Parupu Usili (Dhal and Beans)

This is a traditional South Indian dish. There is a widespread opinion that there is a very tedious and complicated process to prepare it but it is just the opposite.
The dish is extremely high in protein with almost no fat.

Ingredients
1 cup Channa dhal
2 cups Beans
2-3 Red chillies
1 tsp Asafotida
1/2 tsp tumeric powder
salt to taste

How to make?

1. Soak the channa dhal and red chilli for two hours
2. Grind soaked channa and red chilli coarsly
3. Add 2 tb spoon oil add mustard seeds and grounded mixture
4. Allow the dhal to cook for 10 min till the color changes and it separates itself
5. Boil the beans and set side
6. Add salt, asafotida and little tumeric powder in the dhal
7. Add boiled beans and stir for tow min
8. Dish is ready to serve with rice or chapathi

Poriyal

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Peas vadai

Having a lot of green peas at home and have no idea as to do with. Well, here is an experiment that my mother suggested and i tried and had some good success with. Ever thought of making vadais out of peas? Unthinkable you say, well it is not. I tried it and even served them to a few guests and well it was not a runaway hit but it did evoke some good positive responses.

Here is the ingredients:
1 cup dried green peas
2-3 Green chillies
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup of cut Onions (optional)
1/2 Asafoetida powder

How to make?

• Soak the dired peas for 3-4 hours
• Grind the soaked peas,green chillies,salt,aseofotida coarsly(not too smooth)
• Do not add water while grinding
• make flat round shape and fry in the oil till golden brown
• It turns out crispy
  

Try it out and add on your comments:-)

vadai

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Kofta Curry

What you need:
For Gravy:
Onion 1 (1/2 cut into pieces and 1/2 into paste)
Tomato Puree (2 tomatoes)
chilli powder 1 tsp
Garam masala 1 tsp
Aam chur powder 1 tsp
Kasthoori methi 1 tsp
buttter 1 tb spoon (salted or unsalted)
Cashew paste 2 tb spoon
Ginger/garlic paste 1 tsp
Jeera 1 tsp
salt to taste

For kofta:
Boiled and mashed potatoes 2 nos
sweet corn 2 tb spoon
few raisins
maida 1 tsp
Rice flour 1 tsp
Rava for outer coating
oil 1 laddle to fry

Grind to paste:
Tomato for puree
Cashew paste(grind cashew with little water)
onion paste

How to make the koftas?

• Boil the potatoes and mash well.
• Add sweet corn, salt, raisins, maida and rice flour and bind well
• make small balls from them
• boil oil in a pan and fry the koftas till golden brown.

How to make the Gravy?

• In a pan add 1 tb spoon of butter,jeera and allow it to splutter
• Add ground onion paste, cut onion and fry till golden brown
• Add the Tomato puree and cook till oil separates from the pan
• Add chilli powder, aamchur powder, garam masala, salt and kasthoori methi and cook for a while
• Add the cashew paste and cook till it thickens
• add the koftas at the end before serving
• Gravy is done.

This is my entry to Srivalli's Curry Mela.

Side Dish

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keerai Poricha Kootu(Spinach)

Poricha kootu is a south indian traditional recipe made from just dhal and vegetable or keerai.
It's very healthy and protein rich recipe.
Here are the ingredients:
1 cup cut spinach
1/2 cup toor dhal
1 tsp tumeric powder

To fry and grind:
1 TB spoon urad dhal
1 tsp asefotida
2 TB spoon grated coconut
3-4 red chillies
5-6 pepper balls
1 TB spoon pottu kadalai(to thicken) optional
salt to taste

To temper:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dhal
1-2 red chilli

Method:

1. In a vessel add the cut spinach, dhal and tumeric powder and pressure cook till done.
2. In a pan with 1 tsp oil add all the ingredients in "To fry and Grind" and saute for a minute
3. Once cooled down grind them to a paste
4. Add the paste to the spinach and dhal and temper them.
5. kootu is ready
   

This can be alternated with any vegetables instead of spinach

spinach

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Instant Dhokla

An instant dhokla made in microwave oven. It takes not more than 10 min time.
what you need:
1 cup kadalai maav(Besan flour)
1 cup water
1/2 tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp baking soda/Eno fruit salt
salt to taste

To temper:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp grated coconut
1 green chilli
1 tsp oil

How to make?

1. In a vessel mix besan, water and make a batter
2. Add sugar,lemon juice,salt,tumeric powder and mix well
3. Add baking soda in the end with the batter and leave it for two min
4. Grease a microwave dish, pour the batter and Microwave on high for 7 min
5. Cut into pieces once done.
6. Dhokla comes out fluffy and soft
7. In pan heat oil and add mustard seeds,jeera,coconut,chilli and ginger
8. Allow to splutter and add the cut pieces of dhokla
9. serve hot with coriander/pudina chutney.

Note: Timing may vary one-two minutes before or after.
To check for dhokla if done or not, it separates out from the corners of the dish.

Snack

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Bisibela bath

what you need:
1 cup rice
1/2 cup toor dhal
1 onion
vegetables(optional)
1 tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp tamrind paste

To Grind:
2 tsp coriander seeds
2 tsp channa dhal
4-5 red chillies
2 tsp dry coconut powder
1 tsp til (optional)
1/2 tsp methi seeds

To temper:
1 tsp fried ground nuts
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp channa dhal

salt to taste
2 tsp ghee

How to make?
1. Fry the red chillies, channa dhal,coriander seeds, coconut powder,til and the grind to fine
powder.
2. In a cooker drop a tsp of ghee and allow all the ingredients to splutter.
3. fry the onions and add the ground powder and fry for a minute.
4. Add the rice,toordhal,tamrind paste and 4 cups of water.
5. allow the rice to cook and add salt once the rice is done.
6. garnish with ground nuts and serve hot with raita or papad.

Rice

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