Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Pathrade

Ingredients:
Patrade leaves - 12 to 15

Masala:
Coconut- 1 cup
Red chillies - 15
Tamarind - a small lemon size
Dosa rice - 1 cup
Tuvar dal - 1 cup
Hing - 1/2 teaspoon

Seasoning:
Oil
Sesame seeds
Methi seeds - 1 teaspoon

Method:
Soak rice and dal together for 5,6 hours.Grind coconut,red chillies and tamarind to a fine paste.
Add hing ,grind for a while.Add rice,dal to make a fine paste.Remove,add little water,make thick batter.Give the tadka.Mix properly salt.Spread the clean pathrode leaf on a board,apply masala evenly on it. Place another leaf on it ,continue the procedure for another 2,3 leaves. Start rolling the bed of leaves tightly from 1 side.Cut the roll into 3 to 4 equal parts.When you are done with the masala and leaves cook it in a idli vessel or a pressure cooker for 20 minutes.
Use Bimul,if available,instead of tamarind.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Poha chutney

Ingredients:
Red chillies-8,9
Coconut -1cup
coriander seeds -1 fistful
Jeera- 3 teaspoon
Jaggery -lemon size
salt
Poha

Method:
Grind all the above except poha to a fine paste adding very little water.You can keep this mixture
for a few days.Take 2 tablespoon of this mixture add little coconut scraping,mix it well with hands.Add a handful of poha again knead it well with your hand to make it soft.
Goes well with black chana upkari.
Give a tadka of oil,mustard seeds and curry leaves to make it more tastier.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Stew

Ingredients:
Potato -4
Onion-4 (both medium size)
Green chillies
Ginger - small piece
Coconut milk- 2 cups

Method:
Cut both potatoes and onions into small cubes,cook them with slit green chillies.Once cooked add salt and coconut milk.Add water if required,don't make it watery.Put ginger scrapes.
Best with mushti dosa.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Mushti Dosa

Ingredients:
Rice -1 cup
Urad dal - 1 fistful
Poha - 2 fistful
Methi seeds - 1 tsp

Method:
Soak all the ingredients together in the morning.Grind to a fine paste in the afternoon.Add enough water to make batter of thick consistency.Keep it overnight to ferment.
Best with stew or chutney.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Semolina Dosa

Ingredients :
Fine semolina - 3/4 cup
Coarse rawa - 11/4 cup
Green chillies -3
Ginger - small piece
Jaggery -small lemon size
Coconut- 1 cup
Method:
Crush green chilies,ginger,jaggery and salt.Mix both semolina's add crushed things,coconut,make a thick batter.Heat tawa take some batter and spread it to a thin dosa with your hand.Flip it,fry both the sides.Can use sugar instead of jaggery.
Best with butter

Urad dal, Moong dal dosa

Ingredients :
Urad dal -1 cup
Moong dal-1 cup
Green chillies -3
Ginger-small piece

Method :
soak both dals overnight.Grind with green chillies and ginger to a fine paste adding minimum water.No need to ferment the batter which should be of thick consistency.
Eat with butter,chutney or molaga pudi.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Rava Dosa

Ingredients:
All purpose flour -1 cup
Fine semolina -1 cup
Rice flour -1 cup
Green chillies -3
Ginger -small piece
Cumin seeds - 1 spoon
Coriander leaves -handful

Method :
Finely chop ginger,green chillies and coriander leaves.Mix it with all the flours.Add sufficient water and salt to make it thin liquid.You can add a little hing,soda and pepper powder if you
like it.
Eat with butter,chutney or molaga pudi.