Sakthi Rasam Powder

A friend came over and prepared rasam using the sakthi masala powder. She soaked some tamarind and squeezed out the juice from it, coarsely chopped tomatoes and slit green chillies and boiled these ingredients in water along with rasam powder for around 10 minutes. Thereafter she added boiled toor dal and added a tadka of mustard seeds and aesofetida powder in hot ghee.
The way she prepared the rasam was similiar to the directions for the MTR Rasam powder. The sakthi pack does not instruct one to add toor dal.
http://www.mtrfoods.com/masalapowders/rasampowder.htm

The link to the sakthi rasam powder is:
http://www.ishopindian.com/shop/sakthi-rasam-powder-pr-23694.html

MTR Vada Mix

The other day a friend came over and made vadas using the MTR vada mix and it came out pretty good. In general, i am not a fan of mixes and always prefer to make the actual food items. Its worth keeping it in the kitchen for those days when you dont want to soak the urad dal and grind it.

To the vada mix, she added chopped green chillies and curry leaves and fried them in hot oil until they were golden. They came out pretty crisp. She also poured curd over some of them and let the vadas soak in the curd for some time and there was dahi vada.

In case, you are interested you can check out the vada mix at this link.
https://www.ishopindian.com/shop/mtr-vada-mix-pr-21653.html

Chipotle, Allen, TX

Chipotle - Allen
103 Central Expressway North
Allen, TX 75013
972-747-1731 (phone)
972-747-1734 (fax)

The other day we went to Stacy's while looking for a recliner and dropped into Chipotle. I liked the decor and the food was good too. Worth visiting.