Tomato Onion Kothsu

Ingredients:

Tomato - 3
Onion -1 (Big)
garlic - 3 pods.
ginger  -1/2 inch
oil - as required
mustard - 1/2 spoon.
channa dal - 1 spoon
urad dal -1 poon.
red chilli powder - 1 spoon
turmeric powder - a pinch.
curry leaves and coriander leaves for garnishing.

Procedure:

1. Chop tomato and onions.
2. Grind ginger and garlic.
3.  Heat oil in a pan.
4. Add mustard and wait till it splutters.
5. add channa and urad dal .
6. After dal turn into red color add ginger garlic paste and saute.
7. now add tomato and add little water.
8. Add red chilli powder and turmeric.
9. Once the tomatoes are boiled add salt.
10 Garnish it with curry leaves and coriander .

Black chick peas sundal.

Ingredients:

1. Black chick pea/Black channa dal - 1 cup.
2. Red chillies - 2.
3. Curry  Leaves - 1 string.
4. Oil - as required.
5. Salt  - To taste.
6. Mustard -1/2 spoon.
7. Coconut - 3 spoons.


Procedure:

1.Soak chick pea in water atleast 5-6 hours.
2. Pressure cook it for 4-5 whistles.
3. Heat oil in pan.
4. Add nustard and after it splutters, add red chillies and curry leaves and saute.
5. Add black channa and let it cook for 5-10 min.
6. Now add coconut and salt.

This sundal is one of the favourite navrathri dishes.

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.

Thideer Rasam

Ingredients:
1. Tomatoes - 3 nos(Big).
2. Ginger - 1/2 inch.
3. green chilli - 1.
4.Rasam Powder - 1tspoon.
5.coriander leaves - as required.
6.Asafoetida - a pinch.
7.turmeric powder - a Pinch.
Seasoning;
1.Oil - as required.
2.Mustard - 1 tspoon.
3.Cumin seeds - 1 tspoon.

Procedure:
1.Grind the tomatoes,ginger and green chilli.
2. Add oil in the hot kadai.
3.Add the other ingredients for seasoning.
4.Add the tomato extract.
5. Add a cup of water,turmeric powder,rasam powder ,Asafoetida and let it boil till the raw smell vanishes.
6.Now add salt.
Thideer rasam ready !!!

Traditional Vatha Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

Tomato - 4 nos(medium Size)
Green chilli - 4 nos.
Tamarind - lemon sized.
channa dal - 2 table spoons.
Urad dal - 1 table spoon.
Mustard seeds - 1 tablespoon.
Curry Leaves - 1 string.
Asafoetida- 1 Pinch.
Chill powder - 1/4 teaspoon.
Turmeric powder - a pinch.
Fenugreek - 1/4 spoon
Oil - as required.(Gingelly Oil is preferred).
salt - as required.

Procedure:

1.Soak tamarind in hot water and get the extract.
2. Chop the tomatoes and slit the green chillies.
3. Add oil in hot kadai.
4. Once the oil is hot, add mustard and wait till the mustard splutters.
5. Add  Fenugreek , channa dal and Urad dal.
6.Once the dals turned into slight red color,add tomatoes and green chilli. let it boil for 5 mins.
7. Now add the tamarind extract. add chilli powder , turmeric powder ,Asafoetida and curry leaves.
8. let the mixture boil till the raw smell of tamarind vanishes.
9. Sprinkle salt..

Delicious Vatha kuzhambu ready.