Kuzhi Paniyaram

Do you have the last lot of dosa batter? Try out this dish!! 

Ingredients:

Onion - 1

Green chilli - 2

Ginger - 1/2 inch

Curry leaves

Carrot - 1

Oil

Salt - as needed

Method:

Finely chop onion, green chilli, ginger and curry leaves. Also grate carrot and keep ready.

Heat oil in a pan. Add onions, green chilli and curry leaves. Saute till onion turns pink. Then add salt and mix it. Turn off the flame and add carrots. Mix together well. Add this mix to the dosa batter and our paniyaram batter is ready now.

In kuzhi paniyaram plate, add drops of oil. Then add batter to the holes. Let it for few mins to become light brown colour. Then turn it to the other side using a rod or spoon. Let the other side also for colour change.

Tasty kuzhi paniyaram is ready to serve with coconut chutney/ onion chutney/ coriander chutney/ mint chutney/ imli chutney.

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Mixed Bean Curry

Mixed beans!! You can find 16 types of bean packed in one pack at supermarkets. It is very healthy. This can be made as a gravy for roti or an evening snack for kids or like a poriyal for rice. Lets see here how to make gravy/curry.

Serves : 2

Ingredients:

Mixed bean - 1 cup
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Ginger - 1 slice (chopped)
Garlic - 2 pods (chopped)
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Chilli powder - 2 sp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
Salt - as needed
Sabji masala - 1/2 sp (optional)

Method:

Wash and soak mixed beans overnight. Pressure cook it for one whistle and let the steam go off by itself.

Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onions, ginger and garlic. Saute till onions turn pink. Now add chopped tomatoes. Saute till it becomes soft. Then add chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and sabji masala (optional). Mix well and add water if needed. Saute till raw smell goes.

Now, add the cooked bean and mix all together. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti/paratha/dosa/idly/rice.

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Onion Samosa

Hot samosa with a cup of tea!!! Nothing can compete this. Let's now see how to make onion samosa.

Ingredients:

For dough:

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Ajwain/Cumin seeds - a pinch
Salt - as needed
Oil - 1 sp
Water

For stuffing:

Onion - 1
Poha/Aval - 2 sp
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Chilli powder - 1 sp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
Cumin powder - 1/2 sp
Salt - as needed

Method:

In a bowl, add all purpose flour, wheat flour, oil, ajwain/cumin seeds, salt and required water. Mix well and knead them to a soft dough. Let it rest for 30 mins

Take another bowl, add ingredients given under stuffing and mix well.

Make small balls from the dough and roll it to a thin round like roti. Toast it for few seconds on a tawa and remove it immediately. (This is done to remove the moisture from the dough). Now cut it into two halves. 

Make a cone and seal the sides using all purpose flour paste (all purpose flour+water). Keep the onion mix inside the cone and seal using paste.

Heat oil in a wok, and fry these samosa cones for about 8 mins. Hot onion samosas are ready to serve.

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Okra Mor Kuzhambu

This dish is very simple and can be prepared in 10 mins if we have paste and yogurt batter ready. You can do this with some vegetables or plain. Here, let us see how to make this with okra(vendakkai). You can use pumpkin or onion also.

Serves : 2

Ingredients:

Okra - 5
Raw rice - 2 sp
Toor dhal - 2 sp
Coriander seeds - 2 sp
Green chilli - 2
Cumin seeds - 1 sp
Coconut - 2 to 3 pieces
Yogurt - 5 sp
Salt - as needed
Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
Coriander leaves

Seasoning:

Mustard
Curry leaves

Method:

Soak toor dhal, rice, coriander seeds, green chilli, cumin seeds and coconut in water for 10 mins and grind to make a smooth paste.


Chop okra to medium size piece and fry in pan till it becomes soft with a pinch of salt.

In a vessel, add yogurt, salt, turmeric powder, water and beat to a watery consistency batter. To this add the ground paste.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and curry leaves. Once it crackles, add this batter and let it boil in simmer flame till it bubbles.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice.

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Black Bean Bowl with Rice

Black bean bowl is a mexican dish rich in fiber and proteins. They serve it either with tortilla or rice. Lets look how to make a simple bowl. Its a good choice for people in diet :)

Serves : 2

Ingredients:

Black bean - 1 cup

Onion - 1

Tomato - 2

Cilantro - 1 cup

Corn - 1/2 cup

White/Brown rice - 1 1/2 cup

Jalapeno pepper - 5 slices

Black pepper (freshly ground) - 1/4 sp

Salt - as needed

Lemon juice - 1/2 sp

Olive oil/cooking oil - 1/2 sp

Method:

Wash and soak black bean overnight. Pressure cook it for 2 whistles and let the steam go by itself.

Boil 1 1/2 cup of rice with needed amount of water and keep ready.

Take a large bowl, add cooked bean, corn, chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, finely chopped cilantro leaves, jalapeno slices, salt, pepper and oil. Mix them all together. Add lemon juice at the end and give a final mix.

Take another bowl, keep the hot rice and add the bean mix on top of rice and serve a fiber and protein rich food.

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