Tomato chutney.

Ingredients:

Tomato - 6 nos.
Garlic - 4 pods.
Red chillies - 4.
Oil -  as required.
Mustard - 1/2 spoon.
Urad dal - 1 spoon.
Salt - as required.


Procedure:

1.Heat oil in a pan.
2. add tomato,red chillies and Garlic and saute till tomatoes goes soft.
3. Keep this aside and let it cool for sometime.
4. Grind the tomato mixture to fine paste.
5. heat oil in a pan.
6. Add mustard and wait till it splutters.
7. Add urad dal and let it turn into red color.
8. Now add the tomato paste.
9. saute for few mins and add salt.

This would be the best combination for Idli and Dosa.

Coconut Chutney

Ingredients :

Coconut - 1 cup.
Green chillies - 2
Fried gram (Pottu kadalai)  - handful.
Garlic - 1pod(Optional).

seasoning:
Oil - 1 tspoon
Mustard seeds - 1/2 spoon.
Curry leaves - 1 string
Urad dal - 1 spoon (optional).


Procedure:

1.Grind coconut , green chillies, fried gram,garlic(Optional) and salt to fine paste.
2.Heat oil in a seaprate pan.
3.Add mustard, after it splutters add urad dal and fry till it becomes red .
4. add curry leaves saute for 5 seconds and add this to coconut paste.

Coconut chutney is ready to serve.!!

Coconut Rice

Ingredients:

Grated coconut - 1 cup.
Green chillies - 2.
Red chillies - 2.
Ginger - 1 inch.
Curry leaves - 1 string.
Channa Dal - 1 tspoon.
Urad Dal - 1 tspoon.
Ground nut - 1 tspoon(Optional)
Cashew nut - 3-4 (Optional).
Oil  - as required.
Mustard - 1/2 spoon.
Salt - as required.


Procedure:

1.Grind green chillies  and ginger and keep the paste aside.
2. Heat oil in pan.
3.Add mustard and wait till it splutters.
4.Add channa dal,urad dal,ground nut, cashew nut and fry till the dal turns red.
5.Add red chillies and green chilli ginger paste and saute till nice aroma of ginger comes.
6. Add curry leaves and coconut,
7.saute for few min.
8.Mix rice with this mixture and add salt.

Coconut Rice is ready to serve!!!

Simple Vegetable Rice

Ingredients:

1.Carrot - 2
2.Beans - 4-5
3.potato - 1 (Big)
4.channa dal - 1 spoon.
5.urad dal - 1 spoon.
6.red chillies - 2.
7.coconut - 1/2 cup.
8.cloves - 1.
9. cinnamon - 1 small
10.oil & salt as required.
11. mustard - 1/4 spoon or fennel seeds - 1/4 spoon.
12.turmeric powder - a pinch.
13.Curry Leaves and coriander for garnishing.

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add mustard(or fennel seeds) and wait till it splutters.
3. Add cloves and cinnamon.
4. Add  all chopped vegetables.
5. Saute and add little water. Let it boil for some time.
6. Fry channa dal, urad dal,red chillies and coconut in separate pan with little oil.Grind without adding water.
7. once the vegetables are boiled add coconut mixture  and mix well.
8. Add salt and mix.
9. Mix it with rice and add ghee. Garnish it with curry and coriander leaves.

Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

1.Cooked Rice - 1 Cup.
2.Lemon - 1 big sized.
3.green chillies - 2
4. ginger - 1/2 inch.
5.curry leaves - few
6.red chillies - 2
7.channa dal - 1 spoon.
8.urad dal - 1 spoon.
9.ground nuts - 1 spoon (optional).
10.oil - as required.
11.salt - as required.
12.Mustard seeds - 1/4 spoon.
13.turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon.

Procedure:

1.Heat oil in pan.
2.Add mustard.After mustard splutters, add channa dal,urad dal and ground nut.
3.When dal turns into red, add red and green chillies.
4.Saute it and add ginger and curry leaves.
5. Take rice in separate pan and add the above mixture.
6. add turmeric powder and now squeeze the lemon on the rice.
7. Add salt and mix it well.
8. Lemon Rice ready serve.