This simple south Indian lunch menu includes
Tomato Gravy/ Tomato Kuzhambu / Thakkali Kuzhambu
Snakegourd Kootu/ Pudalangai Kootu
Mint Chutney Pudhina Thogayal Pudhina Thuvaiyal
Kool Vadagam / Crisps
Curd
Rice
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Whenever we buy banana blossom, we reserve a portion of it for vadai. We usually make vazhaipoo usili or vazhaipoo poriyal. But this vadai tastes great and can be served as tea time snack. To make crispy vadai use yellow split peas instead of channa dhal. Also adding roasted gram powder to the vadai mixture makes it even more tastier and crispier. Enjoy making this healthy snack recipe and post your comments.
This avarakkai curry is a very delicious recipe and can be prepared quickly too.
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Broadbeans/avarakkai curry tastes great with dhal rice, sambar rice,rasam rice and curd rice. This curry can also be directly added to hot steamed rice and mixed. It tastes so good.
For this recipe, you would need 200 grams of avarakkai /Broadbeans
Cut the broadbeans into medium sized pieces
Grind poppy seeds and coconut to a fine paste and keep it ready
Heat a pan and add oil. Once it is hot add mustard seeds
When it splutters, add cumin seeds
Add curry leaves
Add chopped onion,chopped garlic and saute them well
add mashed tomato and cook till oil gets seperated
Add avarakkai/broadbeans and saute them well in the masala
Add turmeric powder, chilli powder,coriander powder. Mix well
Add required salt, give it a mix
Add little water for it to get cooked
Close it with a lid and cook in medium flame for about 5 minutes
add the coconut poppy seeds paste
Mix well, add little water and let it cook for 2 more minutes
Tasty broadbeans curry/ avarakkai curry is now ready
I have made sweet pooranam kozhukattai and also modhagam. For sweet kozhukattai, i have used jaggery,coconut and sesame seeds for stuffing. For modak, I have made masala using urad dhal and channal dhal for stuffing. Both the kozhukattais are made using homemade rice flour. This video also explains about the tips and tricks to make soft and tasty kozhukattai for vinayagar chathurthi. Enjoy making this simple kozhukattai for this ganesh chavithi. Wish you all a very happy ganesh Chaturthi.
Chai is a typical indian beverage that is made by adding tea leaves to the boiling milk.
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For extra flavour, add crushed ginger and cardamom. This masala chai / Adarak Elaichi chai is a very flavourful and refreshing drink. Enjoy making this tasty indian chai - ginger cardamom tea and serve it along with some snack or tea biscuits.
This adai dosai is protein rich as it contains mixture of dhal/lentisl. In restaurants, adai dosai is usually served with aviyal . Adai /mixed lentils dosa can also be served with coconut chutney /powdered jaggery/sugar. Adding drumstick leaves to this adai dosai makes it more tastier and flavourful. Enjoy making this easy and healthy breakfast recipe - Adai dosai at home. Do share your comments.
Here is the list of ingredients with measurement
Adai dosai recipe
Idly Rice - 1 Cup
Channa Dhal - 1/2 Cup
Toor Dhal - 1/4 Cup
Urad Dhal - 1/4 Cup
Sago/ Javvarisi - 1 Tablespoon
Fenugreek seeds - 1 Teaspoon
Dried Red Chillies - 7
Shallots - 10 -12 Nos
Asafoetida - 1/2 Teaspoon
Cumin seeds - 1/2 Teaspoon
Curry leaves - Little
Oil- As required
Salt - To Taste
