Green Gram Dosa/Pesarattu/Pacha Pairu Dosa

Ingredients

Green gram-1cup

Raw rice-1/4cup

Green chilly-2

Garlic-2

Curryleaves-few

Ginger-1inch

Cumin seeds-1/2tsp

Onion-1 small finely chopped (optional)

Method

1.Soak green gram and rice together for 5-6 hrs or overnight...

2.Drain the water and grind it with cumin seeds,green chilly,garlic,curry leaves and ginger to a smooth batter.Add water to make batter consistency.

3.Add salt to the batter and mix well..Add water if the batter is too thick...



4.Heat a dosa tawa,take a laddle full of batter and spread it thin like dosa.

5.Drizzle a tsp of oil and cook on both sides...

6.Dosa was ready to serve.

Note

I didn't use onions..if u used grind it along with batter or sprinkle chopped onions on the top of dosa and press it lightly with a laddle.after it gets cooked,flip it over to the other side.Cook till done

Peanut Coconut Chutney

Ingredients

Peanut-1cup

Coconut-1/2cup

Red chilly-4 or as per taste

Garlic pods-2

Tamarind-little

Salt to taste

Mustard seeds-1/2tsp

Curry leaves-few

Urad dal-1/2tsp

Method

1.Dry roast the peanut and remove the skin of roasted peanuts...

2.Put coconut,peanuts,tamarind,red chilly,garlic and salt in a blender with little water and grind it...

3.Make it a smooth paste add some more water if u need.

4.Transfer it into a serving bowl.

5.Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds when mustard seeds splutters add urad dal and curry leaves..Pour it over the chutney

6.Spicy chutney was ready to serve...

Pasi Paruppu Gulab Jamun

Ingredients

Pasi paruppu-1/4kg

Maida-25gms

Salt-a pinch

Sugar as req

Water

Oil for deep frying (u can use ghee)

Kesari color-a pinch

Method

1.Dry roast the pasi paruppu till it turns little gloden brown.

2.Boil the paruppu with water.

3.After boiling,allow to cool then grind it into a paste.

4.Now mix grinded paruppu,maida and salt...

5.Dough should be soft and make a small balls.

6.Meanwhile make sugar syrup,Combine sugar and water in a pan.Cook for 5-10 mints or until it thickens slightly(one string consistency).Add cardamom and kesari color to it and keep aside...

7.Heat oil in a pan,deep fry the balls over medium high flame until it turns golden brown..

8.Drain these cooked balls into the sugar syrup...

9.Yummy jamun are ready to eat

Urad Dal Laddu

Ingredients

Urad dal-1cup

Sugar-3/4cup

Ghee as req

Method

1.Heat a tsp of ghee in pan,roast urad dal till it turns brown..

2.Allow it to cool...Then grind it along with sugar....

3.Melt the ghee and add little by little to that dal mixture...

4.Make laddu...

Milk Kesari

Ingredients

Rava-1cup

Sugar-11/4 to 11/2 cup

Milk-2cups

Ghee-3tsps

Cashewnut-5

Raisins-5

Kesari powder-1/4pinch

Method

1.Deep fry the cashew nuts and raisins in ghee and keep it aside.

2.Heat a tsp of ghee in pan,Roast the rava till nice aroma comes...

3.Add the milk to the pan and kesari powder.

4.When it starts boiling,change flame to medium

5.Add rava to it without forming any lumps..keep on stirring until rava absorbs allthe milk..

6.Add sugar and stir well...

7.After adding sugar,the kesari turns bit on runny side,but after it will get thickened..

8.Add fried cashew nuts and raisins..

9.Add remaining ghee also...Keep stirring..

10.Delicious kesari was ready....

Pasiparuppu Murukku

Ingredients

Rice flour-4cups

Gram flour/pasi paruppu -1/2cup

Kadala paruppu-1/4cup

Ghee/butter/hot oil-2tsp

Cumin seeds/sesame seeds-2tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Preparation


To make rice flour

1.Wash and soak rice in water for 1 to 2 hrs...

2.Drain the water and spread the rice on paper or absorbing cloth..

3.Let the water evaporate and when the rice is little moist..grind it to fine powder...sieve it...

4.Now heat a pan,add the powdered rice into it and stir continously till nice aroma comes from rice.

5.Store it in air tight box once cooled.


To make dal powder

1.Dry roast dal in pan till it turns light brown with a nice aroma..

2.Now grind it into a fine powder...

3.Sieve it and keep aside..

Method

1.Take rice flour,dal powder,salt,cumin seeds and butter.Mix well..

2.Knead a dough by adding little by little water.Dough should be soft.

3.Take a murukku press and drop some dough into it.

4.Heat oil in a pan..

5.Deep fry the murukku till it turns little brown..

6.Drain it and keep aside.

7.Healthy and crispy murukku was ready...


Note

1.U can add chilly powder or pepper powder to the dough

2.The oil should be medium hot to fry the murukku till crispy...

Athirasam

Ingredients

Rice flour-2cups

Jaggery-11/2cup

Dry ginger(sukku)-few

Cardamom-3

Ghee-1tsp

White sesame -1tsp(optional)

Preparation


To rice flour

1.Wash and soak raw rice for 1 to 2 hrs.

2.After 2hrs,drain the water completely and spread it on a cloth or paper,so that it will absorb the excess water.

3.After 15mints,dry grind the rice nicely.Sieve it.

To jaggery

1.Grate jaggery,add enough water to soak the jaggery..

2.Bring it to boil..once jaggery dissolves,filter it to remove any impurities...

Method

1.Mix flour,cardamom powder,sukku and sesame seeds..

2.Boil the jaggery water and check the consistency of the syrup to get a two string consistency.Don't allow to burn the syrup..

3.Pour the hot syrup over the flour and mix well with a ladle..

4.Cover it with a tight lid and let it rest for 1-2days..

5.I left it only for one day.after one day

This is the dough for athirasam...

6.Take the dough out and knead again...

7.Grease ur hands with ghee or oil.

8.Make balls from the dough and flatten the ball with ur hands and a small hole in the center.(u can use banana leaf or plastic cover with ghee)

9.Gently slip it into the oil.Fry both sides till it turns brown colour.

10.Remove from oil.Athirasam has tendency to absorb the oil.

11.Press the athirasam between two slotted ladles to remove

12.Then put it on a paper towel to drain excess oil and let them cool

13.Store them in airtight containers.


Note

1.If the flour is sticky or loose and u are unable to make balls,then add a little wheat or maida flour to it to get the right consistency.

2.If the dough is too tight,then add some milk to it