The Best of Both Worlds -- Home Made Soy Milk and Soy Bean Idli

I recently joined a chat-room formed by a group of Chinese-Indian couples, and came to know that many of them who stayed in China have problem finding Urad dal (small black bean). The main ingredient for Idli the south Indian Steamed Rice cake.

So I came up with the idea to make this steam cake from Soy and black bean, the common legumes used in China to make soy milk and tofu.

This way I could have my soy milk and my idli at the same time!

Coconut Chutney For Idli and Dosa 【南印椰子酱】

Coconut Chutney is my husband’s favorite accompaniment to go with south Indian snacks like dosas and idlis. He loves his idli and dosa with coconut chutney and sambar.

南印椰子酱是俊爸吃米豆发糕和米豆煎饼时很喜欢的一款沾酱，和酸豆汤还有辣椒豆粉一起堪称为南印点心的金三角哦！

Minced Meat Steamed Egg【肉末蒸雞蛋】

This steamed egg with minced meat was my maternal grand mother's recipe. I loved mixing it with steam white rice before eating.

My son A also loves to eat rice with this steamed egg, he could finished one whole bowl of rice whenever I make this!

Chicken porridge/Congee 【鸡肉粥】

I liked to make a big pot of congee whenever I am home alone, it serves as breakfast, lunch and sometimes even dinner!!

To make it more nutritious, I often add carrot pieces and vegetables, it is very easy to digest and easy to prepare.

我喜欢喝粥，有了宝宝之后更是经常地熬一锅粥和宝宝一起吃。鸡肉粥是经常熬的一种粥，有时也加点胡萝卜，青菜换着花样吃，是个容易消化也很好准备的食物。

【烤箱版"炸“鸡】Oven Baked “Fried Chicken”

这个“炸鸡”食谱是多年前在私房看见的，原食谱已不可考，只记得做法非常好，每次馋炸鸡我就会做一次。我家的配方是根据自己口味配的，偏辣，味道很是不错呢！

This spicy oven baked "fried" chicken is a real treasure I found from a Chinese website, I can't really remember the original recipe anymore. I whipped up this version using the method I remembered from reading the recipe earlier. It turned out sooo yumm!

I particularly love the way it was made without a drop of oil and still turned out to be crunchy, just the way I liked my fried chicken to be!

Masala Dosa/மசால் தோசை【米豆糊馅饼】

Masala Dosa (மசால் தோசை) is a very famous snack/breakfast in Southern part of India.

When I made homemade Idli/Dosa batter at home, I will use it for Idli the first two days as the batter is at its fluffiest form and is less sourish. Dosa/Tosai or Uttapam will be on the menu third day onward when the batter turned a little more sourish and less fluffy.

这款馅饼/Masala Dosa是印度南部的小食，有好几位网友写信问我会不会做，刚好前几天做了一罐的米豆蒸糕/米豆煎饼面，今天就做了这款馅饼做早饭。

Oat & Barley Adai

This Adai is made of whole grains and mixed pulses, it also requires no fermentation, a very nutritious and healthy choice for breakfast or snack time.

Dan Dan Noodle (Spicy Sichuan Noodles)

N and I both loved this Spicy noodles, we will surely order one whenever we visited Sichuan restaurant.

I made a box of Sichuan style spicy minced meat this morning and used it for this Dan Dan noodle, it is so yummy and satisfying!