Channa Masala

Protein Rich Dish

Ingredients 1:
Small Onions - 10
Tomato - 1
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Green chilli - 1
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 3 cloves

Ingredients 2:
Channa Dhal - soaked overnight
Oil - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves
Clove - 1
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
salt as required

Method
1. Pressure cook the channa masala. Mash half portion of the cooked dhal and keep the remaining half as such.
2. Grind all the ingredients under ingredients 1 to a fine paste.
3. Heat Oil in a Pan, add clove and cinnamon.
4. Add the ground paste and salt and fry until the raw smell goes.
5. Now add the mashed and unmashed portions of channa dhal to the pan.
6. Cook for five minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.

Yummy channa dhal dish is ready to be served with Pooris/rotis

Moong Dal Sambar

Nutritious side dish for idlis/dosas. Rich in proteins.

Ingredients:
Moong dal - 100g
Onion - 1 (medium size - finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 (medium size - finely chopped)
Green chillies - 3
Sambar pwd - 1 tsp
Turmeric pwd - 1/4 tsp
Tamarind pulp - 2 tablespoon
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves - a little
Salt

Method:
1. Pressure cook moong dal with turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt for up to 4 to 5 whistles. Mash the cooked dal with a spoon.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seed. Let it splutter.
3. Add the green chillies, chopped onions and fry till golden brown.
4. Add the chopped tomato and fry till it is done.
5. Now add the cooked moong dal and mix well.
6. Cook for a few minutes, when the gravy boils, add coriander leaves.
7. Healthy moong dal sambar is ready to be served with Idlis/Dosas/Rice.

P.S: You can add your fav veggies to this sambar.Adding a little ghee enhances the taste.

Egg Fry

Ingredients:
Boiled Eggs – 3
Onion – 1 (medium size – finely chopped)
Chilli pwd – 1 tsp
Turmeric pwd – ½ tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urud dal – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – finely chopped (a little)
Oil – 2 tsp
Salt

Method:
1. Cut the boiled egg in to small pieces as shown in the picture.
2. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and urud dal.
3. Add chopped onion and fry till golden brown.
4. Now add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Fry for a minute.
5. Add the egg pieces and mix gently. (Yellow yolk should not become mashy). Fry for a minute.
6. Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and mix gently.
7. Egg fry is ready for serving.

Fruits

To ripen the fruits(Sapota, Gauva), cover them with a plastic bag and place it in a hot bag. It gets ripened the very next day.

Microwave Toor Dal

To cook toor dal in microwave quickly, soak toor dal in water for 3o mins and then cook in a microwave.

French Beans Fry

Ingredients:
French Beans - 250g (finely chopped)
Onion - 1 no (medium- finely choppped)
Curry leaves - 6 nos
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Green chillies - 2 no (cut length wise)
Turmeric pwd - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli pwd - 1/4 tsp (optional)
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urud dal - 1 tsp
Salt
Oil

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, urud dal and cumin seeds. Let it splutter.
2. Add chopped onion and green chillies and fry until brown.
3. Add the chopped beans, turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt.
4. Sprinkle a little water on the top and fry until the beans are cooked.
5. Goes well with rice.

Tomato/Thakkali Thokku

Ingredients:
Tomato - 5 nos(large size)
Garlic - 10 cloves
Fenugreek - 1 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Chilli pwd - 3 to 4 tsp (as per taste)
Turmeric pwd - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Sesame oil - 4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Salt

Method:
1. Grind all the tomatoes without adding water.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, let is splutter.
3. Add fenugreek, asafoetida and fry for 30 secs.
4. Add ginger and garlic cloves, fry for a min.
5. Now add the ground tomatoes to the frying pan and fry for 3 mins.
6. Add the chilli powder and turmeric powder. Mix well.
7. Fry till the tomato thickens and oil floats on the top.
8. Cool it. Transfer it into an airtight container. Add a teaspoon of sesame oil. This tomato thokku lasts for about 10 days.
9. This can be served with Idlis/Dosa/Chapathi/Rice.