Showing posts with label Tiffins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tiffins. Show all posts

Monday, March 7, 2011

Channa Bansirava Upma

Ingredients
Bansi rava 1 1/2 cup
Vermicelli 1/2 cup
Channa 3/4 cup
Grated Carrot 1/2 cup
water 4 to 5 cups
Salt to taste
Green chillies 2 to 3
Coriander laves
Seasoning
Oil 2 tbs
Mustard seeds 1/2tbs
Cumin seeds 1/2 tbs
Curry leaves
Method
Soak the channa for 3 to 4 hours.
Heat oil in a Kadai fry mustad seeds once it starts splutter then add cumin seeds,curry laves.
Add green chillies fry it for1 to 2 mins
Then add water to it along with salt.
Add channa to the water and let it boil until Channa cooked well.
Then pour both bansi rava and Vermicelli to it.
Cover the lid cook till the rava cooked well.
Turn off the heat and garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve it with lemon pickel and some curd.


Thursday, January 6, 2011

Onion Chutney

Ingredients
Onions 2
Garlic 2 cloves
Tomatoes 2
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
Tamarind little
Salt to taste
Chili powder to taste
Coriander leaves
Turmeric powder
Seasoning
Oil 2 tsp
Dry red chilies  1
Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
Urad dal 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp
Channa dal 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves
Method
Cut onions in to length wise.
Chop the tomatoes
Heat oil in a kadai  add cumin seeds and onions, Garlic fry till onions becomes light brown.
then add tomatoes, Turmeric powder fry till tomatoes cook well.
Transfer this paste into mixer and Grind  along with tamarind, salt , chili powder.
In a kadai heat oil add dry red chilies, mustard seeds once it splutter add urad dal, channa dal ,cumin seeds, curry leaves.
Add this into chuttney and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves serve with hot dosas
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Friday, December 31, 2010

Chole

Ingredients
White channa 1cup
Onion 1 big
Tomato 2 big
Green chillies 3 to 4
Ginger small piece
Garlic 3 to 4 cloves
Tamarind small lemon size
Jaggery 1 tsp
Cumin seeds  1 tsp
Salt to taste
Chili powder to taste
Oil 2 tsp
Coriander powder 1 tsp
Method
soak channa for 7 to 8 hours. wash well and cook it in presser cooker with enough water and little salt.
Grind onion, ginger, garlic.and keep it aside.
Boil the tomato in hot water ,remove skin and grind it.
Heat oil in a kadai then add cumin seeds, then fry onion paste, green chillies till oil separates from it.
then add tomato puree and keep stirring constantly.
Now add salt , chilli powder, coriander powder, Tamarind extract, jaggery and boiled channa along with water.
Cook till the gravy is thick enough.
Remove from fire and serve with chappati or puis.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Vermicelli and corn upma

Ingredients
Vermicelli 1 cup
 corn 1 cup
Carrot and potato pieces 1 cup
water 1 cup
Green chillies 2
Salt to taste
lemon juice
Seasoning
Oil 2 tsp
 Dry red chillies 1

Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
Urad dal 1/4 tsp
Channa dal 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves
Method
Heat oil in a Kadai add dry red chilies, Mustard seeds once it starts splutter add urad dal channa dal, cumin seeds, and then fry leaves fry for a while.
Then add green chillies, carrot,Potatoes, corn fry for 2 to 3 mins.
Now add salt and 1 cup of water to it. Let the water  and brings to boil.
Then add vermicelli and mix well.
Cover the lid and cook till vermicelli becomes soft and cooked well.
Sprinkle some lemon juice over and serve.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Biyam rawa upma (Rice Rawa Upma with Mong Dal)

Ingredients
Rice Rawa 2 cups
Moong dal 1/4 cup
Water 4 1/2 cups
Green chillies 3 to 4
Salt to taste
Seasoning
Oil 3 to 4 tsp
Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
Urad dal 1/4 tsp
Channa dal 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves
Rice Rawa
Wash and soak rice for 1 /2 hour. Drain the wate and dry it by spreading over cloth. Once it dry well then Make it coarsely in mixer.
Method
Heat oil in cooking vessel.
Add Mustard seeds once it starts splutter add urad dal, channa dal, cumin seeds , and curry leaves.
Pour water and salt. cover the lid .
When it starts boiling add rice rawa , Moong dal and stir constantly in low flame.
When it becomes thick , put the vessel into presser cooker and cook exactly for  7mins.
Serve hot with lemon and pudumu(Channa dal Powder) or any pickle.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Challa Pindi (Rice flour in Yogurt)

Ingredients
Rice flour 1 cup
Curd or Yogurt 1 cup
Onion 1
Chillies 4 to 5
Seasoning
Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
Channa dal 1/2 tsp
Urad dal 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds 1/4 tsps
Oil 4 to 5  tsp
Curry leave
Method
Cut onions into medium size pieces.
Cut chillies in to pieces.
In a mixing bowl add rice flour, yogurt, onions, chillies, salt, curry leaves along with little water to make smooth like Dosa batter.
In a Kadai heat oil add mustard seeds once it splutter add urad dal, Channa dal , cumin seeds and then curry leaves.
Then pour rice flour mixing into kadai and combine well.
Close the lid and stir Continously.
Cook until Rice flour become thick without sticking to the kadai.
Serve hot.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Mango Rava Rice

Ingredients
Rice rava 2 cups
Water 4 cups
Mango 1(medium size)
Turmeric little
Green chillies 4
Seasoning
oil -tbscurry leaves 
Mustard seeds 1 tbs
Channa dal - 2tbs
urad dal - 1tbs
Cumin seeds 1/2 tbs


Method

Great the raw mango
In a vessel put little oil and some curry leaves.
Pour 4 cups of water in vessel and salt and turmeric to taste.
Boil the  water in high flame.
Reduce the flame  and pour 2 cups of Rice rava.mix well.cover the vessel with lid.Stir it occasionally.
cook the rava until rava became soft and well cooked, mix well and remove from heat.OR can also put the vessel in cooker cook till 3-4 whistles. 
Keep aside to get cool.
Once it gets cool down with hand  mix it  until no lumps in rava
In a small Kadai heat oil  add red chillies  add mustard and wait to splutter
add channa dal and urad dal and fry for 30secs add curry leavesadd chillies fry it well.
now add to cooked rice  rava, along with grated mango mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot.





Monday, September 13, 2010

Rice Flour Roti

Ingredients
Rice flour 1cup
Moong dal 3tsp
Onions 1 big
Green chillies 5
Cumin seeds 1tsp
Curry leaves
Salt to taste
Oil
Water
Method
Cut the onions in to small and paste the green chillies.
Soak the moong dal for .20 mins
In a bowl, mix together rice flour, soaked moong dal, cumin seeds, green chillies paste,Curry leaves and salt into smooth dough using the hot water.
Heat flat pan on medium heat.
When pan gets hot, place the dough on the pan.
Press the dough and spread it with help of wet fingers and water into thick roti
Pour a tsp of oil on top of the roti.and cover the pan.
Cook until the bottom side turns golden brown.
Turn on the other side cook until turns gold brown.
Uncover, turn again and cook for a while. When both sides turn golden brown, remove from heat.
Serve the hot roti with tomato pickle.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Puffed Rice Upma



Ingredients

2 cups of puffed rice
1 big onion finely chopped
curry leaves - 2 strings
oil - 2tblsp
channa dal - 1tsp
urad dal - 1tsp
mustard seeds - 1tsp
Dry red chillies 2
green chillies - 4 - slit long
Lemon to taste
Method
soak puffed rice in 4 cups of water for 1min and remove.
heat oil in kadai
add mustard and wait to splutter
add curry leaves
add channa dal and urad dal and fry for 30secs
add chillies, onion and fry for 3 mins until onion turns golden
add the puffed rice, salt then keep the lid fry for until becomes soft
Turn off the heat and then add lemon juice according to your taste.