Kesari Boli

Ingredients :

Rava Kesari - As reqd

Maida - 1 cup

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Salt, Water - As reqd

Method:

• I made this with leftover kesari.
• In a bowl add in maida, salt and mix well.
• Add in water little by little and make a soft dough.
• Make 4 equal sized balls and set aside.
• Dust the surface with flour and spread the dough thick.
• Or make like a cup placing in your hand.
• Add the kesari filling and carfully seal it.
• Now roll this carefully.
• Heat a tawa and drizzle ghee.
• Roast each boli in medium flame.
• Apply ghee over it and serve hot.

Kathal 65

 

Ingredients:

• Baby Jackfruit or Kathal - 1
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Kashmiri Chilly powder - 2 tsp
• Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
• Curd - 2 tbsp
• All purpose flour - 1 1/4 tbsp
• Corn flour -   3 -  3 1/4 tbsp
• Gram floir - 1 1/4 tbsp
• Curry Leaves - A sprig (fine chop)
• Kasoori Methi - Little
• Lime juice - 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• In a bowl peel and kathal pieces.
• Now to this add turmeric powder and water.
• Pressure cook for whistle and strain and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and set in medium flame.
• In a bowl add in cued, spice powders, salt.
• Add in curry leaves, crushed kasoori methi and mix it.
• Add in flours and at this stage if you want you can add chicken masala too.
• Mix well.
• Add in boiled kathal pieces and gently mix it.
• Add a tbsp of hot oil and mix with laddle.
• Now fry these in hot oil.
• Garnish with fried chilly and curry leaves.
• Serve hot.

MamidikayaPappu

 

Ingredients:

Thoor dal -  1 cup

Raw Mango - 1/2 (cubed)

Onion - 1 (fine chop)

Garlic - 3-4 (crushed)

Green Chilly - 1

Curry Leaves - A sprig

Coriander Leaves - Little

Hing - a pinch

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Sambar powder - 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds  1/2 tsp

Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Add dal to a bowl, add in water.
• Add in turmeric powder and hing.
• Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
• Strain the water to a bowl and mash the dal and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds.
• Cook in medium flame.
• Add in curry leaves, green chilly and onion and saute.
• Add in garlic and saute.
• Add in dal water, spice powders and salt.
• Add in mango pieces and cover and cook.
• Cook till the pieces are soft.
• Now add in cooked and mashed dal.
• Cook for 2 mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
• Goes good with rice.

MalliPongal

 

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup

Moong dal - 1/4 cup

Ginger - Little (crush)

Black pepper corns - 3 tsp (crush)

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Green Chilly - 2

Coriander leaves - Handful + Little

Curry Leaves -  a sprig

Cashews - 6-8

Hing - a pinch

Rock Salt - 3/4 tbsp

Water - 

Ghee - 4 tbsp

Method:

• In a bowl add in rice and dal and mix it.
• Add in coriander leaves, green chilly to a blender and blend them to a puree.
• Add this to rice and dal mix.
• Now add in hing, salt and mix well.
• Add required water and pressure cook for 5 whistles.
• Now heat ghee in pan and add in cashews.
• Roast them and set aside.
• To the same pan add in crushed pepper corns and cumin seeds.
• Add in crushed ginger pieces and curry leaves.
• Cook in low flame.
• Add in fine chopped coriander leaves.
• Now add in boiled rice and dal to this and mix well.
• Add in fried cashews and add little ghee.
• Cook for 2-3 mins.
• Serve hot with coconut chutney.

AlooMatar Bhaji - No onion No Garlic Gravy

Ingredients:

Potato - 1 (big)
Tomato - 2
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon stick - a small piece
Cashews - 4-5
Ginger - small piece
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Melon seeds - 1 tsp
Kasoorimethi - Little 
Salt, Water, butter- As reqd

Method:

• Heat butter in pan and add in garam spices, ginger.
• Add in tomtotes and cook in low flame.
• Add in cashews, melon seeds and spice powders.
• Add in salt and cook till everything is well cooked.
• Transfer this to blender and make a fine puree.
• Heat butter in pan and add in the blended puree.
• Add in cubed and boiled potatoes to this.
• Add in boiled peas and mix well 
• Crush and add methi leaves.
• Serve hot with poori/chapathi.

Note:

• You can prepare this base gravy and add veggies of your choice.
• Can add paneer too.
• I added little kadai masala too.