Moong Dal Paniyaram

Sending this to pj's scrumptious delights from leftover event

Ingredients

Pesarattu Dosa Batter : 1 cup (Left over pesarattu Dosa Batter Recipe Here )
Rice Flour                  : 2 tbsps
Onion                  : 1
Chopped coconuts   : 1/4 cup
Mustard
Urad Dal
Channa dal
Curry leaves
Oil

Method

Heat oil and add mustard, urad dal, channa dal one by one.
Add chopped onions and curry leaves .
Mix this mixture to the batter and add chopped coconuts, Rice flour and salt.
Heat oil in the each hole of paniyaram Pan and pour the batter in it.
When it is done turn to the other side as well.
Serve with Coconut chutney.

Pesarattu Dosa with Ginger Chutney

Ingredients for Pesarattu Dosa

Whole moong dal    : 1 cup
Green chily              : 3
Raw Rice                : 1 tbsp
SaltOil

Method

Wash and soak moong dal and rice for 3 to 4 hrs.
Grind it with green chillies and then add salt to it.
Heat Dosa Tawa make like normal dosa ..
Serve with Ginger Chutney

Ingredients for Ginger Chutney

Chopped Ginger   : 2 tbsps
Red chilly             : 1
Tamarind               : a small piece
Urad dal               : 1 tbsp
Coconut                : 2 tbsp
Salt

Method

Heat oil in a pan and fry ginger, redchilly, urad dal and tamarind.
Let it cool.
Grind with coconut and salt.
Serve with Pesarattu..

Green Peas Balls

Sending this to Priya's CWS - Cardamom seeds event and also to MLLA-26 hosted by simona started by Susan

Ingredients

Green peas cooked     : 1 cup
Ginger - Garlic paste   : 1 tsp
Green chillies              : 2
Fried Gram Dal powder   : 2 to 3 tbsps ( chutney dal)
Salt
Cinnamon
Cardamom
Oil

Method

Grind ginger - garlic, green chillies, cinnamon and cardamom to a paste without adding water.
Grind cooked green peas separately to a smooth paste without water.
Now mix peas paste, ginger-garlic mixture, fried gram dal powder and salt well. 
Deep fry in oil..

Cucumber Dosa

Ingredients

Idly rice     : 1 cup
Cucumber  : 1 cup ( chopped)
Green chillies  : 3
Aval ( poha)   : just 2 tbsp
Salt
Oil

Method

Wash and soak rice for 3 hrs and aval ( poha) for just 10 mins
First grind cucumber and green chillies and then add rice and finally add poha to a fine paste.
Add salt to it and mix well.
The batter should be like idly batter consistency.
Heat dosa Tawa and make like normal dosas.
Serve with onion chutney or any side dish of your choice.

Malpua

Ingredients

Maida : 1 cup
Corn flour : 2 tbsps
Milk : 1 litres
Sugar : 1 and 1/2 cups
Cardamom
Saffron
Cashews
Oil

Method

Boil the milk till it reduces to 1/2 of its quantity and let it cool.
Mix maida and corn flour and add it to the milk and mix without lumps.
It should be smoothy and pouring consistency like dosa batter.
Fry it in oil till turns brown on both the sides and keep aside.
Make sugar syrup of 1 string consistency .
Add cardamom powder and saffron.
Dip the Malpuas one by one in sugar syrup.
Take out from sugar syrup and arrange in a plate.
Decorate with cashews.

Soya & Vegetable Pulao

Sending this to Priya's CWS - Cardamom seeds

Ingredients

Rice      : 1 cup
Coconut milk  : 2 cups
Soya Chunks  : 1/2 cup soaked in hot water
Onion             : 1
Mixed vegetables   : 1 cup ( i used carrot, beans and peas)
Green Chilly          : 3
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Cloves
Salt
Oil

Method

Wash and soak rice in coconut milk and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pressure pan and put cinnamon, cardamom cloves, onion and slitted green chillies one by one.
Squeeze out the excess water in soya and add to the onion mixture .
Add chopped vegetables now.
Saute well and add salt
Now add soaked rice with the coconut water.
Close the pressure pan and wait for 1 whistle and reduce the flame for 5 mins. 
Let it sit for few mins.
Now open the lid and garnish with coriander and mint leaves.
Serve with raita and any side dish.

Dhokla ( with left over rice)

 

Dhokla is made with a fermented batter of besan flour.. But here i am using leftover cooked rice to make dhoklas.. it is very yummy and really really very soft.. So here is Jiffy dhoklas.. sending this to PJ's scrumptious delights from leftovers event and also to cooking Escapades steamy kitchen event

Ingredients

Cooked rice  : 1 cup
Wheat flour   : 1 tbsp
Coconut        : 1/4 cup
Green chilly   : 2
Mustard
Urad dal
curry leaves
coriander leaves
Asafotida
Salt
Oil

Method

Mix well rice , wheat flour and salt to a smooth douth..
Spread it on a greased plate and steam cook just like we cook idlis.
Leave it for 5 mins to cool and cut into pieces.
Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds,urad dal,curry leaves , slitted green chillies,asafotida one by one..
Add dhokla pieces and grated coconut and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Wheat Halwa ( simple process with less ghee)

 

Sending this to  neve's celebrating sweets- halwa event

 Ingredients

Wheat flour   : 1 cup
Sugar            : 3/4 cup
Milk              : 3/4 cup ( or required amount)
Ghee             : 2 tbsps
Cardamom
Cashews
Saffron

Method

Mix wheat flour in milk without lumps and add sugar to it..
Mix well and cook in a pressure cooker till 1 whistle and reduce the flame and leave it for 1/2 an hour.
Heat ghee in a kadai add cooked mixture and keep stirring  continously.
When halwa starts thickening add cardamom powder,saffron and mix well.
When ghee seperates from the mixture your Halwa is done.
Finally add fried cashews to it..

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Simple Capsicum Rice

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Sending this to Erbe in cucina's healing foods capsicum event

Ingredients

Cooked rice    : 1 cup
Capsicum       : 2 ( finely chopped)
Onion            : 1
Green chillies  : 2
Cumin seeds   : 1 tsp
Ghee               : 1 tbsp
Salt
Cashews

Method

Heat ghee in a pan add cumin seeds , chopped onion , slitted green chillies one by one.
Add salt to it.
Add chopped capsicum  and fry just for 2 mins.
Add cooked rice and fried cashews.
Serve with any side dish or raita..

Idly and kadalai Mavu Chutney ( besan flour chutney /Bombay chutney )

Sending this to cooking Escapades steamy kitchen event

Ingredients for Idly Method

Wash and Soak Rice and dal seperately for 4 hrs.
First grind dal to a very smooth paste.. ( for best results grind dal for 45 mins)
Grind Rice near to coarse consitency.
Add salt and mix well.
Keep the batter aside over night.
Next day grease the idly moulds with oil and pour 1 laddle of the fermented batter and let it steam for 7 mins.
When it is done switch off the stove and let it for 5 mins. ( don't open immediately) 
Serve with Sambar , chutneys of your taste..

Bombay Chutney ( Kadalai mavu chutney)

It is all time favourite of my hubby's family. They have it with idly, dosa or even for poori too. Its very simple and tasty..

Ingredients

Besan flour  : 3 tbsps
Onion          : 1
Tomato        : 1
Green chillies   : 3
Lemon juice     : 1/2 tsp
Mustard
Asafotida
Salt
Oil
Coriander leaves

Method

Mix besan flour with 1 cup of water and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, asafotida , green chillies and chopped onions one by one and fry well.
Then add chopped tomatoes and salt and stir well
Add besan water and let it cook for more than 7 mins till the raw smell of the besan flour goes.
Garnish with coriander leaves and add lemon juice..


Idly Rice : 4 cups
Urad dal : 1 cup
Salt

Kunuku

 

Sending this to PJ's scrumptious delights from leftovers event

Ingredients

Adai Batter ( left over)   : 1 cup
Onion                           : 1 ( chopped finely)
Coconut                       : 1/4 cup ( grated)
Coriander leaves
Salt
Oil

Method

Mix all the ingredients ( except oil ) together.
Make balls ( not even shape) and deep fry in oil.

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Instant Mango Pickle

Ingredients

Raw Mango   : 2
Red chiily powder   : 4 tbsps
Turmeric powder   : 1/2 tsp
Asafotida               : 1/2 tsp
Sesame oil             : 3 tbsps
Salt
Mustard

Method

Chop the mangoes into fine pieces.
Add chilly powder, salt, turmeric powder, asafotida on the top of the chopped mango pieces.
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard.
Pour over the mango and mix well.
Serve with curd rice..
Hmmmm. yummy...

Chilly Paratha ( parotta)

Sending this to PJ's scrumptious delights from left overs event

Ingredients

Parotta        : 4
Onion         :2
Tomato      : 3
Ginger-garlic paste : 1 tbsp
Soya sauce   : 1 tbsp
Capsicum    : 1
Kashmiri Chilly powder   : 2 tbsps
Garam masala powder  : 1 tsp
Coriander powder        : 2 tsp
Salt
Oil

Method

Make tomato puree including chilly powder, garam masala powder and coriander powder and keep aside.
Chop the onion and capsicum ( like cube size) stir fry in liitle oil and little salt and keep aside.
Roll the parottas and cut them into pieces and keep aside..
Now heat oil in a pan and add ginger - garlic pasteand stir well.
Add tomato puree ( with masala powders) ,soya sauce and salt.
Now add chopped parottas and mix well till the masalas and parotta are mixed together.
Add Onion and capsicum and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with any raita.

Bread roll / Bonda

Sending this to CoL Leftover delicacies

Ingredients

Bread slices    : 6
Chooped vegetables   : 1 cup ( i used carrot, capsicum, beans , cauliflower)
Onion                        :1
Red chiily powder
Garam masala powder
Coriander powder
Turmeric powder
Salt
Oil
Coriander leaves

Method

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, fry chopped onion , chopped vegetables and fry for 3 mins.
Then add salt and masala powders ( chilly, garam masala and coriander powders)
Add coriander leaves and stir well and keep aside.
Allow it to cool.
Take one bread slice ,dip it in water ( with the brown corner) and take it out immediately and squeeze out the excess water.
Put 1 tbsp of the  vegetable filling in the bread the fold like a roll.
Deep fry in oil and serve with tomato ketch up..

Bread Halwa

Sending this to Nive's celebrating sweets - Halwa event

Ingredients

Bread slices   : 4
Sugar            : 5 tbsps
Ghee            : 2 tbsps

Milk             : 1 cup

Cashews
Green Camphor - a pinch


Method

Remove the corner of the bread & Powder it using mixie jar.

Heat milk and add bread powder to it.
Stir well continuously till milk absorbs the bread and add sugar to it and mix well.
Now add ghee ..
Instead of cardamom here i used Pachai Karporam ( Green camphor -source wiki )
Garnish with Cashew nuts.

I am sending this to COL Leftover delicacies

Tomato Dosai ( Thakkali dosai)

Ingredients

Idly rice   : 1 cup
Tomatoes : 5
Red chillies  : 3
Onion          : 1
Salt
Oil

Method

Soak rice for 3 hours and grind along with chopped tomatoes, onion, red chillies and salt smoothly.
Heat a Tawa, pour a laddle of batter and make like normal dosa,apply oil and cook on medium heat.
When it is cooked turn to the other side and cook until done.
Serve hot with any coconut chutney.

Semiya Upma

Vermecili/semiya upma is really a easy to make dish either for breakfast or dinner..

Ingredients

Vermelicili  : 1 cup
vegetables  : 1 cup ( carrot, beans, peas, potato, onion)
Green chilly : 4
Mustard seeds
coriander leaves
Oil
lemon juice
Salt

Method

Fry vermecili in 1 tbsp of oil until golden brown and keep aside.
Heat a kadai with 2 tbsps of oil and add mustard seeds then the chopped onions, green chillies and saute for 2-3 mins.
Then add the chopped vegetables and stir.
Add 2 cups of water and salt to taste and bring water to boil.
Add fried vermecili and cook for 8 - 10 mins.
Finally add lemon juice and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with coconut chutney.

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Pal Poli ( Milk Poli)

 

Ingredients

Maida       : 1 cup
Milk         : 3 cups
Sugar      : 1 cup
Cashewnuts  : 10
Cardamom
saffron
Oil
Salt     : a pinch

Method

Knead maida with a pinch of salt into a dough and keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
Roll out like a thin poori and deep fry in oil.
Grind Cahewnuts and cardamon to a coarse powder.
Boil milk and when reduced to half of the volume add sugar,saffron, cashew-cardamom mixture to it and continue to boil slowly.
Remove milk from flame and add poori one by one and let it soak well.
Remove the polis from milk and store it seperately as soaked polis tend to stick together.
Serve hot or chilled..

Sending this to Bite size desserts hosted by Aparna and started by Jennifer ..

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Once again thank you so much Srilekha for this award

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Spring Roll with Homemade Wrapper

Ingredients For Wrapper

Maida    : 1 cup

Salt
Water  : 1 cup

Method

Mix all the ingredients throughly without any lumps and keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
The mixture should be in liquid consistency.
Heat a non-stick kadai ( for best result use appam kadai)
Pour a laddle of batter and suddenly swirl in around to make very thin wrapper.
You can see the air pockets forming under the wrapper.
No need to cover the kadai.
When the edges of the wrapper curled up away from the pan , take it out  and let it cool.

Ingredients for the filling

Mixed vegetables           : 1 cup ( i used carrot, cabbage , peas , onion and tomato)
Chilly powder                : 1 tsp
Coriander powder          : 1 tsp
Garam masala powder    : 1/2 tsp
Green chillies
Oil
Salt
Coriander leaves

Method

Heat a pan and add 1 tbsp oil .
Put onion and green chilly and fry well.
Then add tomato to it and mix well.
Now the vegetables and stir well and add salt to it.
Add all the masalas and mix.
Cook for 5 mins and garnish with coriander leaves.

Method of spring Roll

Take a wrapper and fill 11/2 tbsp of vegetable mixture .
Fold it and deep fry in oil.
Serve hot with tomato sauce.

Sending this to Global kadai event hosted by Nilofer started by Cilantro 

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Thanks Srilekha for this Wonderful Award..

Rice Kitchadi ( Gujarati Special)

Sending this to Veggieplatter's Delicious dals event

Ingredients

Rice     : 1 cup
Green Gram Dal    : 3/4 cup
Jeera              :  1 tbsp
Ghee             : 2tbsp
Asafotida      : 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder
Salt

Method

Soak the green gram dal for 2 hrs for best results.
Wash both the rice and dal .
Heat ghee in a pressure cooker .
Add jeera and asafotida and stir till jeera starts to pop.
To this add 4 to 41/2 cups of water , turmeric powder ,salt and mix well.
Close the pressure cooker lid and wait for 5 whistles.
Open the cooker when it is done and serve with kadhi.
Kitchadi and kadhi is the ultimate combination .

Kadappa ( Tanjore Special)

Ingredients

Cooked moong dal  : 1 cup
Onion                      : 1
Tomato                   : 2
Green chillies           : 4
Lemon juice            : 1 tbsp
Garlic                     : just 1 pod
Coconut Milk         : 1/2 cup
Cinnamon              : 1 stick
Coriander leaves
Salt
Oil

Method

Heat oil in a pan , put cinnamon stick and onions.
Add green chillies, tomatoes and garlic and fry well.
Cook till oil seperates and add salt to it.
Now add mashed moong dal and cook for few mins.
Finally add coconut milk .
Switch off the flame and add lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves.

Vegetarian Nargisi Kofta

Originally Nargisi kofta is made of Eggs . Here instead of egg i used potato and paneer kofta in Egg shape.

Ingredients

Boiled Potato     : 3 nos
Paneer    : 100 gmas
Onion     : 2
Tomato  : 3
Ginger - garlic paste  : 1 tbsp
 Chilly powder   : 1 tbsp
Coriander powder : 1 tbsp
Garam masala powder : 1 tbsp
Bread slices     : 2 
Red food colour : a pinch
Bay leaves
cinnamon
Cardamom
Oil
Salt

Method

Mash the potatos and grate the paneer
Puree the onion and tomato separately.
Divide the paneer into 2 portion.
Put red colour in one portion and make balls and cover that balls with white portion of paneer. Make balls.
Dip bread slices in water and squeeze and keep aside.
With that soaked bread add potato, salt and chilly powder and mix well.
Cover the paneer balls with potato mixture and shape like egg.
Now there is 3 layers in kofta.
Deep fry the koftas in oil and keep aside.
Put oil in a pan add bay leaves, cinnamon and cardamom.
Then add onion paste, ginger -garlic paste.
Fry well.
Now put tomato puree, chilly powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder and salt.
Fry well till oil seperates.
Switch off the fire and add koftas before serving.

Sendin this to Jay's lets relish paneer event

Tomato Pulao

Ingredients

Cooked Rice       - 1 cup
Tomatoes  - 5
Onion       - 2
Green chillies  - 4
Ginger- garlic paste  - 1 tbsp
Mint leaves
Coriander leaves
Cinnamon
Cardamom
Cloves
Bayleaves
Oil

Method

Heat oil in a pan add Cinnamon, cardamom, bayleaves and cloves one by one.
Then add chopped onions and fry well till onion turns brown in colour.
Then the green chillies,ginger - garlic paste, tomatoes and add salt to it.
Fry for 5 mins.
Add cooked rice and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves and mint leaves.
Serve with raita.

Mint - Lemon Juice

Sending this to madhuri's serve me some juices Event 

Ingredients

Fresh Mint leaves   : handful

Lemon juice           : 2 tbsp

Honey                   : 2 tbsp

Method

Add mint leaves , lemon juice and honey to a blender . Blend it
Add required water and ice cubes.
Blend some more.
Drink and enjoy.

Paneer Sandwich

Ingredients

Paneer          : 100gms ( cubed)
Bread slices  : 10
Onions         :1
Capsicum     : 1
Tomato sauce  : 2tbsp
Pepper powder : 1tsp
Butter               : 2 tbsp
Salt
OIL

Method

Put oil in a pan and fry chopped onions , chopped capsicum and panner.
Add salt and pepper to it.
Now add tomato sauce and mix well.
Keep aside.
Apply butter to one side of a bread and place  2 spoons of paneer mixture and cover it with another bread.
Toast it in a sandwich maker.
Serve hot.

Sending this to jay's letz relish paneer event