Baadaam Poli For A Happy Pongal / Sankranti

BAADAAM POLI FOR A HAPPY PONGAL/ SANKRANTI

 I am very happy to be back on time to post Baadaam Poli for Pongal/Sankranti after a short visit to our native village. I was pleasantly surprised to see an award waiting for Chitra ( Chitra Amma's Kitchen ) from Chitra at (Chitranna). Thank you Chitra for your  appreciation and  kind gesture.

 Here is a special Poli to celebrate the harvest festival.

 INGREDIENTS FOR THE FILLING

 Grated Copra / Dry coconut - 1/2 cup 

Almonds - 1/2 cup 

Jaggery ( crushed ) - 3/4 cup

Ghee - 1 tsp
Cardamom powder - 1 pinch

 METHOD 

1. Dry roast the grated copra lightly for a minute on low flame. Remove as soon as it gives out a pleasant aroma.

2. Blanch almonds and remove the skin. 

3.Grind the roasted copra and the almonds into a slightly coarse and thick paste sprinkling little water.

4. Dissolve jaggery in 1/2 a cup of warm water and filter. 

5. Cook the ground paste and filtered jaggery water till everything comes together in a lump and add the ghee.

6. Switch off flame and mix in the cardamom powder and let it cool.

7. Pinch portions of the filling and make lime size balls and keep aside. 

TO PREPARE THE BAADAAM POLI 

INGREDIENTS 

Plain flour / maida - 1 cup
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch 

salt - 1 pinch 

Oil - 2 tsps 

METHOD 

1. Knead the above ingredients together into a soft  dough, cover it and leave it aside for at least an hour. 

2. Divide the dough into lime size balls. 

3. Flatten one dough ball and place a ball of the sweet copra and baadaam filling on it.

4. Flatten another dough ball and cover the filling .

5. Press the edges together and seal the filling between the two flattened dough balls. 

6. Roll out into thin Polis using a rolling pin lightly dusting it with flour.

 7. Heat a greased tava and cook the Baadaam Poli on low flame.

 8. Turn over and cook on the flip side dribbling with  little oil. 

9. When golden brown spots start to appear remove the Baadaam Poli on to a plate. 

Enjoy the Flavoursome Baadaam Poli topped with a dollop of fresh ghee or drenched in a cup of hot milk.



Baadaam Poli can also be prepared using wheat flour following the same method.The bigger one on the plate is prepared using wheat flour.


WISH YOU A HAPPY AND  BOUNTIFUL PONGAL / SANKRANTI

Vegetable Pasta

I love Pasta! but I have posted just one Pasta recipe in these 8 months since I started blogging. I will try to post more pasta recipes in the future. Now, I have made a vegetable pasta recipe to start with.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes + 20 minutes for cooking pasta

Serves: 3

Ingredients:



For Pasta:



Uncooked fusilli Pasta - 1 and 1/2 cup

Onion - 1 no, small size, finely sliced

Carrot - 1no, medium size, sliced

Capsicum/Bell pepper - 1 no, any colour, cubed

Eggplant - 1 no, small size, cubed

Potato - 1 no, small size, cubed

Salt - to taste

Black pepper - 1 teaspoon

Olive Oil - 1 tablespoon



For Sauce:



Milk - 1/2 cup

Cream cheese/Soft cheese - 1/4cup -1/2 cup

Dry herbs - 1 teaspoon (oregano, thyme)

Method:



1) Cook pasta as per instructions given in the pack. I cook it by adding water with a teaspoon of oil for 20 minutes in microwave. The time differs depending on your microwave and type of pasta.

2) Once it is cooked, drain the excess water. Keep it aside.

3) Take a pan and heat oil in it. Add onion and saute it well.

4) Add vegetables and salt. Sprinkle little water. Cover and cook it for 3-5 minutes, until soft. Make sure not to overcook the vegetables.

5) While the vegetables are cooking, prepare the sauce for pasta.

6) Heat milk in a saucepan. Add cream cheese. Stir it well to avoid any lumps and continue stirring till you get a creamy texture.

7) Reduce the flame and add dried herbs. Mix well. Let the sauce be in low flame.

8) Now, check the vegetables. If they are done, add the sauce followed by pasta and mix it well on high flame just for a minute.

9) Sprinkle black pepper to taste and mix well.

10) Garnish with mint leaves and serve hot.

Note:

1) Add vegetables as per your choice.

2) I used less milk and cream cheese as per my family taste. It is absolutely your choice, to adjust the milk and cream cheese. Add more to get more creaminess in the pasta.

3) If you don't have cream cheese, use only milk. I have prepared many times only with milk and sometimes substituted with single/heavycream. Still it tasted good.

Guest Host for my "SYF&HWS - Cook With SPICES" Series Event - JAN 5th to FEB 5th

Hello Friends,

Sorry I am late again...

I started this Event in December 2011 and called it as "SYF&HWS - Cook With SPICES" which is a series event.

This month my fellow Blogger Friend Anusha of  "Tomato Blues" is guest hosting from Jan 5th to Feb 5th and she had chosen the Spice - CUMIN (Jeera).

Anusha has a beautiful collection of recipes and hosting other events too in the same time. So please visit her site and hope to see many participants for the event.

Happy Hosting Dear.....