How to season a manchatti( claypot)!:)

My two precious manchattis!:))

How to season a manchatti ( claypot)!:)

1) Wash the claypot with a few drops of dishwashing liquid & then rinse under running water & blot dry with a kitchen towel.
2) Fill the claypot with rice cooked water( kanji water) & cover & leave overnight.
3) The next day empty the claypot & wash it once again under running water, wipe dry, smear some oil on the insides & also on the outside of the chatti & heat it on medium flame for 2 minutes. Fill the manchatti once again with rice cooked water & cover & leave overnight.
4) Repeat the procedure( ie: step 3) for three more days. The dish must have been soaked in rice starch water( kanji thanni) for four nights!
5) On the fifth day, empty the pot, rinse well under running water , blot dry & start using it for everyday cooking!
This is how i seasoned my two manchattis here, for i received them just before i left India, hence no time to get them seasoned by my family cook over there! One was a gift from my mother & the other one was a gift from my sister!:)

Deep fried cashewnuts

Deep fried cashewnuts

Fried these today for the cashewnut lover at home! There is no exact recipe for this, so i will just list out how i did it. The cashewnut lover loved this dish, but as for me the sickening smell of the cashews being fried in ghee just made me lose my appetite! So i can't describe to you dear readers as to how it tasted for just looking at it made me feel sick!! But then i had never been a great fan of fried cashewnuts!

Ingredients:


Cashewnuts - 1/2 kg, ghee - 200ml, salt & pepper to taste.

Method:



Heat ghee in a small pan & add the cashewnuts to the ghee, a handful at a time & fry till golden. Drain on paper towel & repeat the procedure till all the cashewnuts are done. Then place the fried cashewnuts in a large bowl & sprinkle some salt & pepper ( while they are still warm) ,mix well & serve.



The sickening ghee smell is still lingering in the kitchen( inspite of me keeping the windows open) , that i am going to go & light up a claypot candle to get rid of it!

so Ciao, dear readers till my next post comes up!:)

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...

is this not bad for cholestrol
m-l-p

10/07/2008 02:01:00 AM

paati said...

yes dear mlp it is very very bad for cholestrol, but if you share it with people, it is cholestrol shared with others & less cholestrol for you!! eppadi en logic?? :)
paati

10/07/2008 11:23:00 PM

Radhika said...

hi i was looking for what happened to your healthy version of egg bhajjis....jus to see if you've read my comments on it & couldnt find it ....what happened?
Radhika

11/09/2008 11:35:00 PM

paati said...

i read your comment & had even replied to it!:) just reshuffling the posts a bit:)
paati

11/11/2008 06:19:00 PM

Deep fried cashewnuts

Deep fried cashewnuts

Fried these today for the cashewnut lover at home! There is no exact recipe for this, so i will just list out how i did it. The cashewnut lover loved this dish, but as for me the sickening smell of the cashews being fried in ghee just made me lose my appetite! So i can't describe to you dear readers as to how it tasted for just looking at it made me feel sick!! But then i had never been a great fan of fried cashewnuts!

Ingredients:
Cashewnuts - 1/2 kg, ghee - 200ml, salt & pepper to taste.

Method:
Heat ghee in a small pan & add the cashewnuts to the ghee, a handful at a time & fry till golden. Drain on paper towel & repeat the procedure till all the cashewnuts are done. Then place the fried cashewnuts in a large bowl & sprinkle some salt & pepper ( while they are still warm) ,mix well & serve.
The sickening ghee smell is still lingering in the kitchen( inspite of me keeping the windows open) , that i am going to go & light up a claypot candle to get rid of it!
so Ciao, dear readers till my next post comes up!:)