Muli Thogayal (Radish Chutney)

Prepare Time......................15min
Serve.........................6

Ingredients

• 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 chili, 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 blender adding salt,coconut and tamarind.
• Season with mustard seeds and curry leaves.

Coconut Rice(Thenga Satham)

This rice recipe is very simple and tasty.We make different kinds of rice for "Pathinettam perukku'(aadi Perukku).(chitrannam). This coconut rice is one of them.This festival is celebrated on 18th day of Tamil Month Adi.It is like thanksgiving to rains which fills the rivers. .

Prepare Time.............5 min
Cook Time..................20 min
Serve............................4

Ingredients

• Rice……… ……….....2cups
• Grated Coconut……....1cup
• Urad Dhal……………. 2tbsp
• Mustard Seeds………...1tsp
• Green Chili…………….4
• Ginger………………....1 small piece
• Peanuts/ Cashew Nuts…¼ cup
• Curry Leaves……..few
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Cook the rice in pressure cooker.
• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, chopped green chili, chopped ginger ,nut sand curry leaves. 
• When the mustard seeds splutters add the coconut and fry for 5 minutes. 
• Add the rice and mix well.

Naranga Pickle (Lemon Pickle)

This lemon pickle is famous in Kerala .  This is very easy one to prepare

Ingredients

• Lemon(Naranga)..............4
• Green Chili.......................10
• Ginger...............................3tbsp
• Turmeric Powder..............1/4 tsp
• Salt to taste.

Method

• Wash and wipe the lemons and cut into pieces.
• Add turmeric, chopped chillies and ginger. 
• Boil half cup water and pour into this mixture and mix it well. 
• Eat this with rice immediately or next day.

Pasiparippu Payasam (Parippu Pradhaman)

Coconut pieces

Pasiparippu,Coconut milk and Jaggery

Pasi parippu payasam

Ingredients

• Pasi Parippu..with the skin...............1cup
• Jaggery..............................................1cup
• Coconut Milk......................................1cup
• Coconut Flakes.................................1/4 cup
• Cardamom Powder...........................1/2 tsp
• Cashew Nuts.......................................3tsp.

Method

• Roast the moong dhal till it becomes red.
• Wash the dhal and pressure cook it with one whistle.
• Grind the grated coconut and take the thick milk.
• When the dhal is cooked ,add powdered jaggery and mix well. Let it boil for 5 minutes.
• When it is mixed well, add the coconut milk.
• The dhal should not boil after adding the coconut milk.
• Heat a pan with ghee and fry the coconut flakes and cashew nuts
• Cashew nuts becomes golden,add to the payasam.
• Add cardamom powder too.Serve chilled or hot.
• The same way you can make split chick pea(kadalai parippu payasam) payasam.

Bajra Kichadi

I tried this Bajra kichadi and came out well 

prepare Time.........10 min
Cook Time...............30 min
Serve..........................4

Ingredients

• Bajra......................        ..2cups
• Moong Dhal............          .1cup
• Peas/Carrot........................1/2 cup
• Ginger..............................1tsp
• Chopped Green Chili........2tsp
• Beans( Cut)........................2tbsp.
• Chopped Garlic..................3tsp
• Cumin Seeds.....................2tsp
• Cashew Nuts.....................2tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Pepper /Jeera Powder..........3tsp
• Ghee...................................1tbsp
• Turmeric Powder.................1/2 tsp

Bajra Kichadi

Method

• Cook the bajra and dhal in pressure cooker adding  7cups of water.
• Add  turmeric and salt.Bajra should cook well. 
• Heat a pan with ghee add cumin seeds, ginger,cashew nuts, chili ,garlic and vegetables. 
• Fry little and add to the cooked bajra.
• Mix well and add little ghee on the top
• .Eat with chutney and pappad.

Sweet Potato Thogayal ( Sarkarai Kizhangu Thogayal)

         This chutney is very tasty and easy to prepare.
Ingredients

• Sweet Potato................1
• Green Chili....................4
• Tamarind Paste.............1/2 tsp
• Salt to Taste.

Method

• Steam the sweet potato and remove the skin.Mash with a fork and keep. 
• Grind chili salt and tamarind and then the sweet potato otherwise the chili would not grind properly. 
• Heat a tawa with oil add 1tsp mustard seeds.
• When it splutters add to the chutney.
• This chutney can be used for dosa/idli, rice and chapathi.
• The same way make avocado chutney.

Green Chili Pickle

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.

Indian Filter coffee

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.

Kovakai/Tindora curry

This is a simple curry and goes  with sambar/rasam rice or chapathi.

Kovakai Curry

Prepare Time..........5 min
Cook Time...........15 min
Serve......................5

Ingredients

• Kovakai.............................1/2 kg
• Turmeric powder................1/2tsp
• Chili powder.......................1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida..........................1/2 tsp
• Mustard seeds....................1tsp
• Urad Dhal...........................2tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Cut each kovakai into four pieces vertically. 
• Heat a pan with 2tsp oil  add mustard seeds, urad dhal. 
• When the mustard splutter add the kovakai, turmeric, salt , cover it and fry well. 
• When it is cooked add asafoetida and chili powder.
• This curry is very tasty and easy to make..
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Kuskus Salad

I made this simple salad and tastes good.

Kus kus Salads

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

Ingredients

• Kus Kus..................1cup
• Lemon.....................1
• Pepper Powder.......1tsp
• Coriander Leaves.......few
• Carrot........................1
• Olive Oil....................1tsp
• Salt toTaste

Method

• Boil water with little salt and add kus kus in it.
• It cooks fast. When it is cooked remove all the water. 
• Cut the  lemon ,carrot into small pieces and chop the coriander leaves.
• Mix all together add 2tsp olive oil.
• Decorate coriander leaves and serve.