Orange & Pineapple Juice

Orange and Pineapple both are good source of  Vitamin C. Pineapple is enriched with vitamins, Minerals, Fibers help in maintaining ideal weight and balanced Nutrition.

Ingredients:
Orange -2
Pineapple pieces -1 cup
Honey   2-3 tsp (Optional)
Water - 2 cups
Ice cubes- 4-5  

Preparation Method:

1. Blend Orange, pineapple together in a blender to a smooth mixture.
2. Strain the juice.
3. Serve the juice chilled.

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.

Simple Oats Idli

This is a very simple breakfast or dinner item.We can make it immediately if we dont have mood to cook.

Ingredients:

1. Oats-3 cup
2. Wheat rava -1 1/2 cups
3. Yogurt - 4 1/2 cups
4. Salt - according to tast
5. Oil-little

Method:

1. Dry roast the oats and the rava separetly.
2. Grind the oats,rava,yogurt,salt together using Mixer
3. Grease idli moulds and place spoonfuls of this mixture into each mould and steam for about 6 to 7 minutes.
4. Remove each idli and serve with sambar or chutney

Semiya Kesari

Ingredients:
Semiya/vermicelli-2cups
sugar-1 1/2 cups
water-3 cups
ghee-1 table spoon
cardamom-2
dry grapes-50g
cashew nuts-50g
color powder-little
salt-1 pinch

Method:
1.Mix the color powder and salt in the water and keep aside.
2.Heat ghee in a pan on medium flame and fry the cashew nuts and dry grapes and keep aside
3.In the same pan roast the semiya until slightly golden in color.
4.Pour the water on the roasted semiya and let it cook for a while.
5.When almost all the water has been absorbed add the sugar,crushed cardamom,and the fried cashew nuts and dry grapes
6.Keep stirring until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
7.Now its 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.

Appam

Ingredients:

• Raw rice-2 cups
• Grated coconut-3/4 cup
• Black gram(Urad dal)-1 handfull
• Cooked rice(sadam)-little 
• Salt-to taste
• Yeast-1/2 tsp (optional)

Procedure:

• Soak the rice and the black gram for 2 hours. 
• After soaking grind all the ingredients in the mixie or grinder.Grind the batter in to a dosa batter consistency.
• Allow the batter to ferment for 10-12 hours.
• Take a non-stick pan, spread the batter and put a lid on the pan.Heat it for 2 minutes
• Now the Appam is ready to serve.