Showing posts with label Breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breakfast. Show all posts

July 28, 2011

Black Eyed Peas & Green Gram Dal Dosa

Ingredients :

Black Eyed Peas - 1/2 Cup
Green Gram Dal - 1/2 Cup
Raw Rice - 3/4 Cup
Ginger - 1 medium size piece
Green Chillies - 5
Onion - 1
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tspn

Method :
  • Soak Black Eyed Peas,Green Gram Dal together & Rice seperately for 8-9 hrs.
  • Wash them 2-3 times and blend them together by adding chopped Onion,Ginger & Green Chillies by adding suffient amount of Water and make into a Dosa batter consistency.
  • Leave it aside for 10 mins and add Cumin Seeds just before making Dosa.
Note :
  • The people who would like to make soft Dosas can use 1/2 Cup of Rice instead of 3/4 Cup.
Tasty Dosas are ready and it goes well with Peanut/Coconut/Tomato Chutneys and Sambar :-)

July 07, 2011

Vegetable Idly

Ingredients :

Grated Carrot - 1/2 Cup
Grated BeetRoot - 1/2 Cup
Chopped Spinach - 1/2 Cup
Chopped Cilantro - 1 tbspn
Idly Batter - 3 Cups
Eno Fruit Salt - 1/2 tspn
Salt - as per taste
Oil - 2 tspns
Water - 2 Tumblers

Method :
  • Put 2 tspns of Oil in a pan.When the oil gets hot add Grated Carrot,BeetRoot and fry for 5 mins on a medium flame.
  • Next add chopped Spinach and fry till the raw smell goes.Finally add Cilantro mix it well and switch off the stove.
  • Now add the above mixture and the sufficient amount of Salt to the Idly Batter and mix it well.
  • Grease the Idly Plates with Cooking Spray and put the Batter in the Idly Plates.
  • Pour sufficient amount of Water in the Cooker/Idly Vessel and put the Idly plates stand in the Cooker and steam the Idly's by covering the Cooker with a lid without Whistle for 20-25 mins.
  • Leave it for 10 mins and serve.
Note :
  • If the Idly Batter is fermented nicely no need to add Eno Fruit Salt.Otherwise add the Eno Fruit Salt just before making the Idly.

Colorful & Tasty Idly's are ready.
It goes well with Peanut,Coconut,Tomato Chutneys & Sambar.

May 22, 2011

Tomato Ravva Dosa

Ingredients :


Rice Flour - 1 cup
Sooji - 1/2 cup
Tomatoes - 2 medium
Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tspn
Hing - a pinch
Jeera - 1 tspn
Salt - 1 tspn/as per taste
Water - approximately 2 1/2 cups
Oil - as required


Method :
  • Wash and cut the Tomatoes into medium size pieces and grind to a paste.
  • Mix Rice Flour,Sooji,Tomato paste,Red Chilli Powder,Hing,Jeera & Salt.
  • Add sufficient amount of water and make a thin batter.
  • Heat pan and grease it with oil.Pour a big laddle of batter on pan and make a thin dosa.
  • Pour a tspn of oil around the dosa.When one side of the dosa is cooked turn it over and cook the other side of the dosa.
  • When both the sides is done remove it.


Note :
  • We can also prepare this dosa uisng dosa batter.The ratio is for 1 cup of batter grind one Tomato & 1/4th tspn of Red Chilli Powder and add to the batter and make Tomato Dosa.
Tasty Tomato Dosa is ready :-)))
Serve it with Sambar/Peanut/Tomato/Coconut Chutneys/AlooOnion Curry.

March 30, 2011

Black Eyed Peas Dosa

Ingredients :

Black Eyed Peas - 1 Cup
Raw Rice - 1 Cup
Chopped Ginger - 2 Tbspns
Green Chillies - 6
Salt - to taste
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tspn
Oil - For Roasting

Method :
  • Wash and soak Black Eyed Peas & Raw Rice seperately for 7-8 hrs.
  • Drain the excess Water from both the vessels and mix them.
  • Blend them to a smooth Batter by adding the Chopped Ginger & Green Chillies with the sufficient amount of Water.
  • Pour the Batter in a vessel and add the sufficient amount of salt and mix it well.
  • Finally add the Cumin Seeds before making Dosa.
Tasty Black Eyed Peas Dosa is ready :-)
It goes well with Coconut/Peanut/Tomato/Onion Chutney.

January 04, 2011

Ravva Pongal

Ingredients :

Semolina - 1 Cup
Moong Dal - 1/2 Cup
Pepper - 1 tspn
Water - 2 1/2 Cups
Cumin Seeds - 1 tspn
Cashews - few
Curry Leaves- few
Hing - 1/4 tspn
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tspn
Finely Chopped Ginger - 1/4 tspn
Ghee - 3 tspns
Salt - to taste
Oil - 3 tspns

Method :
  • Heat Ghee in a pan and roast the Semolina on a low flame until gets a nice aroma of it and keep it aside.
  • Pressure cook the Moong Dal for 4-5 Whistles with sufficient amount of Water and a little amount of Turmeric Powder.
  • Once the Moong Dal is cooked and when it gets cool down remove the excess Water from it and keep it aside.
  • Add oil in a pan and saute it with Pepper,Cumin Seeds,Chopped Ginger,Cashews & Curry Leaves.
  • Add 2 1/2 Cups of Water and bring it to boil.
  • When it starts boiling add Semolina,little bit of Turmeric Powder & enough Salt to it and mix it well.
  • When the Semolina absorbs 3/4 of the Water add the cooked Moong Dal to it amd mix it well.
  • Let it cook until all the Water is absorbed by the Semolina & Moong Dal mixture.
  • When all the Water is absorbed add a tspn of Ghee and mix it well.
Tasty Ravva Pongal is ready:-)))
It goes well with Peanut/Coconut Chutney.