June 2017 ~ Full Scoops - A food blog with easy,simple & tasty recipes!

28 Jun 2017

Varagu Arisi Moong Dal Khichidi

My periamma taught me to make moong dal khichidi with rice and I thought it would be a great idea to make the same with millets. I gave it a try and it came out very well. Now I make this quite often at home. Whenever I feel lazy to cook, then I make this with a simple side dish and it works very well!

We just love this khichidi, the taste is so heavenly and yet so simple! I do not like to add more masala to this dish other than the turmeric powder, as I feel it takes away from the 'delishiousness' of this dish so I use only turmeric powder and add more green chillies for the spice. You can add some red chilli powder or even garam masala to it.

Millets are considered to be a super food! They are so much more healthy and nutritious than rice and so we try to include it atleast 3 meals in a week. I made this with Varagu Arisi (kodo millet), you can do the same with kuthiraivali, thinai or samai also.

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Dairy Free Coconut Panna Cotta

Coconut, Desserts, Make-Ahead Desserts, Panna Cotta 1 comment

I love making panna cotta! It's simple, easy and tastes really delicious! My daughter had developed some mouth ulcers and so I was looking to give her some coconut milk since coconut and coconut milk is excellent to heal mouth ulcers.

But she was not liking the coconut milk so I made some desserts for her. I made the coconut milk panna cotta which has some dairy cream in it and then I made her this coconut milk panna cotta without dairy. It's so delicious and every kid will definitely love it!

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Sweet Potato Roast

Potato Recipes, Stir fry, Sweet potato No comments

Since sweet potatoes are sweet in nature we normally we don't make a roast with it, we just pressure cook them and eat it and it tastes really good. But since sweet potatoes are very healthy, I was looking to include it in my kids diet and decided to make a roast out of it as they normally love potato roast.

To mask or cut down the sweetness of this veggie, you will have to add a bit more masala to it and even then some sweet potatoes are too sweet and you cannot mask it's sweetness. Some sweet potatoes are mildly sweet and this roast tastes really good when made with those ones. My husband refused to eat it as he felt the roast was still sweet!! But my kids and me enjoyed it!!

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Paal Kesari

Indian Sweets, Kesari, Rava Recipes 2 comments

Even though kesari is not my favorite, I have a few kesari recipes in my blog since I keep making this every time my mom comes home. This is the only sweet that she relishes and I make sure I make some for her often.
This time when she came home, I decided to make some paal kesari since she keeps telling me that adding milk to the kesari instead of water, makes it even more tasty!

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Soya Pulao

Lunch Box Recipes, Pulao Recipes, Soya Recipes / Meal Maker Recipes, Veg Rice Variety No comments

Pulao is one of the few dishes that my fussy kids like to eat! So, I make a pulao once every week for lunch box. I make it a different pulao every week to keep it interesting. I make this soya pulao and my kids and their friends like eating the little soya nuggets. I always have a pack of soya in my pantry and if I don't have anything to add to the pulao, I make this soya pulao instead of a making a plain jeera pulao. Check out the other pulao recipes.

One of the things I notice is that, the pulao is never spicy, so to make it spicy add lots of green chillies or add some garam masala to spice it up. And as always with all my pulao recipes, I add some coconut milk which lifts it to a whole new level.

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Mango White Chocolate Mousse Cake

Celebration cakes, Make-Ahead Desserts, Mango Recipes, Mousse Cakes, Summer Special, white chocolate 3 comments

Over the years I have made so many mango desserts and still every mango season I am tempted to try something new! Mango is one of my favorite fruits and it's the kind of fruit that tastes great no matter what you do with it!

So this time, I wanted to make this mango white chocolate mousse cake and it turned out to be a huge hit! Everybody whom I shared it with, totally loved it. Although, the adults did not not prefer the biscuit base but the kids enjoyed it! Next time I make this, I'm going to serve it in individual bowls without the biscuit layer!!

I have already made an eggfree mango mousse cake where I've used a chocolate cake base and mango mousse. This tastes completely different with the white chocolate mousse and biscuit layer! The white chocolate is so soft and smooth and silky and completely melts in your mouth! If you don't want to use the biscuit layer, you can use a cake as the base layer too.

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Onion Uthapam

Breakfast Recipes, Dosa variety, Uthapam No comments

I make uthapam quite often, it is a wonderful alternative to the regular dosa. I usually make this on day 3 or 4 of my dosa batter. I make different varieties of uthapam and the easiest of all is this onion uthapam. You can also mix the onion along with the batter and then make the uthapam.
I have a mini uthapam pan which I use to make this, you can use the regular dosa pan too.