Dangar Pachadi / Urad dal Raita

Ingredients

Urad dal      : 1/4 cup
Thick curd    : 1 cup
Musard seeds
Red chilly   : 1
Oil
Salt
Asafoetida

Method

Dry roast urad dal till golden brown.
Let it cool and grind to a fine powder.
Beat curd well and add urad dal powder and mix.
Add salt to it and blend thoroughly..
Heat oil in pan ,add mustard seeds, broken red chilly, curry leaves and asafoetida.
Add the seasoning to the curd mixture and mix well.
Serve with Tamarind Poha/ Puli aval...
Puli Aval /Tamarind Poha recipe HERE...

Puli Aval / Tamarind Poha

Ingredients

Aval / Poha      : 1 cup
Tamarind juice : 1/2 cup
Red chillies       : 4 nos
Peanuts             : 2 tbsps
Cashewnuts      : 2 tbsps
Chana dal         : 1 tsp
Urad dal           : 1 tsp
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds
Salt
Turmeric powder
Gingelly Oil
Asafotida

Method

Wash the poha twice.
Soak it in tamarind water with salt and turmeric powder for half an hour.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard, chana dal, urad dal, broken red chillies, curry leaves,Asafoetida and fry.
When mustard splutters add peanuts and cashewnuts and fry for few minutes.
Now add the soaked aval / poha and blend everything well.
Switch off the flame and garnish with some nuts and curry leaves.

Simple Homemade Chocolates

Ingredients

Sugar         : 1 cup
Milk powder : 1 cup
Cocoa powder  : 1/4 cup
Water                : 1/2 cup

Butter                : 1 tbsp

Method

Mix milk powder and cocoa powder and keep aside.
Mix water and sugar in a heavy bottomed pan and allow it to boil until it reaches 1 string consistency.
Remove from fire and add butter and mix well.
Now add milk powder mixture to it.
Mix everything well for few minutes..
Pour the mixture on a greased plate and allow it to cool.
Cut them into squares..

Sooyan/Sukiyan/Suzhiyam / Sweet Balls ( using leftover kozhukattai filling/puranam)

Ingredients 

For the Batter 

Raw Rice     : 1 cup
Urad dal      : 1/4 cup
Salt              : a pinch

For the filling

Grated coconut   : 1 cup
Jaggery               : 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder : 1 tsp

Oil for deep frying

Method

Soak rice and dal together for 2 hours.
Grind to a very smooth paste and add salt to it.
Dissolve jaggery in 1/4 cup of water and drain it.
Mix coconut and jaggery water in a heavy bottomed pan stir on low flame until the mixture comes together.
Switch off the flame and add cardamon powder.
Roll them into small balls and keep aside.
Heat oil in kadai, dip each ball in the prepared batter, put it in oil and fry until golden brown.