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.

Navaratan Korma

 

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups peas boiled
2. 1 large carrot chopped and boiled
3. 1/2 cup tomato sauce
4. 1/4 cup curd
5. 1/4 cup malai(cream)
6. 3 tbsp. butter
7. 1 small sweet lime
8. 1 small apple
9. 1 banana
10. 2 slices pineapple
11. 10-15 cashewnuts
12. 20 raisins
13. 2 glaced cherries for decoration
14. 1 tbsp. coriander chopped
15. 1 tbsp. ghee
16. salt to taste

 

Masala:
1 tsp. cuminseeds
2 tsp. khuskhus (poppyseeds)
1 tsp. cardamoms
1 large onion
1/4 cup coconut shredded
3 green chillies
10 cashews

Method:

1. Grind the masala with above ingredients.
2. Chop all the fruit fine.
3. Heat ghee and fry 7-8 cashews and raisins, drain and keep aside.
4. Add butter to ghee and heat, add the masala and fry for 2 minutes. 
5. Add the carrots and peas, mix together curd ,cream , tomato sauce and add to gravy.
6. Allow to thicken a bit, add chopped fruits, cashews and raisins and boil till the gravy is thick and the fat separates.
7. Garnish with coriander and chopped cherries.
8. Serve hot with Chapati/naan/roti or paratha.

Spring Onion Dosa

Ingredients:
Sona masuri rice – 1 cup
Tamarind paste – 2 tsp
Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
Dhaniya/coriander seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli - 4-5 nos
Spring onions/ Green onions - 2 bunch
Jagery
Termeric
salt

Method:
1)Soak rice for 3-4 hrs
2)Grind rice with above ingredients except spring onions
3)Add required amount of water to the batter( consistency of batter should be thinner than other dosa batter)and keep batter aside for about 1 hr
4)Add finely chopped spring onions to the batter and spread it on tawa
5)Serve hot with butter and chutney