INSTANT OATS DOSA

INGREDIENTS

Oats - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Rava -1/4 cup
Jeera - 1 tsp
Onion - 1 chopped finely
Green chillies - 1/2 finely chopped
Pepper powder - a pinch [optional]
Oil - as required
Salt - to taste
Water -  as required

METHOD

Roast


Add little oil and saute the onions for 2mins. In a serving bowl : Add oats powder, rice flour, rava, jeera, onion, pepper powder, salt and mix well.

Add water and make a thin batter like rava dosa batter.Heat the dosa tawa, take one laddle of batter and drizzle it from the corners and finishing off in the middle like we do for rava dosas. There will be holes seen as in the pic. Drizzle oil, allow it cook till golden brown and turn over to other side, leave it for 2 seconds then transfer to the serving plate. Enjoy ur crispy oats dosa hot.

After 2 trials I adjusted and made the oats dosa close to the style of rava dosa. The result was crispy dosas do try it out for yourself. Since the day I tried this oats dosa, its regular on our menu atleast once a weekm it is sure a better alternative to the usual oats porridge.

Serve with idli podi or sambar. I like it with idly podi and molaga chutney.

My Notes:
Just drizzle only a thin layer of the batter dont spread it , else you will not get crispy dosas.

I like pepper flavour in this, if you omit pepper, then add finely chopped green chillies to the batter.

You can dry roast oats, powder it and store it in advance so that its very helpful during our morning hurry burries.

NAADAN THENGA ARACHA CHICKEN CURRY(MOM'S RECIPE)

Ingredients:

2 cups grated coconut
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
1/2 kg chicken
1/2 tsp garam masala
2 small onions
curry leaves
water
oil
salt to taste


Method:

1.For coconut paste:

Roast coconut,turmeric pwdr,chilli pwdr and coriander pwdr in a frying pan(no oil,jus stir the dry ingerdients till the raw smell disappears). Grind this mixture along with water and ginger-garlic paste(grind well to form smooth and consistent paste).

2.Preparing the Chicken:

Marinate half kg chicken with 1/2 tsp each of turmeric pwdr,chilli pwdr,coriander pwdr n salt to taste. Shallow fry the chicken lightly and keep aside.

3.For the final product:

Heat oil in a pan and saute the onions till it turns golden,add the curry leaves and coconut paste. When the mixture starts boiling, add the lightly fried chicken pieces. Add salt (and more water if required). Sprinkle garam masala over it and cover with a lid.Cook on medium heat for around 10 minutes(wont take much time as the chicken has already been fried). Remove pan from heat and serve hot.

Fluffy, never fail Pizza Crust + Pizza Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1. 2 1/4 cup All - Purpose Flour

2. 1 cup Warm Water

3. 3 tbsp Honey

4. 3 tbsp Olive oil

5. 2 tsp Instant yeast

6. 1 1/2 tsp salt

METHOD

1. You can either use your hands or a food processor to knead the dough. Just mix all the above ingredients together except the warm water, which you can add gradually and knead until you get a not too sticky dough. We usually use up the entire cup of water, but at times leave out a few tablespoons to get the right consistency. Knead well until all the ingredients are combined and your dough looks something like this:

2. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl or deep bottomed vessel, and cover the bowl with a plastic wrap or damp towel.

3. Allow the dough to sit in it for 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours, and then your dough should look something like this:

* WHILE THE PIZZA DOUGH IS SET APART TO RISE, PREPARE YOUR PIZZA SAUCE (recipe below)

4. Now what is important here is NOT to knead the dough at all, just gently tip it over onto a lightly greased large baking pan or pizza stone ( or a baking pan lined with a baking / wax sheet).

5. Very gently just flatten the dough with your hand to let it form a large circle, try not to use a rolling pin as you need to maintain the air bubbles inside the dough. So gently spread out the dough in the pan. Now your base is ready, just spread a pizza sauce on top. Top it with veggies and whatever topping you would like, add a generous sprinkling of mozarella cheese and bake your pizza in a preheated oven (450 degree farenheit) for 15 minutes. Enjoy!

PIZZA SAUCE

This recipe is from an old magazine at home which mom has had with her for quite a long time, however we've tweaked it slightly as the years rolled by. 

This is the untweaked version:

Now onto our tweaked version:

1 Onion finely chopped

4-5 medium sized Tomatoes (finely chopped)

1 heaped tbsp garlic finely chopped

Few basil leaves

Ajwain - 1 tsp

Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Tomato sauce(ketchup)- 3 tbsp

Olive oil

Salt to taste

METHOD

1. Beat half a cup of chopped tomatoes along with half a teaspoon of ajwain in a food mixer or processor until it turns into a smooth semi-liquid paste. Keep this aside.

2. Heat olive oil in a pan and add garlic, once the garlic starts turning golden add in the onion and stir. Once the onion starts changing colour, add in the rest of the chopped tomatoes and saute until they become soft and mushy. 

3. Add basil leaves, 1/2 tsp ajwain, pepper and the tomato paste prepared on step -1. Add salt and tomato sauce/ ketchup. Remove from heat once the oil starts separating or just as you feel everything has combined well. 

4. Your pizza sauce is now ready to go on top of your crust!

For any queries regarding the recipe, please use the comments box below!