Tomato Mint Chutney

Ingredients For frying
Chopped onion-1
Chopped tomato-3
Green chillies-2
Mint leaves-1 cup
Grated Coconut-1/4cup or less
Salt to taste
Urad dhal-2tsp
Channa dhal-2tsp
Ginger-1/4''
For Tempering
Oil-2tsp
Mustard-1tsp
Urad dhal-1/2tsp
Red chillies-2
Method
Heat oil fry above ingredients till light brown.Cool & grind it to a smooth paste.Temper it.Serve it with any tiffin or snack.

Vazhai Poo Sambar

Ingredients

Masoor dhal-1cup

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Salt to taste

Chopped Vazhai poo-1 cup
Tamarind paste-1/2tsp

Onion diced-1/2

Tomato-1

Curry & Coriander leaves-little

Chille powder-1/2tsp

Hing-1tsp

For Grinding

Channa dhal-1tbsp

Methi-1/4tsp

Coriander seeds-2tsp

Jeera-1/2tsp

Coconut-3tsp

Red chillies-2

(Dry roast & powder it)

For tempering

Oil-3tsp

Mustard-1/2tsp

Jeera-1/4tsp

Urad dhal-1/4tsp

Methi-1/4tsp

Method

Boil masoor dhal with turmeric,mash it well keep it aside.Heat oil in a pan add the tempering .Now add the onion,tomato ,Vazhai Poo and all dry masalas.Fry it well ,add the tamarind paste.Pour water & cook the Vazhai Poo .Once its cooked pour the dhal & the ground masala , give a boil.Garnish it with curry & coriander leaves.Serve it with rice.

Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins

Ingredients

Shredded Zucchini-1 & 3/4 cup

Brown Sugar-1 cup

Sugar-2tbsp

Oil-2/3 cup

Vanilla essence-2tsp

Egg-2

Whole Wheat flour-1 & 1/2 cup

Baking Powder-1/2tsp

Baking Soda-1/2tsp

Cinnamon powder-1tsp

Salt-3/4tsp

Nuts chopped of your choice-1/4cup (optional)

Method

Pre heat oven at 350 deg.C.Mix above ingredients together.Grease muffin pan and pour a ladle in each hole.Bake for 10 minutes or till done.

Ragi Buttermilk Kali

Ingredients

Ragi-1 cup

Butter milk-to dilute it.

(Mix it with ragi & ferment it overnight)

Salt to taste

Tempering

Oil-2tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Urad dhal-1/2tsp

Channa dhal-1/2tsp

Jeera-1/4tsp

Hing-1/4tsp

Curry leaves-little

More Milaga-3

or you can use green chillies

Method

Heat oil in a pan (i used non stick pan) temper it.Add the ragi mixture & keep mixing it till ragi is cooked(leaves the sides of the pan).Cool it & serve it with any spicy gravy like Vatha Kuzhambu & Appalam.

Mamidikaya Pappu (Mango Dhal)

Ingredients

Chopped Mango-1/2 cup

(I used dry mango,you can reduce the amount if your mangoes are too sour))

Masoor dhal-1 cup

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Hing-1/4tsp

Salt tp taste

Onion chopped-1/2

Tomato chopped-1

Garlic-3

For tempering

Oil-2tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Uraddhal-1tsp

Jeera-1/2tsp

Chille powder-1tsp

Method

Pressure cook above ingredients.Mash it well.Temper it & serve it with hot rice.