Cucumber Raitha/Vellerikka Thair Pachadi

Raitha is a dish that is made regularly at home and during festivals. Its goes well as  a side dish with Dal rice, Vegetable rice,Vegetable Biryanis,Rotis,Pulkas,Parathas and the list goes on. Its simple to make and tastes great.
Ingredients:-
cucumber:- 1

Green chillies - 1
Curd/Yogurt - 1 cup

Butter Milk - 1/3 cup
Salt to taste
Sugar - a pinch
Coriander leaves - few
Seasoning:-
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds -1 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Method:-
1. Cut cucumber and chillies into small pieces.
2. Take it in a bowl, add salt,curd,Buttermilk and mix well.
3. Add sugar to it mix well.
4. Heat oil in a pan add seasoning and when mustard seeds starts spluttering.
5. add it to raitha.
6. Garnish with corriander leaves.
7. Tasty cucumber raitha is ready to eat.
8. Serve with Rotis,Pulkas,Dal Rice,Mixed rices,Vegetable rice/Biryanis etc.
9. I had it with  Vegetable Pulav/Vegetable Rice.
10. I haven't added seasoning in my raitha. It tasted good too.

Vegetable pulav/Vegetable Rice

Vegetable pulav is a complete meal in itself with all the vegetables and spices.Easy to make and gets done fast. Its a usual Sunday lunch menu since childhood. Lets see how to make it.

Ingredients:-

Carrot - 1

Beans - handful

Onions - 2

Potato - 2 small

Basmati rice - 1 glass

Ginger,garlic,green chilli paste -2 tsp

Mint leaves - handful

Salt - to taste

Oil - 2 tsp

Spices:-

Bay leaf -1

Cloves - 4

Cinnomon Stick - 2

Stone algae/Kadal Pasi - few

 

Method:-

1. Wash rice and cook with enough water.

2. Cut carrot,beans,potato and cook in micro wave for 6 min in high.

3. Cut onions.

4. In a pan heat oil, add the spices.

5. Add Ginger,garlic and Green chiili paste.

6. Add onions to it and let it turn golden brown.

7.Once rice is cooked drain the water in a strainer and keep aside.

8. Add cooked carrots,potato and beans to the onions.

8. Add Mint leaves to it Mix well.

9. Add cooked rice to it. mix well and switch off the stove.

10. Hot and Tasty Vegetable pulav is ready to eat.

11. Serve with Cucumber Raitha and chips. 

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Ginger,Garlic and chilli paste

Ginger,Garlic and Chilli paste comes in handy when made as a paste and stored in fridge with salt mixed to them. Can use the same for making vegetable pulav,parathas,Veg gravies,etc.

Ingredients:-

Green chillies - 150 gms

Garlic pods - 150 gms

Ginger - 100gms

Method:-

1. Peel garlic and keep aside

2. Peel outer skin of ginger.

3.Grind ginger,garlic and green chillies into paste in mixer without water.

4. Add salt to it  mix well and store in airtight containers.

Potato Curry/Urulaikiyangu Karamadhu

This is a simple potato curry. Gets done fast and tastes very good with Curd rice, mixed rices or sambhar rice and rotis.

Ingredients:-
Potato - 1 big

Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - few
For Seasoning:-
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Method:-
1. Peel the potato and cut into small pieces and put it in a bowl of water.

2. Drain water and cook in micro wave for 5 min in high.

3. Heat Oil in  a pan ,add seasoning and fry till golden.
4. Add cooked potato, salt ,turmeric and chilli powder,curry leaves.

5. Fry for 5 min till golden.
6. Tasty Potato curry is ready to eat and i had with Curd rice. You can have it with mixed rices, sambhar, rasam rice,rotis etc.


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Curd Rice with dill Leaves

Curd rice is a fav for all south Indians. Every meal is finished with curd rice. But i was not that fond of curd rice and i never used to take it in my lunch box. Not that i used to hate it but not my fav too...But things change, preferences and tastes change too and i started liking curd rice...Ya u heard me right. My Mom still wonders and laughs when ever i tell my mom over phone  that i packed curd rice  for  lunch to office. Is it you? and curd Rice for lunch.... i used to laugh and tell her yes it is thinking of all the trouble i gave her .......

Dill leaves is a natural coolant and various health benefits as given at the end(Source:- wiki)

Ingredients:-

Raw Rice - 1 cup

Low fat Curd/Yogurt - 1 cup

Full Fat Butter milk - 1/2 cup

Salt - to taste

Dill Leaves - 4 tsp

For seasoning:-

Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

Urad Dal - 1 tsp

Oil - 1tsp

Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Green chillies - 2 

Method:-

1. Cook rice with enough water till soft and strain.

2. Take the cooked rice in a bowl add salt and mash it nicely.

3. Add curd and butter milk,Dill leaves and mix well.

4. Heat oil in a pan add seasoning and when mustard starts spluttering add it to the curd rice.

5. mix well.

6. Tasty curd rice is ready to eat with pickle or Aloo curry-Potato Curry/Urulaikiyangu Karamadhu.

Apart from giving a strong tangy, appetizing flavor and taste, Dill has many medicinal properties, which mainly come from certain compounds called Monoterpenes, Flavonoids, Minerals and certain amino acids. The health benefits of dill include

Digestion: Dill itself is an appetizer and therefore extensively used in culinary. The essential Oils present in it are stimulant in nature and activates secretion of bile and digestive juices. These oils also stimulate peristaltic motion of the intestine.

Insomnia: Essential oils found in herbs have a peculiar property. They are simultaneously stimulant and sedative or hypnotic, that is, they stimulate as well as pacify,thereby helping have a good sleep.

Hiccups: Hiccups occur due to various reasons, primarily due to trapping and repeated upward movement of gases through the food pipe and secondarily due to certain allergies, hypersensitivity, hyperactivity and nervous malfunctioning etc. Dill can help in all of these situations. Being a carminative, it helps expulsion of gases and also reduces gas formation and being sedative, it helps calm down hiccups due to  allergies(which is actually hypersensitivity of the body towards certain foreign elements and bile), hyperactivity, nervous disturbances etc.

Oral Care: Dill seeds and leaves are very good mouth fresheners. Apart from that, the essential oils in it are germicidal, anti oxidant and disinfectant in nature. Thus they help end microbial infections in the mouth as well as their anti oxidants minimize the damages caused to gums and teeth by the free radicals.

Other Benefits: Dill is relaxant, fortifying (strength giving), diuretic (increases urination helping removal of toxic substances from the body), carminative (helps removal of gases), anti spasmodic (prevents cramps), anti flatulent, stimulates lactation (galactagogue) and endocrinal secretions, enhances libido due to presence of Arginine and last but not the least, it ensures bone and dental health being a good source of Calcium.

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Rose milk with sabja seeds/Tukmaria/Basil seeds/Falooda seeds

Rose milk is a favourite drink for all. My all time favourite. wondering what are the black seeds floating in rose milk, yes you got it right. sabja seeds/Basil Seeds/Tukmaria. Summer is in full swing and its so hot, what can be a best drink than Rose milk with sabja seeds to make you cool and happy. Lets see how to make it.

Ingredients:-

Milk - 1 glass

Rose Syrup - 2 tsp

Sabja seeds - 1 tsp

Method:-

1. Soak sabja seeds in  little water for 15 minutes.

2. It will become soft and transparent.

3. In a glass take milk,add rose syrup,sabja seeds and mix well.

4. Add ice cubes(optional) or keep it in fridge for half an hour.

5. Cool Rose milk is ready to drink. 

Avial/Mixed vegetable stew

My Moms hand has magic. What ever she makes turns yummy and tasty. Avail is one of them, and every one in the family loves it. i learnt this from her. its tastes nice with Dal rice, sambhar,Adai,roti etc. Lets see how to make it. 

Ingredients:-

Carrot - 1

Green Beans - few

Yam - Small piece

Cluster Beans - few

Red Pumpkin - Small piece

Coconut Oil - 2 tsp

Curd - 4 tsp

Curry Leaves - Few

Oil - 1 tsp 

To Grind:-

Coconut - 5 tsp

Jeera - 2 tsp

Green chillies - 5

Method:-

1. Grind coconut,jeera and green chillies and keep aside.

2. Cook the vegetable in micro wave for 7 min or until cooked with little water.

3. In a Pan heat oil, add the boiled vegetables.

4. To this Add ground coconut,jeera,green chillies mixture, let it cook.

5. Add curry leaves and Switch off the stove. let it cool.

6. Heat Coconut oil and add it to the above, mix well.

7. Before serving add curd to it mix well and serve. 

8. I had with hot hot Adai

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Adai Avial

Adai avail is  famous dish in south india. I learnt this recipe from mom. It is made out of Dal and rice. I love adai with jaggery and Mom loves with avial. Adai tastes yummy with both.

Ingredients:-

Tuar Dal - 1 cup

Boiled Rice - 1 cup

Rice - 1 cup

Chenna Dal - 1 cup

Urad Dal - 3/4 cup

Red Chillies - 4

Green chillies - 2

Curry leaves - a little

Coriander Leaves - a few

Ginger - Small piece

Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Oil - to fry adai

Method:-

1.Soak all the above for 3 to 4 hours(Tuar Dal to Red Chillies).

2. Drain Water.

3.Add salt, green chillies,ginger,curry leaves,asafoetida to the above.

3. Grind it into course paste with little water.

4. Batter should be  thick than the normal dosa batter, add coriander leaves.

5. Heat a pan , pour adai batter and make a round adai.

6. Add a Tsp of oil round the corners of Adai and let it cook.

7. Turn into to the other side and cook.

8. Tasty Adai is ready.

9. Serve with Avial and Jaggery.

10. yummy adai is ready to eat. You can add onions to the batter and make adai. it tastes very good.

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