Coconut rice recipe | Thengai sadam | South Indian recipes

My brother is a big fan of coconut rice that my mom makes, I too just love it. Its very flavourful and simple to make too. My mom adds soaked and then fried urad dal to this rice, which makes it protein rich and flavourful too. Always the roasted urad dal and coconut is a flavourful combo,like in coconut thogayal.

Coconut rice recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe category: Lunch
Prep Time: 1 hr soaking time    |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Serves: 2

Ingredients

Rice - 1 cup

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Urad dal(white) - 1/4 cup

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Coconut, grated - 1/2 cup

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Salt - As needed

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Ghee - 1 tsp

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To temper

Oil /ghee - 1 tbsp

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Mustard - 3/4 tsp

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cashew nuts - 6

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Green or red chilli - 4

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Curry leaves - 1 sprig

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Asafoetida - a pinch

Method:

1. Cook rice with ratio 1:2 (adjust the water ratio according to the rice variety you use) for 3 – 4 whistles. Add a tsp of ghee and required salt and fluff the rice.
2. Soak urad dal for 1 hour,drain the water and dry roast it in a pan until its turns golden brown and nice aroma wafts.

3. Heat the pan with oil,temper with the items given under the ‘To temper’ table in order.Add the coconut and roasted urad dal and just give it a stir for 1/2 minute.

4. Add it to the rice and mix well.

Notes:

• Roasting the urad dal well is a must,otherwise it will become chewy.

Enjoy the flavourful rice with vadavams or any tomato based tangy curry.

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source: www.rakskitchen.net

Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

YUM...brown sugar topping with pineapples and cake...brings back so many childhood memories.  My mom made the best pineapple upside down cake.  She would always use a cast iron skillet so the topping was nice and caramelized on top.  This is my mom's tried and true recipe.  I just used muffin tins instead of a cast iron skillet. 


I really like individual little desserts.  My girls can easily help themselves and they look pretty fancy.  I decided to try this recipe using jumbo muffin tins and regular muffin tins.  This recipe will make a batch of 6 jumbo size or 12 muffin size cakes.


Cake Ingredients:

2 eggs
2/3 cup white sugar
4 Tbsp pineapple juice
2/3 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Topping:

1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick or 4 Tbsp)
2/3 cup brown sugar (packed)
1-can pineapple rings
6-maraschino cherries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray your muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray. 

In a mixing bowl, add eggs, white sugar, and pineapple juice.  Beat for 2 minutes.  In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add to the wet ingredients and turn mixer back on for 2 minutes. 

In a small sauce pan, melt the butter and add the brown sugar.  Stir on low heat for one minute.

Spoon a layer of the warm brown sugar mixture into the bottom of each muffin tin, then place a pineapple ring on top.  Add a cherry in the middle of each pineapple.    Pour cake mixture over to fill muffin tin 3/4 of the way full.  If you are using regular muffin tins, you will need to cut down the rings to fit or just use pineapple tidbits.

Bake jumbo cakes for 25 minutes.  Bake regular cakes for 20 minutes.  If you choose to make a large cake, bake for 22-25 minutes in a 10 inch cast iron skillet.  The cake is done with a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.


This is the hard part...waiting for warm cakes to finish baking.  

Remove from the oven.  Let cool in pan for 3 minutes.  Run a knife around the edge of each cake to help loosen in case it sticks a little.  Place a wire cooling rack on top, and quickly flip over on top of sheet tray to catch extra drippings. 

Place wire rack of cakes on sheet tray to cool. 

Now it's time to Enjoy!   

source: www.bigmamashomekitchen.com

Chef Workstation Setup on Windows Machine.

The Chef Development Kit (ChefDK) brings the best-of-breed development tools built by the awesome Chef community to your workstation with just a few clicks. Download your package and start coding Chef in seconds.

Install Instructions

Once the package has been downloaded, double-click the .msi file to run the MSI installer. Use all of the default installation options.
The chef command and the other commands included with the Chef Development Kit should now be available for use.

Download and configure.

Install Vagrant.

https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html

Install VirtualBox.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Setting up the Environment.

Creating a Blank cookbook using chefdk

Command.

chef generate cookbook my_first_cookbook 

Here is the output.

PS C:\Users\zubair.ahmed\centos_vagrant> chef generate cookbook my_first_cookbook Installing Cookbook Gems: Compiling Cookbooks... Recipe: code_generator::cookbook   * directory[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook] action create     - create new directory C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook   * template[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/metadata.rb] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/metadata.rb     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/metadata.rb from none to a4d2ff     (diff output suppressed by config)      * template[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/README.md] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/README.md     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/README.md from none to b84cc5      (diff output suppressed by config)   * cookbook_file[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/chefignore] action create     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/chefignore     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/chefignore from none to 15fac5     (diff output suppressed by config)   * cookbook_file[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/Berksfile] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/Berksfile     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/Berksfile from none to 9f08dc      (diff output suppressed by config)    * template[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/.kitchen.yml] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/.kitchen.yml     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/.kitchen.yml from none to d53214      (diff output suppressed by config)    * directory[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/default/serverspec] action    create     - create new directory C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/default/serverspec   * directory[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/helpers/serverspec] action create     - create new directory C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/helpers/serverspec   * cookbook_file[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/helpers/serverspec/spec_helper.rb] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/helpers/serverspec/spec_helper.rb     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/helpers/serverspec/spec_helper.rb from none to d85df4     (diff output suppressed by config)    * template[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb from none to 3c5e72     (diff output suppressed by config)    * directory[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/spec/unit/recipes] action create     - create new directory C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/spec/unit/recipes   * cookbook_file[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/spec/spec_helper.rb] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/spec/spec_helper.rb     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/spec/spec_helper.rb from none to 587075     (diff output suppressed by config)    * template[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/spec/unit/recipes/default_spec.rb] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/spec/unit/recipes/default_spec.rb     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/spec/unit/recipes/default_spec.rb from none to ed26b2     (diff output suppressed by config)    * directory[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/recipes] action create     - create new directory C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/recipes   * template[C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/recipes/default.rb] action create_if_missing     - create new file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/recipes/default.rb     - update content in file C:/Users/zubair.ahmed/centos_vagrant/my_first_cookbook/recipes/default.rb from none to d2c7b9     (diff output suppressed by config) 

Update .kitchen.yml file as below.

We are just updating the platforms from centos 7 to 6.5.
You can keep it as it is if you are looking for centos 7.

--- driver:   name: vagrant  provisioner:   name: chef_zero  # Uncomment the following verifier to leverage Inspec instead of Busser (the # default verifier) # verifier: #   name: inspec  platforms:   - name: centos-6.5  suites:   - name: default     run_list:       - recipe[my_first_cookbook::default]     attributes: 

Creating the VM.

Checking the list of VM which we have in the kitchen.yml file.

kitchen list 

Output.

PS C:\Users\zubair.ahmed\centos_vagrant\my_first_cookbook> kitchen.bat list Instance           Driver   Provisioner  Verifier  Transport  Last Action default-centos-65  Vagrant  ChefZero     Busser    Ssh         

Creating a VM.

kitchen create default-centos-65 

Output.

PS C:\Users\zubair.ahmed\centos_vagrant\my_first_cookbook> kitchen.bat create default-centos-65 -----> Starting Kitchen (v1.7.3) -----> Creating ...        Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...        ==> default: Importing base box 'bento/centos-6.5'... ==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...        ==> default: Setting the name of the VM: kitchen-my_first_cookbook-default-centos-65_default_1465204398970_64998        ==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...        ==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...            default: Adapter 1: nat        ==> default: Forwarding ports...            default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)        ==> default: Booting VM...        ==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...            default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222            default: SSH username: vagrant            default: SSH auth method: private key            default: Warning: Remote connection disconnect. Retrying...            default:            default: Vagrant insecure key detected. Vagrant will automatically replace            default: this with a newly generated keypair for better security.            default:            default: Inserting generated public key within guest...            default: Removing insecure key from the guest if it's present...            default: Key inserted! Disconnecting and reconnecting using new SSH key...        ==> default: Machine booted and ready!        ==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...            default: The guest additions on this VM do not match the installed version of            default: VirtualBox! In most cases this is fine, but in rare cases it can            default: prevent things such as shared folders from working properly. If you see            default: shared folder errors, please make sure the guest additions within the            default: virtual machine match the version of VirtualBox you have installed on            default: your host and reload your VM.            default:            default: Guest Additions Version: 4.3.8            default: VirtualBox Version: 5.0        ==> default: Setting hostname...        ==> default: Machine not provisioned because `--no-provision` is specified.        [SSH] Established        Vagrant instance  created.        Finished creating  (1m58.85s). -----> Kitchen is finished. (2m7.25s) 

Make some basic changes to the my_first_cookbook.

Update default.rb in recipe as below. File path : ${HOME}/my_first_cookbook/recipes/default.rb

package 'java-1.7.0-openjdk' do   action :install end  # # Creating `group` group 'tomcat' do   action :create # This is a default behaviour end  # Creating user `tomcat` user 'tomcat' do   group 'tomcat'   home '/opt/tomcat'   shell '/bin/nologin'   uid '1234'   action :create end  # Create directory  directory ('/opt/tomcat') do   owner 'tomcat'   group 'tomcat' end  # # Downloading Apache tomcat. # remote_file ('/tmp/apache-tomcat-8.0.33.tar.gz') do   source 'http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/software/apache/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.0.33/bin/apache-tomcat-8.0.33.tar.gz' end # # # TODO: Change this. # execute 'tar xvzf /tmp/apache-tomcat-8.0.33.tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat/ --strip-components=1' do   not_if do ::File.exists?('/opt/tomcat/conf/server.xml') end end  # TODO: Need to update this ... execute 'chown -R tomcat:tomcat /opt/tomcat'  directory '/opt/tomcat/conf' do   mode 0070 end  execute '/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh' 

Update the test spec. File Path : ${HOME}/my_first_cookbook/test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'  describe 'tomcat::default' do    describe command('curl --noproxy 127.0.0.1 http://127.0.0.1:8080') do     its(:stdout) { should match /tomcat/ }   end    describe file ('/opt/tomcat') do     it { should exist }     it { should be_directory }   end    describe group ('tomcat') do     it { should exist }   end    describe user ('tomcat') do     it { should exist }     it { should belong_to_group 'tomcat' }     it { should have_home_directory '/opt/tomcat' }     it { should have_login_shell '/bin/nologin' }   end    describe file ('/opt/tomcat/conf') do     it { should exist }     it { should be_mode 70 }   end  end 

Converge the cookbook with VM.

This will converge the recipe with the VM.

kitchen.bat converge default-centos-65 

Output.

PS C:\Users\zubair.ahmed\centos_vagrant\tomcat> kitchen.bat converge default-centos-65 -----> Starting Kitchen (v1.7.3) -----> Converging ...        Preparing files for transfer        Preparing dna.json        Resolving cookbook dependencies with Berkshelf 4.3.2...        Removing non-cookbook files before transfer        Preparing solo.rb -----> Chef Omnibus installation detected (install only if missing)        Transferring files to         Starting Chef Client, version 12.11.18        resolving cookbooks for run list: ["tomcat::default"]        Synchronizing Cookbooks:          - tomcat (0.1.0)        Installing Cookbook Gems:        Compiling Cookbooks...        Converging 9 resources        Recipe: tomcat::default          * yum_package[java-1.7.0-openjdk] action install            - install version 1.7.0.101-2.6.6.4.el6_8 of package java-1.7.0-openjdk          * group[tomcat] action create            - create group tomcat          * user[tomcat] action create            - create user tomcat          * directory[/opt/tomcat] action create (up to date)          * remote_file[/tmp/apache-tomcat-8.0.33.tar.gz] action create            - create new file /tmp/apache-tomcat-8.0.33.tar.gz            - update content in file /tmp/apache-tomcat-8.0.33.tar.gz from none to c77873            (new content is binary, diff output suppressed)            - restore selinux security context          * execute[tar xvzf /tmp/apache-tomcat-8.0.33.tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat/ --strip-components=1] action run            - execute tar xvzf /tmp/apache-tomcat-8.0.33.tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat/ --strip-components=1          * execute[chown -R tomcat:tomcat /opt/tomcat] action run            - execute chown -R tomcat:tomcat /opt/tomcat          * directory[/opt/tomcat/conf] action create            - change mode from '0755' to '070'            - restore selinux security context          * execute[/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh] action run            - execute /opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh         Running handlers:        Running handlers complete        Chef Client finished, 8/9 resources updated in 53 seconds        Finished converging  (0m56.68s). -----> Kitchen is finished. (1m2.05s) 

Verify the converge.

Verify the converge and check if all the file and services are installed.

kitchen.bat verify default-centos-65 

Output.

PS C:\Users\zubair.ahmed\centos_vagrant\tomcat> kitchen.bat verify default-centos-65 -----> Starting Kitchen (v1.7.3) -----> Setting up ...        Finished setting up  (0m0.00s). -----> Verifying ...        Preparing files for transfer -----> Installing Busser (busser) Fetching: thor-0.19.0.gem (100%)        Successfully installed thor-0.19.0 Fetching: busser-0.7.1.gem (100%)        Successfully installed busser-0.7.1        2 gems installed        Installing Busser plugins: busser-serverspec        Plugin serverspec installed (version 0.5.9) -----> Running postinstall for serverspec plugin        Suite path directory /tmp/verifier/suites does not exist, skipping.        Transferring files to  -----> Running serverspec test suite -----> Installing Serverspec.. Fetching: sfl-2.2.gem (100%) Fetching: net-telnet-0.1.1.gem (100%) Fetching: net-ssh-3.1.1.gem (100%) Fetching: net-scp-1.2.1.gem (100%) Fetching: specinfra-2.59.0.gem (100%) Fetching: rspec-support-3.4.1.gem (100%) Fetching: diff-lcs-1.2.5.gem (100%) Fetching: rspec-expectations-3.4.0.gem (100%) Fetching: rspec-core-3.4.4.gem (100%) Fetching: rspec-its-1.2.0.gem (100%) Fetching: rspec-mocks-3.4.1.gem (100%) Fetching: rspec-3.4.0.gem (100%) Fetching: multi_json-1.12.1.gem (100%) Fetching: serverspec-2.36.0.gem (100%) -----> serverspec installed (version 2.36.0)        /opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby -I/tmp/verifier/suites/serverspec -I/tmp/verifier/gems/gems/rspec-support-3.4.1/lib:/ tmp/verifier/gems/gems/rspec-core-3.4.4/lib /opt/chef/embedded/bin/rspec --pattern /tmp/verifier/suites/serverspec/\*\*/ \*_spec.rb --color --format documentation --default-path /tmp/verifier/suites/serverspec         tomcat::default          Command "curl --noproxy 127.0.0.1 http://127.0.0.1:8080"            stdout              should match /tomcat/          File "/opt/tomcat"            should exist            should be directory          Group "tomcat"            should exist          User "tomcat"            should exist            should belong to group "tomcat"            should have home directory "/opt/tomcat"            should have login shell "/bin/nologin"          File "/opt/tomcat/conf"            should exist            should be mode 70         Finished in 1.92 seconds (files took 0.38732 seconds to load)        10 examples, 0 failures         Finished verifying  (0m26.23s). -----> Kitchen is finished. (0m31.66s) 

Important part in the above output is as below. All the services are fine. We have 10 test examples and 0 failures.

       tomcat::default          Command "curl --noproxy 127.0.0.1 http://127.0.0.1:8080"            stdout              should match /tomcat/          File "/opt/tomcat"            should exist            should be directory          Group "tomcat"            should exist          User "tomcat"            should exist            should belong to group "tomcat"            should have home directory "/opt/tomcat"            should have login shell "/bin/nologin"          File "/opt/tomcat/conf"            should exist            should be mode 70         Finished in 1.92 seconds (files took 0.38732 seconds to load)        10 examples, 0 failures         Finished verifying  (0m26.23s). -----> Kitchen is finished. (0m31.66s) 

Your first cookbook is ready.

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source: whatizee.blogspot.com

Hang Out at Café De One Piece(원피스 카페) in Hongdae

If ever you find yourself wandering at Hongdae one of these days, don’t be surprised if you’ll see a pirate ship anchored in the middle of the city. Don’t panic, no don’t do that! Don’t run, no never! Don’t hide and don’t wonder. There are no pirates, there’s no ocean, it’s just a café. The Café De One Piece is a giant pirate ship café at Hongdae, South Korea.

Cafe De One Piece in Hongdae

I heard about its opening last year, but I never really had a chance or even the urge to visit the café. I was at Hongdae last week with my friends, and we decided to drop by at the café just to see how it is a bandwagon in Seoul nowadays. When we arrived at the café, there was a long line outside. It’s crazy because people are willing to wait outside even if it means standing in a very windy and cold open area. One must be an avid fan of this anime to be willing to go through all the troubles of waiting and freezing. Since we were not a fan, and I didn’t even watch a single episode of this anime, we just gave it to them. We never really entered the café, but we were contented just looking around the area and to its glorious figure that is a pirate ship.

The head of the pirate ship

Outside the café are the standees of some characters of the anime. As expected, I don’t recognize any of them, but it’s perfect for people who want to have a selfie or photo opportunity with the characters.

The cut outs of the characters
(c) Anny Martinez

We didn’t get a chance to see what’s inside the café because it was too crowded when we went there, but I like how they invested on their cups and stirrers. When you order a drink, your cup has “Café De One Piece” print on it, and the stirrer has a flag to make it even more appealing to the customers.

Cafe De One piece prints on the cups
(c) Arman Carinan

The Prices of beverages and desserts range from 3,500 won up to 6,000 won. But I heard that their novelty cakes are way too expensive for the price of 40,000 won up to 80,000 won, so you better careful when you order and double check the price if you don’t want to pay a piece of cake for that price. Take a look at their menu first before ordering.

The bar inside the cafe
(c) Arman Carinan

If you feel like hanging out at Café De One Piece because 1) You’re a fan of the anime, 2) You want to ride on the bandwagon, 3) You want to wait for more than 1 hour to enter the café, or for whatever reasons you have in mind, the address of the café is this:

Address: 343-10 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Phone:02-6373-3106

In front of th cafe

The café is open from Sunday to Saturday, from 10 am up to 10 pm.

To get there via subway, take Subway Line Number 2 (Green Line) and get off at Hongik University Station. Go to Exit 9 and walk towards the main gate of the Hongik University. The café is located beside the Starbucks Café.

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source: www.saranghaekorea.com