kezhveragu koozh, Keppai koozh

Ingredients:

• keppai/Ragi - 1/4 cup
  
• Water - 2 1/2 cup
  
• Curd - 1/2 cup
  
• salt
  

Procedure:

• In a bowl, Add the ragi and water well without forming any lumps.
  
• keep that mixture on stove top and boil it in medium heat for 15 minutes or till it is cooked well.
  
• Stir it continously so that it would not form any lumps.
  
• Once it is cooked, remove from heat, add the curd and salt to it.
  
• Serve it with Onion, pickle, green chillies.
  

kaara kuzhi paniyaram

Ingredients:

• Raw rice - 1 cup (pacharisi)
  
• Idli rice - 1 cup
  
• Urud dal - 1/4 cup
  
• Fenugreek seeds (venthayam) - 1/4 cup 
  
• onion - 1 1/2 big onion
• Green chillies - 10
• mustard and urud dal - 2 tsp
• Baking soda - 2 pinch
  

Procedure:

• Soak the raw rice, idli rice, urud dal, fenugreek seeds in water seperately for 2 hours
  
• Grind everything nicely without adding much water. the contents should be thick.
  
• Ferment the mix for a day.
• Next day, cut the onions and green chillies, heat a pan with little oil,and add the onion and green chillies and fry it for 5 minutes
  
• Once the onion is fried little bit, add it to the fermented rice mix .
  
• Add 2  pinches of baking soda and mix the batter well.
  
• Now, heat the kuzhi paniyaram dish and pour it with the batter.
  
• Kaara kuzhi paniyaram is ready to eat  and would go well with coconut chutney or Peanuts chutney

Sweet kuzhi Paniyaram

Ingredients:

• Raw rice - 1 cup (pacharisi)
  
• Idli rice - 1 cup
  
• Urud dal - 1/4 cup
  
• Fenugreek seeds (venthayam) - 1/4 cup 
  
• Jaggery - 4 squares
  
• Baking soda - 2 pinch
  

Procedure:

• Soak the raw rice, idli rice, urud dal, fenugreek seeds in water seperately for 2 hours
  
• Grind everything nicely without adding much water. the contents should be thick.
  
• Ferment the mix for a day.
  
• Next day, heat a pan with little water and add the jaggery pieces.
  
• Once jagerry is dissolved, add it to the fermented rice mix .
  
• Add 2  pinches of baking soda and mix the batter well.
  
• Now, heat the kuzhi paniyaram dish and pour it with the batter.
  
• Sweet paniyaram is ready to eat  and would go well with coconut chutney or Peanuts chutney

Bread Halwa

Ingredients:

• Bread 1/2 pack (12 slices)
• Milk - 1 1/4 Cup
  
• Sugar - 1 Cup
  
• Cardamom Powder - 1 teaspoon
  
• Cashew nuts
  
• Ghee - 4  tablespoon
  
• Butter - 1/4 stick

Procedure:

• Remove the dried edges of the bread slices
  
• Cut the bread slices into small pieces.
  
• Place a non stick pan on the stove, pour 2 spoon ghee and fry the bread till golden brown.
  
• Add the milk to the pan stir it well
  
• Add the sugar also and stir it continuously till no lumps are formed.
  
• Add the cardamom powder to the mixture and stir it.
  
• Add the butter and keep mixing the contents well till it is of Halwa texture.
  
• Fry cashews in ghee and add the same to the halwa.
  
• Halwa is ready to eat now.
  

Easy Sweet Bun

Ingredients:

• Milk: ½ cup
  
• Butter melted: ¼ cup or (4 tbsp)
  
• Sugar: ¼ cup
  
• Egg: 1 (beaten)
  
• Rapid yeast dry: 1 packet
  
• Salt: ½ tsp
  
• All purpose flour: 2 cups and more for kneading
  
• Egg wash: one egg + 1 tsp water beaten well
  

Procedure:

• Heat the milk in a saucepan
  
• In a large bowl , pour the milk and sprinkle the yeast, add a pinch of sugar. Let it rest 5 minutes.
  
• Now, add the melted butter, sugar and 1 cup of flour + egg. Mix well it should come out creamy.
  
• At this stage, add the salt and sprinkle the remaining flour and mix, when they come together.
  
• Dust some flour in work surface, and pour the dough and knead well until u get smooth and shiny dough. 
  
• Add little oil in a clean bowl, transfer the dough and let coat the dough with oil in all side.
  
• Wrap with plastic and let it rest at least 1 hour, mine took 2 hours.
  
• Once the dough is double in bulk. Take it out and make approx 8 to 10 same size balls.
  
• Place the bun in tray and cover it. Let it raise until it double! Probably another 1 hour or more…
  
• After the bun doubled in shape, Brush with egg wash and sprinkle some flavored sugar (optional)
  
• Preheat the oven for 375 F and bake for 20 to 25 min or until the top turn golden brown.
  
• Remove it from oven and your sweet bun is ready.