DATES LADDU

Ingredients:-

Chopped dates- 1 cup
Whole dried milk- 1 cup
Sugar-1/4 cup
Milk- 1 cup

Procedure:-

Heat a thick bottomed pan (medium heat) , add all the above said ingredients and keep stirring until the mix leaves bottom of the pan. Allow it to cool. Then make the mix into even sized balls.
Dates laddus are ready!!!!!!!!!
Laddus are delicious as well as nutritious. Kids like them very much.

KHARA PONGAL

Ingredients:-
Rice- 1 cup
Moong dal/green gram- 3/4 cup
Water- 6 cups
Onion- 1 cup
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Coriander pwdr - 1 tsp
Poppy seeds- 1 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch
Grated coconut- 1 cup
Green chillies- 7-8 nos.
Curry leaves - 1 string
Cilantro- chopped 1 cup
Dry red chillies- 7-8 nos.
Mustard seeds-1 tsp
Oil -1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Procedure:-

• Roast moong dal until light brown.
• Grind grated coconut, 1/4 cup of onion, cumin seeds, green chillies, poppy seeds, coriander powder, ginger together. Keep it aside.
• Put 1/2 tbsp of oil in a vessel heat it, when hot add 3/4 cup of chopped onion, fry for 3 mins.
• Add water, bring it to boil.
• Add rice,dal and salt. Cook till done.
• Add ground paste to the cooked rice and dal, stir until it blends well.
• Heat 1/2 tbsp of oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chillies and fry it.
• Add this seasoning to the cooked rice and garnish with chopped cilantro.
• Serve hot/ cold.

SWEET PONGAL

Ingredients:-

Rice - 1 cup
Green Gram -1/4 cup
Milk- 1.5 cups
Water 1.5 cups
Cardmom pwdr- 1tsp
Jaggery- 1 cup
Grated coconut- 1 cup
Raisins,almonds- t tbsp each
Ghee- 1 tbsp

Procedure:-

• Fry rice and moong dal with ghee for 3-4 minutes.
• Pressure cook rice and dal by adding milk and water.
• Add jaggery powder and grated coconut, stir it well.
• Then add cardmom pwdr and roasted raisins, almonds.
• Serve hot.

PADDU

Ingredients:-

Rice- 3 cups
Urad dal/ black gram - 1/2 cup
Fenugreek seeds- 1 tbsp
Chilli paste- 1 tbsp
Chopped Onion -1 cup
Cilantro - chopped 1/2 cup
Salt to taste

Procedure:-

• Soak rice, black gram and fenugreek seeds for 7-8 hrs.
• Grind it and Keep the batter as it is whole night.
• Add chilli paste, finely chopped onion, cilantro and salt to the batter.
• Pour batter in the pits of Paddu making Tava.
• After 2 minutes turn the paddus upside down bake for 1 more minute.
• Remove from tava, serve hot with coconut/ onion chutney.

MOONG DAL/ GREEN GRAM PAYASA

Ingredients:-

Green gram /moong dal - 1 cup
Jaggery- 1 cup
Grated dry coconut- 1/2 cup
Cardmom pwdr- 1 tsp
Raisins, almonds, cashews- 1tbsp each
Ghee- 1 tsp
Water to cook

Procedure:-

• Fry dal with ghee unti dal turns light brown.
• Take a vessel pour water and heat it.
• Bring water to boil, add dal, cook until dal become soft.
• Add jaggery powder and grated dry coconut, mix well.
• Add cardmom pwdr and fried raisins,cashews and almond.
• Serve hot.

MAIDA PAKODA

Ingredients:-

All Purspose flour/ maida- 1 cup

Curd- 2 tbsp

Green chillies- 4 nos.

Chopped onion- 1 no.

Cilantro- chopped 1 cup

Curry leaves - 1 string

Peanuts- 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Oil to fry

PROCEDURE:-

• Mix maida and curd, add little water to get thick batter consistency.
• Add chopped onion, chillies, curry leaves, cilantro, peanuts and salt.
• Deep fry in oil until pakodas turn golden colour.
• Serve hot.

COCONUT CHUTNEY

Ingredients:-

shredded coconut- 1 bowl

Green chillies- 6-7 nos.

Roasted gram - 2-3 tsp

Ginger - 1/2"

Garlic- 1 slice

Curry leaves- 1 string

Coriander leaves- 1/4 bunch

Salt to taste

Procedure:-

• Grind all the above ingredients together, chutney is ready.
• It can be served with idli, dosa, parotha and many more dishes.

MAJJIGE HULI

Ingredients:-

Buttermilk- 1 bowl
Onion- 1 no.
Green chillies- 6-7nos.
Rice- 1 tsp
Tur dal- 1 tsp
Cardmom - 1no.
Pepper- 3 corns
Mustard- 2 tsp(1tsp for grinding+ 1 tsp for saute)
Cumin seeds-1 tsp
Shredded coconut- 1/2 cup
Curry leaves- 1 string
Coriander leaves- 1/4 bunch
Oil- 1/2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Procedure:-

• Soak rice and turdal for atleast 1 hr.


• Grind rice, turdal, chillies, mustard, pepper, cardmom, shredded coconut and coriander leaves together.


• Pour oil in a vessel, when hot add mustard, curry leaves and chopped onion.


• Fry till onion turns golden brown.


• Add ground paste, cook for 5 minutes.


• Add buttermilk and salt, cook till it stars boiling.


• Serve with white rice.

CHANNA DAL VADA

Ingredients:-

Channa dal/ Bengal gram- 1 cup

Dill/ Sabsige soppu- 1/2 bunch

Onion- 1 no.

Green chillies- 6-7 nos.

Rice flour- 1 tbsp

Curry leaves- 1 string

Coriander leaves- 1/4 bunch

Salt to taste

Oil to fry

Procedure:-

• Soak channa dal for atleast 4 hrs.
• Grind coarsely, add finely chopped dill, chopped onion, chilly paste, rice flour, chopped curry leaves , cilantro and salt.
• Deep fry in oil, fry both the sides till vada turns golden brown.
• Serve hot.

RAVA IDLI

Ingredients:-
Medium Rava/Semolina - 1 cup
Carrot- 1 no.
Curd/ Yogurt- 1 cup
Green chillies- 6-7 nos.
Ginger - 1"
Black gram - 1 tsp
Curry leaves- 1 string
Coriander leaves - 1/4 bunch
Grated coconut- 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Oil- 1 tbsp
Mustard- 1 tsp

Procedure:-

• Fry Rava on medium flame, keep it aside.
• Pour oil in a pan, when hot add mustard,bengal gram, curry leaves, chopped green chillies and grated carrot.
• Fry for 3-4 minutes.
• Mix well with rava and add shredded coconut, salt and curd.
• Batter consistency should be like idli batter.
• Grease the idli stand with oil, pour batter, steam cook for 12 minutes.
• Serve hot with Coconut chutney.

MASALA IDLI

Ingredients:-

Rice- 1 cup

Tur dal(split pigeon peas)- 1 cup

Urad dal (Black gram ) - 1 cup

Dill/ Sabsige soppu- 1 bunch

Green chillies- 8 nos.

Grated coconut- 1/2 cup

Onion - 2 nos.

Salt to taste.

Procedure:-

• Soak rice, tur dal , urad dal for atleast 4 hrs.
• Grind coarsely.
• Add chilli paste, chopped onion, finely chopped dill, grated coconutand salt to the batter.
• Mix well, arrange in idli stand and steam cook for 15 minutes.
• Serve hot with coconut chutney.

PALAK/ SPINACH RICE

Ingredients:-

Palak/Spinach - 1 bunch
Rice - 1 cup
Onion - 1 medium size
Tomato- 1 no.
Green chillies- 6-7 nos.
Shredded coconut- 1/2 cup
Cinnamon- 1 stick
Clove- 3 nos.
Curry leaves - 1 string
Coriander leaves- 1/4 bunch
Black Pepper- 4 corns
Oil- 1 tbsp
Mustard- 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Water- 2 cups (1 rice:2 water)

Procedure:-

• Grind spinach, cinnamon, clove, pepper,green chillies,shredded coconut and salt together and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a vessel , saute mustard, curry leaves, chopped onion and then saute chopped tomato.
• Then add ground masala paste, cook for 5 minutes.
• Add water, when it starts boiling add rice , cook till done.

Thanx Jyo for sharing this recipe.