My Scrawls

I am excited today First let me thank dear friend Anu Sriram. She has motivated me to participate in the paper crafts event conducted by Shama.

Participation is always fun. So here I present my paper crafts. The first one is made using a magazine. I was very much interested in the paper wall hanging posted at Craftstylish, that I tried the same.

Paper Craft

Paper Wall Hanging

Fold either side of pages in the triangular shape as shown. Then fold the bottom part as a triangle again. (As shown by the fold mark). Beautiful wall hanging is ready!

Paper Craft using magazine

I am also sending the Quilling Ganesha to this contest.

Quilling Ganesh

Happy Ugadi/Gudi Padwa!

General paper crafts, quilling ganesh, wall hanging

My mom often prepares Payatham paruppu (aka pasi paruppu) payasam. I love this kheer and I have this as a side dish for chapattis Heard Moong dal kheer is very famous in Kerala! Here is my version of Payatham paruppu payasam.

Payatham paruppu payasam | Moong Dal Kheer

Ingredients:

Payatham paruppu (Moong Dal): 1 cup
Jaggery: 1 cup
Milk: 1 cup
Cardamom powder: a pinch
Cashews and Raisins: few
Ghee: 2 tsps

Preparation Method:

• Shallow fry the dal for few mins till it turns slight brownish in color.
• Pressure cook the dal.
• Boil the milk and add the jaggery.
• Keep stirring till the jaggery completely dissolves.
• Now add the cardamom powder and the cooked dal.
• Allow it to cook for 2-3 mins and remove it from the stove.
• Heat ghee and fry the cashews and raisins.
• Add it to the kheer.
• Serve the kheer hot or cold.

Tips:

Anu's Kitchen moong dal kheer, pasi parupu payasam, payatham paruppu payasam

Spring is here! Winter has finally ended. Climate is slowly improving and we can smell the freshness everywhere. Day light saving time has blessed us with lengthy days. Ah! an end to the gloomy long winter nights! Here I share with you few spring quotes that I enjoyed reading (Source: quotegarden.com)

Here is my second quilling artwork. Lord Ganesha is my fav! I was very much impressed by Reshmi’s awesome quilling designs. This is the quilling ganesha that I tried from Reshmi’s blog.

Quilling Ganesha

Vakra thunda maha kaya soorya koti sama praba|
Nirvignam kurume deva sarva kaaryeshu sarvadha ||

General ganesha paper work, quilling artwork, quilling ganesha

Kadalai paruppu chutney is yet another jiffy cooking dish. Unlike other chutneys this one can be had with rice too. I usually prepare this chutney without adding too much water (bit thick). It tastes heavenly when it is taken with hot rice and nalla ennai (Gingelly oil).

Ingredients to prepare Kadalai paruppu chutney

Kadalai paruppu chutney

Ingredients:

Kadalai paruppu (Bengal gram): 1 cup
Ginger: small piece
Coriander leaves: few
Red chilies: 3
Salt: to taste
Tamarind: a pinch
Coconut: as per taste
Asafetida: a pinch

Preparation Method:

• Heat little oil and roast the kadalai paruppu and red chilies.
• Add asafetida to it.
• Allow the mixture to cool.
• Add coconut, coriander leaves, salt, ginger and tamarind to the mixture.
• Add little water and grind it.
• Serve with hot rice, idly, dosa or chappathi.

Tips:

Anu's Kitchen bengal gram chutney, kadalai paruppu chutney

Wheat Dosa | Godumai dosa is one of the jiffy cooking recipes. I call this recipe as rava dosa’s sister (lol). Yup both rava dosa and wheat dosa does not require time for fermentation. Here is the wheat dosa recipe.

Wheat Dosa or Godumai Dosai

Ingredients:

Wheat flour: 1 cup
Water: 2 ½ cups
Salt: to taste
Red chilies: 2 (chopped)

Preparation Method:

• Mix the wheat flour, salt and water.
• Make a thin batter without any lumps.
• Heat the oil and do seasoning with mustard, cumin seeds, red chilies and curry leaves and add it to the batter.
• Allow the batter to settle for few mins and then start making dosas.
• Serve hot.

Tips and tricks:

Anu's Kitchen godhi dose, godhumai dosa, Wheat dosa