (Indian style)





Plain vanilla cake


 Butter biscuit (Sooji berry biscuit / benne biscuit) :




Gingerbread cookies:



Orange butter cookies:



Susiyam:




Athirasam:


 Munthiri kothu


Porikadalai laddu:




Pineapple Kesari




Spicy snacks:
Butter Murukku



Coconut milk murukku



Thattai








Oma podi (sev)



Kara sev:




Ulunthu vadai


Paruppu vadai




Breakfast:
Aappam (rice pancake)





Lunch:
Turkey biriyani



whole fried chicken





Dindigul chicken biriyani (in cooker)




Tirunelveli mutton varuval




Egg kuruma (Tirunelveli style)


Stuffed egg (keeru muttai)



Dessert : (Paruppu Payasam)







Merry Christmas !


Friday, December 8, 2017

How to make Roti dough in kitchenaid mixer ?



Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour - 3 cups
oil - 2 tbsp
salt - 1/2 tsp
water - almost 1 1/2 cup

Method:
Put flour and salt to the bowl of mixer.
Fix the bowl to the stand mixer.
Attach the dough hook to stand mixer.
My mixer is pro 600, so I lifted up the bowl and fixed it.
Now start in lowest speed to mix well for less than 30 seconds.
Add 1 cup water.
Slowly increase to 2 and 3 speeds.
Then I always set it in speed 4 or 5 for making the dough.
Add required water and let it run for 2  more minutes.
Almost within 3 minutes and 30 secs the dough will be ready.
The dough should be stiff enough to roll roti / chapati but soft and pliable (not sticky),
Then add oil and run for few seconds more.
The dough will be ready .
Switch off, take out and keep inside an airtight container. (or) we can start preparing roti right away.

Chapati / roti dough is ready !

Click to see chapati recipe.

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