AVIAL
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| AVIAL |
INGREDIENTS:
White pumpkin - 6' inches
Yellow pumpkin - 6' inches
Senai - 6' inches
Raw banana - 1
Beans - 10
Carrot - 1
Drum sticks - 1/2
Potato - 1
Brinjal - 1
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Green chillies - 3
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Jeera - 4 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Coconut oil - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste
METHOD:
Grind green chillies, jeera and coconut to a fine paste and set aside
Cut all veggies lengthwise.
Cook it in water. when half cooked.
Add the ground green chillies, jeera and coconut paste and salt to taste.mix well
Put off the flame.
Now add yogurt and mix gently.
Heat the coconut oil.
Add add mustard seed when splutter add the curry leaves to it.Now add this to Avial.
If interested can add a tsp of coconut oil in the end to enhance the flavour...
Tasty avial is ready ..
Goes well with Adai and Rice..
NAMMU'S PUDINA [ MINT ] OATS PARATHA...
My friend Nammu shared us her idea of making pudina oats chapathi which gave me an inspiration of trying this paratha.... it was a big hit in my home and I would like to share this recipe to all paratha lovers.....
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| PUDINA OATS PARATHA |
INGREDIENTS:
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Oats - 1 cup
Pudina or Mint Leaves - 1 cup
Coriander Leaves - 1/2 cup
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
Garlic Cloves - 3
Green Chillies - 2
Salt - to taste
Oil - 6 tbsp
Water - to make dough
Method:
Using Blender make a fine powder of oats.
Add mint, coriander, ginger, garlic, green chillies and little salt, blend it well in blender and keep aside.
Take a bowl, add wheat flour, oats powder add the ground paste and enough water to make a soft, pliable dough.
Make small chapatis.
Heat a tawa over medium flame.
Cook on both sides using little oil.
Remove and serve hot.
Goes well with aloo mattar, any raita and chilli sauce..
ONE MORE BOOTIES
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| BOOTIES |
This time my crochet project was a simple work... Its a simple booties for my friend's daughter...
MIXED VEG UTHAPPAM
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| MIXED VEG UTHAPPAM |
INGREDIENTS:
Dosai batter - 2 cups
Onion - 2
Carrot - 2
Cabbage - 1 cup
Beans - 5
Peas - 1/4 cup
Onion - 2
Tomato - 1
Ginger - 1" piece
Green Chilli - 2
Curry leaves - 2 tbsp
Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp
Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp
METHOD:
Finely chop the beans, onions, tomatoes, green chilli, ginger, coriander leaves and grate carrot and cabbage and set aside.
Take dosai batter and add all chopped vegetables to the batter..
Save some of carrot, cabbage, beans for sprinkling on top of the uttapam.
Add chilly powder and salt to the batter and mix well.
Heat dosai Tawa..
Pour a ladle of batter and spread it into a thick circle.
Add little oil to the side.
Sprinkle the some carrot,beans, cabbage mix over the uthappam and cook in medium flame.
Once uthappam in cooked, flip it to the other side and cook for a min.
Yummy mixed veg uthappam is ready to taste..
Serve Hot with Sambar and Chutney.
