Mexican Corn Chilly Toast

A simple crispy toast which can make a good breakfast or a light snack with evening Coffee / Tea.

Makes : 8 toasts

Ingredients :- 

1. Onion - 1 No. (finely chopped)
2. Tomato - 1 No (finely chopped)
3. Capsicum - 1No.(finely chopped)
4. Green Chilli - 2 Nos. (finely chopped)
5. Sweet Corn - 1 No.
6. Coriander leaves  - 3 tsp (finely chopped)
7. Oil- 1 tbsp
8. Salt to taste
9. Cheese Cube - 1 No (finely grated)
10. Brown Bread - 4 Nos.
11. Butter to apply on bread slices

Procedure :-

• Remove corn kernels from the cob, steam it and keep aside

• Heat oil in a wok, add onions and fry well

•  Add capsicum and green chillies and fry for a minute

• Add tomatoes, boiled corn, coriander leaves and salt. Mix well. Cook for two minutes

• Remove from fire. Immeditely add grated cheese, mix well.

• Heat a non-stick tava

• gently Cut each bread slice into two

• Apply little butter and roast it on tava till it turn crisp.

• On a serving plate arrange the bread pieces, spread in a spoon of the prepared corn mixture. 

• Serve immediately

PS: 

1.  to avoid butter you can use pop up toaster and toast till crisp
2. You can cut the slices after toasting it on tava incase it breaks. in that case, use a kitchen scissor to cut it to exact shape.

Padi Kolam

Made this kolam today. Used white chalk.

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Molagooshyam

It is raining cats and dogs here.

I cook traditional dishes that use black peppercorns (the king of spices) as it boost immunity and is good for health during this season.

Pepper a day boost immunity.. Pepper is orginally added to spice up all the native dishes.

Sharing with you today one such recipe from God's own country. 'Molagooshyam' that goes as an accompaniment to Rice. 

I used Elephant Yam (suran / Chenai / senai kizhangu) in this dish as this doesn't produce gas and is very safe to eat. As this is a traditional dish, coconut oil suits best for this.

Vegetables that can be used to prepare molagooshyam are Elephant Yam, Ashgourd, Raw Banana.

The Recipe video is now available in Youtube Channel : Mira's Akshaya Patram. Added below :-

Let's get into molagooshyam making.

Ingredients :-

1. Elephant Yam - 250 gm
2. Moong Dal - 3 tbsp
3. Curry Leaves - 6 leaves
4. Black Peppercorn - 7 nos.
5. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
6. Salt to taste
7. Green chilli - 1 No.
8. Coconut oil - 3 tsp

 Procedure :-

• Clean, peel the elephant yam (suran / senai kizhangau / chena) and dice it to medium sized cubes. Wash and drain.

•  Lightly dry roast the Moong Dal till nice aroma comes. Put it in a vessel for cooking.  Add washed elephant yam cubes, turmeric powder and salt to it. 

•  Coarsely grind the peppercorns. Slit the green chilli vertically

•  Add the green chilli, 2 cups of water to the yam+dal mix.

•  Pressure cook till done (5 whistles for hawkins, 3 whistles for prestige pressure cooker).

•  Heat oil in a wok for tempering, add curry leaves, coarsely ground pepper powder. Add this tempering to the cooked elephant yam gravy.

•  Mix well. Keep it covered for 5-7 minutes. 

• Serve it with hot cooked plain white rice or red rice.

The best accompaniment for this gravy is the humble "Arachukalaki" - a curd based raita recipe. It is avaialble in Mira's Askahaya Patram.- given below :-

Laundary Tips - fold a shirt or t-shirt quickly

I came across this interesting video shared by a pal in Facebook. Thought will share it here

With little practice we can fold a Shirt or T-shirt quickly using this method.

Now folding laundry clothes or organizing a wardrobe will not be too tiring! Enjoy doing your chores! :-)