Sabudana Vadam

Come Summer, I would start dreaming of vadams.For South Indians, Vadams are synonymous to papads. There are various versions of it ,like the Koozh Vadam, Rice vadam and Javvarisi(Sabudana/Sago) vadam. For making vadams, sabudana  should always be cooked till transparent.Though this recipe involves a lot of hard work and patience,(sweat too...keeping in mind the Chennai heat ! ),but when you pop it in your mouth, you will know its worth the effort.

Sabudana Vadam- After Frying



Sabudana Vadam -  Before Frying





Ingredients:

Sabudana- 2 cups
Water- 6 cups
 Hing/Asafeotida- 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice - 2 tbsp.
Sesame Seeds(Black / White)- 1 tsp
Khus Khus - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Edible Food Coloring- a pinch dissolved in 1/2 cup water

Method:
1.Soak the sabudana in a pressure cooker for 30 minutes.The propotion of the Sabudana to water will always be 1 cup sabudana : 3 cups of water
2.Add the hing,edible food coloring(I have used pink colour here), and salt to taste.
3.Pressure cook for 4 whistles and allow it to cool completely.
4.The sago should have turned transparent.
5.Now on a clean plastic sheet, drop one teaspoonful at a time as shown in the below picture.

6.This would take 2 days to dry ,and flip it once the vadam is dried on one side. Totally it would take 4 days for the entire batch to dry properly. I have made three batches of different colours.

A very crunchy munchy affair :-D


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Nutella Bread Pudding

Bread pudding was something which I wanted to try for quite a long time.Puddings are usually a combination of milk and sugar, but this was quite different from the usual bread and butter pudding so I decided to go ahead making this. I had found this recipe thru one of the heavenly looking Pinterest images.The result was hard to beat and every spoonful was so comforting and yummy.



Nutella Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

Sweet Tea Buns - 6 (or) White Bread - 10 slices
Nutella - 10 tbsp
Eggs - 2
Fresh Cream - 200 ml
Milk - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1 pinch
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp

Method:
1.Cut the buns into halves and apply generous amount of Nutella ,keep aside.
2.In a bowl combine the eggs, cream, salt,milk, vanilla extract and sugar with a hand mixer until combined well. I have used Amul Fresh Cream 200 ml tetra pack.Adjust the quantity of sugar as there is much of sweetness with the buns and the nutella.
3.Grease a borosil container with little butter. Arrange the buns with nutella applied on them as shown in the picture below.

4.Now pour the milk and egg mixture on them. With a help of a spoon , gently press all buns, so that they are well immersed in the milk n egg mixture. 
5.Preheat the oven for  180 degrees centigrade for 10 minutes.
6.Bake the pudding covered with an aluminium foil for 60 minutes.

Irresistably délicieux !

Tip: If you want to make the pudding more yummy, add 4 tbsp of butter to the milk n egg mixture.

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Garlic Naan

Naan has been on my try-it list for quite some time.

Naan is a thick flatbread cooked in a tandoor, from which tandoori cooking takes its name. Some recipe use yeast and some use baking powder. Milk or Yogurt or a combination of both is also another main ingredient which imparts a  distinct taste.This is usually served hot, brushed with butter/ghee. 

There are different variations of a naan as like the plain naan, garlic naan and stuffed naan .Garlic Naan is a must order whenever we dine out and being my hubby's favorite, I tried this....



Garlic Naan

Ingredients:

Maida/All purpose Flour- 3 cups
Olive Oil - 3 tbsp
Salt - 3/4 tsp
Milk - 3/4 cup
Yogurt/Curds - 2 tsbp
Dry Yeast - 1 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1 1/2 tsp
Garlic(Finely chopped) - 10 pods
Sesame Seeds(Black/White) - 2 tsp

Method:

Preparing the yeast:
1.Heat 5 tsp of water to lukewarm temperature. Dissolve the sugar  and add yeast. Mix and cover with a lid for 5 minutes, until it foams up.Yeast feeds on sugar.

*If the yeast has not foamed up, that means the yeast is dead and you need to start with a fresh pack.
*Another reason, might be the water was too hot to kill the yeast.
*Also, too much of salt kills the yeast.

Preparing the Naan Dough:

2.In a large bowl, combine the all purpose flour, salt, yogurt, olive oil. After the yeast has been activated,mix along with the flour and make a soft dough using enough milk.
3.On a clean kitchen counter, place the dough, knead for 10 minutes using the heal of your hand.
4.Transfer the dough into the bowl and cover with a damp cloth.Rest it for 1 1/2 hour.This is known as the 'first rise'.
5.After 1 1/2 hours,the dough would have doubled in size.
6.Punch back the dough and add the finely chopped garlic.
7.Transfer the dough into the bowl and cover with a damp cloth. Rest it for 1 1/2 hour.This is the 'second rise'.
8.After 1 1/2 hours, the dough would again doubled in size.
9.Preheat oven for 10 minutes at 240 deg centrigrade.
10.Meanwhile, make equal sized balls of the dough. Flatten them into thick triangular sized as shown the in picture below.
11.Brush with butter and sprinkle sesame seeds and press them gently so that they don't fall after grilling them.
12.Using the Grill Mode, cook them in the oven for 8 to10 minutes. Check your oven instruction manual regarding the placement of the tray while grilling. My oven requires the top shelf placement for grilling. 



Garlic Naan

13.Serve hot with a spicy gravy of your choice.

Simply 'Laajawab' !!!

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