Jeera(Cumin) Rasam

Ingredients:

Thoor Dhall - 2 tbsp
Jeera - 1/2 tbsp
Red chillies - 4
Turmeric powder - pinch
Tamarind - Small lemon sized
Jaggery - for taste
Asafoetida(perungayam) - pinch
Salt - to taste

Method:

Powder thoor dhall, jeera and red chillies together in a dry jar. Now put the ground powder in a vessel and add the tamarind paste, turmeric powder, salt, jaggery and asafoetida along with sufficient water to dilute it. Simmer the stove and let it boil for while. Now season it with mustard and jeera. Gama Gama Jeera rasam is ready. :)

Serve it with hot steamed rice and papad. It would suffice a nucler family of 4. Happy eating :)


Written by: Nithya
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Guest Samayal - Paneer Butter Masala

Ingredients:

Paneer - 250 gms
Tomato paste - 1 tsp
Butter - 1 tbsp
Chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Onion - 1/2
Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Kastoori methi powder - 1/4 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 1 tsp
Milk - 1 cup
Salt - to taste


Method:

Take a bowl and add coriander powder, garam masala, kasthoori methi powder, tomato ketchup and chilly powder to it and dilute it with milk and mix it well. Now keep this aside.

Melt butter in a pan and add ginger garlic paste and mix it well until the raw smell changes. Add onions(finely chopped) to it and fry for a while. Now add the above mixture to the pan and mix well. Simmer the stove and keep it closed for 3-4 min for the contents to get cooked. Now add salt to it. If the gravy becomes thick, add some milk to it and mix quickly and dilute it. Put in some paneer to it and cook for few min. Panner butter masala is ready to eat. Decorate with fresh cream if needed. Serve hot with Kulcha or Nan.

Written by: Anuradha Pratheepkumar

From 4thsensesamayal: Thank you Mrs.Anuradha, for taking interest and sending in your recipe to our blog. We are happy to feature it as the guest samayal this week. :) Keep cooking and keep on sending.

Guest Samayal

To all viewers, from this week we have planned to include a feature called 'Guest Samayal' where recipes of people who are not part of the Thihar gang will be displayed. One or two guest recipes will be featured every week. So kindly send in you recipes along with a photo of the dish to fourthsensesamayal@gmail.com.

A simple dish of yours could help a culinary novice to become a pro of the kitchen. So keep sending. :) Happy cooking!

Egg Less Cake

Plain Eggless cake

Ingredients:

Milk maid (condensed milk) - 1/2 tin
Powdered sugar - 4 tsp
Sodiumbarbonate (cooking soda) - 1 pinch
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Butter - 50 gms
Salt - A pinch
Maidha - 150 gms
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Method:

Put butter and sugar in a bowl and blend well. Now add milk maid to it along with baking powder, cooking soda, salt and vanilla essence and mix well. Now add the maida little by little mixing the contents evenly. The mix should be in dosa batter consistency. Now pour the contents into a greased cake bowl filling it half full. Now microwave the cake for 5 min exactly. Plain eggless cake is ready. Check if it is cooked by inserting a knife into the cake. If the cake is not sticky then its done. :)

Eggless plain cake :)

Butter Cream Icing

Ingredients:

Butter - 30 gms
Powedered sugar - 30gms
Food color - A pinch

Method:

Blend butter,sugar and food color evenly making it thick and creamy. Make a butter paper cone and insert the required nozzle and decorate the cake as you like. :)



Written by: Nithya
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Ice lemon Tea

Ingredients:

Lemon - 1
Tea powder - 1 tsp
Sugar - for taste
Honey - 1 tsp
Ice cubes - few.

Method:

Make tea dicaution(i.e. add a spoon of tea power in boiling water and filter the contents) and keep it aside. Now to a glass of cold water add 3 tsp of the dicaution and 2 tsp of lemon extract. Add sugar to it and stir well. Now take the serving glass and pour in 1 tsp of honey and the mixed contents to it. Top it wit some ice cubes and serve it cold. Yummy yummy home made ice lemon tea is ready. :)

Simple yet attractive. Happy drinking this time :)



Written by: Nithya
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