Rava Upma

Serves : 4

Ingredients

1.  1 cup semolina (sooji)

2.  1 medium onion (peeled and chopped)

3.  5-6 curry leaves 

4.  1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

5.  2 tsp white urad daal

6.  1-2 dry red chilies

7.  1+1 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)

8.  1 tbsp coconut powder

9..  Juice of ! lemon

10..Salt (to taste)

11. Ghee (clarified butter)

Method

1. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan. Add semolina and bhunoo until light brown. Switch of the flame.

2. Now, heat another tablespoon of ghee in a heavy bottom pan. Add mustard seeds, dried red chilies and urad daal, when they begin to splutter, add onions, and curry leaves and saute for 2 mins..

3. Add salt and water. When the water starts boiling, add the roasted semolina. 

4. Now cook until the water is completely absorbed by the semolina. Keep stiring continuously. 

5. Finish with coconut powder and lemon juice. Serve Hot!

ENJOY!!

Instant Dosa

Ingredients

1. 2 cups all purpose flour (maida)

2. 2 cups rice flour

3. Pinch of cumin seeds

4. Pinch of mustard seeds

5. 3/4 cup buttermilk

6. Salt to taste

7. Water (for making batter)

8. Oil (for shallow frying)

Method

1. Mix together all purpose flour,rice flour,cumin seeds,mustard seeds,buttermilk and salt. Prepare a batter of pouring consistency using water.

2. Let the batter rest for half hour.

3. On hot tawa, put 1 tsp oil and a ladle full of batter. Spread it to form a thin circle. Once cooked flip it to cook on the other side also.

4. Serve hot with sambhar or coconut chutney.

ENJOY!! 

Sambhar

Ingredients

1. 1 cup arhar daal 

2. Mix vegetables( onion, potatoes, carrot,beans,capsicum)

3. 1 tsp Mustard seeds

4. 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds 

5. 2 dried red chilies

6. 1 1/2 tsp Tamarind .paste

7. 2 tsp sambhar powder

8. 1 tsp red chili powder

9. 1/2 tsp black pepper powder

10. 8-10 curry leaves

11. Salt to taste

12. 2 tsp Oil

Method 

1. Pressure cook daal and vegetables together.

2. Heat oil in a pan, add fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds. When they begin to splutter add the curry leaves, tamarind paste,dried chilies and all the spices.

3. Add the cooked daal mixture. Simmer for 10 mins.

 Serve hot

ENJOY!! 

Rice Idli

Ingredients

1. 3 cups rice

2. 1 cup skinless urad daal (black gram)

3. Salt to taste

4. Oil for greasing

Method

1. Wash the lentils and rice and soak for 3-4 hours.

2. Grind them to a thick paste (adding little water in between) using a blender.

3. Add salt and let the mixture ferment overnight.

4. Grease idli moulds with oil, fill 3/4 of the mould with idli batter.

5. Steam in a steamer or in a water filled vessel for 15-20 mins.

6. Poke a toothpick in idlis, if it comes out clean then your idlis areready.

Serve with hot Sambhar

ENJOY!!