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.

Chocolate Short Bread

Trying this recipe from Joy of Baking.....it turned out very good.

Ingredients for the crust.

Butter-1 & 1/2 stick

Maida-1 & 1/2 cup

Sugar-1/4 cup

salt-1/8tsp

Vanilla essence-1/2tsp

For the filling

Semi sweet chocolate chips-6oz

( I used Hershey's)

Butter-1tsp

Method

Heat oven to 350 deg.C.In a bowl combine all the crust ingredients together.Grease a tray & press it evenly.Bake for 20 minute or till light brown colour.Remove from oven & let it cool slightly.Melt chocolate & butter in microwave for 20 sec.Pour it on top of the warm crust. Cut into squares.Store it in fridge.

Tomato Mint Juice

Ingredients

Ripe tomatoes-2

Mint-3 leaves

Salt & Pepper to taste

Homey-1/2tsp

Lime juice-3drops

Ginger-1/4''

Water to dilute

Method

In a mixi blend tomato,mint & ginger.Filter & dilute it.Add other ingredients mix & serve it cold.

Chilly Chicken

Ingredients for Marination

Boneless chicken cubed-1 pound

Egg-1 Chille powder-1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Maida-1tbsp

Corn flour-1/2tbsp

Rice flour-2tsp

Turmeric powder-1/2tsp

Ginger & Garlic paste-1tsp

Yellow food colour-a pinch (optional)

Oil to deep fry

For garnish

Sauted onion & capsicum-little

Chat masala,Black salt -little

Lemon cubes

Method

Marinate above ingredients for 1 hr.in fridge.Deep fry them in oil by batches.Sprinkle chat masala & black salt & serve it with onion,capsicum & lemons.

Tips

Vegetarians can make it dish with Mushroom.