Brinjal Pachchadi
Ingredients:
Two big Brinjals
Shallots chopped-1/2 Cup
Green Chillies Chopped-2
Coconut Milk(Thick)-1/2 Cup
Tamarind Juice-1tbsp
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds-1tsp
Oil-1tbsp
Curry leaves as required for seasoning
How to do:
hey all,
I'm new to this community ,but a often follower of smtc's recepies .cheers to hetal and anuja !great job ladies.
Here i'm trying to post in the recepie for coconut rice which is quick and filling.u have unexpected guests juz go ahead and try this.
things u need
Serves :4
Rice 4 cups cooked
mint 1 bunch
cilantro 1 bunch
ginger 1 tsp
green chillies 5-6
coconut 1 cup or as desired
for seasoning
1 tsp mustard seeds
1tsp cumin seeds
1tsp urad dal
1tsp chana dal
3-4 red chillies
pinch of hing
1 spring of curry leaves
some fried cashews
1 tsp of oil and 1tsp of ghee
METHOD
1.Start it of with rice add 8 cups of water to 4 cups of washed rice and cook it up
2.as the rice is done ,go ahead and mildly grind in the mint.cilantro,greenchillies and ginger
3.take a big non stick pan and heat it on medium hot and when its hot add in 1/2 tsp of ghee and fry the cashews and put them aside
4.after the cashews are done add in the remaining ghee and oil and wait until it is hot
5.now,add in the mustard seeds cumin seeds urad dal chana dal red chillies curry leaves and hing. fry until they are done now add in the green mixture(mint.cilantro,greenchillies and ginger )and cook it for couple of minutes .
6.now add in the salt ,cashews and finally the grated coconut.it is important to add in the coconut last because coconut absorbs all the oil and moisture.
7.once the mixture is ready add in the rice and stir wellmake sure that rice isnt too hot because stiring up will make the rice soft.
8.adjust the salt and u can use the ghee to help u mix the ingidients
9.Serve it hot with tomato raita.
10.great dish to go
tip:
one can use coconut oil instead of cooking oil to gety the wonderful aroma
hope u like this and plz leave ur comments
Hi
My name is Anita. Here's a recipe for preparing Bhindi Raitha. It is a very famous South Indian accompaniment for Dosa, Idli. Kids will love Okra this way. I got this recipe from my grandmother.
Ingredients:
• 2 Cups thinly sliced okra (needs to be dried for atleast a couple of hours). If using frozen okra, thaw and dry so as to reduce the stickiness.
• • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• A pinch of asafoetida
• Curry leaves
• 1/2 Cup oil
• 2 finely chopped Green chilies
• 2 Cups unsweetened plain yogurt, lightly beaten - if there is a slight sour taste it adds more flavor to the raitha.
• Salt
Preparation
1. Heat 1/2 cup oil in a frying pan to more than medium heat
2. Fry the okra slices to a light brown colour. Adjust heat so as to not burn the okra.
3. After the okra is taken out of the oil immediately dab it with a kitchen paper towel to remove the excess oil.
4. Fry okra in small batches so as to evenly fry them.
5. Allow to cool for a 3-5 minutes
6. Meanwhile mix Green chillies and 2 curry leaves with the yogurt (can use cilantro for extra taste).
7. Add the fried okra to the yogurt and salt to taste. Mix delicately so as to not lose the crunchiness of the fried okra/
8. Temper few mustard seeds and ther remaining Curry leaves in 1 tbsp oil and when the seeds start crackling, add a pinch of Asafoetida
9. Mix the tempered mustard seeds to the yogurt.
10. Garnish with fresh Curry leaves or cilantro
11. Let the raitha set down for 5 mins before serving
Basmati Rice / white rice : 1 Cup
Onion : 1 medium
Tomato: 4 medium
Ghee or cooking oil: as required
Ginger & garlic paste: optional 1 tbsp
Green Chilly: chopped fine 1 / 2
Curd : 1tbsp
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Garam Masala powder : 1 tsp
Coriander & curry leaves
Method:
Cut the Onion into thin strips. Cut green chillies into fine pieces. Chop tomatoes into small pieces.
In a kadai, take little ghee & tamper with mustard seeds & cumin seeds. When they splutter add the green chillies, onion and sauté them until onions are transparent.
Add the tomatoes and a teaspoon of turmeric powder; let them cook for some time.
Add the curd, salt and garam masala and cook until ghee separates.
Wash the rice, drain and fry gently with ghee either in the pressure cooker.
Add the fried mixture into it and enough water to cook the rice.
Pressure cook it for 5 minutes.
When it has cooled down open the cooker and serve with curry leaves & coriander leaves sprinkled on top.
Happy Cooking!!
Selvi Ram
3 cups gram dal(chana dal)
2 onions finely chopped
4 green chillies finely chopped
ginger paste 1 tsp
and garlic paste 1 tsp
3 tsp salt
10- 14 curry leaves
oil to fry
1) Soak dal for two hours. Drain and use only dal.
2) Put in food processor to grind the dal. Do not add water. The dal should be ground very coarse- even a few big pieces of dal seen is good.
3) Add all the other ingredients - the finely chopped onions, curry leaves, ginger and garlic paste, salt, green chillies to the ground dal.
4) Shape into 2 to 3 cm round vadas, flatten them a little and deep fry in hot oil till crisp. Serve hot with chutney.
2 cups sabudana
1tsp sugar or to taste
2 green chillies (finely chopped)
1 cup crushed groundnuts roasted lightly ( coarse)
1 potato ( peeled and chopped in cubes)
2 tsp oil/ghee (clarified butter)
1tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
2 tbsp grated coconut (dry) for garnishing
salt to taste
1) Wash and soak sabudana in water just enough to loosen and light for minimum 2 hrs.
2) Mix crushed groundnuts, sugar and salt and keep aside.
3) Heat oil/ ghee and add in the cumin seeds and when they turn little brown add the green chillies and potatoes and stir well and cover with lid and let potatoes cook.
4) After potatoes are cooked, then add the sabudana mixture and mix gently. Keep stirring gently in between.
5) After sabudana is cooked, then garnish with grated coconut. Serve with yogurt.
For a spicier version, all is same except in the oil you can put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies and curry leaves. And garnishing can be done with coriander leaves and also sprinkle some lemon juice over it.
Both the versions taste great!
Beans Paruppu usili
This is an healthy south Indian vegan dish which is served as side dish with sambar or as a evening snack ..
Ingredients:
Green beans -1 cup finely copped (no frozen pls) ,
Bengal gram - 1 cup
Red gram - 1 tbs
Red chilies - 3 long ones
Seasoning :
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon
Turmeric powder -a pinch
Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil -1tbs
Soak the dal overnight along with the red chilies.
Grind coarse this dal +red chilies +salt (imp-try not to add water because paruppu usli is all about getting the texture right).
Now add the green beans in this grinded dal mixture.
Spray cooking oil in your idly plate arrange them, steam them (timing similar to idly).
After which you can take the steamed usli and break in small pieces (note that you can drop them as steamed cakes in the pan and break as well).
Then in a pan heat oil and add mustard seeds, asafetida, turmeric powder ,curry leaves then add this steamed usli cakes mix and break them into fine pieces and cook for 10 minutes.