Saturday, October 17, 2009

Til Seed(Ellu) Pachadi


Ingredients:


Till Seed 1/2 Cup

Red Chillies 3

Tamarind Juice 1 Tbl Spn

Jaggery 1 Tsp

Salt As Required

Curry leaves few

For Seasoning: Mustard


Method:


Fry till seeds without adding oil in a kadai till it becomes golden brown colour. Allow it to cool. Make it into powder in a mixie. Adding little water make it into paste without lumps. Keep a kadai. Put a tsp of oil and mustard. Allow it to crackle. Then put red chillies and curry leaves. Then add tamarind juice, salt, jaggery and til seed paste. Add enough water and allow it to boil. Then remove it from fire. It goes well with white rice, idlies.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Thuar and Urad dal Vada

Ingredients:

Urad dal 1 Cup
Thuvar dal 1 Cup
Red chillies 8
Ginger pieces 2 Tsp
Chopped coriander leaves 2 Tbl Spn
Chopped curry leaves 1/2 Tbl Spn
Fresh coconut small pieces 1/2 Tbl spn
Salt As required
Oil To deep fry
For seasoning mustard

Method:

Soak thuar dal and urad dal together in water for 2 hours. Drain water. Put it in a mixie. Add salt, red chillies, and ginger. Grind to coarse paste. Put it in a bowl. Add coriander leaves, curry leaves, coconut pieces. Season the mustard and add to that paste. Mix well. Make balls with your wet hands and flatten it with fingers and put directly in hot oil. Deep fry them till it turns into golden brown colour. At a time you can put six to eight in oil.

Kollu Thuvayal (Ulavalu Pachadi)


Ingredients:

Horse gram(Kollu) - 3 Tbl Spn
Onion pieces 1 1/2 Tbl spn
Garlic 8 flakes
Red Chillies 3
Jeera 1/2 Tsp
Asafoetida little
Soaked tamarind 1 inch piece
Salt for taste
Oil 1 1/2 Tsp
For seasoning:
Mustard and chopped curry leaves little

Method:

In a kadai keep one Tsp oil. Put asafoetida powder little and fry. Then add jeera and red chillies. Then put horsegram and fry for few minutes. Then put onion pieces and garlic, fry it for a minute and take it from fire. After it becomes cool add salt and tamarind, grind it in a mixie with water . Then season it with mustard and curry leaves. This goes well with rice. Also you can eat with dosa.