Upma Kozhakattai
Ingredients • Plain rice – 1 cups • Tuvar dal – 2 Tbsp • Pepper seeds – 1 tbsp • Grated coconut – 1 cup • Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp • Split urad dal – 1 tsp • Red chilies – 3-4 • Salt as required • Curry Leaves – 4-5 • Asafetida a pinch • Oil – 2 tsp Preparation 1. Soak Plain rice and Tuvar dal for about 20 minutes wash...
South Indian toordal & tomato Soup-2
Ingredients Soup: • 1 walnut sized ball of seeded tamarind pulp soaked in 1 C of hot water • 2 C water • 1 tomato chopped • 1 green chili • ½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder • ¼ Tsp red chili powder • 2 Tsp coriander powder • 1 Tsp cumin powder • 1½ Tsp salt • 1 Tsp brown sugar/jaggery • 1 C cooked toor dal water (cook 3 Tbsp toor dal in 1½ C water) • 2 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves Tempering: • 1 Tbsp ghee • 1 dry red chili...
Jeera Rasam
Ingredients •¼ C toor dal •1 walnut sized ball of seeded tamarind pulp •1 C hot water •1½ Tsp rasam powder •1¼ Tsp salt •3 C water •¼ Tsp yellow asafetida powder •1 Tsp cumin seeds •3-4 whole black pepper •2 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves •1 big tomato, cut into 1.5 cm cubes •2 Tsp ghee •1 Tsp mustard seeds •8-9 fresh curry leaves Preparation 1.Soak the toor dal in water for 30 minutes. 2.Soak the tamarind in hot water for...
Dhal Mix (Chitla podi)
Ingredients • Red gram dhal (Toor) – ½ cup • Bengal gram dhal – ½ cup • Black gram dhal – ½ cup • Green gram dhal – ½ cup • Tamarind – small gooseberry sized • Red chilies – 20 • Salt – as required Preparation 1. Roast each dhal separately in a hot pan, in medium flame without adding oil, till light brown. 2. Fry red chilies...
South Indian Style Eggplant Curry
Ingredients •50 gm tamarind •1½ C water •1 Tsp coriander seeds •3 Tsp chana dal •2 dried red chilies •1½ Tbsp grated fresh coconut •½ Tsp turmeric •1½ tsp salt •¼ Tsp asafetida powder •400 gm eggplant / brinjals, diced into 1-inch cubes •1 C cooked toor dal •¾ C cooked chickpeas (chana/chole) Seasoning: •1 Tsp oil •1...