Sambhar Powder

Ingredients

Redgram Dhal – ¼ cup

Urad Dhal – ¼ cup

Dhania (Coriander Seeds) – ¾ cup

Red Chillies (Long) – around 30 nos

Mustard – ½ tsp

Methi seeds – ½ tsp

Method

Fry each one separately with little oil. Add little asafotedia while frying.

Allow it to cool it and powder it.

Moong Dhal Dosa

Ingredients

Yellow Moong Dhal – 1 cup

Urad Dhal – 1 tsp

Salt – As required

Procedure:
Wash and soak the dhals for 2 hours.
Grind the dhal to smooth paste like dosa batter.
Add salt and mix well.
Heat tawa and prepare like normal dosa.  (Fermentation process is not required)
Serve dosa with Green Chilli chutney.
For kids, spread some ghee, sprinkle sugar and fold it into a wrap. It tastes awesome….

Ribbon Pakoda

Ingredients:

Besan – 1 cup

 

Rice Flour – 2 cups

 

Warm Water – 3 cups

 

White seasame seeds – 1 tbsp

 

Salt

 

Chilli Powder

 

Oil – 1 Laddle

 

Oil For Deep Frying

 

• In a bowl mix both flours. To this add in the seasame seeds, chilli powder, salt.
• Heat one ladle oil and add to the flour.
• Take warm water and add in little quantities to the flour. Mix well and make like chapathi dough.
• In a kadai, add oil and heat it.
• Use broad plate in the Muruku pressing machine and fill the dough.
• Check if the oil is hot by dropping a pich of the dough in the oil. If it comes up immediately then its ready for frying.
• Press the Murruku pressing directly in hot oil in circular motion.
• Deep fry till done. Drain excess oil and store in air tight containers.

 

Veg Sandwich

 

Simple Experimentation with what I had in the fridge...

 

Capsicum - 1 medium sized
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Beans - few
Green Chilli - 1
Chill powder - 1/2 tsp
Crumbled paneer - 100 gms
Salt
Oil

1. Chop onion, tomato and capsicum into one inch square pieces.
2. Cut beans into 0.5 inch or 1 inch pieces.
3. In a kadai, add little oil, and in chopped grenn chilli and onion. Fry till onion colour starts to change.
4. Add in the beans and tomatoes and stir for few minutes. Then add the capsicum and fry till half cooked.
5. At this stage add salt and chilli powder and mix well. Then add in the crumbled panner and fry them till its dry and veggies are cooked.
6. Do not add water. The veggies should be bit crunchy.
7. Instead of crumbled paneer, paneer cubes could also be added.
8. Place this filling in the bread of your choice and grill it.

 

Parupu Thuvayal

• Red Gram Dhal - 1/4 cup
• Coconut - 1/4 cup
• Red chillies - 4 or 5
• Garlic pods - 4
• Salt
• Oil

Seasoning - red chilli, mustard, asfotedia, jeera, curry leaves

1. Heat oil in a kadai fry dhal and red chillies till it changes color. Be careful that you dont burn it.
2. To this add coconut,  and garlic pods and grind to a coarse paste. Add water as needed.
3. Season it and serve with rice.

Sunday Lunch :)

Zeera Rice, Kadhai Gobhi Masala and Home Style Potato Wedges !