Nellikai Satham/ Gooseberry Rice

Ingredients:

• Cooked rice/left over rice - 2 cup
• Gooseberry - 10
• Red chillies - 2
• Green chilli - 1
• channa dal - 1 tsp
• Peanuts - little
• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
• Salt as required

Method:

• Grate gooseberry, keep it aside.
• Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, add channa dal, red chillies, chopped green chilli, peanuts, saute everything for a minute. Now add grated gooseberry, turmeric powder, and salt.
• Cook this in medium heat, blend cooked rice with the gooseberry mix.
• Serve hot with appalam, chips, or potato curry.

Vegetable Vadai

Ingredients:

• Channa dal - 1/2 cup
• Urud dal - 1/4 cup
• Toor dal - 1/4 cup
• Green chillies - 2
• Chopped coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
• Chopped onion(slit lengthwise) - 1/2 cup
• Grated carrot - 1/2 cup
• Grated cabbage - 1/2 cup
• Salt as required
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Soak all dals together for 2 hours, grind coarsely (add water while grinding only if required).
• Add chopped green chillies, coriander leaves, onion, carrot, cabbage, and salt. Mix everything nicely.
• Heat oil, take small ball of vadai batter, flatten it on your palm and fry till it turns light brown. Cook vadai in medium flame.
• Serve hot with hot tea or coffee.