VAZHAKKAI VARUVAL RECIPE - VAZHAKKAI CHIPS RECIPE

Ingredients :

• Raw banana - 4
• Salt - as per taste
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Oil - for deep frying

Method :

Peel and cut banana in to four lenthwise and then cut in to thin slices. Keep in water. Then heat oil in a deep frying pan, and deep fry one hand full of banana pieces each time. Do not over fry. When it turns golden, remove and drain excess oil. Sprinkle salt, chilli powder immediately after taking out. [ this helps the masala powder stick to the fried pieces easily.]
Fry in medium flame till banana becomes golden brown.

White kabuli channa and yam poricha kootu

Ingredients :

• White kabuli channa - 1 cup [ soaked in water and boiled ]
• Yam [ senai ] - 250 gms. [ remove the outer skin and cut in to big pieces ]
• Carrot - 1 [ cut in to pieces ] it gives little sweet.
• Tamarind paste - 1 1 / 2 sp
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Asafoetida - 1 / 4 sp
• Jaggery - 1 / 2 sp
• Curry leaves - little
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 / 2 cup
• Coriander leaves - little
• Masoor dal or toovar dal - 1 / 2 cup [boiled and mashed ]
• Coconut oil - 3 tbl. sps.

Fry and powder :

• Coriander seeds - 1 table spoon
• Bengal gram dal - 1 table spoon
• Urad dal - 1 table spoon
• Dry red chilli - 6 to 8
• Black pepper - 5 to 6
• Grated fresh coconut - 1 / 4 cup
• Curry leaves - little

[ fry all these ingredients in little oil and powder or wet grind in a mixie and keep aside. ]

For seasoning :

Oil - 2 tbl. sp
Mustard seeds - 1 sp
Dry red chilli - 2 [ broken ]
Fresh grated coconut - 1 / 4 cup

Method :
Take one pressure cooker. Cook yam, carrot ,mashed masoor dal  along  with  kabuli channa in just enough water adding tamarind paste, salt, turmeric, jaggery, curry leaves. Wait for 2 whistle to come, after the pressure goes open the cooker and add the grond masala. Cook for some time till thick. Then heat coconut oil in a kadai season with the given ingredients. While seasoning fry  fresh grated coconut till golden brown and add . Serve hot with rice and other accompaniments. Garnish with curry leaves.

Chole Tikki Recipe

Ingredients:

• White kabuli channa - 1 / 4 k. g. [ soaked in water and boiled ]
• Big potato - 3 to 4 [ boiled ]
• Green chilli - 2 to 3 [ chopped ]
• Ginger - a small piece [ chopped ]
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Black pepper powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Lemon juice - 2 tbl. sp
• Sugar - 1 / 2 sp
• Finely cut onion - 2
• Chopped coriander leaves - little
• Oil - for frying
• Corn flour - 3 tbl. sps.
• Green chutney - 1 / 2 cup
• Sweet chutney - 1 / 2 cup
• Sev - 1 / 2 cup
• Boondhi - 1 / 2 cup

Method :

Soak channa previous day and wash well and cook it along with potatoes in pressure cooker with enough water for nearly 20 minutes. After that drain the water from that. Peel and mash the potatoes.Grind the channa to coarse paste.Chop onions and green chilli, ginger to fine pieces.Then take one big bowl mix mashed potato, channa, onion, green chilli, ginger, coriander leaves, salt, turmeric, red chilli,  sugar, black pepper powder, squeeze lime, corn flour, bread crumbs and mix well. Make even size balls from the dough, flatten the tikkis.Use half of the bread crumbs for coating. Fry in hot oil till golden brown. Before serving arrange the tikkis in plate, pour green chutney, sweet chutney, sprinkle sev, boondhi, chopped coriander leaves on top. Serve immediately.

Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe

Ingredients :

• Idli or dosa batter - 1 cup
• Onion - 1 [ chopped into very small pieces ]
• Green chilli - 2 [ cut in to very small pieces ]
• Cauli flower - 1 small piece [grated ]
• Carrot - 1 [ grated ]
• French beans - 4 to 5 [ cut in to very tiny pieces ]
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/ 2 sp
• Oil - for frying
• Curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves - little

[ fry all vegetables in little oil for 5 minute  till  the raw smell goes, and then remove from the fire, make it cool and mix in the batter . ]

Method :
First take one big bowl. Mix the fried vegetables in the batter addding little salt, and turmeric.Mix nicely adding little water, curry leaves and coriander leaves. The batter should neither be too watery nor too thick.
[ separate moulded vessel called appa- karai is available in the market.] Keep appa karai over gas, pour 2 tbspn pure refined oil in each mould and heat over the gas. When the oil is well heated slow down the flame.Pour 1 small ladle of the batter in to each mould, after a minute using a sharp knife or an iron needle gently turn over the other side. cook till it is golden brown on both sides. Pick with the needle and keep it over a colander to drain excess oil. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

Puli Kuzhambu Recipe - Puli Kuzhambu with Vegetables

Ingredients :

• Violet brinjals - 2 to 3 [ cut in ti big pieces ]
• Sambhar onions - 1 / 2 cup [ peeled ]
• Ladies finger - 5 [ cut into 1/ 2 inch lenth ] 
• Carrot - 1 [ cut in to pieces ]
• Chow chow - 1 / 4 cup [ cut in to big pieces ]
• Tomatoes - 2 [ optional ]
• Tamarind paste - 1 sp
• Salt - as required
• Sambhar powder - 2 sp
• Turmeric powder - 1/ 2 sp
• Sugar or jaggery - as per taste
• Rice flour - 2 sp

For seasoning :

•  Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Bengal gram dal - 1 / 2 sp

To garnish :
Curry leaves, coriander leaves - little

Method :

Take one small pressure cooker, add  all the vegetables along with enough water. Mix tamarind paste, salt, turmeric, sambharpowder, jaggery. Then close the lid and wait for 2 whistle to come. After the pressure goes open the lid. If the gravy is watery ,add  little rice flour mixed with little cold water. Cook for 5  minutes. Heat oil, add seasonings and mix to the kuzambu. Garnish with curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves.

Note :
When serving this kuzambu  with  rice,  serve  little  cooked , mashed  thuar  dal to which salt is added.

Vethalai (Beatel Leaf) rasam

Ingredients :

• Toovar dal - 1 / 2 cup [ boiled and smashed ]
• Tamarind paste - 1 sp
• Tomato red - 2 [ cut in to small pieces ]
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Rasam powder - 1 1 / 2 sp
• Asafoetida - 1 / 4 sp
• Curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves - little

For seasoning :

• Ghee - 2 sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Cumin seeds - 1 sp
• Ajwain leaf [ omam llai, celery ] 2

Grind together :

• Vetrelai [ vethalai ] - 5
• Basil [ thulasi ] - 3 to 4
• Celery - 4 to 5
• Black pepper - 3 to 4
• Cumin seeds - 1 / 2 sp
• Coriander seeds - 1 / 2 sp
• Garlic flakes - 2
• Ginger - 1 / 2 inch piece

[ grind all together in mixie to smooth paste. ]

Method :

Take one deep bottom vessel. Mix  tamarind  paste  along  with  enough  water. Add salt, turmeric, rasam powder, asafoetida, cut tomatoes  and heat.   Boil for 10 mints in lower flame. Then mix the grounded  masala  in cooked dilute dal water. Add it to the rasam. Cheak salt and water if required. Allow to boil for some time till the raw smell goes in slow gas. Heat ghee, add seasoning and pour over the rasam. When starts boiling remove from fire immediately and close with a lid. Garnish with curry leaves, and chopped coriander leaves.

Ivy gourd little gourd [ kovakkai ] masala rice

Ingredients :

• Basmathi rice - 1 glass [ soaked in water ]
• Little gourd [ kovakkai ] - 250 g. m [ cut in to round  thin  pieces ]
• Onion - 2 [ cut into small pieces ]
• Potato small - 2 [ cut into small pieces ]
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Red chilli powder - 3 / 4 sp
• Sugar - 1 / 2 sp
• Roasted peanuts - 1 handful
• Curry leaves - little
• Chopped coriander leaves - little
• Masala powder - 2 sp
• Oil - 3 tbl. sp
• Ghee - 2 tbl. sp

For seasoing :

• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Broken black gram dal - 1 / 2 sp
• Curry leaves - little

For masala powder - [ dry roast powder ] :

• Dhania seeds - 2 sp [ coriander seeds ]
• Bengal gram dal - 1 sp
• Dry red chillies - 4 to 5
• Broken black gram dal - 1 sp
• Grated fresh coconut - 1 / 2 cup
•  [ Dry roast all ingredients in little oil and grind coarsely and keep aside ]

Method :

First take one pressure cooker and boil the soaked basmathi rice. And allow to cool. Then take one deep bottom kadai, add oil to that. Heat it and add mustard seeds when it splutters, add black gram dal to that and fry till the dal change in to light brown colour. Then add cut onions to that, fry for 5 mints till transparent. Add cut little gourd, cut potato  to  that. Mix well, add salt, turmeric, red chilli, sugar, peanut. Close with a plate and fry for 5 mints in lower flame,  till the subji becomes tender. Mix the dry roast masala powder and add the rice to that. Pour 2 sp of ghee to that. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with roasted papad.