Rava Dosa

Rava Dosa is a favourite recipe for all of us. Its quick and easy to make and it tastes delicious. Just a good measurement should give a crispy dosa...Here goes the recipe for Rava dosa...

All u need...!!!
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1. Rice flour - 1 cup
2. Rava / Sooji - 1/2 cup
3. Maida - 1/4 cup
4. Salt to taste
5. Mustard - 2tsp
6. Cumin seeds - 2tsp
7. Green chillies - 2 chopped finely
8. Cilantro
9. Ginger - chopped finely
10. Onion - 1 big chopped finely
11. Curry leaves
12. Pepper
13. Oil - 2 tsp

How u go on making them...
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1. Mix all the 3 flours with the required salt and keep them aside.
2. Now in a non stick pan add 2 tsp of oil and when it gets hot add mustard, cumin seeds.
3. When they begin to splutter add onions, chilles, ginger, curry leaves. Fry them till onions turn little brown.
4. Add all these ingrediants to the mixed flour along with little pepper n cilantro leaves.
5. Add water and mix them well to get a batter. The batter should be watery and flowing.
6. Head the tawa and take 1 laddle full of batter and spread on the tawa starting from the sides to the middle. Add 1tsp of oil/ghee to the sides. Once it turns golden brown turn to the other side and heat them till both sides turn golden brown.

Rava dosa is ready. Serve them hot with chatni or sambar.

Peanut Chutney

Peanut chutney is easy to make n tastes delicious...it goes well with dosas....
Here goes the recipe...

All u need...!!!
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1. Roasted Peanut - 1 1/2 cups
2. Tamarind - pinch
3. Salt to taste
4. Red Chilli - 2
5. Mustard - 2 tsp
6. Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
7. Hing
8. Curry leaves
9. Oil - 3tsp
10. Salt to taste
11. Water

How u go on making them...
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1. Roast the peanuts n remove their skins / use roasted peanuts.
2. Add peanuts, tamarind, salt, chilli and grind them to a finer paste.
3. Transfer them to a bowl. Now heat a pan with oil and once the oil turns hot add mustard, cumin seeds n hing. Once the seeds begin to splutter add curry leaves n transfer them to the chutney bowl. Server hot with Dosas.

Coconut Chutney

Coconut chutney...Easy to make n goes well with dosa, idli, upma n almost most of the tiffin/breakfast items....here is the recipe for coconut chutney...

All u need...!!!
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1. Coconut - grated - 1/2 cup
2. Green chillies - 2
3. Roasted gram - 5 tsp
4. Tamarind - small pinch
5. Salt to taste
6. Cumin seeds - 3tsp
7. Hing
8. Curry leaves
9. Oil - 2-3tsp

How u go on making them...
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1. Add grated coconut, Roasted gram, green chilli and tamarind with salt and grind all of them with lil qty of water to a finer paste.
2. Heat a pan n add oil. Once hot, add cumin seeds n hing with curry leaves n after they splutter add them to the coconut chutney. Its now ready to be served... :)

Wheat Upma

Upma..my favourite tiffin...either b wheat, rava, semiya...everything is easy n simple to make..n tastes delicious...just adding veggies like carrot or beans and adding extra flavour gives kichadi...
Here is the recipe for wheat upma...

All u need...!!!
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1. Cracked Wheat - 2 cups
2. Mustard seeds -2 tsp
3. Cumin seeds - 2tsp
4. Hing
5. Urad dhal - 2 tsp
6. Channa dhal - 2 tsp
7. Curry leaves
8. Salt to tatse
9. 4 cups of water
10. Oil/Ghee - 2tsp
11. Green Chilli - 2
12. Cilantro
13. Onion - 1 big - cut lengthwise

How u go on making them...
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1. Heat a non stick pan n add oil/ghee. Once they turn hot add mustard n cumin seeds. Once they splutter add hing n urad n channa dhal.
2. Fry the until they turn brown. Now add Onions and chillies n fry them till onions turn brown.
3. Add 4 cups of water and salt to taste and heat them well.
4. Once when water begins to boil well add the cracked wheat and mix them well with the rest of the contents.
5. Mix well and close the lid for about 5-6 mins. Once the wheat is boiled remove them and add cilantro.

Wheat upma is ready. Serve them with coconut chutney/sugar. Easy n can me made in no time...:)

Potato Fry

Potatoes are best known for their carbohydrate content and they also contain some important vitamins and minerals. This potato curry is very easy to make n just takes less time to prepare even n taste good. Here is the recipe for potato fry.

All u need...!!!
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1. Potato - 1 big
2. Mustard - 1 tsp
3. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
4. Asafotedia - a pinch
5. Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
6. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
7. Curry leaves
8. Salt to taste
9. Water - 1/4 cup
10. Oil - 2 tsp
11. Garlic - 3 pinches cut lengthwise(optional)
12. Onion - 1/2 cut small(optional)

How u go on making them...
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1. Peel the skin and boil potato. Cut them into small pieces and keep them aside.
2. Take a non stick pan and heat them. Add oil and once hot add mustard and cumin seeds. Also add asafotedia.
3. Then add onions and when they turn brown add garlic and fry till the smell eases.
4. Now add the potatoes and mix them well for 2-3 mins.
5. Add turmeric , red chilli powder and mix them well. Add little water.
6. Add salt according to taste and also curry leaves.
7. Keep frying them adding little oil inbetween for about 10mins.

Potato fry is ready. Serve them hot with any rice varities.

Masala Vada

Masala Vada a famous south indian dish is made in almost all occasions. It goes well with sambar n chutney. It tastes great as such. Here is the recipe for masala vada.

All u need...!!!
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1. Channa dhal - 2 cups
2. Red chilli - 4
3. Curry leaves
4. Turmeric Powder
5. Cumin Seeds
6. onions - 1 big finely chopped
7. Black pepper powdered (optional)
8. Ginger finely cut
9. Oil for deep frying
10. Salt to taste

How u go on making them...
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1. Soak channa dhal for 2 hrs. Take 1 1/2 cups of channa dhal and red chillies and grind them to 3/4th paste.
2. Now add the remaining channa dhal to the paste and mix them well.
3. Add cut onions, curry leaves, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, ginger, pepper to the mixture along with the required quantity of salt and mix them well.
4. Keep them aside for about 20mins. Meanwhile take a non stick pan and add enough oil and heat them for depp frying.
5. Once oil turns hot make small balls of the mixture and flatten them to the size required and put them in oil and fry both the sides till they turn brown.

Now Masala Vada is ready. Server them hot with sambar or chutney or tomato ketchup.

Dhai Vada

Dhai Vada... I made masala vada n mixed them with yogurt...
Here goes the recipe...

Masala Vada -> Can check the recipe under side dish folder.

For the dipping...
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1. 1 cup of thick yogurt.
2. 1/2 cup water
3. 5 spoons sugar
4. Boondi - 1/2 cup

How u go on making them....
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1. Add water and sugar to yogurt and mix them well.
2. Now add Boondi and prepared masala vada to them.
Dhai vada is ready. Can have it as a snack too. Tastes good..:)