Yellow lentil curry

ingredients:

• ½ of large onion diced
• 1 cup yellow lentils (Toor dhall)
• 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
• ¼ cup hot water
• ½ teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 pinch mustard
• 1 pinch asafoetida
• ½  tablespoon curry powder
• ½  teaspoon turmeric powder
• ½  teaspoon ground cumin
• ½  tablespoon chili powder
• salt to taste
• ½  teaspoon white sugar
• ½  teaspoon minced garlic
• ½  teaspoon ginger root, minced
• 4 Tablespoon tomato puree

Method:

• Wash the lentils, soak overnight, boil in the water and drain it
• Mix the tamarind paste with hot water and add with curry powder, turmeric, cumin, chili powder, salt, sugar, garlic, and ginger in a bowl.
• Heat the oil in a pan, fry the onion till golden brown
• Add the above mixture to the onions, cook for 2 minutes while stirring
• Now add the tomato puree, cook in low heat for few minutes
• Take from fire and mix the lentils
• Garnish with coriander leaves
• If you want more liquid do not drain the water and cook for 5 minutes after adding to the curry mix

Rava uppuma

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup -  Roasted Semolina (Rava)
• 2 cup - Water
• 1 - Small onion
• 1 clove - Garlic
• 2/3 - Dried chilli
• 1 teaspoon - Ulundhu / Channa dhall
• 6/8 - Peppers
• 4/5 - curry leaves
• 1 pinch - mustard
• 1 pinch - cumin seed
• 1 tablespoon - oil
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Heat the oil in a pan
• Fry mustard, cumin seed, chilli, curry leaves, dhall and pepper
• Add garlic and onion fry till they soften
• Add water and boil it
• Add salt
• Then add semolina little by little and mix
• Take from fire and stir it
• If it is sticky add little more semolina because semolina's stickiness may vary

Chole

Serves for 4 - 5 people

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup chickpea
• 1 ½ large onion
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 inch ginger
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 tablespoon tamarind paste
• ¾ teaspoon sugar
• 1 green chili
• ¾ tablespoon chilli powder
• 2 cardamom
• 3 cloves
• ½ inch cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ghee
• ¼ teaspoon cumin seed

Method:

• Soak the chickpea overnight, cook and drain it
• Blend tomato as a smooth puree
• Grind onion, ginger, garlic, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon for a smooth paste
• Heat the ghee and put the cumin seed
• Then add onion paste and mix till the oil separate from the paste
• Now add tomato paste and mix well
• Now mix salt, chilli powder, tamarind paste, sugar and chick pea
• Cook till it thickens
• Garnish with coriander leaves

This dish is suitable for roti, rice, chappati and bread

Yellow lentils with onion curry

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup -Rred lentils (mysoor dhall)
• ¼ cup - Small onion
• ½ - Tomato (Chopped)
• ½ - Big onion (Chopped)
• 1 Tablespoon - Ghee
• 1 Pinch of asafoetida
• Coriander leaves for garnishing

For masala

• 4 cloves - Garlic
• 1 - Green chilli
• ½ Teaspoon - Cumin seed
• 1 Teaspoon - Coriander
• Small piece of Ginger

Method:

• Cook the dhall with 2 1/2 cup water
• When half done add small onions and cook for 10 minutes
• Grind the masala ingredients to thick paste
• Heat the ghee in a pan
• Add big onion fry till it turns to golden brown
• Add the masala paste and cook for 2 minutes
• Now add cooked dhall and salt, cook for 5 minutes
• Finally add tomato and cook further 5 minutes
• Take the pan from stove and add asafoetida
• Garnish with coriander leaves

This dish is taste with rice, chapatti and string hopper

Apple blueberry smoothie

We can make wonderful, tasty and healthy smoothie with simple ingredients what we have in our home. Lets try this,

Ingredients:

• ½ - Apple
• 2 tablespoon - Frozen blueberry
• 1 cup - Plain or strawberry flavored yogurt
• ½ cup - water
• Sugar if required

Method:

• Blend apple with little amount of water
• Add blueberry and blend till smooth
• Then add yogurt and water blend once
• Pour into a glass and enjoy
• If you like to drink very cold add 2 / 3 ice cube

( 1 Serving)

(For video: http://youtu.be/8-Ch8IIOA78 )

Irish cream cafe latte

For 2 servings
Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup - Hot water
• 2- 3 Teaspoon - Instant coffee
• 3/4 cup - Hot milk
• 1/4 cup - Irish cream
• Sugar to taste

Method:

• Mix sugar and coffee with boiled water
• Add milk and cream with coffee

Enjoy while it hot

Bitter melon Salad

Ingredients:

• 1- Bitter melon
• 1 - small Onion chopped
• 1/2 - Tomato chopped
• 1/2 Teaspoon - Lime juice
• Salt and Pepper to taste

( For 2 serving)


Method:

• Clean and cut the bitter melon into thin slices
• Heat the oil in frying pan
• Fry it for light  brown
• Add all ingredients and mix it well

Eat this salad twice a week, it is good for intestine worms and diabetic

Idly podi

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup- Black lentil
• 1/4 cup- Split pigeon pea/ split yellow lentils (Toor dal)
• 2 Table spoon - Split Bengal gram
• 2 Table spoon - Green gram
• 8 - Dried chili
• Hand full Curry leaves
• 1/4 Teaspoon -  Asafoetida
• 1/2 Teaspoon - Salt

 Method:

• Roast each ingredient separately except salt and asafoetida
• Mix all and grind it
• Do not grind it very smooth powder

Grilled fish

Ingredients:

• 200g - Piece of fish
• 1/2 teaspoon - Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon - Tomato sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon - Garlic paste
• 1/4 teaspoon - Lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon - Chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon - Ginger paste
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Wash and cut the fish into a slice
• Add little salt and little lime juice and leave it for a minute
• Wash again or the fish will stink after cooking
• Mix all ingredients with a little amount of water to make a paste
• Then mix it to the fish and leave it for 30 minutes
• Heat the non-stick pan
• Add 1 teaspoon oil when it hot put the fish in the pan
• when it becomes golden brown  take it out from the pan and serve

Kesari

Ingredient:

• 1 Cup - Semolina
• 1 Cup - Sugar
• 3 Tablespoon - Ghee
• 1 1/2 Cup - Water
• 2 Table spoon - Milk / Coconut milk
• 1 Pinch - Kesari powder / coloring (yellow /orange)
• 1 Hand full - Cashew nut

Method:

• Heat the ghee in the pan, then fry the cashew nut and take it out
• Then roast the semolina to mix well with the ghee and keep it aside
• Boil the water
• Add the sugar and coloring, mix it well
• When the water boiling add milk
• Add semolina little by little while stirring the mixture
• When it becomes very thick remove from the stove
• Mix cashew nut with it
• Put it on a tray which greased by butter
• Make a cut when it's cool