Fried Rice

Ingredients:
Onion - 1 (Small)
Beans and Carrot (cut it length wise), - 1/2 cup
Spring onions - 1(small bunch)
Capsicum - 1(small)
Green chillies - 3-4 nos
Jeera - 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Butter - 7-8 tsp
Soy sauce - 4-5 tsp
Cooked Basmati rice - 2 cup
Salt

Method:
1. In a pan add butter and jeera once it splutters add green chillies,Ginger-Garlic paste,onions and fry for 2
    min
2. Add chopped carrot , beans,capsicum and continue frying
3. Now add spring onions(do not let it become soft)
4. Add cooked rice,salt. soy sauce and mix well

Red bell pepper and cashew curry

Ingredients:
Red bell pepper - 1/2 ( Medium size)
Onion - 1 ( Medium size)
Tomato - 1(Medium size)
Cashews - 100 gms
Jeera and Dhania powder - 1 tsp
Red chillies - 4 nos
Oil - 6 tsp
Kasoori methi(for garnishing)
Salt

Method:
1.In a pan add oil, once it gets heated up add red chilles,chopped onions and fry until translucent.
2.Add chopped tomato and red bell pepper and fry till it becomes soft.
3.Now grind fried onion,tomato and red pepper along with cashews(Do not fry cashews)
4.Boil grinded paste, add jeera and dhania powder, salt, small pieces of bell pepper ( To make it colorful) and continue boiling for 10-15 mins
5.Once curry is ready, mash kasoori methi leaves, sprinkle over the curry(adding Kassori methi brings unforgettable exotic flavour)

Carrot Payasa

Ingredients:
Carrot - 2 nos
milk - 5 cups
water - 1 cup
cashews - 1 cup
sugar - 1 and 1/2 cup

Method:
1. cut thin slices of carrot and boil it( either in pressure cooker or in microwave) with 2-3 cups of milk
2. Once carrot and milk gets cooled, grind it with cashews and sugar
3. Add little water while grinding to make it thin liquid.
4. Boil this liquid for about 10-15 mins ( Add milk if the consistancy becomes thick )

Heerekai / Ridge Gourd Tovve

Ingredients:
Ridge gourd - 1( Medium Size)
Red chillies - 4
Moog Dal - 1 cup
Finely choped ginger - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves
Lemon
Termeric
Hing
Salt
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp (Seasoning)
Uradal - 1/2 tsp (Seasoning)
oil - 2 tsp

Method:
1. Cook Dal and Ridge gourd seperately, mash dal to fine paste and keep it aside
2. In a pan add oil,mustard seeds,Hing, cumin seeds, uradal, red chillies, ginger
3. Add dal and cooked ridge gourd to the above seasoning.
4. Add little termeric,salt and coriander leaves to the above mixture and continue boiling for 5- 10 mins
5. Once stove is switched off add lemon juice to this.
6. Tastes good with rice
Note: Instead of ridge gourd other vegetables like pumkin, cucumber can be used.

Plain Rava Dosa

Ingredients:

1. Rava - 2 cup
2. Rice flour - 1 cup
3. coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
4. cumin seeds - 1 tsp
5. salt
6. curd - 1/4 cup

Method:

1.  Mix all the ingredients and add water to make consistancy slightly thinner than normal dosa   batter
2. Heat the tawa and spread batter over tawa and put oil
3. Once its cooked flip the dosa and cook on other side (Note Keep heat in medium low)
4. Serve with butter and chutney/ chutney pudi

Crispy Masala Dosa

Ingredients:
Sona masuri rice – 3 cups
Uradal – 1 cup
Poha / Puffed rice – 1/2 cup
Channa dal – 1/2 cup
Methi seeds – 1 tsp

Method:
1. Soak the above ingredients overnight and grind it to fine paste.
2. Add 1 tsp of sugar to the batter( Adding sugar makes dosa crispy and brown)
3. Once dosa batter ferments, add salt and spread it on tawa ( Use ghee/butter to make it more tasty)
4. Serve hot with chutney and Aloo subji.

Set Dosa

Set Dosa



Ingredients:
Sona masuri rice – 1 cup
Uradal – 1/4 cup
Poha / Puffed rice – 3/4 cup
Methi seeds – 1/4 tsp

Method:
1. Soak the above ingredients overnight and grind it to fine paste.
2. Add 1 tsp of sugar to the batter
3. Once dosa batter ferments, add salt and spread it on tawa ( Use ghee/butter to make it more tasty)
4. Serve hot with chutney and Vegetable saagu.