Mango Nannari Sarbath

Ingredients:

Mango - 1 (1 cup, chopped)
Nanari Syrup - 2 tbsp
Lime juice - 1/2 limes
Water - 250  ml

Method:

• Peel the skin and chop mango.
• Add it to blender and  add 1/2 cup water.
• Now transfer this to bowl and add remaining water.
• Add nanari syrup and lime juice and mix well.
• Transfer this to serving glass and serve.
• You can also add ice cubes while serving.

Murukku #1 - Instant Murukku

Ingredients:

Idiyappam flour - 150 g
Water - 250 ml
Salt - 3/4 tsp
Ghee - 2 tsp
White sesame seeds - 1 tsp
Red Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Hing - a pinch
Oil - To fry

Method:

• Boil water in a pan.
• Add in salt and ghee and mix well.
• Add in idiyappam flour and turn off range.
• Add in sesame seeds, chilly powder and hing.
• Mix well with spatula and cover and set aside for 5 mins.
• Once the heat is reduced, use your hands and mix the dough.
• It will be a soft dough.
• Now place the star achu (mould) in idiyappam maker.
• Grease it with oil.
• Fill the dough.
• Squeeze the murukku shapes in a greased butter paper.
• Heat oil in pan.
• Drop in murukku and cook in low flame.
• Flip and cook both side.
• Once the sizziling sound settles transfer it to plate.
• Store in an airtight container.
• Yields 18-20 murukku.

Note:

• While making murukku with idiyapam maker, if the dough breaks then collect the dough in a bowl.
• Sprinkle little water and then proceed.

Chilly Flakes

Ingredients:

Dry red chilly - 25

Method:

• Heat a pan and dry roast chillies.
• Roast in low flame.
• The color should not change to black.
• After 4 mins, turn off range and try to break chilly.
• If it breaks then it is correct state.
• Break all the chillies and set aside for 2 mins.
• Now trasnfer this to blender and use pulse mode and blend it.
• Homemade chilly flakes ready.

ThanduKeerai Sambar

ThanduKeerai

Ingredients:

Thandu Keerai - Handful

Thoor dal - 1 cup

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Hing - 1/8 tsp

Sambar thool - 1 tbsp

Tamrind -  small piece

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Curry Leaves - a sprig

Coriander Leaves - Little (fine chop)

Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Wash the thandukeerai and remove the thick (naar) part
• In a pan add dal and water.
• Add in turmeric powder, hing and pressure cook or 5 whistles.
• Soak tamrind in water.
• Once done, strain the water and collect the dal.
• Mash the dal and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds.
• Add in curry leaves and thin sliced onions and saute.
• Add in fine chopped tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy.
• Add in the chopped thandukeerai and saute for a while.
• Strain the tamrind pulp and add the tamrind water to pan.
• Add in mashed dal, dal water and mix well.
• Add in sambar thool, salt and mix well.
• Cook in low flame for 4 mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

Veg Uthappam

Ingredients:

Paniayaram batter - As reqd

Method:

• You can use the paniyaram batter.
• Heat dosa tawa and drizzle oil.
• Pour a laddle of batter and spread it thick.
• Drizzle oil.
• Flip and cook.
• Serve hot with chutney or sambar.