Radish & Squash Poriyal

Ingredients
Radish chopped-1 cup
Squash-1/2cup
Onion chopped-1/2
Garlic crushed-5
Curry leaves little
Salt to taste
Chille powder-1/2tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Tempering
Oil-2tsp
Mustard-1/2tsp
Jeera-1/4tsp
Uraddhal-1/2tsp
Method
Heat oil temper it.Add remaining ingredients fry a bit.Sprinkle water,cover & cook it till done.Garnish it with curry leaves.

Oats Kuzhi Paniyaram

Ingredients
Oats (powder it in mixi) -1 cup
Rice flour-1/2cup
Ragi flour-1/4 cup
Rawa(semolina dry roasted)-1/4cup
Curd-2tbsp
Salt to taste
Jeera-1tsp
onion chopped-1/4
Green chilles chopped-1
Curry & Corriander leaves-little
Oil to cook
Method
Mix all above ingredients to a thick smooth batter.Rest it for 1o minutes.Pour oil in the holes of the paniyaram pan.Pour a laddle full ,cook it both sides till done.Serve it with my Bottle gourd chutney.
Tips
This is a very quick & healthy tiffin.

Oats Burfi

Hey Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!! I have completed 100 posts in my Cookery site.To celebrate this I am making Oats Burfi today. Try it & enjoy !!

Ingredients
Quick oats (powder it in mixi))-2 cups
Milkmaid tin (14 oz)-1
Milk-3tsp
Ghee-6tbsp
Cardamom powder-1tsp
Sliced almonds-21tbsp
Chironji (saraparupu)-1tsp
Method
Heat ghee in a non stick pan fry the oats till light brown & gives a good aroma.Pour the milkmaid ,cardamom powder & milk.Stir it in low heat till it leaves the sided of the pan.Add the nuts & pour it on a greased plate or aluminium foil.Cool & cut into desired shapes.
Tips
This dish has very mild sweet, if you want more sweet add extra 3tsps of sugar.This is a soft & a bit sticky burfi.

Bottle gourd ( Sorakai) Thogayal

Ingredients
Bottle gourd ( chopped with skin)-1/2
Salt to taste
Curry leaves-little
Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
Green chilles-2
Ginger-1/2''
Uraddhal-1tbsp
Channadhal-1tbsp
Tamarind paste-1/4tsp
Peanut-2tsp
Tempering
Oil-2tsp
Mustard-1tsp
Hing-1/2tsp
Jeera-1tsp
Curry leaves-little
Method
Heat 1 tsp of oil fry the above ingredients till light brown.Cool & make a smooth paste.Temper it.Serve it with hot rice or Tiffins.

Aloo Bonda

Ingredients for the filling

Boiled & Mashed Potato-4

Onion chopped-1

Greenchilles-4

Curry & Corriander leaves-little

Ginger chopped-1/2''

Turmeric powder-1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Hing-1/4tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Uraddhal-1tsp

Jeera-1/2tsp

Oil -for deep frying

Ingredients for the Covering

Besan-2 cups

Rice flour-1/2cup

Baking soda-1/2tsp(optional)

Chille powder-1/4tsp

Salt to taste

Ajwain-1tsp

Yellow food colour-a pinch(optional)

Method

Heat oil in a kadai temper it with mustard,uraddhal & jeera.Now fry other ingredients till done.Make small balls & keep it aside.Pour water & mix the covering ingredients to a thick dropping consistency with out any lumps.Heat oil in a kadai dip the potato balls in the besan mixture & deep fry it till done.Serve it with ketchup or corriander & tamarind chutney.

Chicken Kurma

Ingredients
Chicken cut into small pieces-1 pound
Onion chopped-1
Tomato chopped-1
Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
Chilly powder-1 & 1/2tsp
Coriander powder-1/2tsp
Salt to taste
Oil-4tsp
Cinnamon-1,Cloves-3,Cardamom-1.Bay leaf-1
(Whole garam masala)
Garam masala (optional)-1/2tsp
Coriander leaves-to garnish
Grind to a fine paste
Coconut-1/4cup
Fennel seeds-2tsp
Ginger & Garlic-2tsp
KhusKhus or Cashew nut-1tsp
Method
Heat oil in a pan add the whole garam masala.Fry onions till light brown colour.Add tomato,dry powders , ground masala & Chicken .Fry it till oil separates.Pour enough water and cook the gravy till done.Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Parupu Thogayal

Ingredients
Masoordhal or Thoordhal-1/4 cup
Coconut-1/4cup
Red chilles-2
Hing-1/4tsp
Garlic-1
Jeera-1/4tsp
salt to taste
Oil-2tsp
Method
Heat oil in a pan fry all above ingredients to light brown colour.Cool & grind to a fine paste.

Unniappam

Ingredients
Rice flour-2 cups
Maida-1/2cup
Jaggery-1/2cup or Brown sugar-3/4 cup
Soda bi carbonate -1/4tsp
Banana-1
Cadamom powder-1tsp
Cashewnut-2tsp
Coconut bits fried in ghee-3tsp
(I used shredded coconut fried in ghee)
Oil to fry
Method
Mix above ingredients to a smooth batter(like dosa batter consistency).Heat oil in a paniyaram pan pour a laddle full of the batter in each hole.cook it both sides till done.This ia a tasty sweet from the state of Kerala.