Paddu...

Paddu is a common south indian breakfast. I wanted to cook paddu from a long time but never got a chance. Last Wednesday my close friend Suma, made idli batter and she gave me also little bit. That batter i had kept in the fridge and forgot about it till Saturday. On Saturday morning i was thinking what to cook for breakfast, then suddenly i realized what i did with that idli batter which Suma gave to me. I opened the fridge and saw the batter was in good condition. From that batter only i made this simple and easy paddu..

Ingredients 

2 cup idli batter 

10 to 15 curry leafs 

1tsp musturd seeds 

1 medium onion chopped finely 

2 green chilly chopped 

2tsp coriander leafs 

salt as per taste 

3tbsp oil

Cooking Directions 

In a large mixing bowl, take idli batter, add salt, onion green chilly and coriander leafs. mix it and keep it aside. 

In a small tempering pan add 1tbsp oil, when oil is hot add mustard seeds, and curry leafs, when they start splutter add it to the idli batter and mix it well. 

Heat the Paddu pan and grease all moulds with oil. Now slowly pour the batter into each of the moulds with the help of table spoon. For best results, the Paddu batter should be filled to almost 3/4 of the mould. Reduce the heat to medium and leave the batter to cook well for 3 minutes by closing the lid. Do not close the lid while cooking if you need the Paddu to be crispy. Once cooked on one side, flip the Paddu over to the other side and cook the other side in low flame for 2 min while you pour a little oil into the mould again as required. 

Once cooked on both sides, remove from the pan and Serve hot with coconut chutney.

Mini Idiyappam With Black Channa Curry.

Idiyappam is a common breakfast dish in Kerala and Tamilnadu. It is made of rice flour and is a very healthy breakfast as it is steamed. Last month we had been to coorg there they served us idiyappam for the breakfast with black channa curry, from there i became a fan of this dish. Keeping that taste in my mind i also prepared this idiyappam on 15th Aug for breakfast. Usually people make this idiyappam in a very different way. I feel this is the best and very simple idea. Do try and let me know...

Ingredients 

1 cup rice flour 

Water as required to make a soft dough 

Oil - 2 tsp 

Salt as required.

Cooking Directions 

In a mixing bowl, take rice flour, add salt, oil and water to make a soft dough. Knead it well. Grease the inside of the idiyappam maker with oil and fill it with the prepared dough and press it in a circular motion on idly plate in the form of long strings. Then steam it for 10-15 minutes. I used my idly pot for steaming. 

The basic idiyappam is ready. It can be served with any curry of your choice or coconut chutney. 

Cheesy Curry Macaroni !!!!

I have already cooked cheesy macaroni before but this time i have tried it with a little bit of twist which is adding vegetable and tomato sauce. This new combination has blended very well and the curry taste in macaroni was simply awesome. Do try it :)

Ingredients

Macaroni Pasta 2 Cups

2 Tomatoes large, 1 medium size onion, 2 green chilli, finely chopped

1cup chopped veg (carrot, beans, peas,and cabbage) 

Coriander Powder 1tsp, Chilli Powder 1 tsp 

Tumeric 1/2 tsp, Garam Masala Powder 1tsp 

1tbsp Ginger paste 

1tbsp tomato sauce 

Cheese 1 cup 

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method 

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when it is hot, add onion, green chilli and fry to golden brown, then add all the masala powder and ginger garlic paste and fry till oil starts leaving, and then add tomato and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Then add chopped vegetables and mix it. Now add the macaroni and tomato sauce. mix it well, then add 2 cups of water and salt. Now close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame, and 1 in low flame) Once its cooked, remove from the stove and add cheese and coriander leaves, mix it gently.

Curry Macaroni is ready to serve.

@Bakasur- Eat-Drink & Enjoy

Bakasura, most of us would have  heard about this epic character from Mahabharata. Bakasura lived only for eating and following the same concept "BAKASUR" chain of restaurants is launched with its first branch at Namma Bangalore.

The place is quite well positioned in close vicinity to SEZ parks on outer ring road near Belandur (Location on google map). I happened to visit this place along with my friends in PoshVine's pre-launch dining experience at Bakasur and enjoyed being a part of "Bakasur". 

I like the big opened mouth picture of Bakasur at the entrance and many of you will agree with me. Tables are well spaced and you can be sure that your conversations are not being overheard by people sitting at next table. 

Warm greetings from staff and we decided our table and chose to sit at the corner near the cooking counter. I was quite hungry so without wasting any more time went directly to order food.

Menu was sort of limited but seems selectively created as most of items are unique in their name. We decided to go for drinks and few veg/non-veg starters to start with. 

Malai wala Lassi was a hit with its earthen pot serving and believe me it was big to fill your stomach. You must try if you are there. Hariyali murg kabab was quite tender and well cooked. We all enjoyed it and would love it eat again. 

I felt Gosht Kastoori tikka could have been better as it was bit overcooked. Mushroom Galauti & Tandoori Panja Prawn tasted average. 

Aloo Paneer til Bharwan was a disappointment. I wish they could have given more attention on the veg part. 

But nevertheless we enjoyed all the starters along with Lassi. 

With Starters and a big glass of lassi ‘the Bakasura’ inside us was bit calm now and we spent some time in chit-chat before going for the main course. 

In the main course, we tried mix of vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Probably I have raised my expectation high after the starters which main course could only partially meet. 

Since I am bit oil conscious so could not eat palak puri as it was bit oily but for those who don’t mind oily stuff it’s worth a try. 

Mutton Bheja masala, is one unique item on menu which you won’t find everywhere.

Looking around the ambience, i think you will appreciate it too and would like to be there. Music was not too loud and was pleasant to ears but what I came to know is that they have Bakasur theme music which they have planned to play in coming days.

To summarize, in my opinion, ambience is very good, music is pleasant, well spaced tables, good staff, Lassi is must try. I wish they could improve a bit on their main course menu before my next dinner at Bakasur.

Veg Hot Dog.. Veg Patties Roll!!!

Ingredient's

1 boiled potato

1 Green Chilli, (finely chopped)

1/2tsp ginger garlic paste

1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder

1 tbsp Lemon juice

1/2 cup chopped Coriander Leaves

2 tbsp Corn Flour

Salt to taste

Mustard Sauce

Tomato Sauce

3 Hot Dog Buns

few lettuce leafs

1/4 cup chopped Onion.

Cooking Method

Boil potato in pressure cooker just until one whistle. Peel boiled potato and mash really well. Mix green chillies, garlic ginger paste, red chilli powder, lemon juice in a blender and grind to make very smooth paste. Add ground masala to mashed potatoes, also add salt to taste, coriander leaves, corn flour, and mix well. Form long patties from potato mixture. Heat a pan over medium heat add a tsp of oil and shallow fry patties till it gets nice golden crust from all the sides. Make sure to flip patties once in a while to avoid sticking of it to pan. Once all patties are shallow fried, butter hot dog buns inside out and roast on the same pan till it gets nice crust. Now take one of roasted hot dog bun, on the middles of that place lettuce leafs and onion on top of that place hot dog Pattie. Add mustard and tomato sauce on the hot dog patties. You can add cheese if need.

Serve hot with extra mustard or tomato sauce!