Friday, July 20, 2007

Adai


Ingredients:
  • Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
  • Chana Dal - 1/2 cup
  • Urad Dal - 1/4 cup
  • Rice - 1 cup
  • Red Chilies - 7
  • Cumin - 1 tsp
  • Asafoetida -1/4 tsp
  • Grated coconut - 1 tbsp
  • Red Pearl Onions(small) - 15
  • Plantain flowers (optional)
  • Drumstick leaves (optional)
  • Curry Leaves
  • Cilantro
  • Ginger- finely chopped-1/4 inch (optional)
  • Oil - for making dosa
  • salt

Preparation:

  • Soak Rice,Toor Dal, Chana Dal and urad Dal for 2 hours.
  • Add 1/2 tsp salt,cumin seeds , red chillies, asafoetida ,curry leaves , cilantro and grind it coarsely.
  • Add grated coconut,ginger , finely chopped onions, chopped drumstick leaves or chopped plantain flower to the flour.
  • Heat the tawa and pour little batter and spread it like dosa and pour little oil around it and once cooked on one side, turn it upside down.
  • Once done,serve it hot with avial or chutney and little butter on the top.
  • You could also use jaggery along with the chutney.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Andhra Paruppu podi

Ingredients:

  • Pottu kadali - 1/2 kg
  • Red chillies-50 gms
  • Garlic - 10 gms (donot remove the skin)
  • Salt

Preparation:

  • Roast all the above except salt in a pan without oil.
  • Wait until it is golden brown.
  • Remove from heat and cool it.
  • Grind it with salt.
  • Sieve it if you would like a fine powder.
  • Serve with rice by adding ghee to the powder.

Malli (Cilantro) Masala

Ingredients:
  • Cilantro - 2 bunch
  • Onion- 2 chopped
  • Garlic- 6 cloves
  • Sesame oil-4tsp
  • Salt
  • Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
  • Asafoetida - little
  • Tamarind-size of a small ball (soak and make a thick juice out of it)
For frying:
  • Coriander seeds-1 tsp
  • Red chillies-5
  • Cumin seeds - 1/s tsp
  • Gram dal - 2 tsp

Preparation:

  • Fry the ingredients above without oil in a hot pan and grind it into a coarse powder.
  • Clean and chop the cilantro.
  • Heat the oil in a pan and add mustard.
  • Once it starts to splutter, add onion and garlic and saute until golden brown.
  • Now add salt and turmeric powder and saute.
  • Add the cilantro, asafoetida and the tamarind water and stir for 2-3 minutes.
  • Then add the ground powder and cook for 3-4 mins and remove from heat.
  • Serve with hot rotis or with rice.