White pulao

Usha's

Ingredients:

Basmati rice 2 cups

Chopped vegetables 2 cups

Soya nuggets soaked 10-15

Oil 2 tbs

Cinnamon 2inch

Cloves 5-6

Cardamom crushed 3-5

Bay leaves 2

Jeera 1 ts

Onion 1 sliced

Ginger and garlic paste 2 ts

Green chilli sliced4-6

Coriander leaves chopped 3 tbs

salt to taste

Lemon juice2 tbs

Water 4 cups

 

Heat oil in pressure cooker add whole spices like cinnamon,cloves,cardamom bay leaves and jeera.

fry for a minute. Add onion fry for a minute add green chilli,ginger and garlic paste fry for 2 minutes.

Add coriander leaves,chopped vegetables like beans,potato,carrot and peas.

Add soaked and squeezed soya nuggets fry for 3-4 minutes.

Add salt and lemon juice.

Add washed rice fry for a minute.

Add water,close with lid and put the cooker weight on.

Cook for 3 whistles and switch off the stove.

When pressure goes away open the lid and mix well.

Serve with raita... Enjoy.

 

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Garlic chutney

Usha's

Ingredients:

Garlic cloves10-15

Dry red chilli 4

Green chilli 3

Grated coconut 1 cup

Tamarind to taste

Salt to taste

Oil 1 ts

Seasoning:

Oil 2 ts

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Curry leaves 5-8

 

Heat oil in a pan add garlic,red chilli and green chilli. Fry till garlic is light brown.

Grind these ingredients with coconut ,tamarind,salt and little bit of water.

Add the seasoning.

Serve with rotti or idli,dosa...

 

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Idli uppittu

Usha's

Ingredients:

Idli smashed 15

Oil 2tbs

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Urid dal 2ts

Dry red chilli 2

Green chilli chopped 4

Curry leaves 10-15

Salt to taste

Onion chopped 1

 

Heat oil in a Kadai add mustard seeds,Urid dal when seeds splutter add green chillies,broken red chilli and curry leaves.

Add onion fry till light brown,add salt.

Add crushed idli mix well to coat the seasoning.

Serve ..

 

 

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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.

 

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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....

 

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Rangoli design

Usha's

 

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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.

 

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