Sweet Potato Bonda

Ingredients For filling

Boiled Sweet  potato    : 4
Chopped onion : 1 cup
Green chilly       : 4
Chopped ginger  : 1/2 tsp
Mustard 
Turmeric powder
Oil
Salt
Curry leaves 

Ingredients For the Batter 

Gram flour    : 1 cup
Rice flour      : 2 tsp
Corn flour     : 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder : 1 tsp
Turmeric powder  
Asafotida
Salt 

Method

Mix the batter ingredients to a thick paste with required amount of  water and keep aside.
Heat oil in kadai, add mustard, chopped green chillies,ginger,chopped onions, curry leaves and stir well.
Add mashed sweet potatoes,turmeric powder, salt and mix well. 
Saute them well for 5 mins and let it cool. 
Heat oil in a kadai.
Make small balls from potato mixture ,dip it into the batter and deep fry them..
Serve hot with any chutneys. ( click here for chutney recipes) 

Classic Combo 8

   

Adai + Coconut Chutney + Rava Kesari + Curd Rice  

Adai Recipe 

http://www.vidhuskitchen.in/2010/01/adai-recipe.html 

Coconut Chutney Recipe 

http://www.vidhuskitchen.in/2010/01/adai-recipe.html 

Curd Rice Recipe 

http://www.vidhuskitchen.in/2012/11/curd-rice-thayir-sadam.html 

Rava Kesari Recipe

http://www.vidhuskitchen.in/2013/10/rava-kesari.html  

Paneer Mutter Masala / Mutter Paneer

Ingredietns

Paneer Cubes       : 1 cup ( Click here for Homemade paneer recipe) 
Cooked peas        : 1 cup
Onion                   : 2
Tomato                  : 2 
Ginger - Garlic paste : 1 tbsp 
Cashewnuts      : 1 tbsp
Kashmiri Red chilly powder : 1 tbsp 
Coriander powder                  : 1 tsp
Garam masala powder     : 1 tsp
Oil                      : 2 tbsps 
Milk                  : 2 cup
Ghee                  : 1 tsp 
Cinnamon stick      : 1
Cardamom             : 1
Cloves                     : 2
Sugar                       : 1 tsp
Green chillies          : 2
Salt
Coriander leaves  

Method 

Grind onion,tomato,cashewnuts,ginger-garlic paste,red chilly powder, coriander powder,garam masala powder together to a fine paste. 
Heat oil + ghee in a kadai,add cinnamon stick,cardamom,cloves,1 tsp sugar,chopped green chillies and fry. 
Add the masala paste,salt,1/4 cup milk and cover & cook till the  oil seperate from the masala.Add  cooked green peas, and paneer cubes to it and mix gently and cook for few mi nutes. 

Remove from heat and serve Hot 

Rava Kitchadi / Kalyana Rava Kitchadi - A must in Tamil Brahmin Wedding Breakfast

Roasted Rava             :   1 cup

Moong dal                 : 1/4 cup 

Chopped vegetables  : 1 cup ( carrot,beans,potato) 

Chopped onion          : 2 tbsps

Chopped tomato        : 2 tbsps

Green peas                 : 2 tbsps

Green chillies            : 4

Oil                              : 2 tbsps

Ghee                          : 2 tbsps + 1 tbsp 

Turmeric powder        : 1/4 tsp 

Water                         : 3 1/2 cups

Mustard seeds

Curry leaves 

Salt

Method

Wash & pressure cook moong dal for upto 2 whistles.

Heat 2 tbsps Oil  + 2 tbsps ghee in a heavy bottomed pan,add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter.

Add Onion,green chillies ,curry leaves and fry.

Add all the chopped vegetables, green peas,tomato, turmeric powder and salt.

Cook the vegetables for 5 minutes on low flame. 

Now add water and let it boil.

When water starts boiling,add the mashed dal, mix & reduce the flame,add rava slowly.

Keep stirring to avoid formation of lumps.

When all the water is absorbed, cover and cook on low flame for 5 minutes.

Finally add the remaining 1 tbsp ghee and mix everything well. 

Serve hot with coconut chutney.