Brinjal Stir-Fry

 I got these brinjals from the local farmer's market. My mom makes a quick n delicious stir-fry with these kind of long brinjals. So here comes the recipe.. Ingredients Brinjals - 7 (~200grams) Onion (small) -1 Mustard seeds -1/2teaspoon Urad dhal - 1/2teaspoon Few curry leaves Sambar powder -11/2 teaspoons Salt Oil Method Wash and chop the brinjals and slice the onions. Heat oil in a kadai, add the mustard seeds and let them pop-up, and add the urad dal, fry till it becomes golden in colour. Then add the onion slices...

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Pottukkadalai Sadham

Pottukadalai  is mainly used for chutneys in South India. I don't know the exact Hindhi/English name for this..It might be called as bhuna chana dal/ Daliya /Roasted channa dhal. Hence I am attaching the photo! Friends from other regions of India, Please let me know what is the name you guys call this :)  Ingredients Cooked Rice - 2 cups Pottu kadalai - 1/4cup Onion-1 Red chilly -1 Green chilly -2 Few curry leaves Mustard seeds -1/2teaspoon Channa dhal - 1teaspoon Urad dhal - 1 teaspoon Salt Oil Method Slice the...

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Methi Dhal

Ingredients Methi leaves - 1 cup (wash and separate the leaves alone) Moong dhal -1/4cup Onion(small) - 1 Red chilly - 3 (adjust to your taste) Mustard seeds -1/2teaspoon Cumin seeds  -1/2teaspoon Turmeric powder -1/8teaspoon Salt Oil Method Pressure cook the dhal with enough water. Chop the onion and methi leaves into fine pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let them splutter. Then add the broken red chillies along with chopped onion, Sauté till the onion becomes transparent. Now add the methi...

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Appam (with Yeast)

Ingredients (store bought)Rice flour - 2 cups Sooji/ Rava/Semolina -1tablespoon Rapid rise yeast - 1teaspoon Sugar -2 tablespoons Salt -1/2teaspoon Water -2to3 cups Method Boil 1/2 cup of water, and add rava to it. Mix it well till it reaches a thick consistency. Remove it from the stove and let it cool completely. Combine the cooked rava with rice flour-salt-sugar-yeast. Add 2 to 21/2 cups of water, mix it without lumps. Keep the batter undisturbed  for 4-6 hours or over night. Take the required amount of batter, add...

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Butter Murukku

Ingredients Boiled Rice / Idli Rice - 2 cups (~500grams) Red chillies - 8 Pottu kadalai (Dhaliya) - 3/4cup Butter (@ room temperature) - 4 tablespoons Omam (Ajwain seeds) -1/2 teaspoon  Salt  Oil - to deep fry Method Wash and soak the rice for 2-3 hours.  Grind the rice along with red chillies to a fine paste. (Add little water while grinding) Powder the pottu kadalai in a mixer.  Crush the ajwain seeds coarsely. Combine the rice batter, pottu kadalai powder, salt & butter. Mix...

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Diwali Wishes!

Mahi's Kitchen Wishes Everyone A Very Happy Diwali!   Our Diwali with Butter Murukku & Sweets from India.....

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Capsicum Paruppu Usili

Ingredients Capsicum -1 (Its a big sized one, I got approximately 11/2 cups of chopped capsicum pieces) Channa dhal -1/4cup Red chilly-6  (adjust to your taste) Hing - 1/8 teaspoon Turmeric powder -1/8 teaspoon Mustard seeds -1 teaspoon Urad dhal -11/2 teaspoons Few curry leaves Salt Oil Method Wash and soak the dhal for an hour along with dried red chillies. Drain the water and grind the dhal,red chillies along with enough salt and a generous pinch of hing to a coarse paste. Heat oil in a non-stick kadai, make the tempering...

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Onion Chutney

Ingredients Onion -1 Red Chilli Powder -11/2 teaspoon (adjust to your taste) Hing Powder- 2 pinches Small piece of  tamarind Salt Oil For tempering Oil Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Urad dhal-1teaspoon Few curry leaves Method Chop the onion into big chunks. Heat Oil in a pan and add the onion and tamarind. Sauté the onions till it becomes transparent. Finally add the chilli powder, hing powder and put off the stove. (Take care, the chilli powder has to be cooked only by the heat in the pan, you should not burn it.) Let it cool,...

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