Microwave Therati Paal

When you are having guests over and don't have too much time to whip up a dessert, this is a perfect time saver. Therati Paal cooked traditionally requires a long time of stirring milk and paying constant attention to the stove. This sweet dish is special and is cooked for auspicious occasions too. Infact, right after marriage, a bride gets introduced to her new relatives over spoonful of therati paal!
Thanks to the microwave, you can whip up this dessert in no time(9 mins to be precise) and can bring you raving praises!

Ingredients:
1. condensed milk - 1 tin (approx 400 gms)
2. curd - 3 tbsp

Method de Preparation
1. Take a deep bowl and pour the condensed milk into a bowl. Ensure that the bowl is deep enough to let the condensed milk rise while microwaving.
2. Add the 3 tbsp of curd and mix it with a spoon
3. Microwave for 9 mins. Check periodically every 3 mins. Depending on your microwave power, it may thicken quickly. Once the mix thickens and browns, it is good to be removed. Usually the first 3 mins, the condensed milk tends to rise and boil over, watch out for that. But, it is ready to eat at the end of 9 mins!

Enjoy! Bon App!

Fried Bittergourd

B's mom's recipe and of course, B's favorite much. I figured this would be a good snack as opposed to deep fried potato chips. Given the bitterish taste, one cannot go overboard with munching this as well. Bitter gourd is said to be extremely good for health (once again proving that vegetables that are great for health aren't the greatest in taste =) ).
The stove cooked version typically takes over 20 mins of monitoring and tossing. My MIL developed a simple and a quick microwave version. This is extremely handy and B simply loves the results.

Ingredients:
Bittergourd - 5 medium size
Salt - to taste
Chilli powder - to taste
Turmeric - optional
Oil - 1 tsp

Method de preparation:
1. Finely chop the bitter gourd. I usually do not unseed them.
2. Add oil, salt, chilli powder and turmeric to the chopped bitter gourd
3. Microwave the mix for 10 mins. check regularly every 3 mins

Done! It is ready to enjoy!
Bon App!

Microwave ParuppuUsilli

Ingredients:
Thovaram Paruppu (lentils) one small cup
Red dry chilli 2 nos
Salt to taste
Vegetable: any one of the following: beans, cabbage, karamani (thinner version of beans)
Kadugu
Curry powder
Asafoetida
Oil to fry

Method de preparation:
1.Soak the lentils in water for about 10 mins.
2.Drain water
3. Grind along with red chilli, some salt to taste
4. Meanwhile soak cut vegetable in water and place in microwave for 8 mins
5. Heat some oil, splutter the mustard seeds and add asafoetida and curry powder to it.
6. Toss the vegetable into this.
7. Meanwhile microwave the ground mix of lentils, chilli for 5 to 10 mins
8. The mix might be a little tight, so grind them in the mixer till they become coarse powder
9. Add this to the cooking vegetables.
10. Cook for 2 mins
11.Done!


Drain, vathamulakai, salt, mixie, microwave for 5 mins.