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Cauliflower Bajji

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Ingredients : Cauliflower, broken into florets - 1 Full cup Besan - 1/2 cup  Rice Flour - 1/4 cup Maidha - 2 tbsp  Salt to taste Chilli powder to taste Method : 1.Heat oil for deep frying.  2.Clean the florets in hot water & keep it Set aside. 3.Mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl with enough water and mix well. 4.Drop a cauliflower floret into the batter & dip it well. 5.Fry the coated floret . 6.Let them cook in med-high heat for 2-3 minutes or until golden/reddish brown. 7.Drop them on paper towels to remove excess oil. 8.Serve them hot along with Ketchup.

Raji's Tomato Thokku

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Here, with a bigu smile am glad to publish my friend Raji's Recipe... Ingredients : Tomato - 4 Dry Red chilly - 3 Salt to taste Asafoetida Curry Leaves Oil - 2 tbspn Method : 1. Grind Tomatoes and chillies with salt. 2. Heat pan with oil . 3. Drop Mustard,asafoetida and curry leaves. 4. Add the tomato paste and cook it well (5-8 mins minimum) until tomato puree comes to a thick form. 5. Raji's Tangyyyy Tomato Thokku is Ready to serve. I love this with idly and chappathi :)

Pudhina Chutney

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Ingredients  : •  Pudhina leaves – 1 bowl •  Coconut – 2 or 3 table spoons / as per your taste. (optional) •  Varamilagai / Dried red chilly – 5 / as per your taste •  Salt – as per your taste •  Tamarind – Small amt. •  Oil – 1 spoon •  Mustard , Black gram dhal , Asafoetida. Method : • Heat pan with oil , drop Mustard , Black gram dhal (ulutham parupu ) , Asafoetida  (Perungaya thool). • Then drop the red chillies , tamarind, 1 garlic ( oru pallu vellai poondu) . Let these be cooked for few seconds. • To that drop our washed mint leaves and coconut (opt) , heat this mixture till our mint leaves are shirnked well.  Grind this mixture with salt as per your taste. Note :   While Grinding the chutney ,  do keep on tasting in between so that you can adjust the salt , tamarind and chilli. If suppose you found that you added too much of chillies and its tooo hot , just add some more co...

Fried Idly

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Ingredients : Idly - 5 (cut each idly into 4 pieces) Oil - 3 tbspns Chilly Powder - 1 Spn Salt - to taste Method : 1.Heat pan with Oil and Drop idly pieces and fry for 1 min. 2.Add Chilly powder and salt. 3.Mix well and cook for 1 min. 4.Serve it hot as evening snack. No side-dish needed.

Potato Masala

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Ingredients : Poatoes - 5 medium sized Chopped Onion - 2 Chopped Tomato -1 Chopped Green Chilly - 5 Curry Leaves Coriander Leaves Mustard - 1 tspn Bengal gram and Urad Dal (both optional) - 1Tbspn. Chilly Powder - 1spn Turmeric Powder - half spn. Best Sidedish for Puri.. Potato Masala Method : 1.Cut Each Potato into two. 2.Clean it and Pressure cook for 4 whistles. 3.Peel the Potatoes and smash it lightly i.e.,not as paste. 3.Heat Pan with 2 tbspn of oil, drop mustard , dhals mentioned (optional) , curry leaves and then onion. 4.After Onions are cooked for 1 min add tomato to it and cook for 1 more min. 5.Now Add lightly smashed potatoes and pour half cup of water to it. 6.Add turmeric powder , chilly powder and salt.Mix it well and cook for two min. 7.Serve it with hot Poori or keep it in middle of dosa and say it Aloo masala dosa is ready :D Note : Do not add too much of water to masala. If accidentally added ,wait until it evaporates .. ha ha n...

Varieties of Tomato Chutney

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* Hot and Tangy Tomato Chutney * Ingredients : Chopped Onion -2  Chopped Tomato -2  Dry Red Chilly -4 Tamarind - very small amt (or as your taste) Salt to taste Method : Fry all the above items one by one and Grind it to paste. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Coconut Tomato Chutney  * Ingredients : Chopped Tomato -2 Chopped Onion -2 Coconut - half cup Urad dhal - 1 Tbspn Dry Red Chilly - 3to4 Salt Method : 1.Fry Urad dhal (ulutham paruppu) until it turn light brown. 2.Drop Onion , Red chilly and fry for 1 min. 3.Drop Tomato and fry it for 1 min. 4.Add Coconut and cook for 1 min. 5.Add salt and grind it. Goes well with Idly :)   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Coriander Tomato Chutney * Ingredients : Chopped Tomato -2 Chopped Onion -2 Dry Red Chilly - 3 to 4 Coriand...

Onion Rava Dosa

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Ingredients : Dosa Batter - 2 cups Rice flour - 1 cup Maida flour - 2 full tbspn Rava - 2 and 1/2 full tbspn Pepper and Jeera - Coarsely powdered 3 tbspn. Fried Curry Leaves - few Chopped Onion - 2 Finely Chopped Coriander leaves - 1 cup Salt to taste. Method : 1.Take a bowl , Mix all the flour and prepare the batter little watery than usual dosa batter. 2.Add salt and Coarsely Powdered black pepper and jeera. 3.Mix well so that it doesn't have any lump. 4.Add Fried curry leaves to the batter and mix it. 5.Heat dosa pan with 1 spn of oil. 6.Now pour rava dosa batter in pan with small small gaps in between. 7.Put oil in sides of dosa and in gaps if needed. 8.Put chopped onion and Coriander leaves over Dosa. 8.Cook until dosa becomes crispy and little brown. 9.Serve it hot with Tomato Chutney. Visit Sides : Idly Dosa Podi Varieties of tomato chutney Varieties of onion Chutney

Chappathi + Veg Kurma

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How to make Chappathi : All you need is - Wheat Flour - 2 cups Salt to Taste Water  Oil - 2 tbspn Optional Item for super soft Chappathi - Milk  (2 Tbspn ) Method : 1. Create Dough using the items above and roll it in round shape or any shape u need ;) 2. Heat Chappathi Pan with 1 spn of oil. 3. Place Chappathi in pan and heat both sides. How to make Veg Kurma : All you need is - Chopped Onion -2 Chopped tomato - 2 Chopped Potatoes -2 Green Peas - few (as per need) Green Chillies - 3 chopped Curry Leaves and Coriander Leaves Chilly Powder - 1 Tbspn Turmeric Powder -1/2 spn Briyani Leaf , Patta - few Sombu - 1 spn Coconut paste - 1 cup Salt Method : 1. Heat pan with Oil.  2. Drop Briyani Leaf, Patta,Sombu. 3. Add Onion and fry for 1 min. 4. Add Grinded Tomato and cook it for 1 min. 5. Add Chopped Potatoes , Green peas & pour 1 cup of water. 6. Now we can add all masalas i.e., chilly powder ,turmer...

Healthy CurryLeaf Chutney

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Ingredients :  Curry Leaves - 1 cup Bengal Gram / Kadala Parupu - 1 Tbspn Coconut - 1 cup Dry Red Chilly - 3 (or as per your Taste) Salt. Method : 1. Heat pan with 1 tbspn of oil. 2. Drop Bengal gram and fry until it turn light brown. 3. Add curry leaves , coconut and red chilly  4. Cook for 2 mins. 5. Grind this with salt as per your taste. Note : Coconut helps to decrease the bitterness of Curry Leaves. Curry Leaves chutney can be served with  hot rice and ghee / Curd rice / Rasam Rice.

Dry Chicken

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Ingredients : Chicken Pieces Finely Chopped Tomato : 2 Finely Chopped Onion : 2 Ginger garlic Paste : 2 Tbsp Curd : 1 cup Green chillies : 3 Curry Leaves : few Garam Masala : 1 1/2 tsp Chicken Masala : 1 Tbsp Chilly Powder : 1 Tbspn Turmeric Powder : 1/2 tsp Salt and Oil - As per our need Method : 1.Clean Chicken. 2.Soak Chicken with Curd and Ginger Garlic paste for 30 mins minimum. 3.Heat Pan with Oil. Drop -  Mustard  Curry Leaves  Green Chillies  Onion  Tomato 4. Fry for few mins until onion and tomato gets cooked enough. 5. Drop Soaked chicken into pan and add half cup of water. 6. Add all masalas now.. Garam,Chicken masala,chilly powder,Turmeric,dhaniya/corriander Powder (opt) and Salt. 7.Mix well and keep it in medium flame. 8.Cook the chicken until the gravy gets dry. Note : When Gravy gets dry.. Dry chicken is Ready.. But you know what, Dry Chicken consumes lots of time which in turn consumes lots of fue...