Coconut Chutney
Ingredients: • Dessicated coconut – 1½ cups • Mild yogurt – 1½ cups • Cold water – ½ cup • Minced fresh ginger – 1 tbsp • Hot green chilies, chopped – 2 tsp • Freshly ground black pepper – ¼ tsp • Salt – ½ tsp • Peanut oil – 2 tbsp • Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Split urad dal – 1½ tsp • Fresh curry leaves – 10 or 12 • Yellow asafetida powder – ¼ tsp Preparation:...
Mung Bean Soup
Ingredients • Mung beans, whole – 1 cup • Roma tomatoes – 3 • Ghee – 4 – 5 tbsp • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Fresh ginger, grated – 2 tbsp • Hing – 1/4 tsp • Black pepper, ground – 1/4 tsp • Urad dahl, split – 1/2 tsp • Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp • Turmeric – 1/2 tsp • Salt Preparation 1. Soak the beans in water a couple hours. Bring to a boil and let simmer until dahl...
Melaga Pudi
Ingredients •Urad dal – 1 Cup. •Red grams dal (tuver dal) – 1 cup. •Red chili powder – 1 ½ cup. •Salt – as required. •Turmeric powder – 1 tsp. Preparation 1. Roast all the dal separately in a little oil, till brown. 2. Grind them in grinding stone and mix red chili powder, salt and turmeric powder mix well and fill in the bottle. 3. It can be served with dosa, uttapam or idli Note: You can mix little oil in it while serving. Serves 2...
Ridge Gourd Chutney
Ingredients Chutney: • 1 large rigde gourd or 2 medium sized • 4 Tbsp oil • 3 large dried red chilies • 1 Tsp urad dal • 1 Tbsp chana dal • 9-10 fresh curry leaves • ½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder • ½ Tsp fenugreek seeds • 1-inch tamarind bit ( I prefer not to use the store bought tamarind paste) • 1 Tsp salt (use more if your chat masala doesn’t have any salt in it) • ¼- ½ C water Tempering: •1 Tsp oil, 1 dried red chilly, •1 Tsp...
Kara Vadai
Ingredients • Idli Rice – 4 cups • Raw Rice – ¼ cup • Black Gram – 1 cup • Green Chilly – 2 (finely chopped) • Curry Leaves – few • Orange Food Color – 1 pinch (if u need more color, you can add accordingly) • Salt – to taste • Oil Preparation 1. Soak Idli rice and raw rice together for an hour in water. 2. Soak black gram separately in another bowl for half an hour. 3. Wash the rice and grind...