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Keerai masiyal
This is one simple yet nutritious dish. Ingredients Greens like arakeerai (amaranthus) – 1 bunch Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Salt – per taste Red chillies – 1 or 2 Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Broken urad dal – 1 tsp Curry leaves – 3-5 Asafoetida Oil for tempering Get Cooking 1. Cut the roots out, wash the greens well & drain the water. Chop the washed greens finely. 2. In a heavy bottomed vessel, add…
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Lavang Lathika - baked
Lavang Lathika – baked
This is a version of lavang lathika where the sweet was baked instead of resorting to frying. Ingredients Maida – 1 to 1.5 cups unsweetened khoa/ Mawa crumbled – 200 gm Dry pitted sliced dates – 3 to 4 tbsp Raisins – 3 to 4 tbsp Poppy Seeds – 2 to 3 tbsp Cardamom powder – a pinch or two Oil – a few tsp Cloves as needed Salt to taste Sugar syrup 1 string consistency – from say 3/4 to 1 cup sugar
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Kathirikai Rasavangi
Ingredients Brinjal: cubed about 1/2 cup Kabuli chenna: soaked and cooked about 3 tbsp Toor Dal: 4-5 tbsp cooked Tamarind pulp extract: from about a gooseberry sized tamarind piece Red chillies: 3 – 4 Black peppercorn: about 1/2 tsp Dhaniya: 2-3 tsp Urad dal: 2 tsp Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp Coconut grated: 4-5 tsp Mustard seeds Curry leaves Asafoetida Salt to taste Oil (preferably coconut oil)
Get Cooking! 1.…
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Thalagam
Another variant of kozhambu from South Tamil Nadu
Ingredients
Sesame seeds (preferably black) 3.5 tsp Raw rice – about 1-1.5 tsp Red Chillies Broken Urad Dal Coriander seeds Coconut scrapings Vegetables like pumpkin, drumstick, egg plant cut for sambar Tamarind water (soak more than usual of tamarind used for a sambar) Salt to taste Turmeric Powder 1/4 tsp Jaggery a small piece Mustard…
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Tavala adai
Ingredients
Raw rice – 1 cup Boiled rice – 1 cup Chenna Dal – 1/3 cup Toor Dal – 1/3 cup Urad Dal – 1/3 cup Black peppercorn – 1.5 tsp Fenugreek powder – 3 tsp Cumin seeds – 1.5 tsp Salt to taste Curd (sour curd is good!) Oil (gingelly oil preferably)
For Tadka Mustard seeds Chenna dal Urad dal Asafoetida Curry leaves
Get cooking!
Grind the raw rice, boiled rice, chenna dal, toor dal, urad dal,…
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Manathakkali Kootu
Manathakkali ( black nightshade) is good home remedy for mouth sores. This dish is made with the leafy veggie and kuduthi ( the water used to wash the rice before cooking. The second wash water preferred for the dish)
Ingredients
Manathakkali Leaves 1 bunch washed & chopped
Onions 1-2 finely chopped
Tomato 1-2 finely chopped
Kuduthi about 1/2 – 1 cup
Green chillies 1-2 slit
Turmeric…
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Tomato Thokku
Ingredients Tomatoes chopped – about 1 kg Oil (preferably gingelly oil) Mustard seeds Fenugreek seeds Cumin Tamarind Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder – 1-2 tsp Asafoetida Salt
Get grinding! 1. Dry roast about 1 teaspoon each of mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, cumin. Set aside to cool, then grind to a powder.
Get cooking! 1. Soak tamarind and obtain a thick paste (about 2tbsp). You may…
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Peerkanga think- paruppu thogayal
Ingredients
Ridge gourd ( peerkanga) peel – from 2 gourds
Toor dal – 1/2 cup
Red chillies – 3 chillies
Black pepper seeds – a few
Tamarind – a small piece
Salt to taste
Oil
For tempering (optional)
Mustard seeds
Broken urad dal
Asafoetida
Curry leaves
Get cooking!
Dry roast the toot dal with the chillies & black pepper seeds till the dal is golden brown. Soak in some water and keep aside.
Heat…
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Bread Upma
Leftover bread close to expiry date? This is a good way to finish them off! There are different ways of doing this. This is just one of those many!! Also works with any variety of bread
Ingredients
Bread slices – 4 chopped to cubes ( or crumble if you like)
Tomatoes- 2 roughly chopped
Onion – 1 roughly chopped ( optional)
Green chillies – roughly chopped
Ginger – finely chopped
Curry leaves
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Idli Upma
Leftover idlis. Loads of variations. Here is one.
Ingredients
Leftover idlis
Onion 2 chopped
Tomato 2 chopped
Green chilli 2-3
Red chilli 2
Ginger chopped or crushed
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Urad dal 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt
Lemon 1
Oil
Get Cooking!
Pinch out the idlis. Alternatively you could add the idlis to a mixer and give it a whip to get the same result. I prefer the former.
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Paruppu Poli
Called obbatu, bobbatu, Puran poli depending on where you come from.
Traditionally made only with maida. Variations exist. Maida-Rava (1:1/4 ratio) or like I have used whole wheat atta-maida mix may be used.
Poli
Ingredients
Whole wheat flour 2 cups
Maida 1/4 cup
Chenna dal 3/4 cup
Jaggery 3/4 cup
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Ghee
Salt
Get Cooking!
Mix the atta, maida with a little salt, a spoon of…
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Milagai Podi (Gun Powder)
Milagai Podi (Gun Powder)
Ingredients
Red chillies 1 cup Channa dal 1/2 cup Urad dal 1/2 cup Black pepper seeds to taste Black sesame seeds 2 tbsp Salt to taste Tamarind gooseberry ball size Oil a few drops Asafoetida (lots of it)
Get Grinding!
In a drop or two of oil, roast the red chillies separately till you get the pungent spicy smell. Set aside to cool down.
Dry roast the dals till golden brown, pepper till…
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Menthula ( Vendaya) Dosa
Menthula ( Vendaya) Dosa
Ingredients Raw rice – 1 cup Boiled (idli) rice – 1 cup Tuvar Dal – 1 to 1.5 Tbsp Methi seeds – 1 to 1.5 Tsp Salt to taste Oil
Get Cooking
Soak the rice, tuvar dal, methi seeds for about an hour or so.
Grind the soaked ingredients into a smooth idli-like batter.
Allow fermenting.
Pour a ladle of fermented batter on a greased heated griddle (tawa).
Cover and cook the dosa till it turns brown on…
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Vankaya Oorupindi
Ingredients Brinjal (big one) – 1 Asafoetida powder – 1/4 tsp Red chilli – 4-6 Tamarind – a small ball say the size of a quarter. Curry leaves Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Urad dal – 1/2 tsp Asafoetida Salt – to taste Oil
Get Cooking! 1. Grill the brinjal till you are sure that it is cooked well. 2. Peel the skin off (Check if it is cooked well inside). 3. Sauté the red chilli (ginger, peppercorns,…
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Vankaya Oorupindi
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Vegetable Pulao ( with coconut milk)
Vegetable Pulao ( with coconut milk)
Ingredients Basmati rice 1 cup Carrots 3 peeled & chopped French Beans – stringed & chopped (amount equal to the chopped carrots) Peas – shelled Onions -1 cut Coconut milk – 1cup Cashew nuts Black peppercorns Cloves – 4 Cinnamon stick – about an inch long Cardamom – 4 Bay leaf -2 Green chillies – 2 sliced across Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp Ghee – 2 tbsp Coriander leaves for garnishing Salt to…
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