Rava Kichadi

Rava Kichadi also called as Sooji / Semolina Kichadi is one of my favourite in rava dishes since childhood I have rava in my pantry and I thought to make any dish from it and try this kichadi for first time it came out well. Since it looks so colourful, my son enjoys this with sugar.

Preparation Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time : 25 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Main| Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Rava Kichadi

Ingredients

Rava - 1 cup
Onion - 1 big cut lengthwise
Ginger paste - 1/2 tsp
Green Chillies - 2 chopped fine
Carrot - 1/4 cup chopped
Peas - 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Water - 3 cups
Coriander leaves - 2 tsp finely chopped
Salt - to taste

To temper:

Oil - 1 tbsp
Ghee - 1/2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
Chana Dal - 1/2 tbsp
Curry leaves - few

Method:

1.                In a pan roast rava till nice aroma comes without changing the color,Set aside. (if you bought roasted rava skip this step).

2.                Pressure cook the carrot and peas in low flame for 2 whistles, Set aside.

3.                Heat oil in a pan and add the items under 'to temper' fry till they turn golden brown.

4.                Then add ginger paste, onion fry till slightly browned

5.                Now add the cooked vegetables and saute for 2mins.

6.                Then add turmeric powder and required salt, required water and saute till the veggies are well blended.

7.                Lower the flame, Then add rava slowly keep stirring, Keep stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Keep mixing till rava absorbs water fully.

8.                Keep covered and cook for 3-5mins till the khichdi texture if reached.

9.                Finally add coriander leaves

10.            It should not be dry, it should slightly mushy and greasy. This goes well with chutney and sambar!

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Filter coffee

I am totally a filter coffee lover but Making filter coffee (filter kaapi) isn’t a big deal but to get the perfection sure comes only practise. I can’t start my daily chores without my filter kaapi

Filter Kaapi (Coffee) Recipe

Ingredients

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 15 mins Serves: 2 to 3

Recipe Category: Beverage Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu(kumbakonam)

For the decotion:

Coffee Powder - 3 tsp
Water - 1 cup

For the coffee:

Strong decotion - 1/4 cup (adjust according to the strongness you want)
Milk - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 tsp.
Note : This decotion can make around 2-3 cups of coffee depending on the strongness.

Method:

1. First add 3 tsps of filter coffee powder to the filter container.

2. Allow it to boil and water vaporises and for decotion (it should be in syrup consistency for strongest)

3. Add sugar in the serving tumbler.

4. Then add decotion may be 2- 3 tsp(depends on how strong you need your coffee to be). Boil the milk then add it to tumbler by straining milk in the same tumbler. Pour from the tawara to the tumbler for once or twice until frothy. Filter coffee is ready serve it hot and frothy. (I don’t have tawara so I used cup and mixed it with spoon).

Notes:

1. Once the decotion is added to the milk, do not heat it. If you want to heat then place the coffee tumbler inside a container of boiling water.

2. It is not necessary to refrigerate the decotion and it can be used for 2-3 days longer it stays stronger the decotion.

3. We can take even 2 decotion by adding in little more water once the 1 st decotion is taken but the 2nd decotion will not strong.

4. If you use decotion stored in fridge, heat the decotion separately by placing it inside a container which has boiling water.

5. For better result buy kumbakonam degree filter coffee powder while you are driving in madurai chennai high way