Vada Curry

Hello! Glad to share this vada curry recipe with you! Set dosa and vada curry is one of Chennai's famous dish. Do try and lemme know your comments! Happy Cooking! Cheers!

Ingredients:

For Vadai,

Kadalaiparuppu/ Channa Dal  - 1/2 cup

Red chilli - 2

Jeera - 1 tsp

Sombu / Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp

Onion - 1

Salt to taste

For Curry,

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Garlic - 4

Ginger - 1 tsp approx

Green chilli - 1

Cinnamon - 1 inch

Clove - 1

Cardamom - 3

Jeera - 1 tsp

Sombu / Fennel Seeds - 2 tsp

Bay Leaf - 1

Curry leafs - 1 sprig

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Chilli Powder - 2 tsp

Coconut - 1/2 cup shredded

Method:

1. Soak dal for 2 hours

2. Take red chilli, sombu, jeera in mixie and grind to powder, to this powder add dal and grind without adding water

3. Finely chop the onion and add it to the ground dal

4. Make small balls or patties and steam cook the vadai in a idli pan

5. Dry roast cinnamon, cardamom, clove, sombu, jeera and grind it to powder. To this add ginger, garlic, green chilli and grind to a fine paste adding water

6. Heat a pan add 2 to 3 tbsp of oil. when the oil is hot add mustard, jeera,  sombu  and bay leaf. Then add curry leafs and chopped onion.

7.When the onion turns translucent add the ground masala. Saute till raw smell goes.

8. Add finely chopped tomato to it. Add little salt and close the pan. Wait till the tomato turns mushy.

9. Completely  mash the tomatoes and then add chilli powder and turmeric powder and 2 cups of water.

10. When curry starts to boil, crush the vadai to unequal pieces and add.

11. Grind the coconut to paste adding needed water . Add it to the curry.  In two minutes switch of the flame and serve hot.

Note:

1. To check if the vadai is cooked, poke the vadai with a tooth pick/ knife and it should come out clean

2. If the curry becomes thick before serving, add some hot water and adjust the consistency

3. For extra aroma, add a pinch of cardamom powder before switching off the flame

4. I have used the chilli powder made at home, it has both red chilli and coriander in it. If you are using plain red chilli powder, add coriander powder accordingly. ( For this recipe one spoon each will be enough) 

Pavakkai Fry / Bitter Gourd Fry

Hello! So here's a nice crispy pavakai recipe, just for you!
Bitter gourd has lots of health benefits. It enhances digestion, benefits to weight loss, boosts the immune system and lot more, Even then most of us do not eat it because of it's bitterness. But this particular dish is a "Must Try" one.Happy  Cooking! Cheers!

Ingredients:

Pavakai / Bitterguard – 200 gm

Curd – 2 tbsp

Chilli powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder -1 tsp

Gram Flour – 1 tbsp

Rice flour – 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil for shallow frying

Method:

1. Cut the bitter guard in to medium thick slices

2. Marinate with curd, chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt for 30 minutes

3. Little water would have come out, remove it. Add gram flour and rice flour and gently  toss the bowl for mixing

4. Heat 3 to 4 spoons of oil in a pan and gently place the bitter guard. When one side is done, turn it over.  Fry to golden brown colour on both the sides.

Note:

1. The curd used of marinating should be sour so that the bitterness of bitterguard gets reduced

2. When one batch is fried, the oil gets reduced. For every new batch add 2 to 3 spoons of oil

Oats Mixture

Happy to share this healthy mixture recipe with you! Oats have become a very popular "health food". Oats are rich in fibre called beta-glucan which is known to help lower levels of bad cholesterol. So eat oats stay healthy!

This particular recipe becomes even more healthier when olive oil is used for seasoning. Happy Cooking! Cheers!

Ingredients:

Oats - 1/2 cup
Puffed Rice - 1/2 cup
Chutney Kadalai / Roasted Gram - 2 Tbsp
Curry Leafs - 1 sprig
Garlic - 2 pods
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

1.Heat a pan, add Oats to it, Roast till the colour of changes.

2.Transfer it to a mixing bowl. Add puffed rice to it

3.Heat a small pan put 2 tsp of oil and when it's hot add chutney kadalai, curry leaf and garlic. Roast till curry leafs and garlic become crisp

4.Quickly remove it from oil and transfer to mixing bowl.Leave the excess oil in the pan. 

5.To the hot oil in the pan add turmeric and chilli powder and in few seconds that can also be transferred to the mixing bowl

6.Mix all the ingredients along with needed salt and store in a airtight container

Note:

1.If preferred ground nuts (fried in oil) can also be added

Ground nut chutney

Hi all! This is one of the simple and tasty chutney variety! 
The main ingredient here are peanuts which contain vitamins, minerals, nutrients and anti-oxidants thus are rich energy sources. So it would be perfect for breakfast. Also It lowers bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol in the body, the amino acids present in them are good for proper growth and development of body. Do give a try and let me know your feedback. Happy Cooking! Cheers!

Ingredients:

Raw Groundnuts – ¼ cup

Coconut Shredded – ¼ cup

Red chilli - 2

Salt to taste

Method:

1.Dry roast groundnuts till you get nice aroma of the nuts, simultaneously the nuts will splutter, at this point switch off the flame

2.Let the nuts cool.

3.Now add all the ingredients to a mixie and grind to a fine paste

4.Transfer it to a bowl and then add water according to your required consistency

5.Heat a small pan, put a spoon of oil and when it’s hot add mustard and curry leafs, when it splutters add it to the chutney

6.Serve with Idli/Dosa