Channa dal

Steamed VadaCurry

9:56 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Channa dal - 1 cup
  • Red chillies - 3
  • Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
  • Garlic pods - 3  (optional)
  • Onion - 1 
  • Tomato - 1
  • Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Corainder powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt as required
  • Cinnamon -1
  • Cardamon - 1
  • Bay leaf - 1
Method:
  • Soak channa dal for 3 to 4 hours. I soaked it overnight. Grind red chilies, garlic pods, fennel seeds followed by soaked channa dal,ground it rough. Add little salt to this mixture. 
  • Make small balls from channa dough, flatten it and steam it in idli maker or steamer for 10 minutes.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add cardamon, cinnamon, bay leaf, chopped onion, saute this for a minute and add ginger-garlic paste, saute till raw smell disappears, now add tomato.
  • When tomato softens, add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt, add 1.5 cups of water. Meanwhile smash steamed channa patti. When the water start boiling, add smashed channa and cook it for about 5 minutes more till everything blend well. 
  • Vada curry should not be thick, should be like gravy consistency, serve this hot with idli or dosa.


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idli,

Podi Idli - Kids Special

10:56 AM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Idli - 4
  • Idli podi - 1 to 2 tsp 
  • Grated carrot - 1/2 cup
  • Urad dal - 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves - little
  • Oil - 1 tsp
Method:
  • Cut idlis into small pieces. In a pan, add oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves, urad dal and saute it in low flame.
  • Then add idli pieces, idli podi, carrot and toss it nicely until idli is coated with the podi. 
  • Serve hot.
  • I made less spicy and without much decoration, you can add-in peanuts, coriander leaves and so on. My kids like it plain.

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Cheese,

Baked Omelette - kids special

9:06 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Egg -6
  • Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt as required
  • Onion - 1 
  • Tomato - 1
  • Grated cheese - 1/4 cup
  • Oil - 1 tsp
Method:
  • Chop onion and tomato finely. Whisk all six eggs in a large cup with pepper and salt.
  • Apply oil in each cup of the muffin pan and add little onion, tomato, cheese in each cup. Now pour whisked egg mixture to each cup in the pan such that the mixture covers 3/4 of the cup (because after baking the omelette rises and if the cup is full, the omelette becomes messy).
  • Bake this 10 minutes high. Baking timing may vary according to each oven, you can remove the omelette once it rises very well.
  • Serve hot, this is the best breakfast for kids.

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