Rasam ( Saru )

Mangalurian's meal starts with rasam. It's the main part of their food system. My mom-in-law makes the best Rasam in the world. She taught me the recipe. It's very easy with a few steps to follow.

• 1/2 Cup Toor Dal ( soak for 10 minutes )
• 4-6 Tomatoes, Cut into Large pieces
• Green Chili's, slit, to taste
• 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
• A piece of Jaggery
• Salt to taste
• 3 Cups Water
• 2 Tbsp Rasam Powder
• Coconut milk 1/4 Cup ( Optional )
• Coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 Tbsp of Ghee
• Few Curry Leaves

Pressure cook the toor dal with little turmeric powder.  In a separate pan, add the tomatoes, green chili's, turmeric powder, jaggery and salt. Now add about 3 Cups of water and let it cook. Cooking process may take about 20 to 30 minutes. Now add the cooked dal and rasam powder to this and let it come to a boil. Add the coconut milk and coriander leaves, now turn off the stove. Add a simple tadka with ghee and just curry leaves. Serve hot with Rice.

Rasam Powder ( Saru Hudi )

I got this recipe from my mom. It's very easy to make.  You can store this one for up to a month or so.

• 1 Tbsp of Oil
• Handful of Red Chili's
• 10 spoons of Coriander Seeds 
• 2 Spoons of Fenugreek Seeds
• 3 Spoons of Cumin Seeds
• 1/4th Spoon of Asafoetida 

Fry the above listed ingredients in the order,adding one by one. Let it cool completely before grinding to make the powder. Store in an air tight container (no need to refrigerate).

Rose cake

I made this a long back when my best friend left for India. I made 60 ribbon blue roses as border and at the center. This cake decor was really easy to make when compared many others.

McQueen Lightning Car Cake!

This car cake I made for my baby and he loved it. It's somewhat easy to make and like any other decors, this also takes a lot time.

Pink Fondant Cake!

I made this cake for my final project in the wilton's decorating class(3rd course). This is a very easy to make, but time consuming!

I baked 8*2 (2 layered eggless chocolate cake ) cake and covered it with buttercream icing followed by rolled pink fondant. Those strips are made of light green fondants.

Carnations take a lot of time to make but it's worth the effort. I used 25 carnations to decorate this cake. 

Poori Recipe

Poori's are south Indian favorites of all time. Be it breakfast, lunch or dinner it goes well with all!  Poori bhaji is the famous food combination in most of the parts, but believe me poori chole is also delicious. Here is the ingredients you will need for poori,

• 1 and 1/2 Cups of Wheat Flour
• 1 Tbsp of Oil
• Salt to taste
• lukewarm Water for kneading
• Oil for deep frying

In a mixing bowl add the flour, oil, salt and give it a mix. Add water to this to make a dough ( dough should be a little drier than chapati ). Keep it aside for 10 to 25 minutes. Make balls and roll it to make a small circle ( not as big as chapati ).  Fry this in oil on medium flame for a minute or so until it turns golden brown. Remove the poori and place it on the paper towels to absorb excess oil. Serve hot with bhaji, chole or any other curry.

Long bean seeds' Curry Recipe!

Long beans are everyday part of mangalorians diet. This curry is made of it's seed and coconut with the mixture of spices. This goes really well with chapati and rice. Here is the recipe,

• 1 Cup of Long bean seeds, soaked in 2 Cups of water for 8 hrs
• 2 Onions, sliced
• 1/4 Cup Coconut, Grated
• 1 Tsp Tamarind Juice
• A small piece of Jaggery
• Curry Leaves
• Salt to taste

For Curry Powder-

• 2 Tsp Oil
• 5 Red Chili, Slit
• 1 Spoon Coriander Powder
• 1 Spoon Urad Dal
• 1/2 Spoon Fenugreek/Methi Seeds
• 1/4 Spoon Cumin Seeds

Pressure cook the seeds in the water it has been soaked in. Now to this add the onion and let it boil. Meanwhile prepare the curry powder. In a pan, add the oil and once it gets heated add the red chili, and fry for a minute. Now add the coriander powder and fry for a minute. Add Urad dal, fry until it turns golden brown. Add the fenugreek seeds and saute for 30 seconds. Now add cumin seeds and turn off the stove. Let it cool completely before grinding.

Blend the coconut, tamarind juice and curry powder until the mixture is smooth. Add this to the boiling mixture of seeds and onions. Mix really well. Now add the salt, jaggery and curry leaves. Let the mixture come to a boil. Turn off the stove and serve hot with Chapati or Rice.