A quick Dinner

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Curd Rice

Bhindi fry

Mango pickle

Curd Rice.

Freshly cooked or left over rice can be used. Take the cooked rice in a bowl, add enough salt and thick curds to it and mix well.

For the seasoning

2 tbs oil

Mustard seeds

Dry red chillies

Urad dhal

Chaa dhal

2 green chillies

A piece of ginger

Curry leaves

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, urad dhal, and chana dhal and dry red chillies. When the seeds splutter, add finely cut green chillies, ginger and curry leaves. Add this to the rice and mix well.

Bhindi fry

Grind together 2 large onion, chilly powder, garam masala, ginger, and mix salt. Split the Bhindi lengthwise, fill them with the ground paste and shallow fry in low flame.

Quick Mango Pickle

Cut a raw mango into thin and small pieces. Heat oil in a frying pan, add mustard seeds, dry red chillies, Methi seeds, [uluva] and when the seeds splutter, add 3 tablespoon red chilli powder [for a mango] turmeric and asafetida powder. Add the mangoes into the pan and keep covered for a minute. Remove the pan from flame and add enough salt.

Add salt only in the end.

Coconut chutney

Grind together coconut scrapings, green chillies, a piece of ginger and salt. Mix a teaspoon of curds and season with mustard seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.

Wheat flour Dosa..

When I feel lazy, this is the easiest food I can make…..

Ingredients

Wheat flour 2 cups

Rice flour 1 cup

Onion 3 big

Green chillies 2

Ginger 1 inch piece

Corriander or curry leaves

1 tbs curds.

Method

Mix the flours, salt and curds, adding enough water to make a thick batter. Chop all other ingredients finely, and add to the batter. Keep for 10 minutes and make Dosas. Serve with coconut chutney….

Uppuma, an easy breakfast..

Uppuma is very easy to make.. It is a quick breakfast item or an evening snack. South Indians add innovative ideas to make an ordinary uppuma more delicious and presentable . Here is the recipe for the ordinary traditional uppuma.

Ingredients

Rawa (sooji) 1cup
Ghee or oil 2 tablespoon
Green chillies 2
ginger a piece
3 small onions
curry leaves
salt
Cashew nut and raisins
coconut scrapings

Method.
Fry the cashew nuts and raisins and keep aside. Heat a non stick pan, add ghee. For seasoning, add a tsp urad dhal, (uzhunnu) chans dhal (kadala parippu), mustard seeds, and 2 split red chillies. When it is fried, add finely chopped green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and onions. When they turn red, add rawa and fry till it changes color slightly. Add salt.

Meanwhile keep 2 cups water boiling. Add enough water to soak the rawa. Never add more than 2 cups water for 1 cup rawa. Keep on stirring well without forming big lumps.

Garnish with cashew nuts and raisins and lots of coconut scrapings (optional).

We can eat uppuma adding sugar or curds and pickles.