Tomato Pasta

• Prepare Time.............10 min
• Cook Time...................20
• Serve............................5

Ingredients

• Tomatoes........................4
• Onion..............................1
• Garlic..............................2
• Basil Leaves....................5
• Lemon Juice....................1tsp
• Olive Oil.........................3tbsp
• Oregano.........................1tsp
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Method

• Boil the tomatoes and remove the the skin. Blend all together in to a coarse paste. Keep it in the fridge.
• Pasta
• Pasta and tomato  creates a sensational visual dish with colours. It is very refreshing and light dish.

Ingredients

• Pasta........................2cups
• Tomato sauce..........1/2 cup
• Parmesan cheese.......!/2 cup

Method

• Prepare the tomato sauce and keep it hot
• Cook the pasta in a thick vessel with lots of water, salt and 2tsp olive oil.
• When it is cooked remove the water add to the tomato sauce and mix well until pasta is coated with sauce.. Sprinkle the cheese on the top.

Keerai Masiyal

Kal Chatti

 

Matthu (To churn yogurt)

Keerai Masiyal (Keerai means spinach and masiyal means to mash it) 

This recipe is very quick  preparation  and very tasty with vathalkozhambu/sambar. In my early days we grow arakeerai and it is full with iron.. There are many varieties of keerai like arai keerai mulakeerai palak, etc. In those days we prepare this masiyal in kalchatti. We are making masiyal very often but we never get those tastes



Prepare Time...................5 min
Cook Time........................5min
Serve...........................4..

Ingredients

Keerai……………....1 bunch
Turmeric Powder……1 pinch
Mustard Seeds………1tsp
Urad Dhal……………2 tsp
Red Chili……………..1
Hing(Asafoetida)……. small piece
Rice Powder…………1tsp
Salt to Taste

Method

Mash the keerai nicely in running water and chop them. 
Boil with little water with turmeric powder and keerai for five minutes. 
Take a wooden matthu (it is called keerai matthu) or grind coarsely in blender.                                       
Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, asafoetida,chili and urad dhal. 
When it splutters add the mashed keerai, salt and rice powder.
Let it boils once. Keerai masiyal is ready.
VathalKozhambu and keerai masiyal is good combination.

It is a side dish for sambar/rasam rice.

Vazhakai Mezhukkuvaratti (Banana Curry)

Vazhakai Mezhukkuvaratti

This is side dish curry ( stir fry with oil) for sambar/ rasam rice.You can make with only vazhakai ( raw banana), Chenai

Vazhakai Mezhukkuvaratti

• Prepare Time............5min
• Cook Time...............10min
• Serve.......................3

Ingredients

• Netrankai or vazhakai.......2
• Coconut oil......................2tbsp
• Turmeric powder.............1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste

Methos

• Cut the banana with the skin( skin is very good for health) into small pieces.
• Boil with turmeric and salt. 
• When it is cooked remove the water and add oil and fry nicely till it becomes crispy.(add this water  in sambar/rasam)