Ooththappam

Its a very common South Indian Breakfast/ Dinner item. I have already posted vegetable oothappam here. This one is simple and comfortable food for everyone. Ingredients Boiled rice/ Idli rice -2 cups Poha/Aval/Flattened rice - 2 fist full Vendayam/ Methi seeds -1/2 teaspoon Urad dal -1/2 cup Salt Method Wash and soak the rice, vendayam and poha together for 4-5 hours. ( I do soak for 6 hours) Wash and soak the urad dal  separately for 11/2 hours. Grind the rice, methi seeds and poha to a thick batter. Batter need not be too...

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Bulgur pongal with Tamarind juice / Broken wheat puli pongal

Ingredients Bulgur/Broken Wheat -3/4cup Water-1cup Tamarind juice-1/2cup Onion-1 Garlic-3cloves Red chilly -4, Green chilly-1 (adjust to your spice level) Few curry leaves Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Urad dal-1teaspoon Hing/Asafoetida-1/8teaspoon Sugar-1teaspoon Salt Gingelly oil -1tablespoon (or more! :) ) Method Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add in the mustard seeds and let them pop-up. Add the urad dal, fry till it becomes golden in color, then add the hing/asafoetida. Add the chopped onion-garlic-green chilly and broken red chillies. Fry...

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Tomato Raitha

Ingredients Tomatoes-2 Curd-1/2cup Chopped ginger-1/2teaspoon Salt To temper Oil Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Hing/Asafoetida-1/8teaspoon Chilly powder-1/4teaspoon Urad dal-1/2teaspoon Chopped Green chilly-1 Recipe Inspiration : Here Method Boil about a cup of water and add the tomatoes. Continue cooking for 4-5 minutes.  Let it cool, peel the skin of the tomato. Mash the tomatoes roughly. With that add the yogurt/curd, chopped ginger and salt.  Heat oil in a tempering pan, and make the tempering, pour...

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Easy Sundal Kadalai Kuzhambu / Easy Channa Gravy with Tamarind and Veggies

Ingredients Black Channa/Sundal kadalai/Kondai kadalai-1/4cup Onion-1 Tomato-1 Tamarind juice-1/4cup Potato-1 Brinjal-1 (or) 2 Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Sugar-1/2teaspoon Salt Oil  To grind Pepper corns-7 Red chillies-4 Grated coconut-2tablespoons Fennel seeds-1teaspoon  Method Wash and soak the channa over night or at least 8 hours. Chop the onions into fine pieces.  Cut the potato into big chunks. Trim the head of the brinjals, make a "+" cut into them. Keep the potato chunks and brinjals submerged...

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Rava Laddu / Sooji ka Laddoo

Ingredients Rava/Sooji -1 cup Sugar-11/4cup (adjust to your taste) Ghee-2tablespoons Few cashews and raisins Elaichi-3 Milk-1/4cup + few teaspoons Method  Boil the milk and keep it warm. Powder the sugar and elaichi to a fine powder. Heat a tablespoon of ghee in a wide pan, roast the cashews and raisins and keep them aside. Add the rava in the same pan and roast till you get a nice aroma. Take care of the flame, and do not burn the rava at any time. Once rava has slightly changed the color and the aroma fills your kitchen,...

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Broccoli-Carrot Stir Fry / Broccoli-Carrot Poriyal

Ingredients Broccoli-1cup(washed and chopped) Carrot-1 Onion-3tablespoons(chopped) Green chilly-3 (adjust to your taste) Boiled Toor dhal-3tablespoons Grated coconut-1tablespoon Sugar-1/2teaspoon Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Urad dal-1teaspoon Hing/Asafoetida-1/8teaspoon Salt Oil Method Wash the carrot, broccoli and chop them into small pieces.  Chop the onions and green chilly as well. Cook the dal, with out mashing it and keep it aside. (You can reserve some dal while making sambar/ plain dal) Heat oil in...

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Paneer Paratha / Paratha stuffed with Paneer

Ingredients - for the stuffing Grated paneer-1cup Finely chopped onion-1 Red chilli flakes-2teaspoons(adjust to your taste) Amchur powder/ Dry mango powder-1teaspoon Cumin seeds-1/2teaspoon Crushed whole coriander seeds-1teaspoon Salt Cilantro For the paratha Whole wheat flour/Aata-2cups Warm water-1cup Salt-1teaspoon Sugar-2teaspoons Oil-1teaspoon Method Combine the aata, salt, sugar in a bowl, mix it well. Start adding water little by little, and knead the dough.  Knead it for at least 5-10minutes, you...

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