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...