Vegetable Masala Bath

Ingredients:

• Normal rice - 1 glass (soaked in water for 1/2 hour)
• Chopped vegetables like brinjal, drumstick, raw banana, ladies finger, carrot, potato & small onion
• Any leafy vegetables - 2 hands full
• Curry leaves - little
• Tamarind paste - 1/s tsp
• Boiled tuvar dal - 1 cup
• Ghee - 2 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Salt - As required
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder or sambhar powder - 1 tsp

For masala:

• Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Dry red chilli - 3-4
• Cashews - 6-8
• Garlic flakes - 2 (optional)

Grind all together in a mixer to a smooth paste.


Method:

• Take a pressure pan, add oil & ghee together.
• When it becomes hot, add small onions & fry for 2 mins till it changes into light pink colour.
• Then add other vegetables & mix well.
• Add dry masalas, dry tamarind paste along with 1 glass of water & mix well.
• Then add ground masala & mashed tuvar dal.
• Finely add soaked rice.
• Check salt, mix well, close the pressure pan & wait for 3 whistles to come.
• After the pressure goes, open the cooker & mix well.
• Add 1 tsp of ghee & garnish with curry leaves & coriander leaves. 
• Serve with papad & roasted curry.

Vegetable Biriyani

Ingredients:

• Basmati rice - 1 glass (soaked for 20 mins)
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - As required
• Vegetables (mix) - 1 cup (Carrot, Flower, Beans, Peas, Potato)
• Tomato - 2 (chopped)
• Onion - 2 (finely chopped)
• Whole garam masala - 1 tsp
• Curd - 1/2 tsp
• Butter - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp

For grinding masala:

• Kashmiri dry chilli - 2-3
• Onion - 1 tbsp (chopped)
• Garlic flakes - 2 (flaken)
• Ginger - 2 (small pieces)
• Green chilli - 1 (slit)
• Mint leaves - few

Grind all together in a mixer to a smooth paste & keep aside.


Method:

• Take a pressure pan, add oil & butter together.
• When it becomes hot, add whole garam masala & mix well.
• Stir & add the whole ground masala & mix well.
• Fry till the raw smell goes.
• Then add chopped onion & tomatoes.
• When it becomes dry, add vegetables & salt.
• Then add curd & stir nicely.
• Add turmeric, red chilli  along with required water.
• Check the salt.
• Then close the cooker & wait fro 2 whistles to come.
• After the pressure goes, open the cooker & enjoy your biriyani.
• Serve with raita & roasted papad.

Mayavaram Mor Rasam

Ingredients :

• Sour butter milk - 1 cup [ thick ]
• Rice flour - 1 tsp
• Coconut oil - 1 tsp
• Green chili - 1 [ chopped ]
• Ajvain - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - as required

Method :

First take curd in a vessel, mix rice flour in little water without lumps and add it to the butter milk and keep aside. Then take a kadai, add coconut oil. When the oil becomes hot add ajvain, chopped green chili, and  wait for a second. Then pour the butter milk mixer and stir well. Add salt , asafoetida and curry leaves. When the kuzambu  just starts boiling   remove from the gas.  Have it with hot rice along with dry curry.  Enjoy this rasam in winter o rainy season.

Milk Burfi (10 mins sweet)

Ingredients:

• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Milk powder - 2 cups
• Sugar - 1/4 cup
• Grated nuts - 1 tsp

Method:

• First take on kadai & add ghee.
• When it melts, pour 1/2 cup milk & mix well.
• Then add milk powder & stir nicely.
• Make sure there is no lumps.
• When the mixture becomes thick, add sugar & stir till the sugar gets completely dissolved.
• Do not over cook.
• Grease the tray with ghee & immediately transfer the mixture to the tray.
• Tap it nicely & garnish it with nuts by pressing it gently.
• Then make pieces.
• Enjoy your milk burfi.

Pineapple Pachidi

Ingredients:

• Pineapple - 1 cup (finely chopped)
• Dry red chilli - 2-3
• Coconut - 1/4 cup
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Jaggery - 1 tsp
• Salt - 1/4 tsp

Method:

• Grind together to a coarse paste in a mixer & then mix pineapple to that. 
• Ready to serve.

Arapuli Kozhambu

Ingredients:

• Vegetables (Brinjal, Red pumpkin & vazhakkai) - 1 cup
• Tamarind paste - 2 tsp
• Sambhar powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Salt - As required
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Jaggery - little
• Seasame oil - 2 tbsp
• Curry leaves - little

Boil either channa or rajma or moong dal.


For grinding:

• Urad dal - 2 tsp (Fry till nice aroma comes)
• Dry red chilli - 4-5
• Grated coconut - 1/2 cup

Fry the above 3 in a seasame oil to golden brown. Grind to a smooth paste in a mixer & keep aside.


For seasoning:

• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Dry red chilli - 1 (broken)

Method:

• Take a vessel & add tamarind paste, sambhar powder, jaggery, salt, turmeric, vegetables, required water & allow them to boil till the vegetables are completely boiled.
• Then add boiled pulses, ground masala, mix well & allow to boil for 10 mins.
• Before removing from the gas, add the seasoning to that.
• Garnish with curry leaves.

Murugal Dosai

Ingredients:

• Idli rice - 1 cup (boiled rice)
• Raw rice - 1 cup
• Urad dal - 1/2 cup
• Tuvar dal - 2 tbsp
• Poha - 1/4 cup
• Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - As required
• Ghee & oil together - As required

Method:

• Wash rice & dal 2-3 times & soak all the ingredients together for 4 hours.
• Then grind in mixer adding little water to a fine paste.
• If the same is grinded in mixer, it will take time & you need to grind in 2-3 batches.
• Add salt to the batter & mix well.
• Keep it for fermentation for 10 hours.
• The batter would have almost doubled after fermentation.
• If the batter is too thick, add 1/2 cup of water. 
• Keep the tawa on the gas, pour the batter & make the dosa.
• Your tasty & crispy dosa is ready.
• Serve with chutney & sambhar.