Monday, 23 November 2015

IDLI - South Indian Special


IDLI  CORNER



This is the Idli Maker. Some people will use pots to make idli. But, Chef Div reminding to use idli maker. Idli makers from India is the best always. You can use it for years if handle with care. This is Anantha Idli Maker which is highly recommended. Always keep clean the maker. Its a must to ask the seller on how to use the maker. Chef Div is willing to advise on the maker that you have.

Chef Div's Receipe :-
1) Pudina Idli
2) Carrot Idli
3) Masala Chicken Idli
4) UPPUMA IDLI (INSTANT IDLI)

BASIC IDLI RECEIPE


Author : Chef Div
Ingredients
  • 1 cup basmati rice or sona masoori rice or regular rice
  • 1 cup parboiled rice
  • ½ cup urad dal/black gram, skinned whole or skinned spilt
  • ¼ cup poha/flattened rice
  • ¼ tsp methi seeds/fenugreek seeds
  • water as required
  • salt
  • oil to apply to the idli moulds
Instructions
  1. pick and wash both the rice and urad dal.
  2. soak the rice and poha in water for 4-5 hours.
  3. soak the urad dal with methi seeds separately for 4-5 hours.
  4. drain the soaked urad dal. reserve the water.
  5. grind the urad dal, methi seed with some of the reserved water till you get a smooth and fluffy batter.
  6. grind the rice to make a smooth batter.
  7. mix both the batters together in a large bowl or pan. add salt and mix well.
  8. cover and let the batter ferment for 8-9 hours.
  9. after the fermentation process is over, the batter will become double in size and rise.
  10. gently mix the batter.
  11. grease the idli moulds.
  12. pour the batter in the moulds steam the idlis in a pressure cooker or steamer.
  13. if using pressure cooker remove the vent weight.whistle.
  14. steam for 10-12 mins or until the idlis are done.
  15. remaining batter can be stored in the refrigerator.
  16. serve the steaming hot idlis with coconut chutney and sambar.
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Chef Div's Receipe

UPPUMA IDLI (INSTANT IDLI)

Are you planning to do idli when your guest arrived your house on an early morning and don't have the batter inside your fridge? Don't worry. Chef Div is here to teach you on instant idli by using uppuma ASAP.

English Shortbread for your taste buds!

SHORTBREAD

Make shortbread as your homemade Christmas present. When you are looking for something to crunch and munch, taking the shortbread and having it will give a leisure to your taste buds. To add, shortbread is tastier than butter cookies. Here is the basic receipe of shortbread. Moreover, please count for customade recipes. Children will enjoy on eating this shortbreads! 

BASIC RECEIPE

Author : Chef Div
Ingredients :

  1. 125g Butter
  2. 55g Custard sugar
  3. Custord sugar (for final touch up on the dough)
  4. 180g Multipurpose flour
Preparation Method :
  1. Heat oven to 190C
  2. Beat the custard sugar and Butter together
  3. Put the multipurpose flour
  4. Cut into square
  5. Use fork and pressed on the dough gently to give the texture/hole as in the picture
  6. Sprinkle custard sugar
  7. Chill inside fridge for 25 minutes
  8. Bake in oven from 15 to 30 minutes (until pale golden-brown)

NOTE : Shortbread should be baked until pale golden-brown so that it will be harder. But, cookies should not be baked until pale golden-brown since cookies should be in medium.

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Golden Day's Custord Semperit Cookie

Golden Day's Custord Semperit Cookie - the classical Malaysian cookie.


Custord Semperit is one of the cookies which is very famous among the Malaysians until today. This receipe will give a yellowish and mouth melting semperit. Chef Div advises all of you to bake it on oven for not more than 10 minutes with 250 degree. Semperit will give different taste if you bake it more than 10 minutes. The higher the time consumed for baking the harder the cookies. Chef Div reminding again to have good attitude towards the time of baking.

Author : Chef Div
Ingredients : 
1. 300g of Anchor butter
2. 160g of Icing sugar
3. 2 Egg yolk
4. 4 spoon of Sweet concentrated tinned milk
5. 1teaspoon of Vanilla essence
6. 240g of Multipurpose flour
7. 160g of Corn 
8. 160g of Custord flour
9. Red cherries (for decoration)




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