Instant Bhatura with Soda Water

Ingredients

All purpose flour / maida                     : 1 cup 
Sooji / Rava                                          : 1tsp
Soda water                                            : 1/4 cup
Baking soda                                          : a pinch
Sugar                                                     : 1/2tsp
Salt
Oil

Method

In a wide bowl add maida, rava , baking soda , salt ,sugar and mix well.
Add soda water and knead well. 

Add 1 or 2 tbsps of soda water if needed.
Cover it with a wet cloth and keep aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
Heat oil in a frying pan / Kadai.
Divide the dough into lemon sized balls, roll it.
When the oil is hot, gently slip one bhatura into it and fry till golden brown in colour.
Serve hot with Quick Green Peas Curry made with Besan flour

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Instant Ragi & Wheat flour dosa

Ingredients

Ragi flour                        : 1 cup
Wheat flour                     : 1 cup
Rava                                : 1 tbsp
Chopped green chillies    : 2 tsp
Grated ginger                   : 1/4 tsp
Grated coconut                 : 2 tbsps
Cunin seeds : 1 tbsp
Pepper corns : 1 tsp
Coriander leaves
Curry leaves
Salt
oil

Method

Mix all the ingredients well except oil, add enough water to make thin batter. 

Heat a non stick pan, rub some oil , drizzle a ladle of batter on to the hot tawa.
Pour some oil around the corners, let it cook till the edges turn brown.
Flip over and let the other side cook.

Fold the dosa and remove from flame.

Serve hot with coconut chutney..

Enjoy......

Sambar vadai / சாம்பார் வடை

Ulundu Vadai recipe 

Ingredients

Urad dal : 1 cup
Raw rice : 1 tsp
Chopped onion : 1/4 cup
Green chillies : 2 nos
Grated ginger : 1/4 tsp
Salt
Asafoetida
Curry leaves
Oil 
Method

Wash & soak urad dal and rice for 2 to 3 hours.
Strain it completely and grind along with green chillies,salt,ginger for 45 minutes.
Sprinkle water if necessary.
Once done,remove from grinder ,add curry leaves,asafoetida and mix well.
Heat oil in a kadai, take a banana leaf or plastic cover ,wipe it with water,take a little amount of urad dal mixture,spread and make a little hole in the middle, take it out from the leaf / cover , add it in the hot oil.
Slowly flip the vadai to the other side and let it fry.
Once the vadai becomes golden brown,remove from oil.

Tiffin sambar recipe 

Ingredients

Cooked toor dal : 3/4 cup
Small Onion : 8 to 10 nos
Tomato : 1
Carrot : 1
Tamarind water : 1/4 cup
Red chilly : 2 nos
Salt
Coriander leaves
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Oil

To grind

Coconut : 1 1/2 tbsp
Tomato : 1
Fried gram dal : 1 tbsp
Sambar powder : 2 tsps 
Method

Chop the onion ,carrot,tomato and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, broken red chilly, curry leaves and fry.
Add carrot ,tomato and fry for few minutes.
Add salt, sprinkle little water and let the carrot cook until soft.
Grind all the ingredients mentioned under 'to grind' to a fine paste and keep aside.
Add tamarind water ,coconut paste,cooked dal and mix everything well.
Let the sambar boil for 5 to 8 minutes.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Sambar vadai recipe 

Soak the vadain hot water for few minutes.

Gently squeeze the vada , arrange in serving bowl.

Add hot sambar over it and serve hot...

Enjoy