Kitchen Diaries

Vegetable tawa fry is a side dish which is served with the meals. The vegetables such as brinjal, potato, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, spine gourd (cantola), cauliflower, onion, yellow pumpkin, radish, chow chow, mushroom, bread fruit, drumstick, lady's finder, raw banana, ivy gourd are all used to make it. The vegies are sliced as thin as  possible and mixed with red chilly powder, salt and then rolled over the semolina (bombay rawa or the rice flour). Then shallow fried on tawa.   Mom used to prepare almost everyday during our childhood with variety of vegetables without which the dinner was unimpressive.  Below are the ingredients and steps for brinjal rawa tawa fry - Ingredients : Semolina / rice flour - 1/2 cup (1 cup = 200 ml) Red chilly powder - 1 tsp or can be increased as per taste  Salt - less than 1/4 tsp  Brinjal - 1 big size  Oil (Sunflower oil) or any oil - 4 to 5 tbsp  Preparation : 1. Wash the brinjal thoroughly and pat dry 2. Slice ...

Mumbri and Bharta - this is another comfort food and its a breakfast dish that is popular in the North Kanara region of Karnataka. (In my previous post I had mentioned about Idly and bhaji. This is another breakfast item prepared once in a week for sure). This is easier in the sense, does not require any previous day preparation. But for new makers, it may take time to spread it to make it even.  My uncle and his family who are settled in Canada since 30+ years love to make it often and they have introduced to their offspring. All of them like it.  Now a days we make Mumbri for the dinner due to time constraint in the morning rush! You just need to have rice flour, banana leaf, brinjal, grated coconut (preferably fresh) - main ingredients.  Here we go with the Ingredients & step by step procedure -' Mumbri Ingredients - Rice flour - 2 cups (1 cup = 200 ml) - This yields 6 mumbris.  Sunflower oil / butter - 2 tsp Salt - 3/4 tsp Water - 1 cup  Banana leaf...

 Idly and bhaji is a popular combination in the north canara region of Karnataka. It's prepared as a breakfast atleast once in a fortnight, alternatively served with Bhaji, Coconut chutney with asafoetida,  coconut chutney with seasoning.  One can find the Idly - bhaji combination in the hotels in this region. Now a days it's replaced with sambar , probably due to the influence of other parts of South India. Here we go with the Ingredients & step by step procedure - Idly recipe : Ingredients : 1 Cup urad dal 2 cups rice rava (Idly rava) Salt - per taste Steps  1. Wash the urad dal thoroughly. Soak 1 cup of urad dal in water for about 5- 6 hours. (For the preparation of the breakfast, it's preferred to soak the dal in the afternoon, so the batter can be made in the late evening. 2. Grind the urad dal to make the batter in the grinder (The grinder with stones are preferred). The mixer grinder can also be used, however there is a variation the Idly texture that turn...