MURUKULU

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Rice Flour
• 1/2 cup Urad Flour
• 1/2 cup Besan Flour
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1 1/2 cup Water (to knead)
• 2 tsp Red Chili Powder
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• A fistful of Sesame Seeds
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

How to make Muruku:

• Take a bowl and put rice flour, urad flour, besan flour, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, red chili powder, sesame seeds, and salt into it. Mix them well.
• Soften the butter and add it into the mixture.
• Now add water slowly into the mixture and knead it to make soft dough.
• Place a lump of dough in Muruku Maker. Pipe out the patterns, forming circles, on a greased plate.
• Heat oil over medium flame.
• Carefully fry murukus in the oil, without touching each other.
• Fry till they turn light golden brown in color.
• Place the murukus on a kitchen paper towel, to drain the surplus oil.
• Allow them to cool.
• Murukku is ready to eat. Store in a dry container.

Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Brown Sugar
• 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tbsp Baking Soda
• 2 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
• 2 tbsp Ground Cloves
• 2 tbsp Ground Allspice
• 2 tbsp Ground Nutmeg
• 4 Eggs
• 2 tbsp Lemon Zest
• 2 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 1/2 cups Raisins
• 1 1/2 cups Chopped Nuts
• 1 1/2 cups Dried Mixed Fruit
• 1 1/2 cups Butter, melted

How to make Fruit Cake:
• Firstly, preheat the oven to about 225 degree F.
• Now, in a large bowl, mix sugar, flour, soda, spices, eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, fruit, nuts and melted butter.
• Pour the mixture over a greased pan.
• Bake the mixture for about an hour or until a tester comes out clean.
• Cool it on a wire rack and wrap it in a foil.

Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
• 1 Egg • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1-1/3 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1-1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 3/4 cup Dark Brown Sugar
• 2/3 cup Skim Milk
• 1/4 Cup Apple Sauce
• 1- 1/2 cup Sugar
• 12 Muffin Cups

How to make Chocolate Cupcakes:
• Heat oven to 350 degree F.
• Take paper liners and line all the muffin cups.
• Sieve the flour and mix it with cocoa, soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• Now take a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.
• Add vanilla and stir the mixture.
• Beat the ingredients for few minutes until combined.
• Add milk to the flour mixture alternately until just combined.
• Add flour mixture to applesauce mixture stirring until moistened.
• Pour this preparation into muffin cups.
• Bake it for about 20 minutes. • Remove and cool on wire rack for half an hour.
• Chocolate Cupcakes are ready.

Mutton Chops

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg Mutton Chops
• 200 gms Tomatoes (chopped)
• 75 gms Ginger
• 2 tsp Coriander Powder
• 1/2 cup Coriander Leaves (chopped)
• Few Green chillies (chopped)
• Red Chilly Powder
• 1-1/2 cup Curd
• A pinch Nutme
• 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
• 3 tbsp Ghee or oil
• Salt to taste

How to make Mutton Chops:
• Put muttonchops, chillies, tomato, coriander leaves and salt in a pressure cooker.
• Cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add oil or ghee and again fry for 10 minutes.
• Mix all the spices, red chilly powder, garam masala, nutmeg and coriander powder in curd.
• Beat the mixture properly.
• Add this to the chops and seethe for about 3 minutes.
• Keep in a pressure cooker and cook for about 3 to 5 minutes.
• Muttonchops are ready.
• Serve it garnished with a few coriander leaves.

Mutton Pepper Fry:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg Mutton
• 2 tbsp Chilly powder
• 1 tsp Garam masala powder
• 1 Sprig curry leaves
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 6 Green chillies
• 1 tbsp Ginger
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp Pepper
• 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
• Salt to taste
• 1 Cup shallots
• 2 tbsp Coriander powder
• 1/4 Cup coconut oil

How to make Mutton Pepper Fry:

• Wash and cut the mutton into small pieces.
• Cook it in a pressure cooker along with ginger-garlic paste, turmeric, chilly powder, coriander powder, and salt.
• Heat coconut oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow spluttering.
• Add shallots, ginger, and green chillies.
• Fry till the mixture turns golden brown.
• Now add cooked mutton.
• Cook again till it gets roasted.
• Mix garam masala and pepper.
• Saute again for about 2 minutes.
• Mutton Pepper Fry is ready to serve.
• Garnish it with curry leaves.

NEER DOSA

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Rice (soaked for 3-4 hours) • Salt (as per taste) • Oil (for shallow frying)
How to make Neer Dosa:

• Take a blender and grind the rice to make a fine paste. Add salt and water to the rice and mix well. Keep it aside for 2 hours. • Heat the non-stick tawa or dosa griddle and pour one ladle of mixture in the centre. • Spread the mixture over the tawa, making a circle. • Apply oil evenly in all directions and over it, so that it makes it easier to lift it up. • When the dosa gets slightly brown on one side, flip over and apply oil once again. Cook it for a minute. • Fold the dosa in half and then quarter on the tawa itself. • Serve it hot, with green or coconut chutney and sambar.

BADHUSHA

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour • 1/2 cup vanaspathi ghee • 2 cups sugar • 2 cups water • 3 pinch of baking soda • Oil for deep frying • Sliced pista and almonds • Grated dry coconuts

How to make Badhusha:
• Heat little ghee in a pan. • Add pista and almonds. Fry until light golden colour. • Pour this ghee into the flour. • Add soda and little water. Make soft dough. • Cover it with a wet cloth for 15 minutes. • Take water and sugar in a saucepan and boil it to make thick syrup. • If the syrup becomes thick, add water and heat it again. • Divide the dough and make small sized balls. • Flatten slightly and make a hole in the center. • Prepare all the badhushas. • Heat oil over medium flame. • Deep fry the badhushas until golden brown. • Put them immediately into the sugar syrup for about 5 to 8 minutes. • Place them on a plate. • Sprinkle fried nuts and grated dry coconut.
• baadusha is ready to serve.