Tomato Rice

Ingredients :

Oil for frying

Mustard seeds

Groundnut

Chana dal

Urad dal

Green chillies - to taste

Curry leaves - a few

Tomato puree from 5-6 tomatoes (I prefer using the round tomatoes)

Salt - to taste

Turmeric powder

Coriander leaves

Preparation method :

1. Add oil in a kadai and add all the ingredients in the same order as above till the tomato puree except the coriander leaves.


2. Boil this till it becomes thick and gets a consistency of thokku.


3. Now mix this with rice and adjust salt.


4. Add coriander leaves and serve.

Curd rice

Ingredients :

oil for frying

Mustard seeds

Chana dal

Urad dal

Green chillies - as per taste

Full red chillies -2-3

Ginger - cut into smaller pieces

Asafoetida - a pinch

Salt - to taste

Green grapes

Cashewnuts -broken into pieces

Raisins

Cooked rice

Thick curd - 1 cup
Whole milk - 100 ml

Coriander leaves

Preparation method :

1. Add oil in a kadai and add the ingredients till asafoetida in the same order as given above.


2. Now add this fried mixture to the rice.


3. Add salt, green grapes, cashewnuts and raisins.


4. adjust the salt and add the whole milk.


5. Add the chopped coriander leaves and serve.

Obbattu (Poli)

Ingredients :

Chana dal/cocnut gratings -1/2 kg

Jaggery -1/2 kg

Allpurpose flour (Maida) - 1/2 kg

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Ghee - 1 tsp

Oil - 100 ml

Salt - As reqd

Preparation method :

1)If you are using chana dal then wash and boil this with 1/2 tsp of salt and water till it is very soft. If you are using grated coconut then skip this step and proceed to step no 3.

2)When it is slightly cold, strain it using a strainer.

3)Add jaggery and cardamom powder and grind to a fine paste. If it is sticky, put it on a low fire and dry up completely.

4)Knead maida with 1/2 tsp of salt and water. It should be soft

5)Add oil and knead it till oil is absorbed and make equal balls of above sweet mixture and kneaded maida.

6)Roll maida balls into small pooris.

7)Fill it with the sweet ball.

8)Make it into a ball and roll to a poli.

9)Heat oil in a pan and fry it dry turning both sides.

10)Serve this melted with pure ghee.

Ennai Kathirikkai

Ingredients :

Small Round Brinjals - 6 Nos (Slit each of them to four pieces with the stalk holding them together)

Oil - 2 tbsp

Cloves - 4 nos

Cinnamon - 1" Stick (crushed)

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsps

Onion(medium) - 2 nos(finely sliced)

Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tbsp

Coriander powder - 2 1/2 tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt - As reqd

Tamarind extract - 3 tbsp

Cashew paste - 2 tbsp

Coconut paste - 2 tbsp

For seasoning:-

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Dry red chillies - 2 - 3 nos

Curry leaves - A few

Preparation method :

1)Heat oil in a pan and add cloves and cinnamon and stir.

2)Add ginger garlic paste and fry well.

3)Add onion and saute until brown.

4)Lower the flame and add chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt.

5)Mix well with onion and ginger garlic paste.

6)Add brinjals, tamarind extract and water.

7)Mix all ingredients well.

8)Cover and cook, till the brinjals are done.

9)When brinjals are cooked well, add cashew and coconut paste and mix well.

10)Set it to cook for about 5 mins, stirring occasionally.

11)Season with mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry chillies.

Avial

Ingredients :

Raw banana - 1 no
Carrot - 1 no
Drumstick- 1 no
Potato - 1/2 cup
Cucumber - 1/2 cup
Beans - 3 nos
Green chillies - 3 nos
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp
Curry leaves - A few
Water - 1/4 cup
Thick curd- 1 cup
Mustard seed - for seasoning

For grinding:-
Grated coconut - 1 1/2 cups
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 1/2 sprig

Preparation method :

1. Half cook the vegetables in water with turmeric powder and salt.

2. Add the ground paste to the cooked vegetables and stir for a minute.

3. Once they blend along, add curd and mis well. Boil for a minute (do not over boil) till the curd

gets along with the water.

4. Season the above reparation with oil(coconut oil is preferred), mustard seeds and curry

leaves.

5. This dish goes well with adai, rice etc..