Thattai

Ingredients

• Rice Flour - 1 cup

• Urad Dal - 2 tbsp

• Channa Dal - 2 tbsp

• Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

• White sesame seeds - 1/2 tbsp

• Ghee - 2 tbsp

• Asafoetida -  a pinch

• Salt as required

• Method

• Soak the channa dal in water for an hour. Grind urad dal into powder. Then add all the ingredients together.

• Add water slowly while making the dough.

• Grease a plastic sheet with ghee. Make small balls from the dough and place it on the sheet.

• Press the balls with your fingers into thin flattened thattai.

• Heat oil in the pan, gently remove the flattened thattai from the sheet and drop it gently in the oil.

• Cook thattai until it turns golden yellow color.

• You can store this thattai in air-tight container for days.

Chilled Pista - Badam Milkshake

Ingredients:

• Chilled milk - 1cup
• Chilled condensed milk - 1/2 cup
• Almonds - 1/2 cup
• Pistachios - 1/2 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1 pinch
• Crushed ice as required

Method:

• Soak almonds and pista in water for one hour.
• Then chop half the almonds and pistachios finely. 
• In a blender add other half of almonds and pista, milk, condensed milk, cardamom powder and ice.
• Blend it nicely and garnish it with sliced almonds and pista.

Nethili meen varuval /Anchovies fish fry

Ingredients:

• Nethili meen / anchovies - 500gm
• Maida - 3 tbsp
• Shallot onion - 10
• Garlic pods - 6
• Ginger - small piece
• Sambar powder/ Chilli powder - 1 or 11/2 tbsp
• Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Pepper - 1/4 tbsp
• Salt as required
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Clean and pinch off the fish head. If not sure, clean it in the fish shop itself.
• Grind shallot, ginger, garlic, pepper, sambar powder, turmeric powder, and coriander powder  into a smooth paste. Mix this paste with the fish and keep it aside for 1 hour.
• Just before frying. mix maida with the fish.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry fish nicely until it turns brown.

Chutney varieties/Chutney recipes

Here is a list of few chutney recipes.

Coconut chutney

Coconut chutney -2

Onion tomato chutney

Onion tomato chutney - 2

Peanut chutney

Peanut chutney- 2

Coriander seed thuvaiyal

Mint chutney

Nellikaai/Gooseberry chutney

Cilantro chutney

Kothamalli thuvaiyal

Mixed chutney

Mixed chutney -2

Tamarind chutney

Arai keerai chutney

Spicy tomato chutney

Orange Juice

Ingredients:

• Orange - 6
• Lemon - 1
• Salt a pinch
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Cool Water - 2 cup

Method:

• Cut the orange into two halves and extract the juice.
• In a bowl add a pinch salt, sugar and squeeze a lemon.
• Pour the orange exact into the bowl and add cool water.
• Mix well and serve immediately.

Tomato Chutney (spicy)

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 8-10
• Tamarind  - grape size
• Red Chilly Powder/Sambar powder - 2 tbsp
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tbsp
• Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp
• Mustard powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Salt - 2 tblsp
• Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry Leaves - few
• Asafoetida/hing - 1/4 tsp

Method

• Wash and chop the tomatoes.
• Heat oil in a pan and add chopped tomatoes, tamarind pulp, fenugreek, sambar powder, mustard powder and salt to it.Cover the pan, let it cook for 10 minutes in medium flame.
• Let the mixture cool, and grind it in the mixer(grind it coarsely).
• In a small pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves for seasoning. Pour it over chutney.
• You can even store this in a bottle and refrigerate it for later use
• This is an excellent side dish for rice, roti, dosa, idli, kuzhipaniyaram, paratha, and even you can use this as a bread spread.
• Mix one tbsp of this chutney in 1/4 of yogurt, this serves as the excellent dip for chips.

Peanut Chutney

Ingredients:

• Peanut  - 1/2 cup
• Urad dal - 1 tbsp
• Red chillies - 4
• Onion - 1 
• Tamarind - blueberry size
• Salt as required
• few Curry leaves
• Mustard seed - 1/2 tbsp

Method:

• Roast peanut nicely without adding oil. In a pan, heat oil and roast red chillies, urud dal, and chopped onions.
• Allow the roasted ingredients to cool.
• Grind all the roasted ingredients along with tamarind and salt. Add little water while grinding.
• Heat oil and add mustard seeds and curry leaves, pour it over chutney.
• Serve this chutney with idli or dosa.

Side dish for chappati/roti/paratha/naan

Enjoy these tasty recipes with roti or chappati or paratha or naan.

Vegetarian
Aloo matar
Aloo matar 2
Paneer bhurji
Simple potato masala
Paneer butter masala
Green peas/Pattani masala kulambu
Tomato thokku
Parupu kulambu
Baby corn fry
Channa masala
Potato cauliflower masala
Spicy Tomato Chutney
Bottle gourd Mango gravy


Non-veg
Chicken curry
Kadai chicken
Mutton chops

Strawberry yogurt smoothie

Ingredients:

• Strawberry - 5
• Yogurt - 1 cup
• Milk - 1/4 cup
• Sugar - 3 to 4 tbsp
• Salt - a pinch
• Ice cubes

Method:

• Grind strawberry along with milk in mixer.
• Add yogurt, salt, and sugar to the mixer. Grind it well.
• Now add ice cubes and grind once. Serve  chilled.

Paneer bhurji

Ingredients:

• Paneer - 1 cup or 200 gms
• Capsicum - 1
• Tomato - 1
• Onion - 1
• Green chilli - 1
• Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
• Chilli powder/Sambar powder - 1 tbsp
• Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
• Garam masala powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Salt as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Milk - 1/4 cup

Method:

• Cut paneer into cubes and immerse it in hot water for 10 minutes. Drain water and crumble paneer.
• Heat oil and add cumin seeds, saute it for few seconds, add chopped onion, saute until it becomes transparent.
• Now add chopped capsicum and chopped tomato, saute it for 2 minutes.
• Add chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, turmeric powder, and salt, saute until it blends well.
• Now add milk and saute until milk start evaporating, now add the crumbled paneer. Mix it well, your bhurji is ready to serve.
• Serve it with rice or roti, or simply eat it like snack.

Rava Laddu

Ingredients:

• Rava/Semolina - 1 cup
• Sugar - 3/4 cup
• Coconut - 1/4 cup
• Ghee - 2 tbsp
• Milk - 1/4 cup
• Cashew - 10
• Raisin - 10

Method:

• In a pan, add ghee and roast rava in it, until nice aroma comes out. Keep this aside
• Powder sugar and keep it aside
• Roast cashew and raisin in ghee for 2 minutes.
• Grate coconut and roast it ghee for one minute.
• In a bowl, mix rava, sugar, cashew, and coconut nicely.
• Now start adding warm milk little by little to rava. Check if you are able to make laddu. Immediately make  laddu.

Note: Here, i have not powdered rava, you can even powder rava after roasting it. Coconut is optional, adding coconut gives some special taste. Since we are adding milk, consume it in 3 days or else refrigerate it.

Sweet Lassi

Ingredients:

• Yogurt - 2 cup
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Salt - pinch
• Sugar - 6 tbsp
• Ice cubes as required

Method:

• Blend all ingredients together in a mixer until froth appears.
• Your lassi is ready to serve.