Steamed cake made with rice and lentil fermented batter

An Indian dish made by steaming batter using a mould. The batter is made of black lentils and rice

Masala upma is a famous south Indian breakfast recipe made from semolina with other spices.

INCREDIENTS:

Masala samba Aval - 1 Cup

Jeera

Mustard seeds

Salt

Asafetida

Vegetables -Tomatoes/Onion/Peas/Sweet corn

Coriander leaves

Turmeric powder

Chili powder

MEETHOD OF COOKING:

1. Wash the aval and soak it with little water and salt for 10 mts.
2. In a Pan add oil fry mustard seeds jeera curry leaves asafetida onion tomatoes peas and sweet corn. Fry till the tomatoes are mashed
3. Add salt chili powder turmeric powder and fry for 5 mts.
4. Add the soaked aval nicely and stir it
5. Decorate with coriander leaves and serve

INGREDIENTS :

Karuppu Kavuni Aval– 1 cup

METHOD OF COOKING :

1. Grind Aval coarsely
2. Heat the Pan add little oil, mustard seeds, urid dal, chana dal, green chilis, curry leaves and coconut
3. Fry for 2 mts.
4. Add 1 ½ cup of water and salt to taste
5. When the water starts boiling add grinded aval and cook it for 5 mts.
6. Once the mix is ready, make Kuzhakkattai and keep it in Idly cooker and steam it for 15 mts.
7. Serve with chutney

Healthy Iluppai Poo Rice Aval Appam for breakfast.

INGREDIENTS :

Iluppai Poo Rice 2 cups

Iluppai poo Aval - 1 cup

Methi Seeds - 1 TSP

Oil

METHOD OF COOKING :

Soak Iluppai Poo Rice, Aval and Methi seeds in buttermilk overnight or  for 8 hrs.

Grind it to a smooth paste.

Add salt to it.

Allow it to ferment for 8 hrs.

In a Kadai, pour the batter and make Appam in circular shape. Sprinkle little oil on the sides.

Aappam will be ready and serve it  with stew.

Fluffy Fluffy Sponge Dosa for Breakfast or Dinner.

INGREDIENTS : 

Poongar Rice 1 cup

Poongar Aval - 1/2 cup

Urad Dal - 2 TSP

Fenugreek Seeds - 1 TSP

Oil

METHOD OF COOKING :

Soak Poongar Rice + Urad Dal + Fenugreek Seeds for 6 hrs

Soak Aval for 1 hour

Grind all the soaked ingredients to a smooth batter

Add salt to it 

Allow it to ferment overnight or 8 hrs

Please note to make Sponge Dosa,

The batter should be slightly watery in pouring consistency... 

Take pan and pour the batter and sprinke oil on the sides, cover it and cook for 3 to 4 minutes

Healthy organic vegetable dosa

INGREDIENTS :

Thooya Malli Rice - 1 Cup

Fenugreek Seeds -  Half TSP

Cucumber -  1 no

Coconut - 1 cup grated

Green chillis - 4 or 5

Ginger - 1 inch

Oil

METHOD OF COOKING :

Soak Thooya Malli Rice and Fenugreek Seeds for 3 hrs

Grind cucumber, green chilis, ginger, coconut to a paste.

Separately Grind TooyaMalli Rice and Fenugreek seeds and in between mix the cucumber and coconut paste and grind further to a smooth batter.

Add salt to it.

Add water to make the batter thin 

Pour the batter on the pan to make cucumber dosa

Healthy and delicious Aval Pongal for Breakfast.

INGREDIENTS :

Iluppai Poo Samba Aval - 1 cup ( 200 gms)

Moong dal - yellow - 1/4 cup (50 gms)

Pepper, cumin seeds, ginger, cashews, curry leaves, ghee water

METHOD OF COOKING :

Soak Aval in 1/2 cup of water for 15 mts.

Cook moong dal with 1 cup water in a pan.

Once the dal is cooked, add soaked aval to it and cook for 5 mts.

Add salt and ghee to it.

For Tempering

In a small pan add ghee pepper cumin seeds ginger curry leaves cashew and asafotida powder and fry for 1 minute and 

Add to pongal.

Stir it nicely to serve Aval Pongal

Side dish - Chidambaram brinjal Gothshu

Healthy evening snack for children.

INGREDIENTS :

Kattuyanam Aval - 1 cup

Boiled potato - 1

onion - 1 no

Vegetables - Beans, carrot, peas - 1 cup together

Red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, chat masala, corriander leaves, pudina leaves 

Salt 

Oil for frying

METHOD OF COOKING :

Mash the boiled potato

Grind the Aval to a coarse powder-- Aval mixture

Mix it well in a bowl

In a kadai, add little oil and fry onion to golden brown colour.

add cut vegetables and saute for 5 mts. 

add chili powder, turmeric powder garam masala chat masala corriander leaves pudina 

Add the above to the Aval mixure along with mashed potato

Mix it well.

Take small ball of the mixure and flatten it and fry in oil to make cutlet 

Mallipoo Millet Idli traditional breakfast

INGREDIENTS :

Thinai - 4 cups

Urad Dal- 1 cup

Fenugreek seeds - 1 TSP

Any traditional rice aval - 1/2 cup

METHOD OF COOKING :

Soak Thinai for 4 hrs separately

Soak urad dal and fenugreek seeds for 4 hrs separately

Soak aval for 1 hour before grinding separately.

Grind the urad dal to a batter

Grind Thinai along with Aval to a batter

mix both the batter and add salt and ferment for 8 hrs

Make idlis and serve with sambar and pudina chutney