BEETROOT PACHADI

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1 

Green chilli - 1-2 

Curd 

Salt to taste 

For tempering:

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dhal - 1 tsp 

Small onion - 2 -3 sliced 

Curry leaves - 1-2 

Method:

Remove the beetroot skin with the peeler.

Scrap the beetroot with food scrapper or grate it.

Add grated/scrapped beetroot and green chillies to the mixer grind it once and add to the curd.

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, urad dhal, Onion , curry leaves and saute it.

Finally add this tempering to the pachadi.

CARROT BURFI

Ingredients:

1 cup grated carrot

1/2 ltr milk

5 tbsp ghee

1 cup grated coconut

1 cup sugar 

1/2 cup broken cashewnut 

Method:

Fry the grated coconut & grated carrot without oil or ghee.

Boil the milk with sugar keep stirring.

Mix the fried coconut & carrot & stir again. It should be thick.

When it is cooked add cashewnuts.

Apply ghee on a tray and put the mixture.

Cut it into pieces when cool.

THIRUVATHIRAI KALI

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1/2 cup

Water - 1 1/4 cup

Jaggery - 1 cup grated 

Coconut - 1/4 cup grated 

Ground elachi or cardamom - 1/2 tsp 

Cashews - 10 

Ghee - 2 tsp 

Method:

Roast the rice until red and grind into coarse like rava.

Roast cashew in ghee & set aside.

Heat water & dissolve jaggery.

After that add ccconut, ground rice & 1 tsp of ghee.

Mix well transfer to another vessel.

Pressure cook for 2 whistles.

Mix roasted cashews & elachi.

Serve hot.

IDLY PODI

Ingredients:

Red chillies - 20

Urad dhal - 200 gms

Bengal gram - 100 gms

Asafoetida - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 5-6

Sesame seeds - 50 gms

Salt to taste 

Method:

Heat a tava keep it in low flame and roast urad dhal till it become light brown and remove from heat.Then you have to add one by one like bengal gram, sesame seeds & curry leaves. 

Then add little oil & roast red chillies.let it cool for some time.

Finally grind everything in the mixer and  add salt.

Serve with Idly , dosa , Adai.

TOMATO THOKKU

Tomato thokku is my all time favorite. Tomato is very good for health.  My Mom used to do all times. I miss my Mom so much. She make so many innovative dish but after marriage everything changed.

Tomato is very good for health. It has so many health benefits in it. It is used in all dishes.

Ingredients:

Tomato - 4- 5 ( big one)

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Chilli powder - 2 tsp

Turmeri powder - 1 tsp

fenugreek powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste 

Method:

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds when they start to splutter add tomatoes and saute it for 2 min.Then add the turmeri powder, fenugreek powder, chilli powder, & salt.

keep it in low flame till the oil leaves out from the tomatoes.

Serve with rice or with chappati.

Note:

you can also make that fenugreek powder in home. fry tht fenugreek seeds in tava without oil & grind it in mixer.

KUSKA RICE

This is the very easy and quick dish. I learned this recipe from my mom. You can try this recipe with using mixed vegetable. 

Ingredients:

2 cup of basmati rice

onion(medium size) - 1 sliced

2 pieces of cinnamon stick

2-3 bay leaves

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

4 -5  green chillies 

1-2 mint leaves ( optional)

coconut milk - 1 cup 

salt to taste.

METHOD:

Soak the rice in the warm water for 10 mins.

Heat 2 tsp of ghee & 2 tsp of regular oil in a normal pan.

Add bay leaves, cinnamon stick , cloves , green chillies , ginger garlic paste & onion and saute it   for 2 -3 min.

Add the mint leaves & saute for 2 min.

Remove the pan from the heat & transfer to the rice cooker then add rice & salt into it.

Serve with raita , vegetable kurma, potato kurma or potato fry.

Note:  For 2 cups of basmati rice add 3 1/2 cups of water.