Bread Pudding

Ingredients:
1. 4 Slices of white bread, with trimmed edges
2. 2 Cups of warm milk
3. 1 table spoon of butter
4. Cinnamon Powder
5. Cardomon Powder
6. Sugar - 3/4 Cup
7. Vanilla extract - 1 tea spoon
8. Raisins
9. Cashew or any nut (optional)

Method:
1. Boil milk to luke warm temperature. Switch off the heat and add butter to it.
2. Grind 1 cinammon stick, 2 cardomom pods and sugar.
3. Add the ground mixture to warm milk.
4. Slice bread into cube size, after trimming the edges
5. Arrange the first layer of bread slices in a baking tray.
6. Add few raisins and cashews.
7. Pour milk mixture on bread. ENsure that bread layer is soaked well in Milk
8. Arrange second layer of bread and pour remaining layer of milk and add little raisins.
9. Allow the misture to rest for 10 minutes. Ensure all bread is soaked in milk mixture. (Fill 3/4 of the oven tray as pudding would raise while baking)
10. Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius for 5 minutes.
11. Bake the bread and milk mixture in the oven for 45 Minutes at 180 degree celcius.
12. The pudding would raise have a nice golden brown crispy top layer.
13. Pudding would be crispy in the top and soft inside.
It can be served hot or cold.

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Potato Drumstick Curry

Serving

• 3 People

Preparation Time

• 30 Minutes

Ingredients

1. Potato - 2 Peeled and thickly sliced 

2. Drumstick - 1

3. Onion - 1

4. Red Chilli - 2

5. Chilli Powder - 1/2 Spoon (To taste)

6. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Spoon

7. To Season - Mustard, Urud Dhal, Curry Leaves

8. Salt - To taste

9. Oil - 2 Spoon

Preparation Method

• Heat one spoon of Oil in a pan, add mustard seeds to the oil. Once the seeds splutter add urud dhal and curry leaves and allow them to fry.
• Add the small sliced onions and cook till onion turn to brown colour. Add a pinch of salt to onion. This helps the onion to release the moist quicker and get cooked.
• To this mixture add Sliced Potato and drumstick.
• Add Chilli Powder, turmeric Powder & salt and mix well
• Pour some water; cover it with a lid for the vegetables to be cooked.
• Allow the curry to cook for 15 minutes with the lid closed. Mix the curry after every five minutes and check if enough water is available.
• Once the vegetables are cooked, add one more spoon of oil and fry till water completely goes out.
• Curry is ready to eat!!! Serve hot with Rice!!! Enjoy!!!

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Vendaikkai MoreKolambu

வெண்டைக்காய் மோர் குழம்பு - Vendaikkai MoreKolambu   

Serving:

• 3 Person

Preparation Time:

• Preparation time - 15 minutes
• Cooking time - 10 Minutes

Ingredients:
To Grind:
1. Grated Coconut (1/4th of Coconut)

2. Cumin seeds (சீரகம்)

3. Green Chillies (3 to 4 as per taste)
4. Turmeric Powder
To Season:
1. Mustard Seeds - 1 spoon
2. Urud Dhal - 1/2 spoon
3. Channa Dhal - 1 Spoon
4. Red Chillies - 2  (To taste)
Gravy:
1. Curd - 1/2 cup
2. Lady`s Finger - 10 in number
3. Gram Flour - 2 spoon
4. Asafetida (Perungayam)
5. Salt (To taste)
6. Oil - 2 Spoon (Coconut oil suits more for this dish)
7. Curry Leaves to garnish

Preparation Method:

• Grind the Ingredients - Grated Coconut , Cumin seeds, Green Chillies and Turmeric Powder to a thick paste. Add water while grinding and ensure that its a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in the pan and add the sliced Lady`s finger. Cook the lady`s finger till its cooked completely. Once cooked, remove the lady`s finger from the pan and keep it aside.
• Add 2 spoons of coconut oil in the pan, once the oil is hot add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Add some urud dhal, channa dhal, red chillies and curry leaves. Fry them till crispy.
• Add the cooked lady`s finger to the seasoned ingredients and mix well.
• Add the ground paste to the mixture, add some water and cook for 3 minutes.
• To the gravy add 3 spoons (Half portion of the entire quantity) of curd and allow it to cook for 5 minutes
• Switch off the stove, add the remaining curd (2 spoons), curry leaves and some coconut oil.
• Serve hot.. Moore Kolambu is ready to eat.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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