Renus Kitchen

Ingredients Chana daal 1/2 cup Urad daal, de-husked - 1/4 cup Horse gram - 2 tbsp (optional) Curry leaves - 1/2 cup Red whole chilli pepper, dry - 3-4 Cumin seeds - 2 tbsp Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp Coconut - 2-3 tbsp Corriander seeds - 1 tbsp Tamarind, dry - small ball size Garlic - 3-4 cloves Asafetediea - 1/4 tsp Sesame seed oil - 1 tbsp Salt - to taste Method Dry roast daals (lentils), whole spice, curry leaves, chili peppers separately. Roast garlic in sesame oil. Mix all the ingredients and let it cool before you grind into a fine powder. Adjust salt and store in air tight conatiner. I make a huge batch and freeze it. Use it to make fry idli

Ingredients  Curdle Milk  Milk - 1 cup Vinegar or lemon juice - 1.5 tbsp Liquid Ingredients Milk - 1/2 cup Oil - 1/2 cup Vanilla - 1/2 tsp Sugar - 1 cup  Dry Ingredients All purpose flour - 1.5 cup Unsweetened cocoa powder - 1/4 cup Milk powder - 2 tbsp Salt - 1/4 tsp Baking powder - 1 tsp Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp Topping - chopped mix nuts  Method Add vinegar/ lemon juice to 1 cup of milk and keep aside and let it curdle  Sift all dry ingredients and keep it aside Add all the ingredients listed under wet ingredients to curdled milk and mix well Add dry ingredients to above liquid mix and mix gently Follow cut and fold method to mix Transfer the batter to the greased baking tin and garnish with topping  Bake at 350 in a greased pan for 30 minutes or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean. 

Ingredients  Raw papaya - 1 lb (450 g) Food colors - 4 drops each (red, green, yellow)  Sugar syrup Water - 4 cups Sugar - 2 cups  Vanilla essence - 1 tsp Method Peel raw papaya and dice into very small cubes  Steam the cubes for 5 minutes and keep it aside Now cook  sugar syrup for 20 minutes on high heat  Next add steamed papaya and cook on high meat till the mixture starts drying out.  Add vanilla essence and mix well. Create three portions of the above cooked papaya- sugar mix in a three separate bowl. Add 4 drops of each bowl.  Mix well and spread it on a plate and sun dry for few days OR spread in a baking tray and dry in oven at 180F for few hours  Store dry tutti frutti in refrigerator or freezer. 

Ingredients  Wet Ingredients Yogurt - 1 cup  Sugar - 3/4 cup  Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp Oil - 1/4 cup  Dry Ingredients Whole wheat flour or All purpose flour - 1cup  Baking soda - 1/2 tsp Baking powder - 3/4 tsp Cardamom powder (Optional) - 1/2 tsp Tutti- Frutti (Optional) - 1/2 cup  Method Whisk together liquid ingredients  Next add all the dry ingredients and fold in gently Add tutti-frutti Don't overmix. Just cut and fold several times  Transfer the batter to a greased baking tin. Bake at 350 in a greased pan for 30 minutes or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean.