Herbed Cracked Wheat Uppma with fried vegetables
If you have the luxury of a kitchen herb garden, feel free to add your favorites. I enjoy summer savory, coriander, parsley, mint and marjoram. If you must resort to dried herbs, at least feature fresh parsley, a year-round staple even in supermarkets. Cracked wheat and bulgur can be used interchangeably and are available at supermarkets, specialty stores and many co-ops. Bulgur is wheat that ahs been boiled, dried and cracked, with a...
Chilled yogurt Rice with Shredded Mango
This moist, pleasantly seasoned rice and yogurt dish in the South Indian tradition takes only a short time to prepare. Whenever rice is combined with yogurt, the result is refreshing, nutritious and easy to digest. The combination may be served either chilled or at room temperature, so it fits into many different menus. This particular rice dish is a welcome favorite, especially in the summer season, when light rice is...
Coconut Chutney
Ingredients •Grated coconut – 4 tbsp. •Bengal gram (chana dal) roasted – 2 Tsp. •Ginger peeled and chopped – 1 piece. •Fresh coriander leaves chopped – 4 tbsp. •Green chilies chopped – 4 •Each of mustard seeds and black gram (urad dal) – 1 tsp. •Asafetida powder – ½ •Curry leaves – 4. •Red chilies (broken into bits) –...
Dosa Batter
Ingredients • Rice – 4 cups • Whole Urad dal – 1 cup • Fenugreek seeds – 1 tbsp • Salt – 2 tbsp Preparation 1. Soak the rice and urad dhal, fenugreek seed separately for about 4 hours. 2. First grind the urad dhal and fenugreek seeds in a blender by adding water to it. 3. Add the drained well soaked rice. Blend it to a fine consistency with little water. 4. It should be like that of a...
Lemon Rice
Ingredients •2 C rice •4 C water •Juice of 3 large lemons (or 4 small lemons) •2¼ Tsp salt •2 Tbsp oil •1¼ Tsp black mustard seeds •1 Tbsp chana dal •1 Tsp split urad dal •3 Tbsp peanuts •2 green chilies cut lengthwise •10-12 fresh curry leaves •½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder •1¼ Tsp turmeric powder Preparation 1.Combine the rice and...