Tomato Rice

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 3
• Onion - 1
• Garlic - 4 pods
• Ginger - small piece
• Cinnamon - small piece
• Salt
• coriander leaves
• Cooked rice - 2 cups
• For Seasoning - Oil - 6-7 tsp,Mustard seeds,zeera,hing 

Method:

• Grind masala with 2 tomatoes,garlic,ginger,salt,cinnemon and keep aside
• Chop onions to thin pieces(vertically) and cut 1 tomato to quite big piece
• In a pan, add oil, zeera,mustard seeds,hing, once it splutters add chopped onions and tomato
• Fry till onion turns light brown and add grinded masala,coriander leaves and cook for 10-15 mins
• Mix this gravy with cooked rice and serve with raita 

Servings - 2

Mango Rice (mavinakayi chitranna)

Ingredients:

• Cocunut(shredded) - 1/2 cup
• Mango(shredded) - 1 cup
• Red chillies - 6-7
• Roasted methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Hing(for grinding) - 1/4 tsp
• Jagery - small piece
• curry leaves
• coriander leaves
• salt
• Cooked rice - 2 cups
• For seasoning - oil - 6-7 tsp,mustard seeds,hing,channa dal,peanuts

Method:

• Fry red chillies,methi seeds with little oil and grind it with coconut and hing
• In a pan, add oil,mustard seeds,channa dal,peanuts,hing
• Add grinded masala to the above seasoning, add salt,jagery,curry leaves,coriander leaves and fry for 5 mins
• Now add shredded mango and fry for 10 mins
• mix this with cooked rice

Servings - 2

Raagi dosa

 

 

Ingredients:

• Ragi flour - 1 and 1/2 cups
• Rice flour - 1/2 cup
• Curd - 1/2 cup
• Salt
• coriander leaves
• Green chillies - 2-3
• water - 2 cups

 

Method:

• Mix all ingredients and make smooth batter
• Keep batter aside for 30 mins(consistancy of batter should be thin compared to other dosa batters)
• Spread thin layer of batter on tawa, spread oil over it
• Serve with chutney

Servings - 5-6 dosas

 

Cucumber Dosa

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 2 cups
2. Cucumber - 1 (Medium size)
3. Onion - 1 (Medium size)
4. Ginger - 1 smal piece
5. Curry leaves - 10 nos
6. Salt

Method:

1. Peel off skin of cucumber and cut into pieces
2. Soak rice and cucumber pieces for 4-5 hrs
3. Together grind rice,cucumber,onion,curry leaves,onion, salt
4. Spread thin layer of batter on tawa, apply oil and cook on both side
5. Serve hot with chutney

Servings - 2

Dhokla

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup sooji (semolina flour) - 1
2. 1 curd – 1 cup
3. Salt – 1/2 tsp
4. lemon juice – 2 tsp
5. Pinch of turmeric (haldi)
6. Green chillies (chopped)
7. Sodium Bicarbonate – 1tsp
8. Chopped coriander leaves
9. For seasoning: oil, mustard seeds, green chillies

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients (add little water if needed) and the mixture should have a thick consistency and cover it and leave it for 30 mins.
2. Keep the steamer ready on the flame. (Can use thick bottom vessel or Idly cooker)
3. Grease a shallow container with a little oil and pour the mixture into it (Picture 1)
4. Place this shallow container inside and steam cook this for 10-15 mins
5. Once cooked completely, allow to cool for some time and transfer it to plate (Picture 2)
6. Spread seasoning on it and cut into pieces, serve hot with spicy chutney

Serving - 2

Rava rotti

Ingredients:

1. Rava - 2 cups
2. Carrot ( grated) - 1/2 cup
3. Onion (Chopped) - 1 cup
4. Green chillies - 10 nos
5. Coriander leaves (chopped) - 1/2 cup
6. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
7. Salt
8. Oil - 1 cup

Method:

1. In a big container,except oil mix all other ingredients. Do not add water now.
2. Take tawa, spread 3-4 tsps of oil
3. Now take a small portion of the above mixture( about 1 cup) in a corner of same container and add little water sufficient to make it wet. ( Note: if water is added to the entire rava mixture, it becomes sticky and difficult to spread it on tawa.Hence the reason for mixing water to small portion of rava mixture)
4. Take this small portion of wet mixture and place it on tawa and spread it with hand ( by tapping on it), dip hand in water in between and continue spreading till done to the entire tawa.
5. Place tawa on stove,cover with lid
6. cook for 7-8 mins, take out lid in between and check if cooked completely , continue for on other side.
7. Serve with chutney

Servings - 4 rottis

Palak poppu ( Andra special )

Ingredients:

1. Toor dal - 1 cup
2. Palak(chopped) - 2 cup
3. Onion - 1
4. Tomato - 1
5. Green chillies - 4-5 nos
6. Garlic - 1 pod
7. Tamarind paste - 1/2 tsp
8. Ghee - 3 tsp
9. Termeric powdwer
10. Water - 1 cup
11. Salt

Method

1. Cook dal seperately and keep aside
2. In a pan add water,palak ( finely chopped),green chillies, tamarind, termeric powder,salt,tomatoes,garlic and boil it till all ingredients becomes soft
3. In another frying pan, add ghee, mustard seeds,onions ( finely chopped) and fry till it becomes light brown
4. Add this fried onions and cooked dal to the boiling palak and other ingredients (reff step 2), continue boiling for 10 mins.

Servings: 2

Note: Tastes good with rice/ragi ball/chapatis

Ash Gourd Dosa

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 1 cup
2. Coconut - 1/2 cup (grated)
3. White pumpkin ( Ash gourd) - 2 cup (Soft portion of ash gourd should be used)
4. Jagery - 2 tsp
5. Salt
6. Methi seeds - 1 tsp

 Method:

1. 
   
   Soak rice and methi seeds over night and grind with coconut,jagery ash gourd and salt
   
   
   
2. 
   
   Once batter is grinded, keep it aside for 2 hrs. (Adding ash gourd makes dosa very soft. Hence  fermentation not required)
   
   
   
3. 
   
   Spread batter on tawa by adding little oil
   
   
   
4. 
   
   Serve hot with coconut chutney
   
   
   

Servings  - 2

Adai

Ingedients:

1. Rice - ½ cup
2. Urad dhaal - ¼ cup
3. Chana dhaal - ¼ cup
4. Thoor dhaal - ¼ cup
5. Yellow moong dhaal - ¼ cup
6. Red chillis - 6-7
7. Onion - 1 (small)
8. Jeera - 1 tsp
9. Salt

Method:

1. Soak all dal and rice in water over night.
2. Grind with onion,jeera,salt,red chillis and little water.
3. Spread it on tawa and apply oil
4. Serve hot with chutney

Servings - 2

Pineapple Kesari bhath

Ingredients:

1.Rava ( Fine) - 1 cup

2.Ghee - 3/4 cup

3.Pineapple (chopped)  -  1/2 cup

4.Water - 1/2 cup

5.Milk - 1 -1/2 cup

6.Saffron - 2 pinches safforn soaked in 1 tsp of warm milk ( if saffron not avaiable, 2 pinches of termeric 

   powder can be used)

7.Cashews and Raisins - 10- 12 nos

8.Sugar - 1 cup

9.Cardomom powder - 1/4 tsp

Method:

1.In a pan, add ghee, add cashews and raisins. Once it turns brown, take out cashews and raisins and keep

   aside.

2.Add Suji/Rava to the ghee and keep stiring till rava turns light brown

3.Add milk,water,saffron/termeric powder,pineapple pieces and continue stiring till rava boils completly.

4.Add sugar,cardemom powder and mix well. continue cooking for 2-3 mins

5.Switch off stove, add fried cashews and raisins, mix well and serve hot.

Note: With the same receipe, banana can be used instead of pineapple.

Servings:2 nos