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Ingredients Shallots - half cup Tamarind - one gooseberry size Garlic cloves - 5 Vendhayam - 1tspn Corrainder leaves- 1 tbspn Salt as per taste. Red chilli - 2 no. Steps *  Chop the shallots , Soak the tamarind in water and extract the juice. *  Heat kadai with 1 tbspn of oil, drop mustard , vendhayam (must for enhancing taste) and a pinch of asafoetida/ hing / perungayam. * Add curry leaves and chopped dry red chilli , crushed garlic. I normally dont add rasam powder in this recipe.. adding rasam powder will give you  another version of shallot rasam taste. I prefer you to try that once too.. * Fry chopped Shallots and add the tamarind water . * Add salt. * When rasam starts boiling add coriander leaves and switch off the stove. Serve it with rice :) Know What You Eat Shallots / Chinna Vengayam 

Ingredients Kathirikai  / Brinjal -  5 medium sized Small Onion  -  half cup Dry Red chilly -  3. Steps Fry each item separately Grind with salt as per taste Tempering Heat kadai with  1 tbspn of oil Drop mustard  ,  1 tspn of ur address dhal Add curry Leaves and a pinch of hing /asofoetida. Pour the grinded Kathirikai chutney to the kadai..  Let this boil for 2 mins. Add water as per your wish for consistency. I like thicky so I dint add much water. Serve it with hot dosa / idly.. :)  *********************************************************************************

Know about what you eat Manathakkali  / Black night shade / makoi Helps in treating mouth and stomach ulcers. Reduces Urinary infections Cures constipation Improves eyesight Helps in uterus problems,reduces the stress during menstruation . How to prepare Manathakkali Vathal  Ingredients  Manathakkali - 2 cups Curd - 1/2 cup Salt - 1tspn *  Clean and wash manathakkali. *  Add salt to curd and mix well *  Add the manathakkali seeds to the salted curd and soak it over night *  Drain the manathakkali from curd and transfer to a plate next day & let it dry in sunlight. *  Evening , soak again in curd and repeat the same process till the curd completely absorbed by manathakkali seeds.  * Store it in air tight Box.

Know About What You Eat Strengthen Bones Control Diabetes Lower Blood Pressure Helps in fertility Problem Prevent constipation Treat piles.. Click here to know more about miracle  benefits of fig. Ingredients Athikai / small figs - 1 cup Moong dhal - half cup Coconut  - 3 tbspn Tomato - 1 Cumin - 1 tspn Turmeric powder - 1tspn Home made chilly powder - 1tbspn Salt as per taste For tempering.. Mustard , curry leaves , dry red chilli - 2.no Ghee / veg oil  - 1 tbspn Steps For making Athikai Kootu 1.Clean moong dhal and pressure cook it for 2 or 3 whistles. 2.Wash athikai and cut it into half .. grind it coarsely or crush it using motor. I grinded light coarsely because my son eats it only if fig dissolves in gravy .. if we crush it ll be visible for him so he may avoid eating it... small trick to make him eat healthy foods. For others, you can also try crushing them lightly .. so that you can taste the fig separately in gravy. 3....

Ingredients  Coconut milk - 2 cups. Basmati rice - 1 cup. Meal maker / Soya chunks - half cup Capsicum - 2 (use different color so that appearance will be good) Onion - 2 (chopped straight) Green chilli - 2 (slice it straight) Ginger garlic paste - 1tbspn Salt as per taste. Mint & corriander leaves for garnish. Patta, bay leaf , Cloves  Sombu/ Aniseed - 1 tspn ( i prefer powdered) Steps Soak basmati rice before starting all other steps. Heat pan with 2 tbspn of vegetable oil  Add patta,bayleaf, cloves (opt) & sombu powder . Add Green chilli. Add ginger garlic paste. Add Chopped Onion & saute for few minutes. Add Chopped Capsicum . Add Soaked Rice & Add coconut milk  Add Salt & mix well. In a seperate bowl , boil water & put the meal maker in it.  Switch off it after 2 mins. Drain the water from meal maker completely by pressing each by your hand. Add meal maker to the pan we are cooking rice. Close...

Ingredients  Wheat flour - 1 cup Turmeric powder - 1tspn Curd - half cup Salt as per taste. Garam masala powder - 1 tsp. Finely Chopped onion - half cup. Finely chopped Corriander leaves - half cup Green chilli - 2 finely chopped. Method of making masala wheat dosa 1.In a Bowl take wheat flour & curd , mix together . 2.Add water for getting perfect dosa batter consistency. 3.Let this batter be closed for 10 mins. 4.Add chopped onion , chilli , corriander leaves , salt ,  garam masala and tumeric powder . 5.Mix everything together. 6.Heat dosa pan, spread butter or vegetable oil over it. 7.Make dosa with masala wheat flour batter. Turn it gently . Serve it with Chutney.

Ingredient Prawn - 1/2 kg Tomato - 2 medium Onion - 3 medium  Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbspn Briyani masala - 1 tbspn Salt as per taste Patta , bay leaf , Cloves - few. Cardamon - 2 no. Coconut milk - for boiling rice (2 cups) Basmati rice . Steps  1.Wash & Clean prawns . 2.Soak basmathi rice for 10 mins. 3.Heat pan, add 2 tbspn of vegetable oil . Add bay leaf, paata ,cloves & cardamon. 4.Add the ginger garlic paste  . 5.Add the chopped onion .. saute for few mins  6.Add the chopped tomato.. Saute for few mins  7.Add the prawns... mix well with masala. 8.Add Briyani masala & a pinch of turmeric powder. (alternate masala for briyani masala...  1. red chilli powder 1 tspn & coriander powder - 2tspn with garam masala - 1spn. OR 2. You can also use 1 1/2 tbspn of Homemade chilli powder .) 9.Add the soaked rice. Rice and water ratio : For 1 cup of basmati rice i added  1 and 1/2 cups of water (coc...