Vada - South Indian

Ingredients:

Urad Dal – 1 cup
Onions – 1/4 cup, finely chopped
Green Chillies – 2, finely chopped
Ginger – 1 tblsp, grated
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Fresh Coriander – 1/4 cup, finely chopped
Oil for deep frying

Sabudana Khichdi - Vegetarian

This is a traditional Indian recipe famous with Gujaratis and Maharashtrians and is often enjoyed as breakfast or as Vrat ka Khana(during fasting)

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Coconut Chutney

Ingredients:

1 coconut small pieces
8 tbs - chana dal
2 tbs - urad dal
3 tbs - coriander seeds
2 tbs - jeera
5 - red chillies ( or according to your spice level)
2 - Garlic bulbs
Oil

Method of preparation:

Heat Oil, add all the ingredients, cook for 10 - 15 min, make sure all of the ingredients are cooked well, Remove from heat, Let it cool.  Add to Food processor or Mixer, Add little water(Or Oil) to make  Delicious chutney.

You can serve with Idly, Dosa or even rice!

Aloo Chat - Punjabi Recipe

Ingredients:

  1/2   tsp   Black pepper powder 
  1     tsp   Black salt 
  1/4   cup   Chopped Fresh coriander leaves 
  1/4   cup   Chopped Fresh mint leaves 
  1     number   Finely Chopped Onion 
  3-4   clove   Garlic 
  2     tbsp   Lemon juice 
  8     number   Medium sized boiled Potatoes 
  1     tsp   Rosted Cumin powder 
  2     number   Roughly Chopped Green chillies 
        to taste   salt


Peel and cut potatoes into an inch sized cubes.Grind garlic, green chillies, coriander leaves and mint leaves together to make a fine paste. Mix together potato cubes, paste, roasted cumin powder, black salt, salt, black pepper powder, lemon juice and chopped onion. Toss well and serve. 

Pal (Milk) Payasam - Sweets

Pal (Milk) Payasam
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Litre milk
1 Cup of brown rice (broken)
2 Cups of  sugar
1/4 Table spoon of cardamom powder
10-12 Cashew nuts (toasted in ghee)
10-12 Raisins (toasted in ghee)



Preparation:

Boil the milk in a medium flame
Wash the rice, add it to the boiled milk, cook under medium flame till rice is done. Add 2 cups of sugar
Cook for 20-30 minutes with frequent stirring. If the payasam is thicken, add cardamom powder, raisins & cashew nuts. Remove from stove
Now the Pal Payasam is ready to serve !!!




Pal (Milk) Payasam - Sweets by asith-mohan-mangalore

Vada - South Indian

Ingredients:

Urad Dal – 1 cup
Onions – 1/4 cup, finely chopped
Green Chillies – 2, finely chopped
Ginger – 1 tblsp, grated
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Fresh Coriander – 1/4 cup, finely chopped
Oil for deep frying


Method:

1. Wash the dal and soak in water for 2 hours.
2. Drain and transfer it to a blender.
3. Grind the dal, gradually adding up to 1/4 cup of water to make a thick, slightly coarse batter.
4. Add the onions, green chillies and ginger and mix well.
5. Mix the salt and coriander into the batter.
6. Put the oil in a kadai over medium heat.
7. Place a damp cloth on your palm and put about 1 1/2 tblsp of batter on it. The damp cloth prevents the batter from sticking to your hand.
8. Form the batter into a doughnut shape and transfer the vadai directly into the hot oil.
9. Fry till one side is cooked and golden brown.
10. Turn over and fry the other side, till golden brown.
11. Drain.
12. Make the remaining vadai in the same way.
13. Serve hot with coconut chutney. 


 





Vada by Asith Mohan Mangalore