Nursery and Playroom Learn Cooking Recipe

Idiyappam or string hoppers is a rice flour based dish popular both in Tamilnadu and Kerala. The difference is,in Tamilnadu it's served with sweetened coconut milk whereas in Kerala a spicy egg or chicken curry is accompanied. Idiyappam needs the processed rice flour and is made in large quantities in most of the households.I usually get my Idiyappam flour from India and use it.Once in a while I make it on my own here if I needed. Back in India in my house large quantity of rice is soaked for an hour or two then drained and dried in a shade for 30-40 minutes.The damp rice is powdered in a commercial mill.Then the rice flour is either dry roasted or steamed,after that the flour is dried in the sunlight for 2-3 days.Then its stored in an airtight container for future use.Though the process of making rice flour is time consuming,the output of idiyappam is very soft and tasty. Coming to the pictures,it was a real hard time for me to click and clicking a white dish is bit...

Again H is one such difficult alphabet to choose a Tamil recipe, so used a clause and sharing a simple post. Nannari aka India Sarasaparilla is a natural body coolant.The roots of the Sarasaparilla are often used to make the syrup and it has lot of medicinal values,used in Ayurvedic medicine. Nannari sarbath is a popular drink in most of the road side shops especially in summer.Nannari sarbath is a natural thirst quencher made using nannari syrup and lemon juice along with crushed ice. Will share the recipe of nannari sarbhat with the syrup soon. As we don't get the nannari syrup here I missed this sarbhat a lot.After seeing so many homemade nannari syrup in the blogosphere I tried to make it at home.So during my last India trip I got a packet of nannari root from the Ayurvedic shop. I made this syrup in a small quantity for my first trial and came out so good and flavorful.These days enjoying the nannari sarbhat a lot on sunny days.Since there is no preservatives use...

Homemade spice powders are so fresh and flavorful,so I prefer to make it home.Today I am sharing a nice aromatic spice powder used to make pav bhaji and other North Indian recipes. Soon I will be sharing the recipes which uses this spice powder and adapted it from  Veginspiration .Lets move on to the recipe......................... Pav Bhaji Masala Powder     Basic Information    Preparation time 5 minutes    Cooking time 10 minutes    Makes 3/4 cup(approximately)        Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Coriander seeds/dhaniya 1/4 cup Red chilly/varamilagai 10-12 Black pepper/milagu 2 tbs Cumin seeds/jeeragam 2 tbs Fennel seeds/sombu 11/2 tbs Cinnamon/pattai 10-12 (1 inch piece) Black Cardamom 4-5 Dry aamchur powder/mangai podi 2 tbs       Method   Dry roast all the in...

For the 3rd day of blogging marathon#37,I am sharing how to get the butter from the fresh cream and melting the butter to ghee.I always use the homemade ghee only as we like the flavor and freshness of it.I used to get the butter from store and melted it till 2 years back.But one day when I had lot of leftover heavy whipping cream I decided to make the butter.The ghee got from the fresh butter was so flavorful,since then I started using the fresh cream to get the ghee.Lets move on to the recipe............................. Basic Information Preparation Time 20-25 minutes Cooking Time 20 minutes Makes around 150 ml of ghee Ingredient All you need is Heavy Whipping Cream (I used 500 ml) Other Things A big Bowl Electric Hand Blender A Pan to melt the Butter Strainer Glass jar or container to store Method Keep the electric blender whisk in the freezer for 10-15 minutes.Now pour in the heavy whipping cream in the bowl and s...

For the day of Blogging Marathon#37 under the theme Kitchen Basics, I am sharing you how to freeze the pre-cooked roti for later use. I am not a person who prefer frozen foods except some veggies for handy.But sometimes I freeze the roti and Puran Poli  if I make it excess or need to make it in a bulk for parties. These days my little one keeps me busy and not letting me do an elaborate cooking I make rotis and cook it for 30 seconds and freeze it in the weekends for the week days dinner or lunch. Basic Information Preparation Time 25 minutes Resting Time 30 minutes Cooking Time 7-10 minutes Makes 14-15 Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Wheat flour/gothumai maavu 2 cups Oil 1 tbs Salt 1 tsp Water to knead Parchment paper 14 sheets Wheat flour for dusting Method In a wide bowl take the wheat flour,salt,to this add the oil and mix it well.Sprinkle little water at a time and knead it to a soft,stiff dough.Let it rest it rest for 30 minute...