Thrunelvayli thaleetha kuzambu

Ingredients :

• Mix vegetables - 1 cup [white pumpkin, yam, red pumpkin, sweet potato and green peas]
• Tamarind paste - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Seasame - 2 tsp
• Raw rice - 2 tsp
• Jaggery 1 tsp
• Thur dal - 2 tsp
• Red dry chilli - 7 to 8
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 cup

For seasoning : 

• Coconut oil - 2 tap
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - little

Method :

Peel the skin from the vegetables and cut into cubes. Then keep one kadai, when its becomes hot, fry seasame seeds, and raw rice with out oil, then add a spoon of oil when the oil becomes hot, add red chillies and fry for a second then add thur dal . When the dal  change  in to gloden  brown  add  fresh coconut  to  that  fry till nice aroma comes.  Then grind along  with seasame, rice in mixer to a smooth paste.  Mean time boil the vegetables in cooker adding tamarind paste, salt, turmeric and jaggery with required water.  Wait for 1 whistle to come. Remove from the gas. After the pressure goes  open the cooker and add the ground  masala  and mix well. Season  with mustard seeds and cuury leaves in coconut oil. Your  tasty kuzambu is ready serve with hot steamed rice. 

Instant Bread Dosa

Ingredients :

• Bread slices - 8 to 9 
• Bombay rawa  [ sooji ] - 1/2 cup
• Rice flour  2 table spoon
• Curd - 1/4 cup
• Water - as required
• Salt - as required

Method :

Take bread slices and cut the edges. Crumble the bread with your hand , then add rawa, rice flour, curd, salt and water. Mix them well and soak for 20 minutes. Now blend it with blender , so that you will get smooth dosa batter consistency. Add water if required.  Take  dosa  tawa,  sprinkle  some oil and wipe of with a landle. Once tawa is hot pour a landle of batter and speard out in a circular motion. Add some oil on top of dosa. Cook for 15 to 30 seconds till it turns golden brown and crisp. Remove from  the  tawa. Serve with  chutney sambhar or melaga podi.
Add in potato subji filling center of the dosa to make masala dosa.

Idli Fry (Restaurant Style)

Ingredients :

• Left over idlis - 8
• Onion - 1 (Medium)
• Tomatoes - 3
• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - As required
• Oil - As required
• Curry leaves - Little

Method :

Take left over idlis & cut them into cubes. Cut onion & tomatoes finely.

Heat oil for deep frying the idlis. When the oil becomes hot, fry the cut idlis into golden brown color & keep aside in another pan. Heat 2 tsp of oil, add fennel seeds, curry leaves & fry for a minute. Now add finely chopped onions & fry till it becomes transparent. Then add chopeed tomatoes, chilli powder, dhaniya powder, garam masala powder & salt. Mix well till it becomes mushy. Sprinkle little water, add the fried idlis & cook in medium flame for 2-3 mins. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot.

Version of Vatha Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

• Dhania - 2 tsp
• Chana Dal - 1 tsp
• Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Raw rice - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 1 hand full
• Dry red chillies - 8-9
• Tamarind paste - 2 tsp
• Jaggery - 1 small piece
• Salt - As required

Method:

Dry roast the ingredients mentioned above, cool & powder. Mix the powder with tamarind water & keep aside. In a kadai, add 3 spoons of seasame oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves & asafoetida.

Once done, add tamarind mixture, turmeric, jaggery & salt to taste. Allow to boil well. This is the main base for any vatha kuzhambu.

You can also add any veggies, onion or garlic (Either cooked or sauted).

In a separate kadai, roast any vathals of your choice & add to the kuzhambu. Can make the main base of vatha kuzhambu in big quantity & can be stored in fridge for 1 month but you need to add little more oil.

Aaloo Chana Chat

Ingredients :

• Cooked boiled chana - 2 cups
• Boiled potatoes - 2 (chopped)
• Green chutney - 1/2 cup
• Sweet chutney - 1/2 cup
• Garlic chutney - 1 tsp (beaten)
• Curd - 1/2 cup (beaten)
• Onions - 2 (finely chopped)
• Chat masala - 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• Sev - little
• Chopped coriander leaves - little
• Chopped tomatoes - 1
• Finely chopped raw mangoes - 1/4 cup
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Method :

Soak 1/2 cup of chana overnight.

Then boil the same in a cooker & wait for 5-6 whistles to come. Take 2 cups of boiled chana in a bowl. Add boiled potatoes, papdi, green chutney, sweet chutney & garlic chutney. Then add finely chopped onions, tomato, raw mango, chopped coriander leaves & curd. Mix everything well. Take a serving plate. Put one portion chana. Sprinkle a pinch of chat masala, salt, red chilli powder as required. Sprinkle sev on top. Finely drizzle some lemon juice if you prefer. Serve immediately.

Tomato Pulav (Mumbai Style)

Ingredients :

• Basmathi rice - 1 glass (Soaked in water for 20 mins)
• Onion - 1 (chopped)
• Tomatoes - 3 (chopped)
• Ginger garlic powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Green peas - 2 tbsp
• Tomato ketchup - 2 tbsp
• Capsicum - 1 (sliced)
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Cashews - 6-7
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Pav Bhaji masala - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Butter - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves - little (chopped)

Method :

First take one pressure pan, add oil & butter. When it becomes hot, add cumin seeds along with cashews. When it changes into golden colour, add soaked rice with little salt. Pour water till the rice gets covered. Then close the lid & pressure cook until 3 whistles comes. Keep it aside.

Then take one deep kadai / deep pan & add little oil, When the oil becomes hot, add chopped onion, ginger garlic paste & stir for 2-3 mins. Then add tomatoes along with salt & other masalas. Mix well. Then add tomato ketchup. Add sliced capsicum, green peas along with 1/4 cup of water. Cook for 5 mins more. When it becomes dry, add cooked rice & mix well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Your yummy Mumbai Style Tomato Pulav is ready to serve.

Kurma

Ingredients :

• Mix vegetables - 1 cup
•  [ carrot, beans, green peas, cauli flower and potato ]
• Roasted gram [ pottu kadalai ] - 1 tabsp
• Tomato - 1 [ chopped ]
• Grated coconut - 3/4 cup
• Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
• Cashew nuts - 5 to 6
• Fennel  seeds - 1 tsp [ sombu ]
• Bay leaf - 2
• Clove, star anise, cinnamon, cardamom - each 1
• Onion - 1 [ chopped ]
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 2 tabsp.

Method :

Boil the vegetables adding salt and turmeric. Then in mixer  grind  cashew, poppy seeds, fennel seeds, to a fine paste. Then take one kadai,  add  bay  leaf  and other whole garam masala. Fry for a second,  add chopped  onion , ginger  garlic  paste  and  chopped  tomato.  Mix well,  then  add ground  paste  along  with dry  masalas.  Cook  well  till  raw  smell  goes. Then  add  boiled vegetables along  with  water  if  required. Allow to boil for 5 minutes more.  Your tasty kurma is ready.  Serve  with  roti  or puri.