Tomato Chutney

Ingredients :

• Onion - 3 [ finely chopped ]
• Red tomato - 4 [ finely chopped ]
• Garlic flakes - 2-3 [ finely chopped ]
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Sugar or jaggery - as per taste
• Seasame oil - 5 tbsp

For seasoning :

• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Black gram dal - 1 tsp
• Dry red chilli - 2 [ broken ]

Method :

Take one kadai and add oil. When the oil becomes hot, add mustard seeds. When the seeds pops, add black gram dal. When the dal changes its colour, add the chopped onion along with garlic. Fry in low flame till the onion changes into brown colour. Then add the chopped tomatoes, along with salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, asafoetida, sugar or jaggery. Mix well. Then add 1/2 glass of water to that. Close with a lid till the tomatoes gets completely cooked and becomes soft. When the oil leaves aside, remove from the gas and garnish with chopped coriander.

It goes especially well with neer dosa. It can also be had together with rice, rotis and parathas.

You can store it in a refrigerator for ten days. 

Neer Dosa [ Mangalore dish ]

Ingredients :

• Raw cooking rice [ normally we use, to cook ] - 1/2 kg
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 [ 1/2 portion of coconut ]
• Salt - As required
• Sugar - 1/4 tsp [ optional ]
• Coconut oil or fresh ghee - For roasting

Method :

First soak the rice in enough water in previous night. Then drain the water completely and grind with coconut to a smooth batter [ the batter should be thin like rawa dosa batter ]. Add salt and a pinch of sugar to that and mix well. If you add sugar to the batter, it gives light brown colour [ not compulsory ]. Keep dosa non- stick tawa on the gas. When it becomes hot, pour one cup of batter [ drop the batter like making rawa dosa ]. Pour oil or ghee round to the dosa. When one side is cooked, remove from the tawa and serve with tomato chutney.

Kadi Pakodi or Sindhi Kadi

Ingredients :

• Besan - 1/4 kg
• Onion - 3 to 4 [ peeled and cut into thin lenth wise ]
• Green chillies - 4 [ finely chopped ]
• Sour curd - 2 cups
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 3/4 tsp
• Coriander leaves - little [ finely chopped ]
• Cooking soda - a pinch
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Roasted jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Oil - enough for frying

Method:

For making pakodi :

First take one bowl. Add besan, cooking soda, 3/4 cut onion slices, [ keep little onion aside ], little chopped green chillies, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder. Then mix well, add little water and prepare batter. Mean time, keep oil in the kadai. When the oil becomes hot, make small small size pakodas and fry in hot oil, till it becomes crisp and golden in colour [ Keep aside ].

For making kadi :

Take one vessel, add sour curd, 3 table spoon of besan, turmeric, asafoetida,  little chilli powder, roast jeera powder and salt. Whisk well without forming lumps. Then keep the same kadai adding 2 table spoon of oil. When the oil becomes hot, add cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds changes its colour, add  remaining onion and green chilli. When the onion changes into brown colour, add curd mixer and stir continuously. If it becomes thick, add water to that. Allow to boil for 10 minutes. When kadi gets ready, add the pakodi to that. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. It goes well with roti, and steamed rice.

Tiffin Center Sambhar

Ingredients :

• Mixed vegetables* - 1 cup [ cut into small pieces ]
• Tomato - 2 [ red chopped ]
• Tamarind paste - 1/2 tsp
• Boiled thurdal -1/2 cup
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chillie powder - 1 tsp
• Sambhar powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Jaggery - 1/ 2 tsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Curry leaves - little
• Coriander leaves - little

*Mixed vegetables include brinjal, onion, red pumpkin, carrot, ladies finger etc.


For grinding :

• Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
• Channa dal - 1/2 tsp
• Tuvar dal - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Raw rice - 1/2 tsp
• Red chillies - 5 to 6
• Grated coconut - 2 tsp

Fry all the ingredients in oil and grind along with tomatoes and keep aside.


For seasoning :

• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Channa dal - 1 tsp
• Dry red chilli - 1 [ broken ]

Method :

First take one small cooker, add oil. When the oil becomes hot, add the seasoning. When the mustard seeds pop, add channa dal and red chilli. When the dal turns into golden colour, add onion and then other vegetables And boiled and mashwd dal.. Mix well. Add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, sambhar powder and jaggery. Mix well, close the cooker and wait for 3 whistles to come. After the pressure leaves, open the cooker and garnish with coriander leaves and curry leaves. Serve with idlis, dosas, upma and steamed rice.

Rasam Vadai

Ingredients :

• Whole black gram - 1 cup
• Rock salt - 1 tsp
• Green chilli - 3 to4
• Dry red chilli - 1 [ broken ]
• Curry leaves - little
• Rice flour - 2 tbl. sp.
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Oil - enough for frying

Method :

Soak dal in enough water for 1 hour. Then drain water completely and grind in mixer with other ingredients to a smooth paste [ try to  grind without adding water ]. Add salt and rice flour at the end of grinding. Mean time, keep oil in kadai. When the oil becomes hot, make your hands wet. Shape little dough into balls and then deep fry in oil. Turn once to fry the other side, brown and crispy. Mean time, make rasam. After deep frying the vadai, soak in hot rasam [ dhal rasam ] for one hour before serving.
 
Enjoy your rasam vadai at evening snack or break fast. 

Note : For making rasam, see my blog for rasam varieties.

Arbi Pakodi

Ingredients :

• Arbi - 1/4 kg [ boiled, peeled and mashed ]
• Rice flour - 1 cup
• Besan - 2 tbsp
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Cooking soda - a pinch
• Ajvan [ omam ] - 1/4 tsp
• Oil - enough for frying

Method :

First make flat vadas like tikki with mashed arbi and keep aside. Then make batter with rice flour adding all other ingredients [like normal baji  batter ]. Mean time, keep oil in the kadai. When the oil becomes hot, dip the tikkis in the batter and leave them in hot oil. When it turns into golden in colour, remove from the oil and serve with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup.

Arbi Tawa Fry

Ingredients :

• Arbi [ sapakezangu ] - 250 gms [ boiled peel and cut into round pieces ]
• Green chillies - 2 to 3 [ chopped ]
• Onion - 2 [ peel and chopped ]
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chillie powder - 2 tsp
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Rice flour - 1/2 cup
• Oil - 1/4 cup

Method :

Take one bowl, mash the arbi, add salt, turmeric, red chilli, chopped onion, green chilli and lemon juice. Mix well, make tikkis and keep aside. Dust the tikkis on the rice flour,  (  the tikkis should completly coat with rice flour ) Then keep tava on the gas, arrange the 4-5 tikkis on the tava,  pour the oil  round the tikkis and  shallow fry . When both the sides becomes golden brown, remove from the tava and arrange in the tissue plate. Garnish with chopped coriander. Serve with tomato sauce or green chutney.