Mysore Masala Dosa

February 13th, 2011 admin Posted in Kerala Breakfast Recipes No Comments »

For Masala:
1) Small Size yukon gold potato – 3 boiled
2) Medium yellow onion – 3 , sliced
3) Ginger – 2 inch piece ,cut legthwise
4) Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
5) Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
6) Coconut Oil – 2 tbsp
7) Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp

Hea some oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds.
Add turmeric powder and saute for few seconds.
Add Curry leaves and ginger.
When curry leaves starts to splutter add sliced onions and saute till they are transparent.

Heat dosa pan,spary cooking oil or put butter on the pan and pour dosa batter once it is hot.
Spread masala on one half and spread tomato chutney and coconut chutney on other half and cook for few seonds.
When Dosa is fully cooked fold it into an envelope.

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Erachi Puttu Recipe – Kerala Breakfast Recipe

February 11th, 2011 admin Posted in Kerala Breakfast Recipes No Comments »

For Puttu:

1)  Puttu Podi (White Puttu Flour or Chemba Puttu Flour) – 1 cup
2)  Luke Warm Water – 2 cups or As needed.
3)  Grated Coconut – 1/2 cup
4)  Salt

For Erachi (Meat):
1)  Beef – 1/2 lb , cubed
2)  Yellow Onion – 1 Big , halved and thinly sliced
3)  Green Chilly – 4 , slitted
4)  Ginger – 1 tsp, finely chopped
5)  Meat Masala – 3 tsp ( If you don’t have meat masala mix 1/2 tsp Garam Masala, 1/2 tsp red chilly powder and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and use this)

6)  Curry Leaves – 3 sprigs
7)  Coconut Oil – 2 tbsp

Wet Masala for beef:
1)  Yellow Onion – 1 small , halved and thinly sliced
2)  Green chilly – 2 crushed
3)  Ginger- 1/2 tsp , crushed

Marinate cubed beef with meat masala for at least an hour.
Cook marinated beef till it is 3/4 th done.
When it is 3/4th cooked, add wet masala and cook covered till gravy thicken and no water is left.
Heat some oil and fry sliced yellow onion till it is transparent.
Add slitted green chilly , chopped ginger and curry leaves and fry again.
Transfer cooked beef to this and fry till all water is evaporated and you get a wet thick gravy and beef is coated well with gravy. Don’t make this too dry.

Cooking Method for Erachi Puttu:
Add enough salt to luke warm water.
Pour a small portion of warm water to puttu podi and mix well with hand. Continue this process till puttu podi is really wet without any big lumps. If you add more than enough water, lumps  will start forming. If it starts lumping or get watery add more puttu podi to adjust.
Set aside the wet puttu podi covered for 1/2 an hour.
Take a puttu maker , add 1/2 tsp of grated coconut to the bottom and add a small portion of wet puttu podi, and then add a small portion of the cooked beef. Continue this process until it reaches the top of puttu maker.
Top off with 1/2 tsp of grated coconut.
Steam and make delicious Erachi puttu.

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