Onion Sambar

Ingredients:

Coconut - 1/2 cup
Roasted Channa Dal - 3 tbsp
Kus Kus (Poppy Seeds) - 1 Tsp
Ginger - 1/4 inch
Fennel - 1/2Tsp
Garlic - 2 pods
Cinnamon - 1 small piece
Clove - 3
Green Chilli - 5
Grind all the Above ingredients into a paste with water.
Big Onion -2( Cut it length wise.)
Oil - 2 Tbsp
Mustard seeds, Channa Dal, urud dal - 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves - a few strands
Salt
Hing - 1 pinch
turmaric-1pinch

Method:
1. In a kadai add oil, once its hot add the mustarrd seeds, channa dal, urud dal, curry leaves and onion and saute for a few minutes.
2. Pour the coconut paste and saute this for 2 minutes and add the required amount of water. Add turmaric.Let it boil for about 5 minutes till the raw smell is gone. Add salt and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with dosa.
Note: You can alternate this sambar by adding potato to the sambar and make potato sambar.

tomato brinjal smash

Ingredients:

Brinjal - 150 grams (diced)
Tomato - 2 (diced)
Cumin(Jeera) - 1/4 Tsp
Onion - 1 chopped
Mustard, Channa dal, Urud dal - 1 tsp
Oil for seasoning
Curry leaves - a few strands.
Salt to taste


Method:
1. In a cooker add the brinjal and tomato, the red chilli, jeera and 1/4 cup of water.
2. Cook it for 2 whistles.
3. In a Kadai add the oil and add mustard seeds, channa dal, urud dal, curry leaves and onion and saute for a few minutes.
4. Now remove the cooker lid, and smash the brinjal and tomato mixture.
5. Add salt and saute'd onion and mix well.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with idli or chappathi.


Enjoy..

strawberry juice

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 10
Sugar to Taste
Milk - 1/4 Cups
A Few Nuts - (Cashew, Almond, Walnut)

Method:
1. In a blended, add all the ingredients and blend it.
2. Serve Chilled

badam kheer

Ingredients:
Milk - 1/2 litre
Almonds (Badam) - 10 (soak them for a while and remove the skin, grind with a little water).
Sugar to taste
cardamom powder - 2 pinches
Saffron - 1 pinch
Rice flour - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Method:
1. Place the milk on the stove,add the badam paste.
2. Let it cook for 5 minutes, till the raw smell of the milk and badam is gone.
3. If you want the kheer to be thicker mix a little rice flour with water and add it to the milk.
4. Add the sugar, saffron, and cardamom.
5. Once the sugar is completely dissolved turn off the stove.
6. Serve hot or cold, it's a great drink for Kids.

ragi dosa

Ingredients:

Ragi Flour - 2 cups

Plain Dosa batter - 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Onion - 1 chopped

Green Chilli - 3 chopped

Water - 1.5 cups

Jeera - 1/2 Tsp

Method:

1. Mix ragiflour and dosa batter adding water. Add sufficient water as needed to make the batter lightly thinner.

2. Add salt to the batter, also add jeera, onion, green chillies, and curry leaves, and mix well.

3. Keep dosa tava on stove, it should be very hot. Now pour the batter on the tava close from the outer edge, towards the middle in a clockwise motion.

4. Put some oil and place a cover over the dosa. Take it off in a little while, once the dosa is done, then turn the dosa over to the other side, let it roast.

5. Once done, serve hot with any chutney.

veg kurma

Ingredients:
Coconut - 1/2 Cup
Cumin- 1/2 Tsp
Fennel - 1/2 Tsp
Ginger - Garlic paste - 1/2 Tsp
Clove-3no
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Coriander - 1 Tsp
poppy seeds - 1 Tsp
Roasted Channa Dal - 1 Tbsp

> Grind the above into a fine paste
Coriander Leaves - For Garnishing
Curry Leaves - A few Strands
Onion - 1 diced.
Tomato - 1 diced
Oil - 3 tbs
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cardamom - 1 or 2
1 cup of Diced & Boiled Vegetables(Carrot, Beans, Peas, Potatoes, and Cauliflor)

Method:
1. In a kadai, add oil, cardamom, mustard seeds, curry leaves, let it splatter.
2. Now put onions and tomato and cook till it is soft.
3. Now add the grinded masala. Add a little water and cook for a while.
4. Add vegetables, and mix well.
5. Serve Hot with chapathi.