RAVA KESARI RECIPE | रवा केसरी रेसिपी | ரவா கேசரி ரெஸிபி 

INGREDIENTS:

RAVA / SOOJI - 1 cup

SUGAR - 1& 1/2 cup

GHEE - 1/2 cup

WATER - 3 cups

CASHEW NUTS - few

RAISINS - few

PREPARATION METHOD:

RAVA KITCHADI RECIPE | रवा किचडी रेसिपी | ரவா கிச்சடி ரெஸிபி 

INGREDIENTS:

CINAMON- 1 inch piece

CLOVES - 3

ANISEEDS - 1/2 tsp

ONIONS - 2

TOMATOES - 2

GREEN CHILLIES - 3 or 4

GINGER GARLIC PASTE - 1/2 tbsp

BEANS - 1 cup

CARROTS - 1 cup

GREEN PEAS - 1 cup

OIL - 2 to 3 laddles

PREPARATION METHOD: 

1) Heat pan

2) Add 2 or 3 ladles of oil (use oil generously for better taste)

3) Add Cinamon, Cloves and Aniseeds

4) When Aniseeds start spluttering add finely chopped Onions

5) Add ginger garlic paste saute till raw smell goes

6) Now add tomatoes and saute till it gets smashed

7) Add green chillies

8) Add 1 cup each of carrots, beans and green peas

9) Saute well, add water

10) Add salt to taste and let water boil 

11) Lower the flame and add one and a half cup of roasted rava

12) Add a tblsp of ghee on top and close lid and let boil for ten          minutes

13) Open lid and add finely chopped coriander leaves

14) Mix well and your tasty Rava Kitchadi is ready

15) Serve hot with coconut chutney

ONION RAITH RECIPE |अनियन रैथा रेसिपी | வெங்காய பச்சடி ரெஸிபி 

BRINJAL KOTOSU RECIPE | बैंगन कोत्सु रेसिपी | கத்தரிக்காய்  கொட்சு ரெஸிபி 

NEER DOSA RECIPE | नीर दोसा रेसिपी | நீர் தோசை ரெஸிபீ 

INGREDIENTS:

RAW RICE - 1 cup
COCONUT - 1/2 cup
SALT TO TASTE

PREPARATION METHOD:

1) Soak 1 cup raw rice for 2 hrs
2) Grind soaked raw rice, coconut and salt into smooth batter
3) Add 2 to 3 cups of water to the batter and dilute it to watery consistency
4) Heat thawa and pour one ladle of watery batter on it
5) Spread it evenly on the thawa and add a few drops of oil
6) Cover the dosa with a lid and keep in medium flame
7) After 2 to 3 minutes, open the lid
8) Slowly the edges of the dosa starts lifting up
9) Do not flip the dosa
10) Your crispy and white Neer dosa is ready... Remove from thawa and transfer to a plate
11) Serve hot with any chutney or even sambar

VEN PONGAL RECIPE | वेन पोंगल रेसिपी | வெண் பொங்கல் ரெஸிபி 

     Ven pongal is one of the favourite breakfast item of South India.  It is made out of rice and moong dhal.  There are two types of pongal, Chakkarai or Sarkarai pongal which is made with jaggery and Ven pongal is the salted version of pongal. Try this easy recipe at home with the help of the instructions below

INGREDIENTS:

RICE - 2 cups

MOONG DHAL - 1/4 cup

CUMIN SEEDS - 1 tbsp

PEPPER CORNS - 1 tbsp

ASAFOETIDA  POWDER- 1/2 tsp

CASHEWNUTS - 10 or 12

GINGER(CRUSHED) - 1 tbsp

GREEN CHILLI - 1 (SLIT)

CURRY LEAVES - a few

SALT - to taste

OIL - 1 laddle

GHEE - 2 tbsps

PREPARATION METHOD: 

1) Wash rice and moong dhal and set aside

2) In a pressure pan, heat 1 laddle of oil.  

3) Add cumin seeds and pepper corns 

4) When it starts spluttering, add 1/2 a tsp of asafoetida powder

5) Immediately add 1 tbsp of crushed ginger, green chilli and curry leaves

6) Saute a little and add 7 cups of water

7) When water starts boiling, add washed rice and moong dhal

8) Add salt to taste

9) Cover the pan and pressure cook till five whistles

10) Open pan and add cashewnuts, fried in ghee

11) Mix well and your tasty Ven Pongal is ready

12) Serve hot with Kotsu or Chutney

TOMATO ONION CHUTNEY RECIPE | टोमेटो अनियन चटनी रेसिपी | தக்காளி வெங்காய சட்னி ரெஸிபி

TOMATO ONION CHUTNEY RECIPE | टोमेटो अनियन चटनी रेसिपी | தக்காளி வெங்காய சட்னி ரெஸிபி 

INGREDIENTS:

Tomatoes - 5

Onions - 3

Red Chillies - 5

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Garlic - 4 pods

Oil - 3 tbsps

Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD: 

1) Heat oil in a pan

2) Add Red chillies and toss a little

3) When it is a little roasted, add Onions, chopped lengthwise

4) Saute till translucent

5) Add Ginger and Garlic  

6) Then add Tomatoes, sliced into large pieces

7) Saute till tomatoes turn soft

8) Add everything together to a mixture jar and grind coarse 

9) Heat a pan and add 1 ladle of oil

10) When it starts spluttering, and the ground mixture

11) Allow it to boil for 5 minutes

12)Transfer to a bowl 

13) Serve hot with Idlies, Dosas or Ven pongal

14) This Red chutney can also be used in place of the red chutney used for applying in Masala dosa