Murungai Keerai Adai / Drumstick Leaf Adai / Moringa Leaf Pancakes - Moringa Recipe

Ingredients to grind

Wild & Brown rice together-1/2 cup

Long grain rice-1/2 cup

Thur dal / Pigeon Pea-1/4 cup

Channa dhal-1/2 cup

Yellow moongh dal-1/4 cup

Red chillies-8

Ginger-1/4''

Salt to taste

(Soak above ingredients together for 2 hrs & grind it coarsely with salt.Batter should not be too thick)

Other ingredients

Murungai Keerai / Moringa leaves chopped-1 cup

Chopped onion-1/4
Grated coconut-1tbsp

Hing-1/4tsp

Jeera/Cumin-1/4tsp

Oil-to fry

Method

Mix above ingredients together and grind it to a coarse batter.
Heat a tawa pour 1/2tsp of oil ,pour a ladle of batter spread it like a dosa/pancake but a bit thick.
Pour oil around the adai & cook it on both sides till crisp.
Serve it with butter & any chutney.

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Wild & Brown Rice Oothappam

Ingredients

Wild & Brown rice together-1 cup

Long grain rice-1 cup

Urad dhal-1 hand full

Thur dhal-1 hand full

Methi-1/2tsp

Salt to taste
Method

Soak above ingredients together for 2 hours.Grind it to a smooth batter.Add salt & ferment it overnight.Next day mix the batter & make oothappam in a tawa.Close with a lid & cook it on medium flame(do not turn).Serve it with any chutney or Podi.

Vegetable Toast

Ingredients

Wheat Bread Slices-6

Butter-1tsp

Cheese slices-3

Filling

Boiled & Mashed potato-2

Chopped vegetables-1/4 cup

(Peas,Cabbage,Carrot,Beans)

Salt & Pepper to taste

Curry powder-1/2tsp

Spring onions chopped-1

Method

Heat butter in a pan fry filling ingredients one by one till vegetables are 3/4 cooked.Place 2 spoons on the bread place a cheese slice & cover it with another slice.Toast it in bread toaster till light brown.Serve it hot with ketchup.Enjoy this simple toast......

Garlic Bread

This recipe is from Rachael Ray....but made slight change according to the availability of ingredients in my kitchen.

Ingredients

Hot dog buns-4

Butter-1/4 stick

Olive oil-2tsp

Parsley & Oregano-2 pinch each

Salt & Pepper to taste

Garlic -1(make a paste)

Method

Cream all above ingredients together.Apply both sides of buns or bread slices.
Toast it till light brown on a tawa/griddle.
Place on a plate & sprinkle parsley before serving.
This can be served as starter or for quick breakfast.

Variation

For extra taste for kids you can also add cheese on top.

Moongh dal Upma / Moongh Dhal Upuma / Pasi Paruppu Pittu

Ingredients

Yellow moongh Dhal-1 cup

Onion Chopped-1/2

Green chillies chopped-2

Salt to taste

Lime juice-2tsp

Grated coconut-2tsp

Curry & Coriander leaves-little

Ginger-1/4''

Ingredients for tempering

Oil-3tsp

Mustard-1/2tsp

Jeera-1/4tsp

Hing-1/4tsp

Urad dhal-1tsp

Method

Soak moongh dhal for 1 hr,grind it to a smooth paste with salt & 1 green chilly.Pour it in a greased pan & steam it.Cool & crumble it.Keep it aside.Heat oil in a pan temper it.Add the onion,green chillies , curry & coriander leaves & ginger.Fry till light brown.Add the moongh dhal mixture & fry for 5 minutes.Remove from stove add coconut & lime juice,mix well & serve it.

Stuffed Macaroni Idly

Ingredients

Idly batter to make Idlys

For the Filling

Elbow Macaroni cooked-1/2

Mixed Vegetables-1/4cup

(I used frozen)

Onion chopped-1tbsp

Chopped garlic-2

Chillies chopped-1

Tomato sauce or Any Italian sauce-1tbsp

Shredded Cheese-3tsp

Salt & Pepper to taste

Oil-1tsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan fry garlic,chillies & onion slightly.Add the vegetables ,Macaroni & seasonings.Fry a bit add the sauce .sprinkle cheese & remove from heat.Your filling is ready.Grease the Idly plates keep a spoon of the filling pour a ladle of batter & cook it till done.Serve it as desired.

Variation

You can also mix it with the batter & then make Idlys.

Whole Wheat Poori

Ingredients

Whole wheat -1 cup

Maida-1tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Method

Mix above ingredients together with water.Make a soft dough.Make small balls ,roll it & deep fry them .Serve it with my Channa gravy

Pesarattu Dosa Recipe / Moong Dal Dosa Recipe

Pesarattu

Ingredients.
Green moongh dal -1 cup
Rice-1 hand full
Salt to taste
Green chillies-2
Ginger-1/2''
Jeera/ Cumin-1tsp
Onion chopped for filling
Oil as required

Method

Soak dal & rice together for 3 to 4 hours.
Grind it to a smooth paste along with green chillies, ginger and salt.Add jeera to the batter and mix well.
Fermentation is not needed for this dosa.
Heat a tawa/griddle pour a ladle of batter at the centre.

Spread it to a thin disc,pour some oil around the dosa. 
Place 1 tsp of chopped onion at the centre and fold it.
Serve it hot with any chutney you desire.

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Idly

Idly is a very common tiffin in any South Indian house. As the Idly rice prices have shot up and in fact we were not getting in stores. I have tried making it with long grain rice. Not bad it was a success!!!!
Ingredients
Long grain rice-7 cups
(any brand i bought Blue Ribbon from Costco)
Whole urad dhal-1 & 1/4cups
Salt-to taste
Method
Soak the rice with boiling water in a wide vessel for 3hrs.Don't close it with a lid,otherwise your rice will be cooked.Soak urad dhal separately with normal tap water.Grind both separately.Add salt mix both batters together,ferment it for at least 8hrs.Next day beat the batter nicely,grease your Idly plates.Pour a ladle of batter and steam it.Serve it with chutney or Idly podi.
Variation
Long grain rice-4cups
Urad dhal-1cup
salt to taste
Method
Fry the rice in a pan till it changes colour to milk white.Switch off stove pour water and soak it for 3hrs.Soak uraddhal separately.Grind it separately,add salt mix it for fermentation.Then make Idlys.When I visited my Cousin in Minneapolis I learned it from her.As it is a snowy place she makes Idlys this way.