Corn Bhaji

Corn Bhaji

 

Ingredients

• Frozen Corn ....................      2 cups
• Lemon Juice..........................1 tsp 
• Onion Finely Chopped......... 1/2 cup
• Small Tomato. Chopped.... ..1/4 cup
• Chili Powder........................ 1/2 tsp
• Mustard Seeds,,,,,,...............,1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder...................1 tsp
• Coriander Leaves..................few
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds and when it splutters add onion and fry it .
• Add tomato salt turmeric powder and corn
• When the corn cooked serve hot with chapathi or rice
• Pour lemon juice. Decorate with coriander leaves.

Urundai Kozhambu

Ingredients

• Dhal...............2cups
• Raw Rice....... 2tsp
• Red Chilli........4
• Hing..............1 pinch
• Salt to Taste

Gravy

• Tamarind Paste.......1tsp
• Sambar Powder......3tsp
• (use chilli powder+coriander powder)
• Hing.......................1pinch
• Curry Leaves............few
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Soak the dhal and rice for 3hours.Grind coarsely adding chilli salt and hing.
• Do not add water.
• The dough should be thick Make small balls(urundai).and keep.
• Heat a pan add tamarind juice, turmeric powder sambar powder and hing.
• When it boils, drop the balls one by one slowly. 
• Let it boil so that the Urundais cook well
• When the small balls float add curry leaves.Heat a pan with 1tsp oil add mustard seeds. 
• When it splutters add to the kozhambu Serve this kozhmabu with rice and paruppu thogayal

Red Swiss Chard Thovaran ( Poduthuval)

Red swiss chard thovaran

Chopped swiss chard

Red swiss chard

Ingredients

• Red Swiss Chard......... ..........1 bunch
• Moong Dhal............................1/4 cup
• Grated Coconut..................... 2 tbsp
• Turmeric Powder....................1/2 tsp
• Oil..............................................2 tsp
• Mustard Seeds.........................1tsp
• Urad Dhal...................................2 tsp
• Red Chili......................................1
• Salt to taste

Method

• Wash the chard thoroughly and chop them. 
• Heat a pan with oil, add mustard seeds, urad dhal and chilli. 
• When the mustard seeds pop up, add the chopped chard , dhal, turmeric and salt.
• Add coconut when the chard cooked well. 
• Very tasty curry is ready to serve for chapathi or sambar rice.
• This recipe is good for diabetes(omit coconut)

Muli Thogayal (White Radish Chutney)

Muli Tugayal

• White Radish(Muli) Cut in Round .....2cups
• Small Onion.....................................20
• Garlic..............................................3
• Red Chili.........................................5
• Tamarind..Paste...............................1tsp.
• Grated Coconut...............................5tbsp
• Curry Leaves ..................................few
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Heat a pan with oil chilli, garlic fry them.
• Then add the small onions fry for 5 more minutes
  last put the muli and fry them 
• When the muli's smell goes remove from the gas.grind in the mixie adding salt,coconut and tamarind.
• Season with mustard seeds and curry leaves.

Chenai Arachukalakki (Yam raita)

Chenai Arachukalakki

Prepare time..................10min
Serve..............................6


Ingredients

• Fresh Chenai (frozen yam),,,,,,,....,1/2 cup
• Red Chili......................................3
• Grated Coconut..........................1/2cup
• Yogurt.........................................1cup
• Salt to taste

Method

• Grind coconut, chili and yam in a mixer by adding little water. 
• Mix this paste with the yogurt and add salt. 
• Heat a pan with little oil, add 1tsp mustard seeds and curry leaves.  
• When the seeds crackle add to the raita

Mulahushiyam

Mulahushyam

 
















Ingredients

• Elavan (Poosanikai)........... 1/2 kg
• Raw Banana.......................1
• Yam (Chenai)....................100gms
• Pepper Jeera Powder..........1tsp
• Turmeric powder.................1/2 tsp
• Moong Dhal.........................1 cup
• Podaval..............................100 gms (optional)
• Avarakai.............................50gms(optional)
• Mustard Seeds and Jeera.....1tsp each
• Curry Leaves.......................few
• Salt To Taste

Method

• Wash and cut the vegetables into small pieces. 
• Boil the vegetables with moong dal and water.
• Add turmeric powder, pepper jeera powder.
• When the vegetables are cooked add salt and stir nicel. 
• Heat a pan with oil or ghee, add mustard seeds, jeera and curry leaves. 
• When the mustard seeds crackle add to the mulahushiyam.
• Serve this hot dish with rice and pappad.
• If you have fever,cough and cold this is the best food .

(Muli Bhaji (Radish curry)

Muli Bhaji( simple recipe and easy to make. Good for health

• Radish.........................2
• Carrots........................2
• Spring Onions.............2
• Chili Powder,.............1tsp
• Dhania Powder...........1tsp
• Jeera...........................1tsp
• Salt...to Taste

All the vegetables cut in julienne

 Method

• Heat a pan with oil add mustard and jeera. 
• When mustard crackles add chilli powder, dhania powder and fry for a minute.
• Add all the vegetables (radish,carrots,spring onions) 
• Add little water,turmeric,salt and cover the pan. 
• Steam the vegetables about 5 minutes. 
• When the water dried up mix them and serve with chapathi,sambhar, Rasam etc. .

Green Drink

Spinach,Lime,Apple and ginger

Breakfast Green Drink

(Dr Oz showed how to prepare this healthy juice)
I made this juice using apple,ginger,lime' and celery. it was very refreshing drink.Here is Dr Oz original juice recipe
http://hitsusa.com/blog/277/dr-oz-green-drink/

Healthy Green Drink

• Apple..........1
• Spinach.......6 leaves
• Ginger.........small piece
• Lime............1
• Celery..........1 stick
• Water............3cups
• Salt to taste

 
Method

• Cut the vegetables,grind them with into paste. add lime juice and water.
• Filter this juice and drink in the morning.
• Add a pinch of salt.(optional)
• You can make tasty chutney with the pulp adding toffu , salt, and 3 or 4 green chillis

Thair Sadham(curd rice) தயிர் சாதம்

Thair Satham

rice)

தயிர் சாதம் is the best one to eat.you can have thogayal vagaikal, thair mulakai, urukai , sambar with thair sadham. சுவையே தனி .

Method

• Cooked Rice.......... 2cups
• Curd(Thair).............1cup
• Green Chili..............2
• Mustard Seeds........1tsp
• Curry Leaves...........few
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Mash the cooked rice add salt, curd and mix .If it is sour add little warm milk.
• Heat a pan add oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, slit chili's and curry leaves.. When the mustard seeds crackle, add to the curd rice.( you can add dry ginger powder 1/2 tsp- optional)
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Kothamalli Thogayal Coriander Chutney)

Red Chili,Dhals asafotida

Coriander Chutney(கொத்தமல்லி தொகையல் )

Ingredients

• Kothamalli............... 1 bunch
• Urad dal...................1/4 cup
• chana dal..................1/4 cup
• Red chilli..................12
• Asafoetida...............small piece
• Tamarind.................small lemon size
• Salt to taste

Method

Coriander Thogayal

• Wash the coriander(kothamalli) leaves and chopped into small pieces.
  Fry the dhals, chilli asafoetida with 1tsp oil. 
• When the dals are fried, add tamarind and grind into powder 
• Add coriander leaves,salt and grind into paste. 
• Do not add water.
• Serve this chutney for dosa, idli and curd rice.