B-Bajji

This is my post for the second day. My grandmother use to make this whenever I had asked her for something crunchy to eat. Sometimes a whole bowl of creamy curd rice with hot bajjis will be waiting for me when I come home from school. This is also a dish that is made when a groom goes to see a bride, this is served along side Rava Kesari and Filter Coffee. This combination is called bajji soji. Going to the preparation of the same. Simple ingredients off the pantry at your kitchen no fancy stuff as well.

                            

Ingredients

Besan flour aka Kadalai Maavu - 1 cup

Red Chilli powder - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Raw Banana - cut into slices about 10 or 12

Oil for deep frying

Method 

In a bowl, take the besan flour, red chilli powder and salt.

Add little water and make it into a good smooth paste.

Cut the raw banana into thin slices and set them aside.

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed wok.

When the oil is heated up, get ready to deep fry the raw banana slices

Dip each side of the raw banana, in the besan flour mixture 

Deep fry till the bajji is cooked well

Serve hot with coconut chutney and hot cup of coffee

                           

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A- Arakeerai masiyal

The month of April is always time for marathon of cooking and blogging. This month we have chosen one cuisine to blog about and and at the same time follow a pattern of A-Z. I am super excited because this is the very first time that I was ready with all my dishes before the D-Day.

Throughout this month I will present to you simple day to day dishes, that has been in my household for a long time. All these dishes are very special since I have learnt them from my grandmother and mother. Cooking at my home is dominated by the flavors and aroma from Tirunelveli District. This is a small district towards the south most tip of India. I have my roots from this place, It is a place where my grandparents lived and my parents grew up. 

Today I bring to your plates, a very simple side dish made from the greens available near our homes. It is called Arakeerai Masiyal. Very simple to make and at the same time, loaded with Vitamin A. This can be mixed with rice or eaten along with sambhar rice. This masiyal tastes the best with kara Kulambu. Ooh.. delicious. 

Now on to the recipe, of the very easy Arakeerai Masiyal 

Ingredients 

Arakeerai - 2 cups

Garlic pods - 2

Green Chillies - 2 

For tempering - oil, mustard seeds and red chilies

Salt to taste

Method

Clean the greens and boil them along with garlic pods and green chillies

Let it cool down completely

Take the cooked greens in a blender and add salt to it

Make a smooth paste from the greens 

In a seperate pan, add a little oil and mustard seeds

Add the red chillies and wait till they sputter.

Pour this tempered mixture over the smooth paste of greens 

Serve this with sambhar or eat it as such with rice.

I had it with pepper potato and papad with steamed rice. 

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