Urd Dahl Dosa
Ingredients • Urad dahl, skinned, split or whole – 1 cup • Short grained rice – 2 cups • Water • Salt – 1 tbsp • Sugar – 1 tbsp • Chopped coriander leaves (or 1 t coriander powder if unavailable) – 2 tbsp • Chilies, minced (or 1/2 t cayenne or ground black pepper) – 1-2 • Ghee for frying • You will need a blender or food processor. Preparation 1. Sort, wash and soak the urd and rice together for at...
Idlis
Ingredients • 2 Cups rice • 1 C split urad dal without skins (if grinding in a wet stonegrinder, use ½ C urad dal) • 1½ C water (or as needed) • 1½ Tsp salt Preparation 1. Wash thoroughly the rice and urad dal. Soak them separately in water for 8 hours or overnight. 2. Drain the rice and dal. In a food processor or wet grinder, first grind the dal, to a fine paste by adding water little by little or as required. Scrape often to...
Uttapam
Ingredients • Raw rice – 3 Cups • Minced ginger – 1 Spoon • Urad dal – 1 Cup • Chopped coriander leaves – 2 tbsp • Chopped green chilies – 2-3 • Salt to taste • Cooking oil – as required. Preparation 1. Wash urad dal and rice separately. 2. Soak in water for 3 hours in two bowls. 3. Blend them separately to smooth paste using some water. 4. Mix them and add the salt. 5. Keep it for the whole night....
Mustard Rice
Ingredients • Rice – I cup • Ground nuts – 1 ½ tbsp (Without skin. roasted) • Cashew nuts – 1 tbsp • Ghee – 1 ½ tbsp • Oil – 2 tbsp • Salt -as required • Finely Cut Coriander Leaves – few For Seasoning: • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp. • Black gram dhal – 1 tsp. • Bengal gram dhal – 1 tsp. • Red chilies – few Grind together: • Grated fresh coconut – ¼ cup • chilies – 3-4...
Milk Pongal
Ingredients • New rice – 1 cup • Salt (powdered) – ½ tsp. • Milk – 10 cups Preparation 1. Boil milk in a heavy bronze vessel. 2. When it starts boiling reduces the flame and add washed rice. (Do not soak). 3. Keep stirring constantly in medium flame till rice is cooked soft. (Keep one or two cups of hot milk separately). 4. If the pongal thickens before the rice becomes soft, add hot milk and continue cooking. 5....