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Pongal

First of all "Wish you all a very happy Pongal"

Sankranti / Pongal Fest is approaching and I am sure we are all so excited about the new year. Needless to say, we end up enjoying numerous Pongal varieties during our visits to our friends and relatives.

MIL usually makes this as prasadam for Goddess Lakshmi Devi. And for sure we will have this as prasadam after the morning pooja on the Sankranti day.

This is one of the varieties which is a mix of Salt and sweet versions of Pongal. Very delicious and I bet there is no other recipe simpler and quicker than this. :)

Ingredients:

Rice : 1/2 cup

Moong Dal - 1/2 cup

Jeera - 1 tspn

Black Pepper - 1 tspn (Lightly crushed)

Turmeric - a pinch

Salt to taste

Water : 2 cups

To garnish

Fresh coconut - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 1/4 cup

Ghee - 2 - 3 tspn

Method:

1) In a cooker, wash rice and dal and add all the except the ones in To garnish and let it whistle thrice.

2) Once done, mix all the ingredients well and serve hot topping it up with fresh coconut, sugar and ghee.

3) Pongal is ready to be served for Lakshmi as prasadam.

Cheers!

Madhavi

Godi Upittu | Wheat Rava Upma | Goduma Rava Upma

Godi Upittu | Wheat Rava Upma | Goduma Rava Upma

Ingredients:
Wheat Rava - 1 cup (Pre-roasted)
Green chillies - 2 nos (Finely chopped)
Coconut - 1/4 (Optional)
Hot Water - 2 cups
Mustard seeds - 1 tspn
Channa dal - 1 tspn
Urad dal - 1 tspn
Curry leaves - 4 - 5 nos
Onion - 1 no. (finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 no. (finely chopped)
Salt as per your taste.
Ghee for garnishing (Optional)
Oil for tempering - 2 tspn

Method:
1) In a pan, add oil, and once hot, add mustard seeds.
2) Once they splutter, add channa dal and urad dal and fry them till they turn golden brown.
3) To this add green chillies, curry leaves, Onion and add little salt and saute for a minute.
4) To this add tomato and saute for another minute.
5) To this add Water and add salt to taste if required.
6) Once the water starts to boil add wheat rava slowing mixing it into the boiling water.
7) Once done, close the lid on the pan and let it cook for 1 minute.
7) Now, open the lid and add ghee and close again and let it cook for another minute and turn off the stove.
8) Serve hot with chutney powder / Pickle / even chutney of your choice.

Cheers!
Madhavi

Carrot Dosa

Carrot Dosa

This is the most easy and tasty breakfast which I can think of while I dont have any batter ready at home for idlis or dosas. You don't have to bother for making the dosa mixture by spending time soaking and grinding, and fermenting. This recipe best suits working women and bachelors as well who usually are rushing to office in the morning or reaching home really late and looking for what to eat for dinner. :)

Enjoy making this easy delicious dosas.

Ingredients:
Dosa Batter - 1 cup (I used left over dosa batter) Optional
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Maida/ All purpose flour - 1/4 cup
Rava - one hand ful (optional)
Wheat flour - one hand ful (optional)
Salt to taste
Green chillies - 2 tspn (Finely chopped) If you don't have green chillies, you can use Chilly powder
Curry leaves - 2 tspn (Finely chopped)
Coriander leaves - 2 tspn (Finely chopped)
Fresh Coconut - 2 tspn (grated) Optional
Jeera - 1 tspn
Sour Yogurt - 1/4 cup (If you are not using Dosa batter)
Onion - 1  no. (Finely chopped)
Carrot - 1 no. (Grated)
Water - enough to mix the batter

Method:
1) Mix all the ingredients into a fine batter. Keep the consistency like dosa batter.
2) Take a flat pan, and once it is hot, take one cup full of dosa batter and pour it in the center of the pan, and spread it in circular motion forming a thin (As thin as you can) dosa.
3) Spread oil around the dosa and allow it to cook/roast well.
4)Take a spatula and try to lift the dosa starting from the edges
5) Server these dosas with any chutney or even chutney powder or eat it just like that :)

Note:
1) You may not be able to make very thin dosa. It would be slightly thick.
2) If you don't like the onion and carrot mixture to be mixed in the dosa batter, you can even spread it on the dosa while its cooking.
- For this, just saute the onion, coriander, carrot curry leaves on the flat pan with 1/2 tspn of oil and salt as per taste and keep it aside. And spread 1 - 2 tspn on this mixture on the dosa.
3) You can add ragi flour as well to this mixture.

Sending this recipe to : http://www.simplysensationalfood.com/2012/01/event-announcement-lets-cook-with-left.html

 
Cheers!
Madhavi