Ven Pongal

Ingredient:

1 cup rice

1/4 cup moong dal

1/4 tsp black pepper corn or powder

1 tsp cumin seed

8 no finely chopped cashewnut

7 no curry leaves

1/4 tsp finely chopped ginger

1 cup milk

5 cup water

ghee

salt

Method:

1.Heat a kadai and dry roast moong dal and keep aside.
2.Rinse the rice for 2 times and remove the water. Take a pressure cooker, add rice, moong dal, salt, water and milk. Cook until 5 whistle.

3.Heat ghee in a kadai,add cumin seed,pepper powder,when they starts splutter,add cashew nut and curry leaves,ginger ,saute for sometime.

4.Add this into rice and mix well.

5.Serve with sambar and coconut chutney.

Aloo Paratha

Ingredient1:

2 cups wheat flour

salt as per taste

water 

oil

Ingredient2:

3 no potato(finely chopped)

2 no onion(finely chopped)

1/2 tbsp gingergarlic paste

1/2 tbsp chilli powder

1/4 tbsp coriander powder

pinch hing

pinch turmeric powder

oil

salt

Method:

1.In a bowl add wheat flour,oil,salt and required amount of water and knead like a chapathi dough.

2.In a kadai add oil,when it starts heat,add hing, gingergarlic paste and saute for few minutes.

3.Then add onion ,saute until transcluent,then add potato,turmeric powder,salt,chilli powder,coriander powder and close the lid until potato cook well.Let it to be cool.Then make a small ball.

4.Take small portion of the dough and make a small ball.Using rolling pin roll out the dough into a circular shape.place the potato masala in the middle of the dough and shape like a dumbling .Roll out the dumbling into a circular shape.

5.Heat the tava,put the rolled out paratha ,add oil and cook for few minutes .Then flip it on to the other side and cook well.

6.Serve with Raita.

water 

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.

Poha Upma

Ingredient:

1 cup thin poha

1/4 no onion

2 green chilli

7 no curry leaves

1/2 tsp mustard seed

1/2 tsp channa dal

grated coconut

oil

salt

Method:

1.Pour water into poha and drain immediately.

2.Heat a kadai,add mustard seed,when they starts splutter,add channa dal ,fry for some time,add onion,green chilli,curry leaves and fry for sometime.

3.Add poha and salt(it requires only little amount of salt).

4.Add grated coconut and mix well.

Rava Dosa

Rava dosa is very difficult to make.But when you practiced well it is easy to make.

Ingredient:
1 cup Rava(semolina)
1 cup Rice flour
1/2 cup Maida(all purpose flour)
1/4 tsp cumin seed
1/4 tsp black pepper powder
4 1/2 cup water
salt

Method:
1.Heat a kadai and dry roast rava until aroma awakens.
2.In a mixie add rava,rice flour,maida and salt and powder it.so that all blend together and add water mix well.
3.Add cumin seed and black pepper powder to this batter.
4.After half an hour you can make dosa.
5.Heat iron tawa ,take one scoop of this batter and pour slowly from outer to inner in a circular motion.pour oil arround the dosa .Be patient for 3 minutes don't rush to turn then only it will come and turn and cook for 2 min.

Note:
1.The batter should be like thick butter milk.
2.You will mix the batter using scoop every time while making dosa.

Idly Manchurian

Idly manchurian is nothing but deep fry idlis prepared in manchurian style.It tastes good.I will show you how to prepare this recipe.

Ingredient:

5 idlis(cut into pieces)

1/4 no onion

1/2 no tomato

1/2 tsp gingergarlic paste

1 no spring onion

1/4 no red bell pepper

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp corn flour

1 tsp soya sauce

salt

oil

Method:

1.Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying .Deep fry idlis and keep aside.

2.Minced onion and tomato

3.Heat oil in a pan add onion and saute for some time,add gingergarlic paste saute for some time and add tomato,red bell pepper,chilli powder and salt for this only because idlis have already salt.

4.Add corn flour and cook for some time,add soya sauce,fried idlis and spring onion mix well.They are ready to serve.

Idly Batter & Idly

Ingredient:

4 cup Idly rice
1 cup urad dal(whole urad dal)
8 no fenugreek seed
salt

Method:1. Soak rice with enough water for 4 hours.
2. Soak urad dal along with fenugreek seed with enough water for 1/2 hour.
3. Rinse rice and drain the water.
4. Don't drain the water in the urad dal, if you are using whole urad dal. This water will use to grind urad dal.
5. Put urad dal in a grinder and keep on adding  water little by little to grind the urad dal . The resulting urad dal becomes silky soft consistency. It should not be that much watery.
6. Pour into a large bowl. Then put rice in a grinder, Add required amount of water. The consistency should be little coarse like rava but it is very soft when you touch.
7. Pour this into the same bowl, add salt and mix this batter in circular motion using your hand and also check whether everything blend together.
8. Let it ferment for 12 hours.
9. Batter will almost in double the quantity.
10. Mix well in circular motion using scoop and make idlis or dosas.

To make Idlis: 
1. Pour required amount of water in idly maker.
2. Grease the idly plate using oil. Fill the idly batter in the plate.
3. When the water starts boiling, put this idly plate into this idly maker and cover with lid and steam it for 5 minutes.
4. Take the idli plate let it keep aside for some time and scoop the idlis.

Adai

Adai is one of my favourite dish .avial is a perfect side dish for this adai.This can be served for breakfast or tiffin item.you may grind it and make them immediately.There is no need for fermentation.

Ingredient1:250 gm Rice
50 gm channa dal
50 gm toor dal
50 gm Moong dal
1 tsp urad dal
3 red chillies

Ingredient2:1/4 no sliced medium onion
1/4 no shredded carrot
2 tsp shredded coconut
1 tsp fennel seed
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
6 curry leaves
salt
oil

Method:1.Soak the 1st ingredient for 2 hours.
2.After 2 hours grind them into a coarse paste.Batter shouldn't be watery.

3.Add 2nd ingerdient to this batter except oil and mix well

4. heat Iron skillet or nonstick tawa.

5.take 1 1/2 scoop of this batter and spread it like dosa.

6.pour 1 tsp oil around this adai .when the upper portion becomes dry then flip the other side and cook for couple of minutes.

Rava Upma

This is a traditional breakfast in south india.

Ingredient:

1 cup semolina(Rava)

21/2 cup water

1 tsp ghee

3 tsp oil

1/2 no sliced onion

1/2 no chopped tomato

3 green chilli

5 curry leaves

1/2 teaspoon chopped ginger

1/2 teaspoon mustard seed

a pinch of turmeric

salt to taste

Method:

1.Boil water in a bowl

2.Heat a pan add oil and ghee then add mustard seeds.if it start splutter add sliced onion saute for sometime,add curry leaves,green chilli,ginger,tomato saute for some time.

3.add turmeric ,in the same pan add semolina and fry until aroma will come then add salt.

4.add the boiled water to this pan and mix well with semolina and cover it.

5. switch off when semolina cooked.