aapam and thenga pal (coconut milk)

Ingredients:

the batter is same batter as sevai, but only thing is let it ferment over night.

next day , mix the batter well and a pinch of cooking soda to th batter and pour a katori full of the batter in a hot deep kadai . (b4 that grease the kadai with lil ghee or oil) now take the kadai in and rotate it so that the batter spreads all over inside the kadai and close it. cook for 2 mts and serve hot with coconut milk or stew..

for coconut milk...

grind the coconut with very lil water strain and keep aside

now again take the 2nd milk and 3rd milk from coconut by adding water and grinding it again in a mixew.strain and add sugar and 1st milk to it. ur coconut milk is ready.

sevai(rice noodles)

Ingridents:

rice - 2 cups

salt to taste

sevai presser

soak rice for abt 2 hrs

grind to a fine paste in dosa batter consistency..

take a small amount of this batter and keep it on stove and keep stirring,it will become a thick

mass(just like how we prepare starch for cotton dresses) mix this with batter and grind again for 2 mts with salt.

now pour this batter over the idly tray and steam cook for 10- 15mts.

now take this idlies and dump it inside the sevai press and keep pressing it and ur sevai is ready

eat it with fresh grated cocounut and sugar

for leamon sevai

cooked sevai - 1 cup

lewamon juice - 1 spoon

for tadka

mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp

chenna dhal and urudh dhal- 1 /2 tsp

few curry leaves-

salt and hing

:in a pad add very lil oil add all the tadka items mix leamon juice and a pinch of haldi powder switch off the stove and mix the sevai

for coconut sevai add grated coconut instead of leamon and fry for 1 mt.decorate it with cashew nuts

lemon sevai

sambhar rice

Ingredients:

rice - 1 cup

thuvar dhal - 1/2 cup

sambhar powder- 1 tsp

mixed veggie (carrot beans,potato,capcicum,peas,drumstick,etc)- 2 cups

onion - 1 tomato - 1

a ground powder of ( dhaniya- 2 tsp

chenna dhal- 2 tsp,urudh dhal - 1 tsp and 4 red chillies) - fry and ground to a fine paste with 1 onion and 1 tomato and 1 spoon coconut.

for seasoning:

mustard seers- /2 tsp

methi seeds- 1/2 tsp

curry leaves and coriander leaves- 1 spoon

hing -1/4 tsp

salt -to taste

now in a cooker add oil add all the seasoning items ,add onion, tomato then add sambhar poweder the paste then add washed rice,dhal , mixed veggies and add enough water (u can add water in the ratio of 1 :5) pressure cook for 2 whistle and ur sambhar rice is ready!!!

gobhi manchurian

Ingredients:
gobhi flowereets(cleaned )- 1 cup

corn flour - 1/2 cup

rice flour 1/4 cup

maida - 2 spoon

soya sauce - 2 tsp

red chillie powder - 1/2 tsp

salt to taste

oil for deep frying

clean and cut the cauliflower into small floweretts

mix all the other ingredients and marinate the cauliflower for abt 30mts

now deep fry these and keep aside

for the gravy:

finely sliced onion and capcicum - 1/2 cup

ginger and garlic sliced- 1/2 tsp

soy sauce-1/2 tsp

chillie sauce -1/2 tsp

vinegar-1/2 tsp

ajno motto (i dont use it)but it sure gives a nice flavour - a pinch

tomato sauce - 1/2 cup

1 spoon corn flour mixed in 1/2 cup of water

oil- 2 tsp

in a pan add the oil, add ginger garlic pods,then add onion and capsicum let it get cooked for 2 mts .. add all the sauce and saute for another 1 mt then add vinegar and the corn flour paste and mix well. it will become one thick gravy..

now when u r about to serve just mix both the fried cauliflower and gravy and saute for a minute.

don't mix and store it for a long time,it will not be crisp. so mix and eat it !!

fried rice

Ingredients:

basmathi rice - 2 cups

finely sliced mixed veggies like carrot,beans,cabbage,- 1 cup

finely sliced capsicum and onion - 1/2 cup

white pepper powder - 1 tsp

ginger and garlic sliced - 1/2 tsp

spring onion for decoration

Cook the rice in open pot till done and strain off the excess water

in a pad add very little oil ,add sliced ginger,garlic onion,capsicum and cook till done

in the mean time cook the carrot,beans,cabbage (just half cook

add the veggies to pan and mix well

add salt and pepper powder and mix well simmer the stove and add the cooked basmathi rice to pan in small quantities and mix well.(use a wooden spatula as it will not break the long grains)

and ur fried rice is ready...

have it with gobi manchrian or just tomato sauce!!

Ribbon pakoda

a yummy snack with tea!!

ingredients:

gram flour - 2 cups

rice flour - 1 cup

hing -1/4 tsp

salt to taste

butter - 1 tbsp

chillie powder - 1 tsp

water to mix the dough

and oil for deep frying

and a chakli presser

mix all the ingredients together

take a small ball of it fill the chakli presser with it and presses it direct on top of hot oil in criss-cross shape and deep fry till golden brown

p.s: u can use green chillie paste instead of red chillie powdr also..

kara paniyaram

its a very good eve snack try it out and let me know

Ingredients

1 cup boiled rice

1/2 cup urudh Dal

1 finely chopped onion

green chillies ,curry leaves and coriander leaves (Finley cut) - 1 spoon

for tadka

mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

salt of course!!

soak 1 cup rice and 1/2 cup urudh dhal for abt 3 hrs grid it into a fine paste and allow it to ferment for about 8 hrs. now mix the batter well add all the other ingredients and mix well..

pour it over the paniyara kal and deep fry both sides till golden brown

serve hot..tastes yummy just as it is or u can eat it with any chutney or sambhar.p.s easy version is to use the left over dosa batter and u can do it instantly..