Thengai Thogayal|Coconut Thogayal

Thogayals are spicy and thick chutneys usually had with hot rice or idlis and dosas.This thogayal is usually made on the days when they made more kozhmbu in our house.Though nowadays we do not make thengai thogayal  that often we cannot forget the lingering taste  of it so i try to  make it once in a while. 

   

                                                               
You will Need

• Half a Coconut scraped
• 2tbs of Urad dal or Ulutham paruppu
• 4-6 dry Red chillies
• A generous pinch of Asafoetida
• A small piece of Tamarind
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbs of  Gingelly oil.

How to

1.Heat oil in a pan and fry the urad dal and red chillies till golden brown and cool it.

2.Grind the urad dal,red chillies,salt,tamarind and asafoetida first.

3. Add the scraped coconut and grind to a coarse paste.

4.Have it with hot rice and gingelly oil on top of it and may be with some more kozhambu.

Notes

• You grind the dal and the chillies first so that the spices spreads evenly.
• Instead of dry tamarind you can use tamarind paste.

Banana Dosa

                                                                 This is a different kind of Sweet dosa made with ripe Bananas,some rice flour,all purpose flour little bit of milk and cardamom powder.We have had this in a nearby restaurant and we liked it so much i  could not resist asking the chef for the  Recipe.Now let us see how we make this.

You will Need

• One Morris ripe Banana
• Two Tbs of Rice flour
• One Tbs of Maida
• Pinch of Cardamom powder
• Milk for Binding
• Ghee for cooking
• Few Raisins
• Few Cashewnuts

To Make

1.Gather all the ingredients in a tall bowl.

2.Blend it with the hand beater.Add milk for binding according to your consistency.

3.Heat a non stick pan pour the dough into small dosas and cook till golden brown on both sides.

Isn't that quite simple?

I am happy to submit this recipe to Siri's Healing foods event and Krithi'skitchen

Juice for Sinus

                                                                  This is a fruit and vegetable juice my homeopath doctor recommended while treating me for sinus.I always like to get treated naturally so i thought i will share this so that someone will benefit who also thinks like me.Have this juice along with your breakfast and it improves your immunity(that is what my Dr said).Hopefully  it works!!!!

You will Require

• One carrot
• One Tomato
• Hand full of Pomegranate
• A Slice of Beet root
• Few drops of Lime Juice
• Honey or Sugar for sweetness

How To Make It

1.Chop all the fruits and vegetables in to big pieces.Shell the pomegranates.

2.Blend it in the mixer.

3.Strain it and add lime juice and sugar or honey and mix well.

4.Mix well and serve.

Masala Poori with Aamras

Sprouts and Vegetable Khichidi

                                                                     This dish is my own imagination i would say.I always think of healthier options in all the meals.I try to bring in as much healthy food as possible in each meal.I made this khichidi for dinner one day when i was feeling lazy to make roti.I had a ready made sprouts and all the vegetables so i thought i would mix up everything and make a khichidi."It tasted quiet good".You can try and let me know.

Ingredients

Rice	11/2cup
Sprouts	3/4cup
Onion	1no
Tomato	2no
Carrot	1no
Peas	Half a cup
Ginger garlic paste	1tsp
Turmeric powder	1/4tsp
Chilli powder	1/2tsp
Coriander powder	1/4tsp
Cumin powder	1/4tsp
Garam masala powder	1tsp
Oil	3tsp
Cumin seeds	1tbs
Salt	2tsp

Method
1.Chop all the vegetables into small blocks.
2.Heat oil in a pan splutter cumin seeds and fry onions.
3.Add tomatoes,ginger garlic paste and salt.
4.Once tomatoes gets cooked add all the powders.
5.Add the other vegetables,washed rice and sprouts.
6.Add enough water and pour it into the rice cooker.
7.Serve with khadi or Gujarati sweet pickle.

Suggestions

• Adjust the measurements of masala's according to your taste.
• Include or exclude vegetables according to your taste.
• Add some more salt while rice is getting cooked.
• Add ghee while serving for better taste.