Beetroot Poriyal 1

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1
Chopped onion - 2 tbsp
Green chili - 3
Red chili - 1
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves

Direction:

• Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds,curry leaves,channa dal,urad dal,red chili and onion.
• Saute well and required salt.
• Add 1 cup of water and allow to cook.
• After 20 or 25 minutes add shredded coconut and serve with sambar sadham.

Avarakai poriyal

Ingredients:
Avarakai - 2 cups
Onion - 1/2 cup
Shredded coconut - 2 tsp
Channa dal - 2 tsp
Red chilli - 2
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Salt to taste

Direction:

• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds,curry leaves,channa dal and red chilli.
• Then add avarakai and salt,saute well for 20 minutes.
• Finally add coconut.

Avial

Ingredients:

White pumpkin - 1/4 cup
Raw banana - 1/4 cup
Carrot - 1/4 cup
Potato - 1/4 cup
Drumstick - 1/4 cup
Green peas - 1/4 cup
Kidney beans - 1/4 cup
Beans - 1/4 cup
Raw mango - 1 or 2 pieces
Onion - 1/4 cup
Cumin seed - 1 tbsp
Shredded Coconut - 1/2 cup
Green chilli - 4
Salt tp taste
Coconut oil - 2 tsp

Direction:

• Grind coconut,cumin seed and green chilli in a blender.
• Peel and chop all the vegetables into 3 inch lengths.
• Cook all the vegetables in a pan with little amount of water for about 20 minutes.
• Add salt and turmeric powder.
• Then add the coconut paste.
• Add coconut oil and curry leaves.

Brinjal kootu

Ingredients:

Brinjal - 5
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1 cup
Tomato - 1/2 cup
Red chilli - 2
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Samba powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste


Direction:

• Pressure cook the dal.
• Cut brinjals into small cubes.
• Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds,red chilli and curry leaves.
• Add onions and sprinkle little salt.
• Saute well and add tomato.
• After tomatos are well cooked add brinjal.
• Add the cooked dal and add turmeric powder,sambar powder and salt.
• Close the lid for 10 or 15 minutes..our brinjal kootu is ready to serve.

Egg plant fry

Ingredients:

Egg plant - 1
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Rice flour - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Direction:

• Mix chilli powder,turmeric powder,rice flour and salt together in a bowl.
• Cut egg plant into round shaped pieces.
• Mix egg plant pieces in the above mixture.
• Heal oil in a pan and fry them until they are cooked.
• Serve this as a side dish for dal.

Raw banana puttu

Ingredients:

Raw banana - 2
Onion - 1 cup
Red chilli - 2
Channa dal - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves
Shredded coconut - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Direction :

• Pressure cook the raw banana.
• Remove the peel and grate them using a grater.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds,channa dal,curry leaves and onion.
• Saute well and then add grated banana.
• Now add shredded coconut and switch off the flame.

Peas fry

Ingedients:

Green peas - 1 cup
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
Rice flour - 1 tsp
Oil - 3 tsp
Salt to taste


Direction:

• Boil green peas for about 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a pan and put boiled peas into the pan.
• Add chilli powder,garam masala,rice flour and salt.
• Saute well for 10 minutes.
• Our peas fry is ready now.

Potato fry

Ingredients:

Potato - 2
Rice flour - 2tsp
Red chilli - 2tsp(as req)
salt to taste
Oil - 1 tbsp

Direction:

• Remove the peel of the potatoes and cut into small pieces.
• Add rice flour,red chilli and salt.
• Set aside for 10 minutes.
• Heat oil in a pan and add the potatoes.
• Saute them and close the pan.After 5 minutes saute them and close.
• If you do like this,you will get crispy potato fry....

Surai kai koottu

Ingredients:

Bottle gaurd
Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli - 1
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Onion - 1/2 cup
Tomato - 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Direction:

• Take 1 tsp of oil in a pan.Put mustard seeds,urad dal,onion and tomato.Saute well.
• Pressure cook the moong dal for 5 minutes.
• Add bottle gaurd and dal together to the pan.
• Add turmeric power,sambar powder and salt to this.
• Close the pan and allow to boil.
• In this we can also add channa dal.
• Many of us dont like this vegitable.It has purgative effect in it.
• We should add this atleast once in two weeks.

Easy cauliflower fry

Ingredients:

Cauliflower
Biriyani masala
Salt to taste
Oil 4 tsp

Direction:

• Put cauliflower in hot water for 10 minnutes.
• wash well and apply briyani masala and salt to it.Set aside for 10 minutes.
• Heat 4tsp oil in a pan.
• Put cauliflower to the pan and fry well.

Tindora fry

Ingredients:

Tindora(kovakai) - 20 nos
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tsp

Direction:

• Clean and cut the tindora.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add tindora in the pan and fry for 5 minutes.
• Now add turmeric powder,chilli powder,sambar powder and salt.
• Mix and fry them for 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle little bit water and fry for 10 minutes.

Bitterguard fry

Ingredients:

4 fresh bitter gourd/ pavakai
2 tsp rice flour
2 tsp red chili powder
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Direction:

• Cut bitter gourd into small round pieces.
• Take them in bowl and add chili powder and salt.
• Leave them for 30 mins to 1 hr.
• Heat oil for deep frying. Add bitter gourd pieces one by one. Fry till golden brown.
• Remove from heat and strain oil with tissue paper. Rice flour makes it crispy and yummy...Serve it with rice,sambar or any other curry...