Daddojanam

Ingredients:


Rice - 2 cups
Curd - 2 cups
Salt - As reqd
Coriander leaves - 1/4 bunch
(finely chopped)

For seasoning:-
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds(Jeerakam) - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 15 - 20 nos
Ginger - 1/4" piece
(finely chopped)
Dry red chillies(Kollamulaku) - 2 - 3 nos
Green chilly - 1 no
Onion - 1
Refined oil - 1 tbsp

Method:

1)Pressure cook the rice.

2)Allow the rice to cool and mash it lightly.

3)Add curd to the rice and add salt to taste. Keep it aside.

4)Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan or a kadai.

5)Splutter mustard seeds followed by other ingredients for seasoning.

6)Once done, move out the kadai from the flame and add the curd rice to this seasoning. Mix well.

7)Garnish with finely chopped green coriander leaves.

:- Serve with lemon pickle(nimmakaya paachadi).

Aloo Poha / Batata Poha

I was browsing for some quick and delicious break fast on saturday morning and came across this recipe at Recipe Den. the pictures looked so tempting that i made it immediately

Tomato Chutney with the twist!!! Tomato Uragaya

INGREDIENTS:

1. 9 or 10 ripe tomatoes (please DON'T use roma or grape tomatoes).
2. Salt
3. Red chilli powder
4. Small lemon sized tamarind
5. 2 spoons of peanut or sesame oil

For Tampering:

6. 6 spoons of oil
7. 1 spoon of mustard seeds
8. pinch of fenugreek seeds
9. 4 spoons of Senegapappu
10. couple of red chillies
11. couple of dashes of hing

Method:
1.  First in a wok put 1 spoon of oil and add chopped tomatoes and salt. Let them become mushy. Add enough chilli powder according to taste also tamarind without seeds. Mix well and leave for another 10 mins until oil separates from gravy or starts sticking to wok.

2. Do the tampering with tampering ingredients listed in the order given. Mix well and bottle it in a jar.