Oats & Spinach -Healthy Breakfast

Ingredients :

Oats - 4 tsbp's
Moong Dal - 2 spoons
Murunga Keerai (or) Spinach - little
Green Chilli - 1
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Sambar Powder - 1/4 tsp
Water - 2 Cup's
Oil - 1/4 tsp
Salt - a little

Method:

1. Heat Oil in a Pan.Add the washed and Draines drumstick leaves / Murunga Keerai to the pan and saute it until it gets cooked.
2. In a kadai add the moong dal, water, green chilli and oats.
3. After 10 minutes add the cooked Keerai / Greens to the kadai and mix well with the Oats and Dal.
4. Add turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt. Mix well
5. Cook till the oats get thick and Serve Hot.

Keerai(Spinach) Kulambu

Ingredients
Spinach (chopped) - 4 cups
Moong dhall - 1 cup
Ginger - 1 inch grated
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Onion - 1/2 small sized
Green chillies - 3
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Urad dal - 1 teaspoon
Oil - 1 spoon
Curry leaves - few
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Salt to taste

Method:
1.In a pressure cooker, add the moong dhall, turmeric, asafoetida and water and pressure cook for 1 whistle.
2.Cook the spinach separately with a little salt.
In a saucepan, add the oil, mustard seeds and urad dal. Once it starts spluttering add the chopped onion, curry leaves, grated ginger and green chillies. Saute for a minute.
3.Add the cooked spinach and moong dal and cook in medium flame for about 5 minutes.
4.Adjust salt and ready to serve with rice or chapathy.

Mutton Podimas

Ingredients:
Minced mutton-1/4 k
Chopped Onion-1/2 cup
Green chillies-2
Ginger garlic paste-1 teaspoon
Egg-1
Grated coconut-2 table spoon
Chilli powder -1tsp
Coariander powder -1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Cinnamon-2
Curry leaves
Salt-As required

Method

1. Pressure cooks the minced mutton along with 1 teaspoon red chili powder, 1 teaspoon coriander powder, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder, salt and ginger garlic paste and 1 ½ cups of water.
2. Cook for 12 minutes in medium flame. Once the pressure is released open the cooker.
3. Place a kadai in the stove. Add oil, cinnamon, little curry leaf and the splinted green chilly. Sauté for a minute.
4. Now add the chopped onion. Sauté till the onions turn transparent.
5. Now add 1/2 teaspoon chili powder and the salt needed.
6. Cook till the water content is gone.
7. Now break the egg and add to the minced meat and scramble nicely.
8. Now add the grated coconut. Sauté for two more minutes. 
9. Now its ready to serve.

Fish Fry

Ingredients:

Fish-4 pieces
Chilli powder-1tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Coriander powder-1/4 tsp
Pepper powder-1/4 tsp
Garlic paste-1/2 tsp
Tomato-1
Salt- To taste

Method:

1. Make paste of the given ingredients except fish.
2. Clean the fish slices apply this paste,allow it to soak for an hour.
3. Heat the Dosa pan,add 1 tsp of oil add the slices of fish,cook them in slow flame
for 4-5 min.
4. Allow it to cook until it will become crisp and brown.Add oil when ever u need.
5. Turn the other side and follow the same method.
6. Serve hot and enjoy the fish fry.

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.

Rava Idli

Rava idli can be done easily because it does not need fermentation and can be prepare easily.You can make it healthier by adding Vegetables to your choice.

Ingredients:

Rava- 1 cup
Curd-1 1/2 cup
Salt-To taste
Soda-pinch
Grated carrot-1/4 cup
Chopped coriander-1/4 cup

For seasoning:

Urad dal-1/ tsp
Channa dal-1/2 tsp
Mustard-1/2 tsp
Redchilli-3
Curry leaves

method:

1. Dry roast rava until it will become golden brown.
2. Heat 2 tsp of oil,add seasoning ingredients.fry well.
3. Add salt & soda in curd mix well,add roasted rava,carrot & coriander.
4. Add seasoning ingredients mix well.Keep  it aside for 20-30 min.
5. Pour the batter in greased Idly plate.
6. Allow it to cook for 15 min.
7. Remove from plate serve hot with chutney and sambar.