Sanna Murkulu

Ingredients
2 cups Rice flour
1 cup Chana flour
Salt to taste
1 tsp chillipowder
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tsp ajwain powder
1 tsp oil
oil for deep frying

Procedure
1. Boil 1 cup of water and 1 tsp oil in a bowl
2. Mix all the dry ingredeints
3. Add boiling water little by little and mix well with a spoon. The dough should be crumbly.
4.Keep aside for few minutes and once it cools to a manageable state
5. Kneed the dough to make a smooth dough the dough should not be too loose sprinkle little water if required.
6. Grease the murukku gottam(Presser) and place the kneaded dough
7. Heat oil for deep frying and Press murukku in oil and deep fry till golden brown

Cool and store in an air tight container

Murukku is ready to be served.

Creamy Sweet Corn Soup

Ingredients

For Vegetable stock:
Cabbage: 1 cup shredded
Garlic cloves:3-4 crushed
Onion: 1 small sliced into big chunks
Sweetcorn:1/2 cup
Salt:1/2 tsp
Pepper powder:1/4 tsp
Coriander:1 tsp finely chopped

For soup:
1 cup vegetable stock
1 cup sweet corn
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp corn flour
Water: 1/4 cup
Salt to taste
Pepper powder:1/4 tsp
Pinch of chillipowder
2-3 drops oil

Procedure:
1. Add water to all ingredients under Vegetable stock and boil for 5-10 mins
2. Filter the vegetables and keep aside the stock
3. Heat a non stick pan and add oil
4. Add sweet corn and fry for 1-2 mins
5. Add salt and pinch of chilli powder
6. Add vegetable stock and let it start boiling
7. Add milk and let it start boiling
8. Mix cornflour with little water to make thick liquid
9. Add it to the boiling vegetable stock
10. Add pepper and let it boil for 1 min
Dish out and Serve.

Hot Creamy Sweet Corn Soup is Ready to be Served.

Vanilla Sponge Cake

Ingredients:
Maida: 100 gms
Baking powder:1/4 tsp
Baking soda:1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder:1/4 tsp
Sugar:100 gms Powdered
Butter:100 gms
Eggs:2
Milk:1/2 cup
Vanilla essence:4-5 drops

Procedure:

• Sift Maida,baking powder and baking soda and cinnamon powder 2 times
• Beat the butter at room temperature 
• Add sugar powder to butter and whisk till light and frothy
• Add beaten eggs to the whisked mixture and whisk again
• Add vanilla essence and beat once again
• Add Maida mixture little by little to the butter mixture and fold it carefully. Be careful not to whisk too hard.
• Add milk to the mixture and fold the mixture till  the batter has no lumps and when u drop the mixture it should fall in layers like a folding ribbon
• Now Grease the cake pan with butter and dust it with maida
• Pour the batter in the cake pan and tap it lightly to settle the batter uniformly.
• Preheat the sand plate on the stove for about 5 mins
• Keep the cake pan and close the lid
• Wait for 15 mins and check with a tooth pick if it comes out clean Cake is done.

If you dont have the sand type cake pan(I have one with hole in the center) then spread salt at the bottom of pressure cooker place a small stand or vessel to seperate the cake pan from sand and place the cake pan.

Cool and seperate the cake from cake pan and serve.

Vanilla Sponge Cake

 

Mushroom Green Peas Masala

Ingredients:
Mushrooms: 250gms
Tomato: 3 medium sized chopped
Onions:3 medium sized chopped
Coriander:1tbsp chopped
Green chillies:2 slit and cut
Green Peas:1 cup
Ginger garlic paste:1 tsp
Turmeric:1/4 tsp
Garam masala powder: 1tsp(Dry roast Shajeera, cloves, elaichi, bayleafs,dhaniya and grind them)
Jeera powder: 1tsp
Salt to taste
Chilli powder: 1tsp
Oil: 1tsp

Procedure:

1. Rinse the mushrooms and cut into pieces
2. Boil the Green peas in water and keep aside. Retain the stock to use for gravy
3. Heat oil in a pan
4. Fry the mushrooms and keep aside
5. In the same oil add onions and fry till golden brown
6. Add Turmeric, ginger garlic paste and saute it a little
7. Add Green chillies and saute it
8. Add tomatoes and fry till cooked
9. Once the tomatoes are cooked add the fried mushrooms and boiled green peas
10. Add Salt, chilli powder and cook for about 2-3 mins
11. Add the vegetable stock and cook on medium flame
12. Add Jeera powder and garam masala and cook for about 2-3 mins
13. Add coriander and switch off the stove

Yummy Mushroom Green Peas masala is ready to be served.

Goes well with Rice, roti, naan.

Mushroom Green Peas Masala