Ingredients Green Chili................250 gms Tamarind {aste........ 1tsp Chili Powder............1/4 tsp Dhania Powder.........1/4tsp Turmeric powder......1/4tsp Cumin Seed Powder...1/4tsp Salt to Taste To grind Grated Coconut.......3tbsp Kas Kas.................1/4tsp Sesame Seeds.........1/4tsp Kalonji....................1/4tsp Peanuts....................2tbsp Method Grind the coconut,peanut, sesame seeds and kas kas into a paste. Heat a pan with oil add slitted chilies and fry. Add kalonji, chili powder, Dhania powder, turmeric powder, salt cumin seed powder. Mix the ground paste and mix well. Add tamarind paste and mix.When it is fried and oil comes up. Remove and keep.
South Indian Coffee is known as filter coffee. We use fresh ground coffee powder.Buy the coffee seeds and roast and powder at home .We use filter to make coffee. Put the coffee powder on the upper cup and press with the stemmed disc into uniform layer across the cups pierced bottom.Pour boiled water on the top cup. Slowly it started dripping and brewed coffee collects into the the bottom cup.. Boil the milk and sugar, add this decoction according to our tastes.
Filter to prepare coffee
I use Starbucks coffee powder and regular coffee powder in equal parts and prepare my coffee. It tastes very good.
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.