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

Attukaal Paya

Ingredients:

Attukaal -3 to 4 legs, cut into 2 to 3 inch pieces

Onion -2

Green chilly -4

Ginger, garlic paste -1 tbsp
Garam masala -1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4tsp
Chilli powder -1 tsp 

Coriander powder 3 tsp  

Coconut -1/4
coriander leaves and curry leaves 

Salt -as required

Oil -1tbsp


METHOD: 

1. In a pressure cooker, add oil and heat it.
2. Add ginger garlic paste, slit green chillies, and chopped onions and fry little.
3. Add Aattukaal,turmeric powder,salt and stir well. 

4. Add 8 to 10 cups of water and  pressure cook for 8 to 10 whistles.

5. Remove the lid and see if the meat from the bone is soft and separated. If not, again cook for 3 more whistles. 

6. Add coriander powder, chili powder, and let it boil for 5 min so that the raw smell goes off. 

7.Add grounded coconut paste to it and let it cook for 2 more minutes. 

8. Add coriander leaves and serve hot with Idiyappam or Appam or Paratha or Chapathy

Wheat/Kothumai Puttu

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 2 cups
• Coconut grated - 1/2
• salt - to taste
• water for mixing.

METHOD:
1. Mix the wheat flour and salt together.
2. Sprinkle water (very little) on the flour and mix it gently until the flour should be wet enough for steaming.
3. Put the wet flour in the Foodprocessor/Mixer and pulse it just for a second to avoid any small lumps
4. Now in a puttu maker add little cocunut and then add the flour mix till half, then add another two teaspoon of coconut and the flour mix and top it with two teaspoon of coconut.
5. Steam it and serve hot with a banana or kadalai curry.

 Without adding coconut it can be used as a diet food.

Avial

Ingredients
Raw banana -2
Drumsticks -2
Potato -1
Brinjal -2
Carrot -2
Beans -little
Cucumber -1/2
Sour curd -1 cup
Turmeric powder1/2 tsp
Curry leaves Few
Oil1/4 cup
SaltTo taste
Tamarind -little
 
To Grind:
Coconut -1/2
Green chillies -5
Cummin seeds -1 tsp.

Method:
1. Grind together the coconut, green chillies and cummin seeds to make a fine paste, by adding very little water and keep aside.
2. Peel and chop all the vegetables into 3-inch lengths.
3. Put the tamarind in to the water and take tamarind juice
4. In a heavy bottemed vessel add little oil and then add all the vegetables and add the tamarind juice.
5. Add salt and turmeric powder.
6. After half cooking add the ground past.
7. Finally Add the curd and do not heat.
8. Serve hot with rice.

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.