Instant Pulav

Raw Rice – 1 cup
sliced vegetables(optional) – 1 cup ( preferably beans, carrot)
half boiled Green peas (optional) – 1 cup
Onion – 1
Tomato – 1
Green Chilley – 1
Garlic – 1 clove ( optional)
Ginger paste or grated ginger 1 spoon
Grated Coconut – 1/2 cup ( optional)
oil for seasoning – 2 table spoon
masala powder made of chakke lavanga.

Pressure cook rice and vegetables adding half the amount of required salt.
grand onion in mixer and keep aside, grind tomato in mixer and keep aside. Take the cooking bowl. Put it on a low flame and put some oil, once you feel its hot add Jeera, Curry leaves, Green chilley, garlic clove, turmeric powder, and onion paste in the same order. Roast it or fry it for a while, 1- 2 minutes, add Tomato paste and fry. add the cooked green peas. add remaining salt, fry it, now add the cooked rice with vegetables, mix well, add grated coconut and masala powder. Your pulav is ready to eat.

Neer Dosa

Dosa ladle
Dosa ladle

For Making Neer Dose

Rice 2 Full Glass

water

Salt to taste

Grated Coconut

Dosa pan
Dosa pan

 

 

Method

Wash the Rice in water, drain the water, then soak the Rice in water and keep aside over night or 10-12 hours. Then drain the water and grind the rice and grated coconut. Add little water if necessary, and you should get fine paste of rice.

 

 

Rice UnCooked
Rice UnCooked

 

 

Add water so that it should get the consistency of batter. For 2 cups of soaked rice you might require 1 cup water while grinding. If you have made Idly or Dosa dont expect that kind of Batter here. This will not be thick and will be more water like, hence the name neer dosa, neer means water in Kannada. Then add salt and keep aside for half an hour.

Then on the tawa or pan,  put little oil, heat the tawa, then pour the batter, and you will not be able to spread that with spoon hence just lift the tawa it has a handle and just shake it so that batter gets spread. Again sprinkle oil around the dosa and close the lid. Let it cook for 1 minute, open the lid, see if you can lift it, then turn around and let it cook for 2-3 minutes. Remove from tawa, now the neer dosa is ready to eat with chutney or any other side dish you can match it with.

 

For Making Chutney

Grated Coconut – 1 cup

Tamarind Juice – 1 spoon

Green Chilley roasted – 1

Chopped Onion – 1

salt to taste.

 

Grind all the above ingredients in a mixer grinder with required amount of water. Put seasoning of mustard seeds.

Now you have neer dosa with chutney ready.

Basale Soppina Mosaru Bajji

Basale Soppu
Basale Soppu

Basella alba called as Basale Soppu in Kannada, Pui Shak in Bengali  is a fast-growing, soft-stemmed vine reaching 10 m in length. Its thick, semi-succlent, heart-shaped leaves have a mild flavour and mucilaginous texture. The stalk is often purple or Green.

Ingredients

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basella_alba

Basale Soppu – 20 Leaves

Grated Fresh Coconut – 100gm

Green Chilly – 1

Oil – 1 spoon

mustard – 1/2 spoon

Curd – Half Litre

Finely cut the Basella Alba or Basale Soppu into peices. then Take oil in a pan once it is hot add mustard. Let it splutter, then add Red chilly. Now add Chopped Leaves to it fry it for a minute. Then add salt and let it cook. Close the lid.

Remove from flame once it is cooked.

meanwhile Grind the coconut and roasted Green chilley in a mixer grinder. Add this to the cooked Leaves, then add Curd and keep aside.

Now basale soppina Mosaru Bajji is ready. Can eat it like a salad, or can have with rice or chapati.

Hagalakayi Gojju

Hagalakayi
Hagalakayi

Bitter Gourd called hagalakayi in Kannada – 250 gms

Jaggery – 100gm

Tamarind Pulp – 100ml

Salt – 1 Table Spoon

Rasam Powder – 1 table spoon

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Turmeric Powder – 1/2 Tea Spoon

Oil – 100ml

Mustard – 1 tea spoon

Curry Leaves – 5-10 leaves ( optional)

Heat Oil in a pan, once its hot add mustard then asafoetida, turmeric powder and curry leaves. now add finely chopped Bitter Gourd and fry it. Add salt and close the lid, let it simmer for few minutes. Meanwhile take tamarid pulp, jaggery, rasam powder in bowl. once Bitter gourd is cooked add this. Let it boil in low flame for few minutes. Then Hagalakayi Gojju is ready to eat. It goes well as a side dish with rice, roti and bread.

Vegetable Cutlet

Ingredients

Potato Big Size – 4
Beetroot Big size – 3
Carrot – 2
Oninon – 2
Salt to taste
Cornfloor – 25gram
Rusk Powder – 100 gram
Oil for shallow fry
Turmeric Powder – A small Pinch

Boil all the vegetables except Oninon in a pressure cooker.
Then cut the boiled vegebles or mash it.
Cut the onion into small slices
take 2 table spoon of oil in a pan and heat it
add turmeric powder then the onions and fry till onion turns golden yellow
Then add the sliced/mashed vegebles and add salt
mix well.
Now your filling for cutlet is ready.
Now make the filling into desired shape, usually make balls then press it.
make a paste of cornfloor by mixing it in water.
immerse the vegeble stuffing in cornfloor paste
Then roll it on the rusk powder.
Now put that on a Tava, pour little oil.
Turn it on other side and wait till it gets roasted
Now your Vegetable Cutlet is Ready to Eat
Remove from heat, Tastes good with Tomato Sauce and Pudeena Chutney.

Mango Pickle

Thothapuri

Ingredients

Long veriety of Mango – Totapuri Maavinakaayi – 1

Salt – 50 gram

Red Chilly Powder – 20 gram

oil – 50ml

Asafoetida – 5gram

Sugar – 10gram

Turmeric Powder – 10 gram

Mustard Seeds – 10gram

 Method

Cut raw Mango into small peices, mix salt and keep for 7-8 hours.

Heat Oil in a pan, remove from heat, and put mustard, asafoetida, turmeric powder immediately. The mustard should splutter. It should not burn. Take care that oil is not too hot or still on the stove. Let it cool.

Add sugar and chilley powder to the above seasoning. Then add Mango pieces soaked in Salt. Mix well. Keep in a Glassware or Chinaware and close the lid tightely.

Tastes delicious with Rice, Chapati, and Bread.

Can be kept in Refridgerator for 5-6 months.

Jackfruit Seed Sambar

Jackfruit Seed

Ingredients


Jackfruit Seeds – 10
onion – 1
tamarind – 10gram
Sambar Powder – 10 gram
Salt to taste
Tuvar Dal – 100gram
mustard seeds
jeera
curry leaves
Turmeric Powder
cooking oil