Whole Wheat Bread Pudding

Thanks to Lavanya, for sharing the image and recipe. 

Recipe for bread:

• 3 cups of whole wheat flour ( I used Annaporna atta)
• 2 1/2 tsp of active yeast
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tbsp Salt
• 2 cup warm water

Add all the dry ingredients and slowly start adding warm water. Mix and form the dough. Do not knead at this stage. The dough should be more like a poori dough. Knead it to activate the yeast.
Keep aside for about 20-30 mins till the dough double its size.
Knead the dough until its soft  in a gentle way . Place on the baking pan and bake at 230C for about 30mins.

Recipe for pudding :

• Bread
• 2 cups of milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4  of sugar
• 1 tsp of Apple spice mix
• 1/4 cup of ghee (clarified butter)
• hand full of raisins

In a small cake pan place the bread in such a way there is no gap. I  used half of the bread I baked for this pudding. Drizzle 1/8th of the sugar on the bread and some raisins. Generously brush the ghee all over the bread. Now mix the milk, eggs and apple spice mix well and pour over the the bread mix. Add the remaining raisins and sugar over the pan . Preheat the oven @  200 for  5mins. Now place the pan and bake @200C for 30mins. The top of the pudding should form a golden crust and inside of the pudding should not be soggy. Cool the pudding for 5mins before serving.

Aloo Bhindi Fry

Ingredients needed : 

• Potato - 4
• Ladys finger - 20 
• Onion - 2
• Chili powder  - 1/2 tsp.
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Dhaniya powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp. 
• Oil
• Salt

Method:

                Trim the edges on both sides of lady's finger and chop them and set aside. Clean and slice potatoes either lengthwise or into cubes and keep it immersed in bowl of water. Chop onions and set aside.

            Heat a kadai and add oil and fry lady's finger + salt till it turns bit crispy transfer it to a bowl.then boil potatoes till it is 3/4th done then transfer it to a bowl..now in the same kadai add oil + onion fry till done then add fried lady's finger + boiled potatoes + salt + jeera powder + dhaniya powder+turmeric powder+ chili powder and mix it well to this add boiled potato + fried lady's finger and allow it to cook well till done . Goes well with Chapathi . 

Andhra style Pulihora

Ingredients needed:

• Cooked rice - 2 cups
• Tamarind juice
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Hing powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Dried Red Chili - 3
• Green chili  - 2
• Groundnuts - 10 
• Chana dhal - 1 tsp.
• Urad dhal - 1 tsp.
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp.
• Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp.
• Curry leaves - 1 string
• Oil(Sesame oil) 
• Salt

Method :

                    Cook rice and keep it ready . Soak Tamarind in little water and extract thick juice and keep it ready. Heat a kadai and add oil + mustard seeds + urid dhal + chana dhal + methi seeds + groundnuts + dried red chili , green chili (break it into pieces) + turmeric powder + hing powder +  tamarind juice + salt + allow it cook for few mins till it gets dried . In a big bowl take the cooked rice and add the tamarind juice mixture and mix it with rice gently so that it covers well on rice ...Yummy pulihora is ready.

Plantain Flower / Vazhaipoo kofta Gravy

Ingredients needed :

• Vahaipoo vada / Kofta

To make Gravy :

• Onion - 3 or 4
• Tomato - 3
• Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Coriander leaves - little
• Jeera - 1/4 tsp.
• Fennel seeds -1/4 tsp.
• Shahi Jeera - 1/4 tsp. 
• Chili powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Garam masala powder - 1/4tsp. 
• Salt
• Oil

Method : 

            Made Vazhaipoo koftas the same way as I did Vazhaipoo vadai . 

for making gravy : 

                 Chop onions and tomatoes roughly . Heat a kadai and add 2 tsp. oil + roughly chopped onions and fry for few mins. then add tomatoes and cook it well and then remove from kadai and allow it to cool well ..transfer it to mixie jar and along with that add grated coconuts and grind it to smooth paste . 

              Chop 1 onion finely . In the same kadai add 1 tsp. oil and then add jeera + fennel seeds + shahi jeera + chopped onion and fry well then add grounded onion - tomato paste + water if needed + turmeric powder + chili powder + garam masala powder + Salt  allow it to cook for few mins. till done ..then add the koftas and sprinkle coriander leaves and serve it with hot chapathi.