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Chutney powder

Ingredients:

Channa dhal-1/4 cup

Toor dhal- 1/4 cup

Urad dhal-1/4 cup

Peanuts- 3 tbsp

Coriander seeds- 1.5 tbsp

Dried red chillies - 15nos

Whole pepper - 1.5 tbsp

Curry leaves - 1 cup

Salt and asafoetida to taste. 

Method 

Dry roast all the ingredients seperatedly. 

Use little oil to roast red chillies, peppers and curry leaves seperately. 

Let them cool and coarse grind everything. 

Best served with idly and dosa

Simple Rava/Sooji Kesari

Ingredients 

Rava half cup

Sugar half cup

Ghee 3 tbsp

Milk 1 tbsp

Almond broken 4 nos

Water one and a half cup

Method 

Fry almond pieces in ghee and set aside

Add rava to the ghee and fry

Then add sugar and mix well 

Add milk, water to the mixture and bring it to boil

Keep stiring continuously

Add the almond and stir well

Rava kesari is ready to serve

Note- 

For extra flavour add cardamom powder

For color use saffron 

Vegetable Subji

Ingredients

Snake guard -1 finely chopped

Carrot 1 thinly sliced

Onion 1 finely chopped

Tomato-2 finely chopped

Garlic - 8 pods finely sliced

Green chilli - 1 no

Sambar powder 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Curry leaves few

Corriander few

Salt to taste 

Water 1 cup

Method

Heat olive oil in a pan

Add jeera and mustard seeds

Fry onion,garlic,green chilli and curry leaves together

Toss in the vegetables and add turmeric powder, sambar powder, salt.

Add one cup of water and close the lid.

Keep in low flame and cook for ten minutes

Vegetables Subji is ready to serve

Garnish with corriander leaves.

Tastes best with chapathi and pulav rice. 

Quick Carrot Beans Raita

Ingredients

Carrot-1 (used peeler)

Beans- 4-5 nos finely chopped

Olive oil - 1tsp

Yogurt - 1/2 cup. Beaten

Salt to taste

Method 

Heat oil in a pan and toss in both the vegetables and cook.

Let the beans cook retaining its crunchiness..

Bean yougurt in a seperate bowl and set aside

Transfer this content to the yogurt bowl

Add salt to taste and serve. 

Best when eaten with Briyani or with chapathi..

Egg Noodles

Ingredients

Finely chopped carrot -1/2 cup

Thinly sliced beans - 1/2 cup 

Shredded cabbage - 1/2 cup

Finely chopped garlic - 8pod

Green chillies 2 sliced

Egg- 1

Any noodle of your choice

I used yippe Magic instant noodle and used the seasoning powder given in the pack while frying the vegetables. 

Method

Soak the noodle in warm water for 5 mins. Drain and set aside.

Take a pan and heat up 2 tbsp of olive oil

Add garlic and green then fry for few second.

Toss in the vegetables and let It cook for while. The vegetables Shld be firm and crunchy.

Break in the egg in the middle of the pan and let it cook for a while.

Give a quick stir along with the vegetables.

Add in the soaked noodles and fry for few seconds.

Switch off the flame and serve the noodles with any sauce of your choice. 

Tomato Salad

These fresh tomatoes and corriander leaves from MyGplanet Organic Farm ECR Chennai.(http://mygplanet.org)

Ingredients

Tomato 2 medium

Green chilli 1no

Corriander leaves few

2tbsp yogurt

Oregano to taste

Salt to taste

Method 

Fine chop tomato, green chilli and corriander leaves

Add oregano and salt

Add yogurt n mix well

Refrigerate the salad and serve