Oats Chutney

Ingredients
Oats roasted dry-3tbsp
Red chillies-2
Masoor dhal-1tsp
Uraddhal-1/2tsp
Coriander seeds-1/2tsp
Hing-1/4tsp
salt to taste
Coconut roasted brown-1tsp
Tempering

Oil-1tsp
Mustard-1/2tsp
Jeera-1/4tsp
Uraddhal-1/4tsp
Method
Dry roast all above ingredients till light brown.Cool & grind it to a smooth paste.Tempering it if you want.This can be served with rice or tiffins.

How to clean Vazhaipoo / How to clean Banana Flower / Plantain Flower / Banana Blossom

Banana Flower

Method
a) Grease your hand with some oil before you start to clean the banana flower to avoid staining your fingers and sticking to your hand.
b) Choose a fresh banana flower.
c) Remove the red petal and discard under the petal you will find row of flowers save them.Repeat this process till the flower becomes small.
d) Now take each flower from the bunch,remove the white cover and the stamen from the flower we will not be using this in our cooking ( see picture).
e) Put it in a bowl of water or buttermilk to prevent from changing colour.
f) Chop the flowers finely and cook.Cook the flowers while they are fresh.

Try out these recipes using Banana Flower

a) Vazhaipoo Kootu/Banana Flower Kootu

b) Vazhai Poo Kola Urundai / Banana Flower Kebabs 

c) Vazhai Poo moongh Dal Pulao 

d) Oats Vazhai Poo Usili

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Mixed Flour & Vallarai Dosa

Ingredients
Powdered Oats-1 cup

Rice flour-1 cup

Ragi flour -1/2 cup

Besan-1/4 cup

Wheat flour-1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Jeera-1tsp

Chilly powder-1tsp

Chopped Vallarai Keerai-1/2 cup

Method

Mix all above ingredients together.Pour water & dilute to a dosa batter consistency.Heat a tawa pour a ladle of batter & make dosa. Pour oil & cook on both sides till done.Serve it with any chutney

Vegetable Tawa Dhokla / Mixed Flour Tawa Dhokla / Tawa Dhokla / Grilled Dhokla

Vegetable Tawa Dhokla

Ingredients for tempering
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard - 3/4 tsp
White sesame seeds - 1 tsp
Chopped green chillies - 2
Curry leaves few
Chopped ginger - 1 tsp
Hing - 1/8 tsp
Ingredients for the batter
Semolina/Sooji/White Rava - 1/2 cup
Semi coarse powdered oats - 1/4 cup
Semi coarse powdered quinoa - 1/4 cup
Thick curd - 1/4 cup
Water as needed ( around 3/4 cup)
Salt to taste
ENO fruit salt - 1/2 tsp
Mixed vegetable 3/4 cup
( I used grated carrot,finely chopped beans and peas)
Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Method
Take a bowl add all the mentioned batter ingredients except ENO.
Mix well make sure the batter is lump free,it should be a semi thick batter.
Heat a non stick pan or a iron skillet pour 1 tbsp of oil and temper it with above ingredients.
Now add the ENO to the batter mix well and pour immediately on the tempering.
Cover it with a lid and cook it in very low flame till cooked and crisp at the bottom.
Slowly flip it other side,pour some oil and cook.
Switch off the stove cool,cut and serve it with any chutney you like.
Note:
a) Non stick pan is best for this recipe,but i have tried it in iron skillet and turned out crisp and perfect.
b) Only sooji can also be used for dhokla.
c) Add vegetables of your choice.

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Instant Quinoa Idly

Ingredients

Slightly dry roasted & coarsely powdered Quinoa-1/2 cup

Slightly dry roasted & coarsely powdered quick oats-1/2 cup

Slightly dry roasted semolina/Sooji-1/4 cup

ENO fruit salt-1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder-a pinch

Curd-less than 2 cups

Tempering

Oil-1tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Jeera-1/2tsp

Urad dhal-1/2tsp

Chopped green chillies-1

Chopped curry leaves-little

Grated ginger-1/8tsp

Hing-a pinch

Method

Mix all above ingredients together except ENO.Heat oil in a pan & temper it.Cool & pour it in the above mixture.Just before pouring it in greased Idly pans add the ENO beat it well & pour immediately & steam it till cooked.Serve it with any chutney.

Murukku Varieties / South Indian Murukku Recipes

Murukku Varieties

Pottukadalai Murukku	Ribbon Murukku	Mixed Dal Murukku
Omapodi	Potato Murukku	Coconut Milk Murukku
Wheat flour Murukku	Kara Sev	Thenkuzhlal

Aloo Bhujia	Mullu Murukku	Boiled Dal Murukku
Besan Murukku	Sour Cream Murukku	Oats Murukku
Achu Murukku	Moongh Dal Murukku	Avocado Garlic Murukku

Achappam	Beetroot Murukku	Seepu Murukku
Quinoa Murukku	Pudhina Murukku	Tomato Murukku
Semiya Murukku	Badam Murukku

 

Diwali Recipes / Deepawali Recipes - Sweet & Snacks for Diwali

Nei Appam	Chocolate Mysore Pak	Kaju Katli
Microwave Kalakand	Badam Burfi	Besan Ladoo
Microwave Badam Burfi	Butter Badusha	Pasi Paruppu Urundai
Walnut Katli	Boondhi Ladoo	Adhirasam
Mysore Pak	Pori urundai	Chandrakala
Rava Ladoo	Fig Burfi	Mixed Nuts Chikki

Baked Kalakand	Bombay Ice Halwa	Badam Halwa
Pasi Paruppu Poli	Deepawali Marundhu	Kesar Kalakandh
Double Decker Milk Burfi	Gulab Jamoon	Sweet Boondhi
Motichoor Ladoo	Coconut Ladoo	Kesar Badam Peda
Pottukadalai Murukku	Dry Fruits Ladoo	Ribbon Pakoda

Mixed Dal Murukku	Omapodi	Potato Murukku
Kara Boondhi Wheat Flour Murukku	Pasiparuppu Murukku Kara Sev	Coconut Milk Murukku Thattai Murukku

Thenkuzhal

Aloo Bhujia

Sarkarai Adhirasam	Custard Powder Halwa	Oats Murukku
Chum Chum	Almond Butter Burfi	Badam Mysore Pak
Jhangri	Mullu Murukku	Khoya Gulab Jamun
Bandar Ladoo	Besan Khoya Burfi	Farsi Puri

Bread Gulab Jamun	Seepu Seedai	Aloo Lachha
Sweet Somas	Tirunelveli Halwa
	Microwave Chocolate Kalakand	Ashoka Halwa

Badam Carrot Coconut Burfi	Quinoa Thattai	Mixed Nuts Burfi
Adhirasam ( version 2)	Urad dal ladoo	Cornflakes Mixture
Dharwad Peda	Boiled Urad Dal Murukku	Mohanthal

Milk Burfi	Aval Mixture	Besan Murukku
Ghee Mysore Pak	Sour Cream Murukku	Sweet Aval Mixture