Pal Kova

Ingredient: 
1 litre Milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp ghee
3 finely chopped cashew nut

Method:
Heat the milk in a vessels on a medium heat,Stirring every now and then to avoid sticking . When the milk thickens and the color changes to yellow color,add sugar ,ghee stir continously.In the meantime, roast cashewnut using ghee.Garnish with roasted cashewnut.

Chayote(Chow chow)Chutney

Ingredient:
1/2 no chayote(finely chopped)
1 tsp urad dal
3 red chillies
6 no curry leaves
amla size tamrind
1/4 tsp hing
1/2 tsp mustard seed
salt
gingelly oil

Method:
1.Heat oil in a pan add urad dal and fry until golden brown,add curry leaves,tamrind,redchilli and hing,fry for some time and transfer into a plate.
2.In the same kadai,add chayote fry until it will cook.
3.In a mixie add all the ingredient,salt and grind it to a paste.
4.Tempering using mustard seed.

Carrot Poriyal

Ingredient:
2 carrot(shredded)
2 green chilli
4 no shallots(sliced)
1/2 tsp mustard seed
1/2 tsp urad dal
4 no curry leaves
grated coconut
oil
salt


Method:
1.Heat oil in a kadai,add mustard seed,when they starts splutter,add urad dal and saute for sometime.
2.Add shallots, green chillies,curry leaves and saute for some time.Add shredded carrot,salt and cover with lid and cook until carrot cooks well.
3.Add grated coconut and mix well.serve with rice as a side dish.

Idly with Idly Mizhagai Powder

4 Idly(leftover)
1 1/2 tablespoon idly Mizhagai powder
1/2 tsp oil
4 curry leaves
oil

Method:
1.Cut idly into cubical shape.
2.Heat oil in a kadai,add mustard seed when they starts splutter,add chopped curry leaves,then idly and idly powder.
3.Mix well and saute for some and serve hot.

Bottle Guard (sorakai)Dal

Bottle gaurd kootu is the best combination with the rice.This can also be served as a side dish during festival,marriage..

Ingredient:

1/2 cup toor dal
1 tbsp channa dal
1/2 no bottle gaurd
4 no shallots
1 no garlic cloves
1 no tomato
6 no curry leaves
3 no green chillies
3 sticks cilantro(coriander leaves)
1/2 tsp mustard seed
1/2 tsp cumin seed
pinch of turmeric powder
1/4 tsp hing
oil
salt


Method:
1.wash the toor dal and channa dal.Finely chopped tomato,bottle gaurd.slice green chilly and shallots.
2.Take a pressure cooker,add toor dal,channa dal,bottle gaurd,turmeric powder,hing,garlic clove and pressure cook until 3 whistle.
3.Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seed when they starts splutter,add cumin seed,onion green chillies,curry leaves,tomato and saute for sometime.
4.Add this into the dal and boil for sometime along with required amount of salt.
5.garnish with cilantro.

Dhokla

Dhokla is a traditional Gujrati snack .It is usually made using rice and dal.we can also make using rava.

Ingredient:
1 cup Semolina(rava)
1/2 cup yogurt(curd)
1/2 tsp chopped ginger
2 no sliced green chilli
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Eno salt
1 tsp oil
salt
For Seasoning:
1 tsp mustard seed
3 no sliced green chilli
oil
3 sticks cilantro(coriander leaves)

Method:
1.Heat oil in a kadai ,add rava ,roast it until aroma awakens.
2.In a bowl ,add yogurt,salt,turmeric powder,ginger,green chilli and mix well.
3.Add this mixture to rava and keep it side for 20 minutes.
4.In the meantime,heat a stockpot with water and bring it to a boil ,grease the dhokla plate with cooking oil.
5.After 20 minutes,add eno salt,mix well,it will foam up well.Immediately transfer into dhokla plate and steam it in stockpot until dhokla cooks well.
6.Heat oil in a kadai ,add mustard seed when they start spluttering,add green chilli and saute for sometime.Pour this into dhokla including oil.Cut dhokal into pieces.
7.Garnish with cilantro and serve with any kind of chuttney.

Mixed Vegetable Curry

This is perfect side dish for chapathi,naan,paratha...

Ingredient:
1 no finely chopped onion
1 no finely chopped tomato
3 sticks cilantro(coriander leaves)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 cup vegetables(carrot,beans,peas,potato,green bell)
1/2 tsp mustard seed
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp garam masala powder
salt
oil

Method:1.Heat oil in a pan add mustard seed,when they start popping add onion saute for some time add ginger garli paste,tomato saute for some time.
2.add green bell pepper,vegetables and saute for some time.
4.add chilli powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder,garam masala power and salt .pour required amount of water and cover with lid and cook in a medium flame until vegetables cook well.
5.Garnish with cilantro.

Rasam

Ingredient:
1/4 cup toor dal
1 roma tomato
1 garlic cloves
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp cumin seed
1/2 tsp Sambar powder
a pinch turmeric powder
1/2 tsp mustard seed
amla size tamrind(extract juice)
4 no curry leaves
1 redchilli
2 sticks coriander leaves
salt
oil

Method:
1.Pressure cook toor dal along with a turmeric powder.
2.Minced ginger and garlic.Powdered cumin seed and pepper.
3.Heat a kadai,add oil,add sliced tomato,curry leaves,salt,ginger,garlic and fry for some time,add sambar powder and tamrind juice.Boil for sometime.
4.Add toor dal and boil for sometime.Finely add hing and finely chopped coriander leaves.
5.Seasoning with mustard seed,curry leaves and red chilli.

Home made Ghee

Ghee is nothing but clarified butter.Ghee is used by most of the indians in day to day life.we can also make sweet using ghee like Mysore pak,halwa..

Ingredient:
3 sticks Butter
1 red chilli


Method:
Heat a kadai in medium flame.Put butter into it.They started melting,stir occasionally.cook until it become clear golden liquid and put one red chilli into the ghee .so that ghee doesn't spoil for a long time.switch off the stove and filter the ghee.

Tomato Soup

This can be served with roasted bread .

Ingredient:
2 no tomato
1/2 no onion
1/4 tsp fennel seed
1/4 tsp black pepper powder
butter
salt


Method:
1.Boil tomato and onion.
2.In a mixie add tomato,salt and onion and grind it to a smooth paste.
3.Heat a kadai ,add butter ,when it is ready ,add fennel seed,pepper and pour into the soup.