Watermelon Rind Dosa is a sweet Pancake made using watermelon or just the rind(white part of watermelon) This is a soft and spongy pancake using all healthy Ingredients Usually after eating watermelon, we through away the Rind of watermelon. Instead you can use it to make watermelon flavoured dosas called Surnali's(soft spongy doas) can even make Neer dosa, Recipe for watermelon neer dosa
For this Sweet Dosa ingredients needed: DosaRice :2 cups Methi seeds(fenugreek): 1tsp Coconut 1 cup White part of watermelon: 1+1/2cup Jagerry or Thin Jagery: 2cups Ghee: 1-2 sps for Frying Note: I have made a small quantity using just 1 cup Dosa Rice
Procedure is as follows: Just soak DosaRice along with Methi seeds for 4-5 hrs Later wash the soaked rice 2 times & Add coconut in a blender Then add the watermelon rinds to the blender along with very little water
Then grind all the ingredients to a thick fine paste Leave it to ferment for 4-5 hrs or Overnite
While making dosa add Thin jaggery(availble in organic stores) Or else you can melt normal jaggery and add to the batter Leave it to rest for 10 min On a nonstick pan grease with 1sp Ghee. Add a laddle full of batter in middle don't spread let it form a thick pancake Cook with lid for 2 min each side then turn around...
Note: You can even add Flattened rice(Poha) soaked 1/2 cup to the rice mix If you want more spongy you can grind the batter with Buttermilk or curd 1/2 cup If your batter has not fermented you can even add soda pinch just before making dosas Here is Watermelon Rind Dosa soft and spongy pancake ready to serve
Spicy Mutton gravy served with Ragi Ball(Mudde) made with Finger Millet Ragi(Finger millet)/Nachni and Rice are the most important staple grains of South India. Jowar and bajra are also cultivated and consumed in the drier parts of the region. Regular meals consists of Ragi mudde or steamed dumpling made from ragi flour, a curry to roll bits of the dumpling often called Saaru, Rice and Yogurt. Among the Non vegetarian meal Ragi ball with Mutton gravy is very popular
Ingredients: Mutton(lamb): 500 grms Potato: 1cut in cubes(Optional) Oil: 3-4 sps Turmeric: 1pinch Bay leaves: 2-3 Onion sliced: 1 Tomato long slices: 1 Coriander powder: 2sps To grind Onion: 2 Tomato: 1 Cloves: 4 Cinamon; 1 inch Ginger garlic paste: 2sps Green chilies: 3 Coriender leaves: 1cup Coconut: grated 1/2 cup
Method of preparation: Wash the Mutton 2-3 times thoroughly Heat a pan on medium flame In a pan add Little oil & add Cloves & cinnamon add Onion julians(grinding) & fry Then add Green chilies & ginger garlic paste fry little Now add Tomatoe(Under grind)cut length wise & fry till mushy Lastly switch off the heat and add Coriender leaves 1cup, let everything cool down
In a blender add all the above fried ingredients coconut, coriender powder add water 1 cup & blend to a fine paste
I have used pressure cooker to cook the meat Keep the cooker on heat add oil then add Bay leaves: 2-3 Add Greenchili slit 1-2 add Onion sliced & fry Tomato long slices & fry then add the Mutton & fry it Add Turmeric & fry till it leaves water Then add the ground paste(Masala) & fry nicely till it leaves sides Add salt to taste & Potato cubes mix check the taste if you want more spicy add redchili powder Add 2 cups water & close cook for 5-6 whistles till the mutton is soft cooked
For the Ragi Mudde: Take 4 cups water in a Aluminium pot add 2 sps cooked rice bring to boil Then add 1 1/2 cups Ragi flour turn down the heat let it bubble up Then mix everything using wooden spoon( can use chapati belan as well) Mix well making round circles so that if any lumps will go... If its too watery add litlle more flour & mix close Cook for 2-3 min with lid then mix well making round circles.... Switch off heat & cool for a min Pour little water on a plate so that it doesn't stick... Take a small portion of hot ragi on this plate( it must be little hot) dont cool it completely Then knead the Ragi balls to round shapes on the plate... Keep this in a Hot box & Repeat the process for rest Ragi portions
Serve Mutton gravy with Ragi ball & Rice Enjoy hot Mutton gravy
Quick Chicken Manchurian Easy to make starter Try this Manchurian style chicken for any party as it is super easy and yumm....
Ingredients: Boneless Chicken: 1/2 kg Egg: 1 Lemon: 1 Redchili powder or paprika: 2sps All purpose flour: 1 cup Oil: for deep frying Capsicum: 1 Spring onion: 2 Garlic 2 ps Knorr chinese manchurian powder
Method
Marinate boneless chicken with salt, lemonjuice for 10 min,
Then squeeze out excess water, add egg, mix add paprika or redchili powder mix well.
Take oil in deep kadai for frying...
Make batches of 6 pcs sprinkle maida just before frying on 6 pc & coat well then fry till golden....
Again sprinkle maida & coat for next batch just before frying......
Remove on absorbent paper
In a separate Wok
Take Oil 3 sp, add garlic chopped(OPTIONAL) Sauté capsicum chopped, Chopped spring onions & fry Pour in 4sps of Knorr Chinese Manchurian powder mixed in 1 cup water Mix & add 1/2 cup more water& bring to 1 boil check required consistency When thick add Fried chicken( no adding salt) & Mix well Lastly garnish with spring onion Note: You can Use Cornflour 3sps & Redchili powder 1sp mix instead of Knorr chinese manchurian powder(then Garlic is a must.) Enjoy this dry chicken Manchurian dish for any Party
Bake these Blueberry muffins for any party or just tea time snacks its perfect So for your next kids party or kitty party try these Blueberry muffins which are easy to bake
With whisker whisk eggs for 2-3 min, add powdered sugar whisk more. Add butter & whisk all together for 2-3 min Add vanilla essence & mix
Sieve Flour (maida) & baking powder together. Slowly add Flour mixture & whisk for a minute till all combines Add 2sps Milk(optional) & mix again
Grease muffin tin with butter & dust flour to make a thin layer remove excess Pour cake batter till 3/4th fill & pat so it settles down. Bake for 15-18 min @ 140* in Oven(Convention mode) Makes about 10 muffins, Enjoy soft centered oozing out with blueberry jam muffins
