ingredients:
Onion chopped 1/2cup(medium size onion 1)
Ginger chopped 1/4"pc
Tomato Chopped 1
Ash gourd cut into cubes 1 cup
Moong dal (washed and soaked)3/4 cup
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 1/4tsp
Water 2cups
Oil 2tsp
Coriander leaves finely chopped 1tsp
Preparation:
1. Heat oil in pressure cooker pan fry onions, ginger for 1 minute.
2. Add chopped tomato and saute for few more minutes.
3. Add ash gourd mix well and fry.
4. Add salt, chilli powder, moong dal with 2cups of water, mix well and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
Wait for 15 minutes, remove lid, let it cool for some time, blend the mixture as a smooth puree.
5. Now Strain the puree by using strainer.
6. Add 1/2 cup water to dal puree, reheat the dal mixture and bring it to boil, remove from heat.
Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves on top
Serve hot...
Note:
Adjust chilli powder and ginger to your spice level.
you can also use garlic cloves 1 or 2.
ingredients:
Kandi pappu(toor dal) 1cup
Vegetables:
Dosai kaya(indian Cucumber) 1
Cut into 1" size pcs
Munaga kaya(Drum stick) 2
Cut into 2" size pcs
Tomato(cut into cubes) 2
Onion Big(cut into cubes) 1
Green chilli (slit)2
Bendakaya(okra) 5
Cut into 1" size pcs
Tamarind paste 2tsp
Sambar powder 1tsp
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 1/2tsp(as per your spice level)
Turmeric powder(pasupu) 1/2tsp
Coriander leaves 2tsp
Oil 2tsp
Popu:
Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
Channa dal, urad dal 1tsp
Curry leaves 10
Hing pinch
Preparation:
1. Wash the toor dal, add 2cups water, pressure cook for 3whistles, wait for 20 minutes remove the lid, mash the dal and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a vessel, add popu items one by one and fry.
3.Add onion , green chilli fry for 1 minute, now add all vegetebles, salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder mix well and fry for 2 minutes.
4. Cover and cook the vegetables for 3-4 minutes, keep the stove on low-medium heat, stir occasionally, if needed add some water.
5. once vegetables cooked properly, add tamarind paste, 2-3 cups water, sambar powder mix well.
6. Now add mashed dal mix well check for salt and spicy, bring it to boil, add coriander leaves remove from the stove.
sambar is ready to serve...
Goes well with rice, dosa, idly.
ingredients:
whole wheat flour 2cups
Avocado 1
(Peel avocado and mash the flesh or cut lengthwise and scoop out the flesh)
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds 1tsp
Oil
Preparation:
1. In a mixing bowl take flour, salt, cumin seeds whisk well. Add mashed avocado, knead to a smooth dough with enough water.
2. Wet your palm with oil and knead the dough for 2 minutes, cover and let it sit for 20minutes.
3. Now divide the dough into small portions, take one dust it with flour flatten it with your palm.
4. Place it on rolling board, flat it by using rolling pin, if needed dust it with flour or with little oil.
5. Put it on hot tawa/skillet, once you observed little bubbles, flip parata and drizzle little oil fry both sides.
Repeat the same for remaining dough.
Super soft Avocado Parata is ready to serve.
Tastes good with Raita, Chutney or with any gravy.
ingredients:
Red radish chopped 1cup
Tomato (cut into pcs) 2
Green Chilli 8
Garlic cloves 5-6
Tamarind paste 2tsp
Urad dal 2tsp
Channa dal 2tsp
Cumin seeds 1tsp
Salt to taste
Oil 2tbsp
Popu:
Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
Urad dal, channa dal 1tsp
Hing pinch
Curry leaves 1stalk
Preparaion:
1. Heat 1tsp oil fry urad dal, channa dal, cumin seeds and keep aside.
2. Now add 2tsp oil, fry radish, tomato, green chilli, garlic cloves for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add tamarind paste cover and cook for few more minutes or till they cooked properly.
4. Now remove from heat, let it cool.
Grind urad dal, channa, dal, cumin seeds first, add radish mixture, salt grind as a coarse paste.
Heat oil in a pan fry popu items one by one and fry.
Add chutney mix well and fry for one minute remove from heat.
Tasty Radish chutney is ready to serve....
Goes well with rice or with dosa.
ingredients for stuffing:
Green onions chopped 2 cups(1cup Whites of onion+1cup greens in onion
Ginger garlic paste 1/2tsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1/4tsp
Red chilli powder 1/2tsp
Besan powder 2tbsp
Popu:
Oil 2tsp
Mustard seeds 1/4tsp
Cumin seeds 1/4tsp
Channa dal &Urad dal 1/2tsp
Preparation:
1. Heat oil in a pan add popu items one by one and fry.
2. Now add 1cup Onion whites to Popu mix well and fry for 2 minutes on medium flame.
3. Add ginger garlic paste fry for 1minute.
4. Now add 1 cup greens of onion mix well and fry for 2 minutes.
5. Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder mix well and fry for 2 more minutes.
6. Finally add besan powder mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes.
once besan powder fried properly remove from the stove let it cool.
Green onion Stuffing is ready...........
ingredients for dough:
Wheat flour 2cups
Oil 2tsp
Salt to taste
Water
Preparation:
1. In a mixing bowl take wheat flour, salt whisk well, now knead the flour with enough water, add oil and knead for 1-2 minutes, keep aside for 15 minutes.
2. Now divide dough into small portions, take one portion flat like small disk, place 2tsp stuffing close the edges and pat it gently with your palm.
3. Sprinkle dry flour on rolling board and roll them into bigger disk.
4.Put it on hot skillet, fry both sides, sprinkle little oil on surface.
Repeat the process for remaining dough.
Green onion parata is ready to serve...
Goes well with raitha...or any chutney.
ingredients:
Fresh red chilli 50gms(ripened)
Tomato 5
Tamarind Paste 1 1/2tsp
Ginger 2"pc(cut into slices)
Salt to taste
Popu:
cumin seeds 1tsp
Mustard seeds 1tsp
Channa dal, Urad dal 1tsp
Oion chopped 1/2cup
Currry levaes 10
Oil 2tbsp
Preparation:
1. Heat 1tsp oil in a pan fry red chilli, once they fried remove from the pan let them cool.
2. Now Put 1tsp oil in the same pan fry ginger for few seconds then add tomato fry for 2-3 minutues in low-medium flame.
3. Add tamarind paste stir once, cover and cook for 2 minutes, remove lid stir once.
4. Once tomato fried and cooked properly remove from stove let it cool for sometime.
Now grind fried red chilli, tomato mixture along with salt as a coarse paste.
Heat oil in a pan fry cumin seeds, mustard seeds for few seconds, add urad dal, channa dal fry for few seconds, now add onion, curry leaves mix well and fry.
Finally add tomato- red chilli paste mix well with popu keep it in low- medium flame fry this chutney for 1-2 minutes remove from the flame.
It goes well with Dosa, Idly, or with hot rice with Ghee.
Note:
Some red chilli's are very spicy and some are not, so adjust tomato and tamarind to your spice level.
ingredients:
Rice 2cups(Wash and soak for 1/2hr)
Potato cut into cubes 1cup
Soya chunks 1cup
Onion chopped 1/2cup
Yogurt(curd) 1/2cup
Green chilli paste 1tsp
Ginger- garlic paste 1tsp
Coriander cumin powder 1tsp
Cumin seeds 1tsp
Salt to taste
Cloves 3
Cinnamon stick 1/2"pc
Bay leave 1
Cilantro(coriander leaves) 2tbsp
Garam masala 1/2tsp
Cashew nuts 3tbsp
Oil 2tbsp
Preparation:
1. Soak soya chunks in hot water, squeeze off the excess water, wash with cold water and squeeze the excess water, keep a side.
2. Heat oil in a Pressure cooker pan, fry bay leave, cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds.
3. Now add cashew nuts fry for few seconds, now add chopped onion fry till they turn light brown color, add ginger garlic paste, mix well and fry till it leaves oil.
4. Now add Green chilli paste, fry for few seconds, add potato cubes and soya chunks mix with onion mixture fry for 1 minute.
5. Add coriander-cumin powder, salt mix well and fry for few seconds, add yogurt cover and cook for 1-2 minutes, finally add garam masala powder mix well.
6. Add soaked rice along with 3cups of water combine well pressure cook for 2-3 whistles, remove from heat.
Wait for 15-20 minutes open the lid garnish with cilantro serve with any raita.
