Baked or MW Cauliflower fry

Ingredients:

Cauliflower florets - 1 cup

Sambhar powder - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Corn flour - 1 tbsp

Salt

Oil - 2 tbsp or more

Method:

1. Wash the florets in hot water and drain.

2. Half boil florets in water adding salt and turmeric powder.

3. In a glass bowl, add florets, sambhar powder, oil, chilli powder and cornflour and mi well.

4. Bake at 180 deg C for 20 to 25 min stirring in between once.
  
                     (OR)

5. MW HI for 9 - 10 min stirring in between once.

6. Serve with tomato sauce or with chapathis.

Rava Idly

I got this recipe from  Indusladies forum. I tried this recipe in my kitchen and it is a fool proof recipe for beginners.

Thanx Chitra for the wonderful quick tiffin.

Ingredients:

Rava - 1 cup - preroasted & stored

Sour curds - 1 cup

Oil - 3 tbsp

Fruit salt - 1 tsp / cooking soda - 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves - few

Salt

To temper:

Mustard - 1 tsp

Green chillies - 2 to 3 - chop fine

Hing - 1 tsp

Curry leaves

Method:

1. Heat oil and temper the given ingredients.

2. Finally add rava and blend well.

3. Cool and add fruit salt, plain salt and coriander leaves.

4. Just 10 minutes before serving, keep the idli steamer on the stove.

5. Whisk the curds and add it to the rava and mix well.

6. Pour in idli plates greased with little oil and steam for 8 - 10 min.

7. If you add curds, dont keep it instead steam it immediately.

8. Can add grated carrots and coriander leaves on the top before steaming for colorful appearance.

9. Serve with coconut chutney(best combination).

Note:

I studied in a book that rava can be soaked in water for 1/2 hr and can be made idly like the same way. I tried that method. But it was not that soft as done soaking rava with curd.

So always use curd to make idly's.