Alu (potato) paratha

 Ingredients:

Potato boiled

Salt

Green chilli paste

Coriander leaves chopped

Ajwain

Chopped onions

Chat masala

Jeera powder

Dhania powder

Atta dough

Method:

Boil and smash potatoes. Add green chilli paste, ajwain, chopped onions, chopped coriander leaves, chat masala, jeera powder, dhania powder, salt and mix well.

Make a small ball of dough, roll it and stuff the potato ix in it and seal the ends. Now roll it and cook in on the hot skillet (tava) on both sides until golden brown. Serve hot with butter, pickle and curd.

Rice Koyakattai/Modak

Ingredients:

Boiled rice

Green chilli

Coconut

Salt

Mustard seeds

Urad dal

Red chilli 

Curry leaves

Sesame oil and Refined oil

Method:

Soak Boiled rice, grind roughly. Add green chilli, same measure coconut as rice and grind it together. Add salt. Keep it little watery. Leave it overnight.

Next day, add sesame oil and normal oil in a pan, season with mustard seeds, Urad dal, red chilli, curry leaves. Add more water if needed. Take a pan, add the mix and stir it until no lumps and it becomes thick. Let it cool. Make modak and steam it for 15 minutes. Serve with coconut chutney or podi. 

Brinjal/Eggplant/Baigan south Indian style

Ingredients:

Corriander seeds 1tbsp

Chana dal 1/2 tbsp

Rice 1/2 tbsp

Urad dal 1/2 tsp

Red chilli 1

Jeera 1/2 tsp

Salt

Brinjal 6 small

Method:

Dry roast coriander seeds, chana dal, rice, urad dal, red chilli, jeera 1/2. Cool it, add salt, and powder it and stuff it in small size brinjal and shallow fry in oil till soft. You can cover and cook it and then add the leftover powder.

Thogayal - Urad dal

Ingredients:

Urad dal - 1 cup

Cilantro - 1/2 bunch

Red whole chilli - 3

Heeng

Tamarind - lemon size

Salt

Jaggery

Method:

Dry roast Urad dal till brown with red chilli and heeng. Add tamarind and turn off gas.

In a blender powder the dal mix, now add cilantro, salt and jaggery if you like. Blend it again, add very little water if needed.

Apple pickle

Ingredients:

Green or Red apple - 4

Mustard seeds

Sesame oil

Methi seeds

Turmeric powder

Salt

Jaggery

Red chilli powder

Method:

Grate apple red 🍎 or green 🍏, Take some sesame oil or any oil you prefer, add mustard seeds, methi seeds, haldi, add grated apple, add salt, red chilli powder sauté till apple is soft slightly. I like sweet taste so I add some jaggery. Oil should be little extra and need to store in fridge for long lasting. 

You can add any achar masala if you like.

Podi Podicha Pulinkari

Ingredients:

White Pumkin

Red Pumkin

Raw banana

Carrot

Tomato

Salt

Turmeric powder

Jaggery (optional)

Tamarind

Raw rice

Red chilli

Rice powder - 2tbsp

Mustard seeds

Curry leaves

Oil

Coriander leaves

Method:

Boil the vegetables or pressure cook with salt and turmeric powder. Boil the tamarind pulp and once cooked add the vegetables. Add jaggery if you like some sweet taste. Take a pan and dry roast raw rice and red chilli. Let it cool. Grind the mixture and add it to the vegetables. Add rice powder to make it little thick. Take a pan, add some oil, add mustard seeds, once it splutters add curry leaves and pour in on the vegetables. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Kothamalli Thokku (Coriander leaves chutney)

Ingredients:

Kothamalli (Coriander leaves) - 2 bunches

Green chilli

Tamarind

Jaggery (optional)

Salt

Asafetida powder

Mustard seeds

Sesame oil

Method:

Take sesame oil and roast chopped green chilies. Saute till lightly cooked. Now add chopped kothamalli. Saute till lightly cooked, add tamarind and salt. Let the mix cool. Grind it in a blender/mixer to a smooth paste. Add jaggery if you like the sweet and spicy taste. Take some oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, asafetida powder. Add the ground paste and saute till the oil releases. 

Relish it with rice or roti.