Red Swiss Chard (Beets. leaves Bhaji)

 Red swiss chard or beets leaves have high iron content , good source of fiber and vitamin k. So good for health.

Ingredients

Swiss Chard                              one bundle

Moong Dhal                             1/2 cup

Mustard seeds                         1 tsp

Urad Dhal                                1 tsp

Chili                                   1

Turmeric powder               1/2 tsp

Grated Coconut                1/4 cu

Salt to taste

Method

Wash the swiss chard and chop into small pieces

Heat a an with little oil.

Add mustard., urad dhal and chili.

When the mustard splutters add the chopped beets leaves, turmeric, moong dhal and salt. 

Cover to cook.

After 10 minutes mix  the bhaji and add grated coconut.

This is side dish for rasam, sambar and chapathi.

Karpooravalli Rasam(Ajwain leaves rasam)

 Karpooravalli is a medicinal plant. I made rasam with this leaves.Good for cold and cough. This rasam is very good in winter time.

Ingredients

Karpooravalli Leaves               8 to 10

Tomatoes                                 5/6

Green Chili                               2(optional)

Garlic pearls                             6

Pepper/Cumin Seeds"             1tsp each

Cooked Tur dhal                        1cup

Sambar Powder                          1tsp

Hing                                           1 small piece                      

Tamarind paste                          1/2tsp

Sugar or jaggery                       1tsp

Coriander/ curry leaves            few

Mustard Leaves and Cumin Seeds 1&tsp each

Salt to taste

Method

First grind  tomatoes, garlic, ginger, pepper, cumin seeds and 4 karpooravalli leaves into a paste

Boil one cup of water, add the paste, tamarind, Hing, sambar powder, sugar and salt.

After boiling for 3 minutes add the cooked dhal water, curry leaves remaing karpooravalli leaves ( chopped into small pieces )and coriander leaves.

Heat a tawa add 1tsp oil or ghee ,add mustard and cumin seeds. When it splutters add to the rasam.Drink or eat with rice

Home Made Butter (Butter from heavy cream)

From heavy cream  cream ( organic)  you can make butter.  Anju our neighbor  gave this information .Thank you Anju.

Yesterday, I bought organic heavy  cream 
small packet. Boil it  at night and add  good culture dahi and keep in a-warm place. Next day put it in vita-mix.. The butter separates from cream. You get buttermilk too. Melt the butter into ghee. Home made ghee is ready.

 

Dates and Mixed Nuts Ladu

Dates and nuts laddu is very healthy sweet, Easy to prepare this Laddu.

Ingredients.

Badam                               1/2 cup              
Walnuts                              1/2 cup
Kaju                                    1/2 cup
Pista                                  1/2 cup
Dates                                 1 1/2 cup
Method
Take 1/2 cup of badam, walnuts, Kaju, pista as and roast little for 4 minutes.
 Powder this coarsely and keep.
Chop the dates in a blender and add the powered nuts  and grind for 2 minutes .
Remove  , put it in a bowl.
Add cardamom powder and mix well.
Make round balls  and keep
You can roll it i powdered coconut.

Rava Vadas

 Rava vadas are very easy to prepare. No soaking, no grinding. Immediately make with less ingredients

Ingredients

Rava                                 2 cups

Chopped Green Chilis       2tsp

Chopped ginger                   2tsp

Curry leaves                         few

Cut onions                           1/4 cup

Dahi                                   1cup

Salt to taste

Method

Take 2 cups of rava, add all ingredients and mix well.

Add dahi and mix. It should be thick , if needed add little water.

Heat a pan with oil, 

Wet your hands and take a ball of vada batter , roll it into a ball, flatten it, make a hole in the middle and put them into the oil.

Deep fry them into golden color.

Serve with coconut chutney.

Panakam

 

Panakam is a sweet drink. We prepare for Naivedyam for Ram navami and Akshyathrithiyai. This drink is very soothing for the stomach.

Ingredients

Jaggery(Gud)powdered               1/2 cup
Dry Ginger                                   1/2 Tsp                  
Cardamom Powder                        1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice                                1 Tsp

Method

Dissolve the Jaggery powder into 2 cups of water.
Add cardamom powder, lemon juice and ginger powder.
Mix well and add one more glass of water. 
Chill it and drink
This is a summer drink

Mathanga Erisseri ( Pumpkin Erisseri)

Mathanga Erisseri.

Ingredients

Coconut                              1cup

Pumpkin piece cubed         1cup

Red chili                              1  

Pepper corn.                      1tsp

Cumin seeds                   1 tsp

Raw rice                           1 tsp

Mustard seeds                 1 tsp

(for tampering)  

Grated coconut                  1/4 cup

Cumin seeds                      1 tsp

Curry leaves                    few

Salt to taste

Method.

 Heat a pan with water add mathanga pieces, turmeric and salt.

Grind coconut, cumin seeds, pepper corn Chili and rice into coarse paste.

When the mathanga is cooked add the ground paste and mix it.

Heat a pan with oil add coconut, curry leaves mustard seeds and jeera.

When the coconut becomes red add to the gravy.

Instant Pot Sambar.

I bought Instant pot  last year. I am preparing

 most of the dishes in this pot. Very quick and hot

Ingredients

Tur Dhal                               1cup

Okra                                     1 
Drumstick                            1
Green pepper cut into  cubes   1/4 cup
Hing                                    a small  piece
Tamarind paste                 1/2 tsp 
Turmeric powder               1/4 tsp                
Salt to taste
Sambar powder                  3 tsp
Curry leaves
Coriander Leaves. red chilies     2
Mustard seeds                              1tsp

Method

Add oil in the pot add mustards seeds and red chilly.
When it splutters add tamarind water , vegetables, turmeric powder, sambar powder Hing and salt 
Close the lid and keep in pressure cooker mode for 3 minutes.
When it goes to L put off the plug
Open the pot churn the sambar and add curry leaves and coriander leaves.

Garlic Chutney

Garlic chutney very easy to make.

Time 5 minutes

serve 4 people

Ingredients

Garlic peeled                   2         

Red Chilies                     10

Tamarind                        small lemon size

Small onion                  6

Mustard seeds               1 tsp

Salt to taste

.

         

Method

Heat a pan with oil.

Add garlic red chilies and onion.

When they become tender add tamarind,

Add salt and grind into smooth paste.

heat a pan add little oil and mustard seeds.

When it splutters add to the chutney.

Serve with plain rice/dosa /idlis

Kathrikai Vathakkal (Eggplant fry)

Very easy and with 10 min to prepare.

Time                 10 min
Serve                   3

Ingredients

Eggplant1                  ( Chopped 2" long)
Mustard                     1 tsp
Urad dhal                    2tsp
Turmeric powder            1/4 tsp
Chili powder                  1 tsp
Gud                                lemon size
salt to taste.

Method

Heat a tawa and add oil
Add mustard and urad dhal.
When the mustard splutters add urad dhal and cut egg plant.
Add turmeric, salt, gud and chili powder.
Sauté it often till it roasted with oil.
When oil separates remove from the flame.
Serve with sambar rice/rasam rice.