New Type Vatha Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

• Capsicum - 1 (cut into pieces)
• Sambhar onion - 1 cup
• Green chilli - 2
• Tomatoes - 3
• Seasame oil - As required
• Salt - As required
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli - 1 tsp
• Dhaniya powder - 1 tsp
• Jaggery - little
• Tamarind paste - 1 tsp

For masala powder:

• Channa dal - 1 hand full
• Urad dal - 1 hand full
• Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Dry red chilli - 2 to 3

(Fry all these in little oil & grind them in a mixer into a dry powder)


Grind masala:

Take tomato, green chilli, turmeric, red chilli, dhaniya powder in a mixer & keep aside.


Method:

First take one deep bottom kadai & add oil. When the oil becomes hot, add the seasoning (Mustard, channa dal, methi seeds & dry red chilli). Wait for a second & add onion to that along with capsicum. Fry till it changes into golden color. Then add tamarind paste along with required level of water. Later on add salt & turmeric. When it starts boiling, add the ground masala & mix well. Add little jaggery thereafter. Allow to boil for 10 mins. Finely add dry masala powder & garnish with curry leaves.

Tendli Masala Rice

Ingredients:

• Tendli - 1 cup (cut into thin slices)
• Basmati rice - 1 cup (soak in water for 20 mins)
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Cardamom - 2
• Cinnamon - 1 small stick
• Cloves - 2
• Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Green chilli - 2 (slit)
• Curry leaves - little
• Asafoetida - A pinch
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Grated coconut powder - 1/4 cup
• Salt - As required

For Masala powder:

As per the measurement mentioned above in the ingredients, take cloves, cinnamon, methi seeds, cumin seeds, shahjeera (1/4 tsp), grated coconut & 2 tbsp seasame seeds.

Fry all the ingredients & make a powder of it in a mixer.

Method:

Heat ghee & oil in a kadai. Put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom, cinnamon, slit green chilli, curry leaves, methi seeds & asafoetida. When it crackles, add tendli, rice & saute on a medium flame for 2 mins. Add all other masala powder & mix well. Then add 2 cups of hot water, transfer to the pressure cooker & wait for 3 whistles to come. After the pressure goes, open the cooker & garnish with coriander leaves.

Sabudna Idli [ javarisi ]

Ingredients :

• Sabudana - 1 glass
• Idli rawa - 1 glass
• Fresh curd - 2 glass
• Salt - asrequired
• Cooking soda - 1/4 tsp
• Water - little

Method :

Take a bowl, mix all ingredients expect cooking soda. Mix and keep in a bowl.[ furnment ] If you want to prepare for breakfast mix it  in  the night otherwise if you want to make it  in the evening mix it in the morning. Before making  idlies  add  cooking  soda  and  mix well. Then apply little oil in the idli stand keep one cashew and then add batter and  boil  for 10 minutes. Your tasty  idli  is   ready serve with  sambhar  and  melagai  podi.

Thattu Idli

Ingredients:

• Idli rice - 3 glasses
• Raw rice - 1 glass
• Urad dal - 1 glass (extra 2 tbsp Urad dal)
• Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Soak all the ingredients together for 4 hours like idli batter.
2. Grind & keep for 8 to 10 hours for fermentation.
3. Apply oil in the plate & boil for 10 minutes.
4. Wait for 2 minutes & then remove from the plate.

Your thattu idli is ready. Serve with chutney & sambhar.

Kadamba Sadam

Ingredients:

• Raw rice - 1 cup
• Tuvar Dal - 3/4 cup
• Cut Vegetables - small piece

(White pumpkin, Brinjal, Tomato, Beans)

• Tamarind - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves - little
• Salt - As required 

For grinding masala:

• Channa dal - 1 tsp
• Red chilli - 5 to 6
• Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
• Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Black pepper, jeera - 1 tsp each
• Grated coconut - 3 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp

For seasoning:

• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad dal -  1 tsp
• Curry leaves - little
• Asafoetida - little

Method:

Wash the rice, add more water & pressure cook the rice. Fry the masala & make into a smooth paste. Chop the vegetables. Then take a kadai & add oil. When the oil becomes hot, add the seasonings & chopped vegetables. Fry for a minute, add turmeric & required water along with tamarind paste & mix well. The add salt to it. When the raw smell goes, add boiled tuvar dal & mix well. When it starts boiling, remove from the gas. Add the kuzhambu to the rice & mix well. Add ghee & coriander leaves Make it watery like kichidi.