Set Dosa - Method 2

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 2-1/2 cups
2. Poha - 1 cup
3. Uradal - 1/2 cup
4. Curd - 1 cup
5. Methi seeds - 1 tsp
6. Salt
7. Sugar - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Soak rice,uradal,methi seeds overnight
2. Soak poha in curd for 2 hours
3. Grind seperately and mix well
4. Add salt and sugar to the batter and keep it warm place for 8-10 hours
5. Once batter is fermented, spread batter on hot tawa, sprinkle grated carrot and coriander leaves, spread oil/butter over it
6. Roast on both sides
7. Serve hot with chutney

Servings - makes 10-12 dosas

Tamarind Rice

Ingredients:

1. Cooked rice - 1 cup
2. Tamarind extract - 1 cup
3. Jagery - small piece
4. Curry leaves
5. Peanuts - 10 nos
6. Till (powdered) - 1 tsp
7. Salt
8. Green chillies  - 3 nos
9. For seasoning - Oil -6 tsp, mustard seeds,channa dal, hing, termeric powder

Method:

1. In a pan, add oil, mustard seeds and once it splutters add channa dal,peanuts,hing,green chillies,curry leaves and fry for few seconds
2. Add tamarind extract,jagery, salt, termeric powder and boil till it becomes pulp
3. Switch off stove, mix this pulp with cooked rice, add till powder, mix well and serve hot

Servings - 2

Pizza

Ingredients:

1. All purpose flour/Maida - 2 cups
2. Warm water - 1 cup
3. Salt - 1 tsp
4. Sugar - 1/2 tsp
5. Yeast - 2 tsp
6. Vegetables - for toppings
7. Olive oil - 4 tsp
8. Shredded Cheese
9. Tomato sauce - 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Add sugar,yeast,salt to the warm water, mix well and keep aside for 10 mins (Note: Yeast should not be added to hot water)
2. Take mixing bowl, add maida, olive oil, yeast disolved water and mix weel to make dough (Consistancy should be softer than chapati dough)
3. Cover the dough with wet cloth and keep it warm place for about 1 hour
4. Now take out the dough, knead it thoroughly and keep it aside again for 1 hour
5. Take oven safe tray, spread the dough about 1/2 inch thickness evenly in a round shape
6. Apply tomato sauce over the dough (Sauce should cover entire dough)
7. Spread desired vegetables on dough and cheese on top of vegetables ( cheese should cover all vegetables)
8. Finally sprinkle olive oil on the cheese, keep it in oven at 450 F for about 15-20 mins ( or till cheese melts and turns brown) 

Servings - makes medium size pizza

 

Dahi Vada

Ingredients:

1. Vadas (Reffer vada receipe under snacks category)
2. Curd - 2 cups
3. Coriander leaves
4. Curry leaves
5. Grated carrot - 2 tsp
6. Sev
7. Salt - 1 tsp
8. Sugar - 1/2 tsp
9. Warm water - for soaking vadas
10. For seasoning - oil - 4 tsp, mustard seeds,uradal,green chillies, hing

Method:

1. Once vadas are fried, allow to cool for 2 mins
2. Soak vadas in warm water for 1-2 mins
3. In a container, add curd, salt,sugar and seasoning, grated carrot,curry leaves, coriander leaves and mix well
4. Now take out vada from warm water, squeeze the vada using palm and remove water from it
5. soak this squeezed vadas in above curd mixture for about 5-6 hours
6. Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving
7. Garnish with sev and coriander leaves and serve chill

Lemon Rasam

Ingredients:

1. Coconut milk - 1 cup
2. Water - 1 cup
3. Green chillies - 2
4. Curry leaves
5. Coriander leaves
6. Lemon juice - 2 tsp
7. Salt
8. Jagery - 1/2 tsp (powdered) or small piece
9. For Seasoning - Coconut Oil - 2tsp, uradal, hing, mustard seeds,turmeric powder

Method:

1. In a pan, add oil,mustard seeds. once it splutters add uradal,hing, curry leaves,turmeric powder
2. Now add water to the above seasoning, once it starts boiling add jagery,green chillies (should be cut vertically),salt and continue boiling for 10 mins
3. Add coconut milk (Grind grated coconut along with little water to smooth and filter this to extract coconut milk)
4. Continue boiling for  2-3 mins, switch off the stove
5. Once it gets cooled add lemon juice and mix well
6. Tastes good with rice

Servings - 2

Chakkuli

Ingredients:

1. Rice flour - 3 cups
2. Fried gram (powdered) - 1 cup
3. Til - 1 tsp
4. Chilli powder - 2 tsp
5. Jeera - 1 tsp
6. Butter (melted) - 1/4 cup
7. Ajwain - 1/4 tsp
8. Salt
9. Water - for making dough
10. Oil - for deep fry

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients with little water ,except oil to deep fry ( Consistancy should be softer than the chapati dough)
2. Grease the chakkuli utensil make, put small portion of dough into it and make chakkuli shapes, deep fry them till golden brown