Tutti- fruitti cookies

      I am so delighted to find Savaadhjevana FB page hitting more than hundred likes.  To dedicate this success, I made tutti-fruitti cookies.

  Initially I wanted to make them with wheat flour, but realized that these tutti-fruiti would be better with a white background than with a brown one.  That is with wheat flour, they can be hardly seen giving an less appetising look.  So,  I opted for tutti-fruiti with white or much lighter background.  As soon as I decided on white, the first three things that crossed my mind was Regular flour (of course, maida!), Cornflour and Rawa or semolina.  Hence with a mixture of abovesaid, I continued with addition of butter,  sugar and finally blended with delecious, colourful tutti-fruitti cookies.  After baking them, they were so crisp, light-coloured (though I browned a few  in my first batch!) and fell very less on stomach too!!

Tawa arbi masala

   
    Arbi, one of the Colocasia species is an underground(grown) vegetable.  It finds an easy place in south-indian cooking.   Found as an fry or curry, it is also supposed to be an healthy alternative for potatos for aged people because the starch content found in arbi is easily digestable one.  Arbi is also found to nourish with contents like fibre, protein, calcium, phosphorous etc.

 Arbi tawa fry done here is an easy preparation that can go yummy with hot rice, sambhar, rasam or any kozhumbu type.  This can also be served as an vegetarian starter and can go great with parathas too.  To top that arbi prepared in tawa ensures uniform cooking on all sides (which is not guarenteed on kadaai), saves time and ends up spending up little amount of oil.

Tandoori stuffed potato

Ingredients required

for the filling

• 4 tsp crumbled tofu/paneer
• 4-5 raisins
• 2 tsp broken nuts like cashew, badam etc
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp mashed potato

other

• 250 gm potato, pressure cooked for one whistle

for marination

• 1 tsp gram flour/besan
• 2 tsp hung curd
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp dhanya powder
• 1 tsp tandoori masala
• 1/4 tsp amchoor powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Method

Peel the skin off the potato and cut in top portion.  Now scoop out potato pulp such that potato now resembles like a vessel.  Reserve the pulp for filling

Now mix all ingredients under filling and fill in empty potatos, now marinate them in batter of gram flour, corn flour and curd, all spices for six hours.  Pre heat the oven for 200 degree celsius and bake these potatos for twenty to thirty minutes, occasionally turning them.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup

Enjoy!!!