Broccoli Stir Fry Recipe

Broccoli is an easy cooking veggie, which has amazing health benefits with low calorie and high fiber content.

Ingredients:

Broccoli – 1 medium size

Onion – 1 no chopped

Tomato – ½

Garam masala powder – ½ tsp

Chili powder – 1tsp

Coriander powder – 1tsp

Salt to taste

To Temper:

Oil – 2 tsp

Fennel seeds – ½ tsp

Curry leaves few

Method:

• Clean, wash and cut broccoli into small florets. Soak these florets in warm water for 3 minutes and strain the florets from the water.

• Heat oil in a pan add fennel seeds and curry leaves. When they started to splutter, add onion and fry till they turns translucent.
• Add chopped tomatoes and fry until soft.

• Then add broccoli florets along with garam masala powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and salt and sauté well.
• Sprinkle some water and cover and cook for 3 to 5 minutes in a low flame, until the water gets absorbed.

Serve hot with rice…

Note:

• Can add crushed garlic pods to get more flavor.
• Take care the veggie should be semi cooked for good crunchiness should be there.
• While choosing a Broccoli pick the one, which is in dark green color.

Pori Urundai | Puffed Rice Balls

Ingredients:

Paagu Vellam / Jaggery – ¼ cup (Powdered)

Poori – 1 litre

Water as needed

Ghee – 1tsp

Method:

• In a pan add powdered jaggery and add water till it immerses it. When the jaggery completely dissolves, strain it to remove the impurities.

• Again bring it to boil for 5 minutes, at this stage add a tsp of ghee. To check the consistency of the paagu patham(in tamil),  take a small bowl with water and add a tsp of jaggery syrup to the water, it should not get dissolved.

•  Also, use your fingers to roll jaggery syrup which is in the water, you should able to get a hard ball and does not stick with your fingers.

• Switch off the flame.
• In a wide bowl add the puffed rice to the jaggery syrup and mix it quickly to make sure the puffed rice is well coated with syrup.
• Grease your palms with ghee and make rough balls quickly when it is warm.

• To get a good round shaped pori urundai, place the roughly rolled balls in a wide vessel and rotate in both clock & anti clock wise horizontally.

   Enjoy the crispy and tasty balls...

Note:

• For the above mentioned quantity, you should be getting approximately 18 to 20 balls.
• Store it in airtight container, the crispiness will stay good for 3 to 4 days.
• The measurement of the jaggery depends on the jaggery’s sweetness.