Homemade Pav Bhaji Masala Powder

Some Spices that is used to make pav bhaji, which is a popular street food in india... Here the recipe is how to learn homemade pav bhaji masala powder... Bombay / Mumbai is well famous for it's street food recipe like Pav bhaji, Pani Puri, Vada pav, Dahi vada, etc... It is comabination of few indian spices mixed into one, roasted and graind them.. 

Pav bhaji Masala can be easily brought at your local indian store.. Last week When I was browsing, I saw a pav bhaji masala powder recipe and instanly tried it... It is super flavourful and aromatic than the store brought one.. 

So I hope that you must try this and let me know it's turns out from you...

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 10 mins

Makes - 1 cup

Recipe Cuisine : Indian

Recipe Category : Basic Recipe

INGREDIENTS :

Dry Red chilli - 8 to 10 nos

Cinnamon sticks / Pattai - 5 cm (big pieces)

Fennel seeds / Sombu - 1 1/2 tbspn

Cloves - 10 to 12 nos

Green cardamom / Elachi - 6 to 8 nos

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 2 tbspn

Coriander seeds / Malli - 1/4 cup

Kashmiri Chilli powder - 2 tbspn

Turmeric powder / Manjai podi - 1 tbspn

Amchoor powder / Dry mango Powder - 2 tbspn

METHOD :

• Take all the ingredients in a thick bottom pan except the powdered spices..
• Dry roast in low flame for 6 to 7 mins..
• Now add in kashmiri chilli powder, turmeric powder, amchoor powder..
• Mix well for 30 sec, and remove it from the flame..
• Now take them in blender and powder it..
• Store it in air tight container for a week...
• Enjoy the flavour of the masala by using it..

PICTORIAL :

Take all your ingredients

Take whole spices powder in a pan

Dry roast it for 6 to 7 mins

Toss in low flame

Once the colour is changed

Add in turmeric powder

Add in amchoor powder

Add in Kashmiri chilli Powder

Toss well for 30 sec, remove them and cool completely

 

Remove them to a blender

Powdered them.. masala done

Store it in air tight container

Enjoy..

Use it for recipes..

Arisi Vella Puttu Amthu / Vellam Puttu

Arisi Vella Puttu Amuthu is nothing but vellam puttu or rice flour sweetened using jaggery.. A tradional neivethiyam recipe offer to god Murugan in Tiruchendur (One of the Aarupadai veedu of lord murugan).. Here I am using Homemade Rice flour so that you can use it directly and mixed with powdered jaggery.. Or you can use good quality store brought rice flour.. 

When we trip to tiruchendur on last month, there we plan to spend few times on the seashore after darshan.... When we entre into the temple it was very peaceful and we finished darshan / Pooja of Lord Murugan, brought this vellam puttu as a prasadam from famous neivethiyam shop infront of the temple... and went to sea shore, my kids enjoyed this puttu well and finished it within 1/2 hour... So that I plan to make this for my kids especially shambhavi.. So I learnt how to make this from my aunt and planned it for this friday.. 

So I hope that you must try thie recipe and let me know it's turns out from you..

Preparation Time : 30 mins

Makes - 2 cups 

Recipe Cuisine - South Indain

Recipe Source - My aunt

Recipe Category - Traditional Recipe..

INGREDIENTS :

Homemade Rice flour - 1 1/2 Cup

Jaggery / Vellam - 1/2 cup grated (but I added 3/4 cup )

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tspn

METHOD :

• Take Homemade rice flour in a blender..
• Add in grated Jaggery and cardamom powder..
• Adjust the sweet according to your sweetness..
• Pulse it two to three times..
• Now all are mix well check the sugar level and transfer them to a bowl..
• Offer to god and serve..
• Enjoy...

PICTORIAL :

Take all your ingredients

Take a cup of homemade rice flour

Add in powdered jaggery

I add little extra according to your taste

Add in cardamom powder

Pulse it three times

Now it's done

It's done

Transfer them to a plate

Enjoy..

Homemade Rice Flour Recipe / Arisi Maavu

Homemade Rice Flour is very handy in south indian kitchen.. It is used for making Indian Snacks and also for festival sweets items recipes... The Homemade rice flour is very aromatic and extreamly simple but it takes a lit bit effort.. 

It is used in kolkattai, Idiyappam and many more.. I soaked the prefect raw rice for 2 to 3 hours and drain it (keep it siever for 30 mins) and powdered them in to a smooth coarse powder and I sieve it well in newspaper, allow to dry completely and remove them to a pan and dry roast them, till nice aroma rises.. Spread it on the news paper and allow to cool completely.. Store it in air tight container and use as well. 

I prepare this rice flour for my Arisi Vella Puttu Amuthu recipe, which is famous neivedhyam in Tiruchendur Murugan Temple, soon I posted that recipe, keep watching..

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you...

Preparation Time : 2 mins

Soaking Time : 3 hours

Cooking Time : 15 mins

Makes - 1 cup rice yields 1 1/2 cups of flour

Recipe Cuisine - South Indian

Recipe Category - Flour Recipe

INGREDIENTS :

Raw Rice - 2 cups

METHOD :

• First take 2 cups of raw rice in a bowl..
• Rinse it twice and soak it for 2 to 3 hours.. 
• Drain the rice and keep in siever for 1/2 hours (or spread the raw rice in towel and allow to dry)
• Then transfer this to a mixer..
• Grind them into fine coarse powder in batchwise..
• Then sieve it well... you can find the small balls in the sieve..
• Press it well your hands and sieve well.
• Dry roast it well in a pan till the steam comes out of it..
• Cool down the flour by spreading it in a newspaper..
• When it cool down completely and store it in a air tight container
• You can use the flour as well.

TIPS :

1. 1 cup of rice yeilds 1 1/2 cups of rice flour..
2. You can dry roast them in low flame to avoid burning..
3. If you are grinding bulk then give it to mill, so that the ginding is even and fine too..
4. It is best to soak the rice for 2 to 3 hours..
5. Cool the flour completely and Store it air tight container for few weeks.. 

PICTORIAL :

Measure two cups of raw rice

Take them into a bowl

Soak it for 2 to 3 hours 

Sieve it well and keep it sieve for 1/2 hour 

and add them to a mixer

Grind it into fine powder

Remove them to a siever 

Sieve it well

Take the prepared flour in a pan

Dry roast them for 15 mins till the nice aroma rise

Spread them in newspaper

Store it in air tight container

 (i use my tupperware container)

Keep it the shelf

Now it's done 

Use as well

Homemade Cake Flour / How To Make Cake Flour At Home

I love making my own cake flour subtitute.. I has two ingredients and take 2 minutes to make.. Using This flour instead of regular flour all purpose flour results in so fluffy cakes.. Making this flour at home is quick easier... 

This above picture is yogurt muffins which i made from this flour... you can see the texture, it is so soft, fluffy, moist... Which i have already posted in my blog... So you can try this recipe and let meknow how it's turns out from you... 

Preparation Time : 5 mins

Makes - 1 cup of cake flour

INGREDIENTS :

All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup

Cornflour / Cornstarch -  2 tbspn

METHOD :

• Measure a cup of all purpose flour in a bowl or sifter..
• Remove two tbspn of flour from the measured one...
• Now replace that with two tbspn of cornflour...
• Mix well or sieve..
• Use as needed....

PICTORIAL :

Take all your ingredients

Measure 1 cup of all purpose flour

Take it in a bowl

Now remove two tbspn from this

This is one tbspn

Take another tbspn

Now take same tbspn of cornflour 

Add in it, this is one tbspn

This is another tbspn of flour

Mix well or you can sieve this well

Now cake flour is ready

Use as needed..