Ponsa Idli ( Jackfruit Idli ) - Version 2

Ingredients :

• Chopped Jackfruit 1 cup
• Grated Coconut 3/4 cup
• Powdered Jaggery 1/2 cup ( depending upon sweetness you prefer )
• Semolina ( Upma Rava ) 1 1/2 cup
• Salt to taste.

Method :

• Dry roast sooji  for 5 minutes, keep aside.
• Grind chopped jackfruit, powdered jaggery, & grated coconut without adding water.
• Add roasted rava, salt & mix well. Add water if batter is too thick.
• Grease idli mould, pour the batter & steam it for 20 to 25 minutes.

Serve hot with Ghee or Butter.

Ponsa Idli ( Jackfruit Sweet Idli ) - Version 1

Yummy, Seasonal authentic" Konkani Recipe ". Tastes heavenly when served with Ghee or Butter. So here is the recipe !!

Ingredients :

• Chopped jackfruit 2 cups
• Grated coconut 2 cups
• Powdered Jaggery 1  1/4 cup
• Idli rawa 1 1/2 cups
• Salt to taste.

Method :

• Grind grated coconut, powdered jaggery & chopped jackfruit without adding water .
• Add idli rawa, salt & mix well. Add little water if you feel batter is too thick ( You should get pouring consistency )
• Grease idli mould, pour the batter & steam it for 20 to 25 minutes.

Serve Hot !!!

Urdal Ragi Dosa

Ingredients :

• Urdal 1 Cup
• Ragi powder 2 cups
• Salt to taste
• Oil to make dosa.

Method :

• Soak urdal for 2 hours in enough water.
• Make a smooth batter & ferment it overnite.
• Next day add water to ragi powder to make fine paste without any lumps.
• Mix this ragi paste to fermented urdal batter, add salt & mix well.
• Heat tawa, pour ladel ful of batter & spread it in circular motion, apply oil to sides, & roast it both sides.

Relish with dip of your choice !!!

Magge Surnali ( Mangalore Cucumber Dosa )

          I got this recipe from one of the food groups I follow :) Recipe credit: Veena Mallya :)!!


Ingredients :

• Dosa rice 1 cup
• Thick Phova ( Beaten Rice ) 1/4 cup
• Grated coconut 2-3 tbsp
• Chopped mangalore cucumber 1 cup
• Sugar 1 tsp
• Cooking soda -pinch
• Salt
• Oil to make dosa.

Method :

• Soak dosa rice & phova separately in enough water for 4- 5 hours.
• Now grind soaked items along with grated coconut, chopped cucumber into fine paste.( Batter should be little thick )
• Ferment the batter overnite.
• Next day add salt, sugar, soda & mix well.

Heat dosa tawa smear the oil & pour ladel full of batter, don't spread the batter, cover & cook on one side. No need to flip dosa.

Serve hot with chutney of your choice :)!!

Home Made Ghee ( Clarified Butter )

Here comes aromatic, home made ghee recipe :) Though its easy to prepare this I thought of updating this as I love this whole process starting from collecting cream, making butter & finally this divine ghee:) 

Procedure :

Making Butter 

• Start collecting the cream of milk in a container, refrigerate this cream for 7 to 10 days. 
• Once you collect sufficient amount of cream  add  2 tbsp of curds mix it well & keep it covered overnite
• Next day churn this either using mixer or with traditional churning instrument.You will get lump of butter floating on top collect it in a container add water to this & refrigerate it.
• Now repeat the procedure staring from collecting cream, adding curds , making butter & storing it.
• Once you get enough butter may be for 15 days prepare the ghee.

Making Ghee :

• Take out the butter from refrigerator 30 mins before you make ghee.
• Now clean the butter twice or thrice so as to get rid of stains of butter milk. Strain all the water from butter.
• Now in a deep bottom kadai  add ghee and keep the flame to medium and start stirring it.
• Once its melts completely it start making hissing sound.
• Once the hissing sound stops & you will get  nice glaze and aroma of ghee.
• At this stage add either crystal salt or fenugreek seeds & switch off the flame.
• Once it cools down completely transfer it to container & refrigerate it :) 

That's it your aromatic ghee is ready to relish :)!!! 

Karathe Talasan ( Bitter Gourd Garlic Stir Fry )

Healthy, tasty super yum dish which really goes yummy with bowl of curd rice !! Give a try & I bet you will love this :)

Ingredients :

• Bitter Gourd 1
• Broken red chillies 2-3
• Crushed garlic 4-5
• Tamarind pulp 2 tbsp
• Powdered jaggery 1 tsp
• Oil 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste.

Method :

• Chop bittergourd & soak it in salt water 30 minutes.
• Squeeze out the water & keep aside
• In kadai, I used cast iron kadai which gives unique taste, add oil once its hot add crushed garlic fry it till its brown, add broken red chillies.
• Now add bittergourd & fry it for few minutes.
• Add tamarind pulp, jaggery salt & water.
• Cook it covered until its done.

Serve hot !!!

Mysore Masala Dosa

One more yummy addition to "Dosa Corner ".Mysore Masala Dosa !!! Got this recipe from my FB friend  Nandini Kini, who is great chef and  owns blog " Kini 's Kitchen ". Thanks Nandini akka for the super recipe.


Ingredients :

• Dosa rice 1 cup
• Urdal ( Split Black Gram ) 1/4 cup
• Chana Dal  ( Bengal Gram ) 2 tbsp
• Meethi Seeds ( Fenugreek) 1 tsp
• Cooked rice 2 fistful
• Salt to taste
• Sugar 1 tsp
• Oil for making dosa

Method :

• Soak all the ingredients except cooked rice for 5 to 6 hours.
• Grind it along with cooked rice into fine paste , add salt & keep it for fermentation.
• Next day add sugar & mix well
• Make dosa & serve hot with potato bhaji & chutney.