Monday 26 August 2013

Chivda

Usha's

Ingredients:

Poha/ avalakki thin 100g

Oil 2 tbs

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Peanuts 4 tbs

Roasted gram 4 tbs

Dry coconut slices 10-15

Curry leaves 15-20

Green chilli chopped 4-5

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder 1/2 ts

 

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds,peanuts and roasted gram wait for peanuts to get light brown add coconut slices curry leaves,chopped green chilli,salt and turmeric powder.

Fry for a minute,switch off the heat and add poha. Mix well to coat the seasoning.

Serve... Enjoy.

 

Seemebadanekayi palya

Usha's

Ingredients:

Seemebadanekayi 2 chopped

Oil 2 ts

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Chana dal 1 tbs

Urid dal 1 tbs

Curry leaves 10-15

Dry red chilli 2

Green chilli 4 chopped

Salt to taste

Grated coconut 2 tbs

 

Heat oil in a Kadai add mustard seeds,Chana dal,Urid dal wait for mustard seeds to crackle and dals to get brown.

Add chopped green chillies ,broken red chilli and curry leaves fry for a minute

Add chopped seemebadanekayi mix to coat the seasoning ,sprinkle some water close with a lid and cook for 5 minutes.

Add salt cook till curry is dry,add grated coconut.

Serve with rice,chapathi....

 

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Rangoli design

Usha's

 

Cucumber and carrot kosambari

Usha's

Ingredients:

Cucumber 1 chopped finely

Carrot 1 grated

Green chilli 3 chopped

Coriander leaves chopped 2 tbs

Moong dal soaked 1/2 cup

Grated coconut 3 tbs

Salt to taste

Lemon juice 2 tbs

Oil 1 ts

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Hing a pinch

 

In a bowl add soaked dal,chopped green chilli,coriander leaves,cucumber,grated carrot,coconut,salt and lemon juice.

Heat oil add mustard seeds wait for seeds to crackle add hing.

Add this seasoning to the bowl and mix well. Serve.

 

Curd rice

Usha's

Ingredients:

1 cup rice cooked

1 cup milk

2 cup curds

Salt to taste

Oil 1 tbs

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Urid dal 1 ts

Green chilli chopped 3

Ginger chopped finely 1 ts

Curry leaves 4-5

Coriander leaves chopped 1 tbs

 

In a bowl add cooked rice salt ,milk and mash well ,add curds keep aside.

Heat oil in a Kadai add mustard seeds,Urid dal wait for seeds to crackle add chopped ginger ,green chilli and curry leaves ,fry for a minute add this seasoning to rice and curds mixture.

Add chopped coriander leaves. Mix and serve ..

 

Varamahalakshmi pooja

Usha's

 

Tricolour palya

Usha's

I prepared this palya on Aug 15 on the occasion of independence day.

Ingredients:

Beans hand ful chopped

Potato 1 big one chopped

Carrot 2 chopped

Onion 1 chopped

Oil 2 ts

Mustard seeds 2 ts

Jeera 2 ts

Curry leaves 10-15

Turmeric powder a pinch

Chilli powder 1/2ts

Grated coconut 2 tbs

 

Heat oil in a Kadai add mustard seeds, jeera,curry leaves wait for seeds to crackle add onion fry for 2-3 minutes.

Add chopped vegetables , sprinkle some water and close with a lid and cook for 5 minutes.

Add salt ,turmeric powder and chilli powder. Cook until vegeies are soft.

Garnish with coconut. Serve with chapathi or rice.

 

Raw banana dosa

Usha's

Ingredients:

Sona masoori rice 3 cups

Raw banana 2 big ones peeled chopped

Salt as per taste

 

Soak rice for 4-5 hours.

Grind the rice along with chopped raw banana to fine paste.

Add salt. Heat dosa tawa and make dosa. Close with lid and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Serve with coconut chutney or any curry...

 

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Odupale

I have been craving for this dish for long time now. My mom makes this on a wood fired stove which gives a nice smoky flavour . I made this on a gas stove. The taste was not exactly like my mom's dish but was enough to satisfy my craving. Here goes the recipe...

ingredients:

Sona masoori rice 3 cups

Salt to taste

 

Soak rice for 4-5 hours.

Grind to a fine paste ,add salt.

Batter should be like milk consistency.

Pour two ladle full of batter on earthenware tawa, close with a lid and cook for 3-4 minutes.

Take the odupale out of tawa.

Serve with chutney.

 

 

Spicy paddu/guliyappa

Ingredients:

Idli rice 2 cups

Urid dal 1 cup

Methi seeds 2ts

Salt to taste

Onion 1 chopped

Green chillies 4-5 chopped

Ginger 2 cm chopped

Coriander leaves chopped 3tbs

Curry leaves 6-8 chopped

 

Method:

Soak rice,dal and Methi seeds separately for 4-6 hours

Grind dal and Methi seeds to fine paste, grind rice to paste.

Mix both batters well,add salt and leave in a warm place to ferment.

Mix in all the chopped ingredients to the batter.

Make paddu in paddu tawa. Cook both sides.

Serve with coconut chutney ...