MEDHU VADAI/ULUNDHU VADAI

Ingredients:
Urad dal/Ulutham paruppu- 1cup
Small onion -10(or) Big onion – 1
Green chilly-2
Ginger -1 inch piece
Curry leaves - little
Asafetida -2 pinches
Salt-little
Water-(less than) approx 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Soak urad dal for 1 hour at least. (Use whole urad dal without skin).
2. Grind urad dal with only little water till fluffy. Please note the following points:
   a) Add urad dal little by little(no water),while the grinder is running.
   b)Just sprinkle water now and then to avoid jamming of the grinder.
   c)Stand near till you finish grinding for sprinkling water now and then and wipe the urad dal that sticks to the wall of the grinder container.
   d)This whole process takes around 12-15 minutes,you will get a fluffy white batter. 
3. Now chop onions,ginger,green chillies,coriander and curry leaves and add all these to the batter along with salt and asafetida
4. Now mix well,keep aside and  heat enough oil in kadai (be generous or else vadas may stick to the bottom and get burnt).
5. Now wet your right hand well and make a small ball and use ur thumb to make hole in the middle and drop it in oil,
6.  Fry in medium flame,turn the vadais and fry till both the sides turn crisp and golden brown. 

Poli

Ingredients: 

For Dough:
Maida (all purpose flour)-1Cup
Milk -1Cup
Salt-As needed
For Pooranam:  
Channa dal-1/2 cup
grated coconut-1/2 cup
Jaggerry-1 1/2cup
Cardomom-2

Method for making Pooranam:

1. Soak channa dal for about 4 hours or overnight.
2. Pressure cook channa dal upto 3 whistles, cool down and grind it in a Mixer/Blender in to a paste and keep aside
3. Take jaggerry in a heavy bottomed vessel and pour enough water to immerse jaggery. Heat the vessal to allow the jaggerry to boil, at one stage the jaggerry water will get frothy.
4. Add the ground dal paste and coconut. Stir continuously without forming any lumps.
5. Add cardamom powder and mix throughly. Keep stirring well untill the mixture starts leaving the sides of the vessel.
6. Now the Poorama is ready.

Method for making Poli:

1. Mix oil and salt in the flour and mix throughly.
2. Add lukke warm milk and made in to a smooth dough.
3. Take lemon size dough and Roll the dough ball to a thick adai and place small lemon size pooranam inside the dough and cover it fully.
4. Roll carefully till the dough spreads and covers the pooranam as a thin layer.
5. Heat tawa and grease with ghee/oil and cook on both sides till golden brown on both sides of the poli.
6. Now Poli is ready to serve

Parupu Vadai/Masal Vadai

INGREDIENTS
	Channa dal (Split chick-pea lentils) - 1 cup Onion- 1 Ginger 1 inch piece Fennel seeds(sombu) - 1 tbsp Red chillies-2 Green chillies-2 Curry leaves - 1 sprigSalt -1tbs Oil
	METHOD: Soak the dal in water for about 4 hours. After 4 hours drain the water. Add the 3/4 quantity of dal, fennel seeds, ginger, salt, red chilli in to a Mixer/Blender and crush it into a thick paste without adding water. Add the finely chopped onion, green chilli and the remaing 1/4 quantity of dal in to the mixed bater and mix well. Take a lemon size mixture, flatten in the palm of your hand and deep fry in oil untill the vadai turn to golden brown. Drain out the excess oil and the vadais are ready to serve.

Easy Microwave Coffee Cake

This is a very simple, easy, soft, tasty coffee cake. No baking powder or baking soda is needed.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour/maida - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Coffee powder - 2 tsp
Salt - 1 pinch
Milk - 1/2 cup

Oil - 1 tsp

Method

1.  Mix maida,salt,coffee powder,sugar in a bowl.
2. Add milk and oil in to the maida and blend well. This should be in dosa batter consistency.
3. Greese the microwave-safe bowl/cup with little oil and pour the batter into the cup. While cooking the batter will rise so half fill the batter in the cup
4. Microwave at full power for 2 minute. If the batter is still watery cook for 15 seconds more. But dont over cook it then It will become rubbery.
5. Soft coffee cake is now ready to eat

Aval mixture

Ingredients:

Aval(thin)-2 cup
Groundnut-1/4 cup
Fried gram dhal-4 tsp
Green chilli-2
Garlic-2 flakes
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Salt-To taste
Oil-2 tsp

Method:

1. Dry roast aval in a pan for 2 minutes.keep it aside.
2. Dry roast groundnut and mix with the roasted aval.
3. Heat the adai, add oil, Turmeric,green chilli,crushed garlic,salt and curry leaves.
saute 1 min.
4. Now add Roasted aval ,fried gram and groundnuts,mix well.
5. Serve along with tea/coffee.

Muruku

Ingredients:

Rice flour-3 cups
Urad Dal flour-1/4 cup
Til/Sesame-3 tsp
Butter/Hot oil-3 tsp
Hing-1/4 tsp
Salt-To taste

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients by adding enough Water.(Not too loose or so tight)
2. Stuff the Dough in Murukku Achu(press),press it into spirals shape

3.Deep fry it in oil.
4.Fry both sides until it will become crispy.
5.Now the muruku is ready to serve.

pidi kolukatai

 Ingredients:

Rice flour - 1 cup
Jaggery - 3/4 cup
Coconut - 1/4 cup ( cut into fine pieces)
Ghee - 2 tsp
Cardamom - 2 (optional)

method:

1. Heat 1 1/2 cups water in a heavy bottom vessel.
2. When it's boiling,add 1 tsp of ghee &  grated Jaggery.
3. Now add coconut & cardamom power. Mix well.
4. Now add rice flour,mix carefully,no lumps should be form.
5. Cook for 5 min. If it is too watery add little more rice flour & mix properly.
6. Once it is mixed, allow it to cool.
7. You can now shape it by pressing between your palms.
8. Grease idly plates using ghee,place kozhukattai.
9. Steam cook for 10-12 min.
10. Now tasty Pidi  kolukatai is ready to serve.

Bread Toast

Ingredients:

Bread-4 slices
Egg-1
Rava/Sooji/Semolina-1/2 cup
Yogurt-1/2 cup
Onions chopped-a handful
1/2 Tomato- 1/2 chopped finely
Green chilli-2 chopped
Coriander leaves
Salt
Turmeric powder-a pinch

Method:
1. Mix all the ingredients except bread in to a thick batter without adding water.
2. Dip each piece of bread in the batter and coat both the sides. As the batter is thick, you might have to use your hand to place some veggie-yogurt mixture on the bread.
3. Heat a flat non stick pan. Add 1/2 tsp oil. Place the bread slice and add few drops of oil along the edges. Cook on medium flame for about 3 minutes.
4.Flip the bread and toast the other side for few more minutes until golden brown.
5.Serve with ketchup.

Aval upma

This is a very quick breakfast or snack dish, if you have aval at your hand.It can be eat as it is.No side dish is required.Aval is called flattened rice in english and poho in hindi

Ingredients:

Aval- 2 cups

oil-1 tablespoon

Mustard seed-1/2 teaspoon

Urad dhal-1/2 teaspoon

Cumin powder-1 teaspoon

Pepper powder-1 teaspoon

Red chilli-2 or 3

Curry leafs

 Salt-little

Procedure:
1. In a bowl, wash and soak the aval with just enough water to cover it and set it aside for about 2 minutes. After 2 minutes drain the water from the aval
2. Take a pan, heat some cooking oil, add mustard seeds and wait for them to splutter. After the mustard splutters, add  urad dhal, dried red chilli and curry leaves and fry until the urad dhal turns light golden brown in color.
3. Add the pepper powder,cumin powder and salt in the pan.
4. Add the softened aval,  mix everything well and turn off the stove after 2 minutes. 
5. Aval upma is ready in 5 minutes.

karasev

Ingredients:

Gram flour-2 cups

Rice flour -1 cup

pepper powder-1/2 tsp

chilli powder-2 tsp(adjust)

cumin seed-1/2 tsp

Asafoetida- 1/4 tsp

salt to taste

oil for deep frying

Method:


1.Mix gram flour, rice flour,pepper powder,cumin seeds, chilli powder, asafoetida,2 tsp oil and salt together.

2.Add enough water in to the mixture and make it into a soft dough.

3.Heat oil in a pan and squeeze the dough from the murukku mould into small length pieces.

4.Deep fry the karasev and drain it in paper towel.

5.Store the karasev in a airtight container.