CARROT KOSAMBARI

INGREDIENTS :

Moong daal - 2 tsps
Grated carrots - 1 cup
Green chillies (slit) - 3
Salt to taste
Lemon juice -  2 tsps
Shredded coconut - 2 tbsps

For Tadka :
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida 
Curry leaves
Sambar Onion - 3 

METHOD OF PREPARATION: 

1. Wash the moong daal and soak it in water for about 1-2 hours.Then,drain the water completely.
2.Add the grated carrot,green chillies, lemon juice, coconut, salt .Mix them well.
3.Now season it with tadka ingredients. Mix it again.

Serves good with rasam/sambar rice 

MALPUA

Ingredients :

Whole wheat flour - 1 cup

Sugar - 2 1/2 cups
Black pepper - 1/4 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp

Method of preparation :

• 1.Mix sugar in 1 cup of water and cook in a medium flame and dissolve completely.Cool it down .
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        • 3.Heat ghee/oil in a kadai . Once hot , drop a ladle of the batter in oil and deep fry them till golden brown.
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            • 4.Serve immediately.
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              • • Recipe  : Tarladalal.

OATS MOONGDAL PONGAL

INGREDIENTS :

Oats - 1 cup

Green gram - 1/4 cup

Pepper -2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 2 tsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Red Chillies - 2
Asafoetida - a pinch
Ginger - a small piece
Curry leaves
Salt to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Soak green gram overnight .

2) Pressure moong gram for 3-4 whistles.

3) Once done , allow it to cool . Meanwhile , heat oil in a pan . Add mustard,cumin seeds,red chillies and pepper . When it splutters , add curry leaves.

4) Then , add chopped ginger and asafotida with salt .Add moong dal.
5) Boil oats in water till done.Finally add dal with it and mix it well.

Serve hot with sambar/chutney/kurma .

Chickpeas Salad

INGREDIENTS :

Boiled chickpeas - 1 cup

Cucumber - 1 cubed

Tomato - 1 cubed

Onion - 1 sliced

Salt to taste

Lemon juice  - 1 tsp

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

Mix the above said ingredients in a bowl well . Leave for a minute and serve .

Gavachi Kheer / Whole Wheat Kheer

INGREDIENTS :

Whole wheat - 1/2 cup(Soaked overnight and grinded coarsely )
Rice - 2 tbsps(soaked)
Jaggery - 250gms (dissolved syrup - 2.5 cups)
Ghee 
Cashews ,Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Milk -  1 cup

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Ghee roast grinded wheat and rice for few minutes till the flavour rules out.
2) Add jaggery syrup to it . Cook for few minutes .
3) Finally , mix milk and cardamom powder to it and serve with ghee roasted cashews.

Linking it with SNC  challenge

OATS SWEET CREPES

INGREDIENTS :

Oats - 1 cup (powdered) ..i used saffola oats.
Jaggery - 1 1/2 cup
Dosa batter - 2 ladles
Baking salt - 1/2 tsp

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Mix the above ingredients to a smooth batter .
2) Heat dosa / aappam pan . Spread the batter , add a spoon of oil or ghee to its sides . Cover with  a lid for few minutes and then flip to its other side.
3) Cook till done . Serve hot .

A healthy crepes for Priya akka's Secretly cooking challenge ...Thank you Prathima for giving me two yummy ingredients Jaggery and Oats as secret ingredients.

SOYA BEANS PULIKULAMBU

INGREDIENTS:

Sambar onion - 1 cup

Garlic cloves - 1 cup

Red kidney beans/Soya beans - 150 gms/1 cup

Tomato - 1 (medium)

Tamarind - a big lemon size

Mustard,Jeera and Methi seeds - 1 tsp

Curry and coriander leaves

Coconut milk(tinned ) - 1/4 cup

Sambar Powder - 2 tsps

Asafoetida - 2 tsps

Salt to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1) Heat oil in a pressure cooker.Add mustard,jeera and methi seeds.When it splutters,add onion,garlic and curry leaves.Fry till onion and garlic becomes tender

2)  Then add chopped tomato.wait till it forms thick gravy.Followed by adding beans to it .
3) Add thick tamarind extract and allow to boil in medium flame .

4) When it starts boiling ,add sambar powder ,coconut milk and salt .Cook  for 4 whistles and open the lid releasing the pressure . Cook in slow flame till the oil separates out and gravy thickens  .
5) Add asafoetida while boiling .Garnish with coriander leaves before removing from the flame.
Serve with Hot rice .

Oats Nuts Laddu

 

Tried this yummy laddoo from Priya's Space .Thank you for sharing a yummy recipe.

INGREDIENTS :

Oats - 1 cup 

Cashews,Badam,Pista - 15 nos

White Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp

Sugar-(i used 1 cup) as per your taste

Cardamom - 2

Milk - 1 tbsp

Ghee as per requirement

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1. Dry roast oats for few minutes in slow flame and allow it to cool down.

2. Then ,dry roast the sesame seeds, cashew, pista, almonds and set aside to cool.

3. Grind finely the sugar and cardamom .

4. To it add the roasted oats, nuts and grind it.

5. Now add the melted ghee,milk to the grinded mixture and combine to form balls.

7. Store in an airtight container and serve .

Cabbage Fries

INGREDIENTS :

Cabbage ( grated) - 1 cup
Salt to taste
Chilli powder - 3 tsps
Besan Flour - 1/4 cup
Rice flour -  3 tsps
Asafoetida -  a pinch
Fried curry leaves - few

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Mix besan and rice flour with salt.
2) Add chilli powder and asafoetida to it and mix it up well.
3) Add grated cabbage to it . Sprinkle little water to it and mix it up well .Cabbage nust be coated with flour .It mustn't be too watery .
4) Finally, deep fry them till golden brown . While serving mix it up with few fried curry leaves.

Pav Bhaji

INGREDIENTS :

Potatoes(2),Capsicum(1),Green peas(1 cup),Carrots(2)- 2 cups
Onion - 1
Tomatoes - 2 finely chopped
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
Chilli powder-1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
Pav bhaji masala -1 1/2 tbsp
Red Chillies - 6
Garlic - 6 cloves
Coriander leaves -few

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

For the bhaji:

1. Boil the Vegetables till they are soft. Drain out the excess water.Mash them a bit coarsely.
2. Heat the butter in a large pan,saute the onion for few minutes minutes. Then, add grinded red chillies and garlic paste .
3. Add the tomatoes and cook till the oil separates out.
4. Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder,Garam masala, pav bhaji masala and salt.
5. Finally , add the boiled and mashed vegetables with little of water.Cook for few minutes ,turn off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves and few finely chopped onions .

Serve hot bhaji with Butter toasted Pav buns...