TODAY'S FOOD STORY :

TODAY'S FOOD STORY :
The story of avial and Bhima !!!
Avial is a famous traditional kerala cruisine. It is supposed to have been invented by Bhima (one of the Pandava brothers) during their exile. According to the legend, when Ballav (Bhima's name during this time) assumed his duties as the cook in the kitchen of Virata, he did not know how to cook. One of the first things he did was to chop up many different vegetables, boil them together and top the dish with grated coconut. There are mythological variations. Bheema is said to have prepared Avial, when there were unexpected guests for King Virata and he needed to serve meals for them. There was no sufficient vegetables to cook any single recipe for side dish, so Bheema used what ever available vegetables to make a new dish, which came to know as Avial.

Monday 26 May 2014

RAGI DOSA


Ingredients :

Ragi Flour - 1 1/2 cup
Black gram (Urad Dal/Uzhunnu) - 1/2 cup
Salt - as needed
ghee/oil - as needed to grease on vessel

Method of Preparation :

  1. Soak the Black gram for atleast 4-5 hours before grinding. (If you are using ragi grains instead of Ragi flour, soak it also for the same hours but in separate vessel) 
  2. Grind the Black gram until it is smooth. Grind the ragi grains separately. 
  3. Mix the black gram paste with ragi flour or ragi grain paste. You may add water if you need to get the consistency of Dosa. 
  4. Keep the mixed batter aside for fermentation overnight. It may take 10-12 hours. (If may not ferment during winter, so in winter you have to keep it in oven with its light on)
  5. The next day morning, you make may add salt as per taste.
  6. Greece the dosa pan with ghee or oil. Make Dosa.
Serve hot with coconut chutney or any of your favourite chutneys.


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