Watermelon Oats Ponganalu (Paniyaram)

Ingredients

Rice – 1 cup

Watermelon white part – 2 ½ - 3 cups

Oats - 1/2 cup

Jeera – 1 tsp

Chana dal – 2 tsp

(Soak in water)

Onion chopped (small) - 1

Green chillies chopped - 4

Ginger Chopped – small piece

Coriander leaves chopped – 2 tsp

Curry leaves – 1 string

Salt to taste

Method

1. Soak rice in water for 4 hours and drain water completely. Grind rice, salt, chopped watermelon white part and oats without any water.
2. If the batter is too thick add little more white part and grind.
3. The batter should be little thinner than idli batter consistency.
4. Now add finely chopped onion, green chilli, jeera, coriander leaves, chana dal, ginger and curry leaves to the batter and mix well.
5. Keep this aside for about 15 minutes so that all the flavors blend well.
6. Heat paniyaram tawa, apply little oil and pour a ladle full of batter in the holes. Cover with lid. Cook both sides.
7. Serve hot with chutney.

Instant Chamadumpa Dosa / Taro root dosa / Arbi Dosa - Without Fermentation

Ingredients

1/2 kg  Rice

3 large Boiled Chamadumpa / Taro root / Arbi

2 Green chillies

1 tsp  Cumin seeds

To taste Salt

2 tsp Oil

Method

1. Soak rice for 3 hours. Drain the water. Peel the cooked arbi / chamadumpa and cut into pieces.
2. In a mixi jar add rice and little water and pulse for 1 minute. Add arbi pieces, green chillies and make dosa batter consistency.
3. Transfer it to a bowl, add salt and cumin seeds and mix.
4. Heat the dosa pan, apply oil and take a ladleful batter. Pour it on pan and spread like dosa. Flip it.
5. Serve with coconut chutney or Curry leaves powder.

Borugula Talimpu / Uggani / Puffed rice Breakfast - South Indian Special

Ingredients

Borugulu / puffed rice - 3 cups

Chopped tomato - 1

Chopped onion - 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

For powder

Putnala powder/Daliya powder - 1 cup

Fresh coconut powder - 1 cup

Green chillies - 5

For tempering

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 10

Oil - 3 tsp

Method

                Soak puffed rice in water for 5 mins. Strain it. Squeeze little water. In a pan add oil and temper it. Add onion and fry until transparent. Add tomato, green chilli and cook until soft. Add soaked puffed rice, all powders and salt. Mix well. Cook for 10 mins on medium flame. 

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Instant Dhokla in Microwave

Ingredients

To make batter

1 cup – Besan / gram flour

½ cup – Thick and unsweetened curd

¼ cup Water

1 Tbsp Sugar

1 Tbsp Oil

1 pinch Turmeric powder

¼ Tsp Salt

1 Tbsp finely chopped green chilli

1 Tsp ENO or fruit salt
(I used lemon flavor. If you want use blue color(regular) ENO pocket)

1 Tsp ginger paste

For Seasoning

1 Tsp mustard seeds

4 Green chilli slits

10-15 Curry leaves

2 Tsp Sugar

2 Tsp Coriander leaves

1 cup water for seasoning

Method

For dhokla

1. In a bowl, add gram flour, curd and ¼ cup water (half quantity of water). Mix it well for 4 mins.
2. The batter should be without lumps.
3. Add the turmeric, ginger, salt and green chillies. Mix well.
4. Add sugar and mix well. Add oil and mix well. Batter is ready.
5. Grease the dish. Now add ENO to the batter and mix it well. After adding ENO immediately transfer the batter to the pan. Fill up to 3/4 in the pan.
6. Place it in microwave for 4 minutes on high power.  Take it out from the oven.
7. Slice into square shape before seasoning.

For seasoning

1. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter.
2. Add green chillies, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Mix well.
3. Add a cup of water, sugar and boil for 3 minutes.
4. Remove from the stove. Pour over the sliced dhokla. Keep it aside for 10 minutes. All water should be absorbed by the pieces. It gives the good taste. Serve it.

Adapted from here.

Vegetable Egg Omelette

Ingredients

Eggs – 3

Finely chopped onion – ¼ cup

Finely chopped tomato – ½ cup

Finely chopped cucumber – 3 tsp

Finely chopped green chillies – 3

Finely chopped capsicum – 3 Tsp

Garam masala- ½ tsp

Coriander powder – ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Oil – 3 tsp

Method

1. In a bowl, add broken eggs and beat well.
2. Add all ingredients except oil. Mix well.
3. Apply 2 tsp oil to the pan, pour egg mixture and spread it.
4. Cook on low medium flame. Cover it with lid.
5. For one side it may take 10 – 15 mins.
6. Flip it. Again cook it. Serve.

Note: Children’s won’t eat green chillies. Instead of chillies add pepper powder.

Oats Dosa

My mother is preparing this dosa frequently. I love so much.

Ingredients

Oats – 2 cups

Rice flour – ¼ cup

Roasted semolina – 2 Tsp

Wheat flour / All purpose flour – 2 tsp

Onion chopped – 1 cup

Green chilli chopped - 2

Grated carrot – ½ cup

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Coriander leaves – few

Salt to taste

Oil

Method

1. In a bowl add all ingredients except oil. 
2. Make dosa batter by adding water. 
3. Heat a tawa, apply oil and pour a ladleful of batter and spread it. 
4. Cook for both sides.

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Chapati Noodles - Kids Lunchbox Recipes

Ingredients

Chapati (Fresh / leftover) - 2

Mixed vegetables - 1 cup

(Carrot, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, beans)

Onion chopped - 1 medium

Tomato ketchup - 2 tsp

Hot sauce - 2 tsp

Soya sauce - 1tsp

Vinegar - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 1 tsp

Method

Cut the chapati into long stripes like noodles.

Heat oil in pan, add onion and fry for 3 minutes then add vegetables and cook until 3/4 done.

Add chapati noodles and mix for 2 minutes.

Add all sauces, salt and mix for 3 minutes and leaves for 3 minutes. Serve.

Potato Poha / Aloo Poha - Quick Breakfast

Potato Poha

Ingredients

Thick poha – 2 cups

Chopped potato – 1

Chopped carrot – 2

Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

Salt to taste
Lemon juice - 2 tsp

For tempering

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Green chilli chopped – 4

Curry leaves – 10

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Peanuts – ¼ cup

Oil – 2 tsp

Method

1. In a wide bowl, take poha and sprinkle water. It will become soft.
2. Heat oil in a pan and temper it. Add potato, carrot pieces and fry it until fully cooked.
3. Add poha, salt and mix well. Leave it for some time. Add lemon juice and mix well.
4. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot.

Wheat Flour Dosa

Ingredients

Wheat flour – 2 cups

Buttermilk to make the flour as batter

(Use sour curd to prepare buttermilk)

Chopped onion – ½ cup

Chopped green chilli – 3

Chopped curry leaves – 1 string

Salt to taste

Oil

Method

1. In a bowl add all ingredients and mix well.
2. Add buttermilk to make it a very thin batter, should look like buttermilk consistency. 
3. Heat a tawa on medium heat and add little oil. 
4. When it’s hot, using your hand sprinkle the batter on the tawa, so that it spreads evenly over the tawa. Spread some oil over the dosa, let it cook, gently scrap it and fold. Serve with peanut chutney.

Note: We don’t turn it cook on the other side for wheat dosa.

Linking to:
Gayathri's WTML event hosted by Hema,
Cook like a Celebrity Chef event by Food Corner,
Hearth & Soul Blog Hop : 141 3/52013,
Foodabulous Food event organised by Simply TADKA.

    

Rice Rava Upma

Ingredients

Rice rava – 1 cup

Green chilli – 3

Chopped onion – 1

Carrot pieces – ¼ cup

Salt to taste

For Tempering

Mustard seeds – ½ tsp

Jeera – ½ tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Bengal gram – 1 tsp

Curry leaves -little

Oil – 4 tsp    

Method

                 In a pressure cooker add oil and temper it. . Fry them till onions turn soft and add green chilli, carrot and fry for 10 minutes. Add rice rava and fry for one or two minutes so that oil is mixed well all over the rava. Add 2 ¼ cups water and salt. Mix well, pressure cook for 3 whistles. Allow it to cool and then mix well. Serve hot with dal / chutney.

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Burritos

Ingredients

Tortillas / chapati – 2

Avocados – 1 (peeled, seeded & diced)

Carrot pieces – 1

Capsicum pieces – 1

Onion pieces – ½ piece

Pepper powder – ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Butter – 2 tsp

Method

   ·     Place a tawa on flame. Heat tortilla / chapati on tawa.

         ·     Heat butter in a pan, saute capsicum, onion, carrot for 5 mins.

         ·     When vegetables are soft, sprinkle pepper powder and salt. Cool it.

         ·     Add above mixture to avocado bowl. Mix well.

         ·     Place the mixture down the center of one warmed tortilla.

         ·     Fold in top and bottom of each tortilla.

         ·     Roll up from side. Serve.
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         Hearth & Soul Blog Hop : 130 : 12/11/12,
         60 Days to Christmas hosted by Divya & Priya,
         Ramya's Innovative Recipes 2013,
         ONLY Side Dishes
         Saras Dish in 30 minutes.

                

                       

Navaratan Idli

Ingredients

Urad dal – 1 cup

Moong dal – ½ cup

Chana dal – ½ cup

Idli rava – 3 cups

For mixing

Jeera – 2 tsp

Grated carrot – 3 tsp

Grated beans – 2 tsp

Grated ginger – 2 tsp

Green chillies chopped – 1

Fresh coconut powder – 2 tsp

Coriander leaves – 2 tsp

Dry ginger powder – a pinch

Pepper powder – ½ tsp
Salt to taste

Method

                       Soak all dals separately for 3-4 hours. Grind them. Mix the batter, idli rava and ferment for overnight. Before making idlis, add all ingredients, salt and mix well. Make idlis.

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Vegetable Oats Upma

Ingredients

Oats – 1 cup

Bombay rava / sooji - 1½ cup

Peanuts – ¼ cup

Beans, carrot, green peas, sweet corn – 1 cup

Chopped onion – ¼ cup

Salt to taste

For Tempering

Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp

Jeera – ¼ tsp

Green chilli – 3

Curry leaves – 1 string

Cashew nuts – 6

Oil - 2 tsp

Method

•  Fry upma rava till it turns to brownish color.  
•  Heat oil in a pan and temper it. Add onions and fry for 3 minutes.
• Then add vegetables and fry for 10 minutes. 
•  Add upma rava, oats to the above mixture and fry for 10 mins  on medium flame.
• Add 4 cups of water, salt and let it cook on low flame till it is fully cooked. Serve hot. Serve Hot.

   

Linking to :
Hearth & Soul Blog Hop : 129 : 12/3/2012,
Jaleela's Bachelor's Feast,
Siris Food Flavours,
Saras Dish in 30 minutes.
               


                

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Jowar Rice / Jonna Annam

   

    Jowar is very healthy food. It is rich in carbohydrates and less fat. It can be used in different forms. This is very popular in South India.

Ingredients

Jowar granules – 1 cup

Water – 4 cups

Salt to taste

Method

                     Take jowar in a mixi jar, rotate the mixi knob until it makes granules. Heat water in a bowl, add jowar granules, salt and cook like rice on low medium flame. Serve with dal.

Linking to :

Hearth & Soul Blog Hop 128 : 11/27/2012,
Siris Food Flavors.

                           

Cabbage Pancake

Ingredients

All purpose flour – 1 cup

Corn flour – ½ cup

Finely chopped cabbage – 2 ½ cups

Grated carrot – ¼ cup

Ginger chopped – 1 inch

Green chilli chopped – 2

Salt – ¼ tsp

Oil – 2 tsp

Tomato ketchup optional

Mayonnaise optional

Method

                    In a bowl add flours, salt and mix well. Make dosa batter by adding water. Heat a tawa, apply oil. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Take big lemon size dough, spread it on tawa using hand. Close it lid. Cook on low medium flame. Cook for both sides. 

Note : Childrens don't like to eat pancake directly. If you spread ketchup on pancake, they will definitely like it.

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Favorite Recipes Event : Vegetarian Recipes,
Hearth and Soul Blog Hop 120 : 10/2/2012.


         

Bottle gourd Idli / Sorakaya Idli

I learn this recipe from mother-in-law. She cooks well. I tried this idli.

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Ingredients

Grated bottle gourd – 1 cup
(Squeeze the excess water)

Rice – 1 cup

Green chillies – 3

Baking soda a pinch

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 tsp

Method

                  Soak rice in water for 3 hours. In a mixi jar, add rice, green chillies grind it as coarse paste. Transfer it to a bowl, add remaining ingredients and mix well. The batter must be like idli batter. Make idlis.

Oats Cucumber savory

Ingredients

Oats – 2 cups

Chopped mushrooms – 1 cup

Chopped carrot – ½ cup

Cucumber slices – 1

Onion cubes – 1 medium

Olive oil – 1 tsp

Pepper to taste

Italian seasoning (or) oregano – 1 Tsp

Salt to taste

Water – 2 cups

Method

                    Heat oil in a pan, add mushrooms, cook until oil absorbed by mushrooms. Add onion, carrot, salt and allow them to soften. Add cucumber slices and cook for 2 mins. Once the vegetables are soft, add oats, herbs, pepper powder and stir for a while. Pour water and mix it. Leave this to soften.

Linking to :
Hearth & Soul Blog Hop 119 : 9/25/12, 
EP Series : Oregano & Paprika hosted by Foodmania,
Dish Name Starts With "O".