Vazhapoo / Banana flower / Banana blosom Vada

Vazhapoo Vada*

Vazhapoo/ Banana flower is very good for stomach. Lot of dishes can be made with this flower like vada, poriyal, kootu, usili. Try out this tasty and healthy dish.

Ingredients

serve 3 person

1 small vazhapoo

{clean and cut them into small pieces}

1/2 cup channa dal/BG dal

{soak for 2 hrs and grind into course paste}

3/4 onion, finely chopped

3 green chillies

4 curry leaves

salt, coriander leaves

oil to deep fry

Preparation

Boil 2 cups of water in a bowl. Add 1/8 turmeric powder , flower to it. Cook for 4 mints then strain water and set cooked flower aside.

Now mix onion, chillies, salt, cooked flower , curry leaves, coriander leaves, grounded course paste to it and mix well. Take a small portion and roll into small balls. Make it flat and deep fry them in oil. Repeat the same for the rest of the mix. serve hot.

It's Diwali Special. So I planned for the following special dishes...! yummy yummy !!!

* Breakfast Special
Chow chow Baath
Wondering what it is. It's Karnataka Special. It's a combination of Kesari Baath and Masal upma. What a great combi isn't it .......Have a look at it then! Kesari Baath
Masal Upma
Masal Vada

**Kesari Baath
Ingredients
Serve 2 person

Rava(Suji) - 1/2 cup
Sugar -1/2 cup {Adjust to taste}
Salt - a pinch
Ghee -1/8 cup
cardamom -1
Food Color -1/12 spoon
Cashews & Dry Grapes -1/8 Cup
Method*
Heat a Pan. Add little ghee and rava to it. Fry well and keep it aside.
Heat a deep bottom pan. Add 1 spoon ghee and fry cashew nut and grapes. Set aside.
Now add 3/4 water , cardamom to the same pan. Leave it to boil. Now add salt, rava to it. Stir well and cover it. After 2 minutes stir well and add sugar, ghee , roasted nuts to it.
Leave the cover for some more time and stir once. Little milk can be added (Optional). Serve hot.

* Masal Upma
Recipe in breakfast section.

* Masal Vada
Ingredients
Serve 3 Person

BG Dal or Bengal Gram or Channa Dal -3/4 Cup
Green Chilly - 3 to 4 Fine chopped
Sombu -1/8 spoon
Curry leaves -4
Coriander leaves
Onion -1/2 Fine chopped
Canola oil to deep fry
Salt
Method*
First Grind dal , sombu into a course paste in a mixer. Adding very little water to it. Transfer the paste to a bowl. Add all other ingredients except oil. Mix and keep aside. Now heat oil in a deep pan. Take a small portion of the above mixture. Roll and make it flat in the palm or in a sheet. Slide slowly into the hot oil. Fry till both the sides become golden brown. Serve hot.

Easy Bake Biscuits

Hi guys!!!
Do u want to bake biscuits without breaking head then, have a look at this one. Very easy to bake delicious biscuits in no time. I got this base from my friends neighbor and thought to make it still more tasty so, i added few details to it. Try once u won't regret...



Ingredients:


All Vegetable Shortening - Amount required to bind flour and sugar together{I used this above product from Wal-Mart }
Powdered Sugar - 1 1/2 cup {If not powder Ur usual crystal sugar in mixer at home}
Maida(All purpose flour) -1 1/2 cup

Preparation:

Step 1
Take required (approx 6 spoons)amount of Crisco vegetable shortening in a bowl and melt ( 30 or 40 sec in microwave) it. Leave it to cool little bit .

Step 2
Add sugar ,maida and shortening to a big bowl. Keep folding them gently until it forms a soft dough . Take small amount and roll them in Ur palm then flat them. Repeat the same for rest of the dough. Place them in the foil or baking pan and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes in 350 degree.


Step 3
Have an eye on the biscuits after every 5 minutes. When the nuts start to turn colour then the biscuits r done. Prick it with a toothpick in the centre of the biscuits and make sure nothings sticks on it......Now Ur biscuits r done. Leave it to cool. Serve with a great smile.

TIPS :-Make details on top using butter knife or fork then, press nuts to make it still more better.