ONION UTHAPPAM.

south indian's all time favorite breakfast recipe "onion uthappam". easy to make and yummy to tatse..

IDLY UMPA...

idly umpa... my favorite dish with the leftover idly's... and the best for those who hate idly's like me... 

PAPPU PONGAL...

pappu pongal is one dish i hated to the core till a few years back but has become one of my favorites and most preferred breakfast these days... though many prefer having it with groundnut chutney, i love having it with sugar or sambar... yummy,mouth watering...  

TIME TAKEN : 30 MINS, SERVES: 3

INGREDIENTS:

RICE	1 CUP
GREEN GRAMS (PESARA PAPPU)	½ CUP
WATER	6 CUPS
JEERA (CUMIN SEEDS)	1 TSP
CRUSHED PEPPER	1 TSP
CURRY LEAVES	20 – 30 LEAVES
OIL OR GHEE	3 TBSPS.
ASAFOETIDA	A PINCH
SALT	TO TASTE

METHOD:

 Ø  Wash and soak the rice and green gram together for 15 – 20 mins. Now add 6 cups water, salt and pressure cook it for 1 whistle and further cook it for 10 mins on a low flame and off the gas. Once the pressure is released, open the lid and mash the cooked rice smoothly.

 Ø  Now heat oil or ghee in a heavy bottom vessel and temper jeera seeds, crushed pepper and curry leaves, off the gas add asafoetida. Add the this mixture to the mashed rice and stir it well. (if you feel the pongal is too thick, add hot water to the rice to get the desired consistency).

 

SUGGESTIONS:

 ü  You can also add onions and green chili’s while tempering if desired.

 ü  Cashews can also be added which gives a great taste.

ALOO ONION CURRY (FOR PURI'S)

aloo onions recipe for puri's... kids all time favorite... and most common recipe in most of the houses on sunday's... 

MINI IDLY SAMBAR

south india's famous breakfast, evening snack or dinner recipe... tastes awesome when served hot and with a lot of ghee... though my mom makes this at home frequently from my childhood, i started liking it only after having it in one of my friends place... have to mention what a great cook my friends granny was.. i miss her food these days anyway... my mom got the sambar recipe from her and started preparing this recipe from then on... i eagerly wait for my mom to prepare this because idly is something very rarely cooked in our kitchen since no one likes idly in my home... and now even i learnt how to cook this sambar... but the recipe shown here is cooked by my mom.. because it taste best when prepared by mom's.. there is some magic in mother's hand...  hope this recipe will make you droll... :-) :-)

TOMATO BATH

tomato bath is a yummy break fast recipe that can be cooked easily and faster...

PREP. TIME: 20 MINS

INGREDIENTS:

ROASTED RAVA (SOOJI)            : 1 CUP
WATER                                            : 3 CUPS

GINGER                                           : 1 inch (CRUSHED)

ONIONS                                           : 1 (BIG)

TOMATO                                         : 2 (BIG)

TURMERIC POWDER                  : 1/2 tsp

MUSTARD SEEDS                         : 1 tsp

BENGAL GRAM                             :1 tsp

BLACK GRAM                                : 1 tsp

CURRY LEAVES                             : 10

CHILI 'S (GREEN)                          : 3
SALT TO TASTE

CASHEWS (OPTIONAL)

METHOD

• Heat oil in a kadai, temper mustard seeds, bengal gram, black grams, cashews and crushed ginger. now add onions, chili's, curry leaves and fry for 2 - 3 mins. now add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, cook till tomatoes are smashed.

• Add salt to the water and boil it. add roasted rava to the cooked tomatoes, stir it for 2 - 3 mins. Add boiled hot water to it, stir continuously so that no lumps are formed.

• cook till rava gets colser, add 2 - 3 tbsp ghee (optional), cover it with a lid and cook for 5 mins on a low flame. open the lid stir it and serve it hot.

SUGGESTIONS

• see to that the rava is roasted properly else rava gets sticky and it spoils the texture of the dish.
• coriander leaves can be added at the end if desired.
• add only hot water to the roasted rava. 

FRIED IDLY

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