Ragi Pesarattu

Ingredients:

Moong dal  - 1 cup
green chilly - 1
ginger - 1/2 inch piece
salt to taste
coriander leaves (Optional)
oil 
onions - 1 (finely chopped)
ragi flour 3 tablespoon

Method:

1. Firstly, soak the moong dal overnight in a water. The soaked and drained moong beans on the next day.
2. Grind it into a smooth paste in the morning with the green chilly, ginger, coriander leaves, salt and ragi powder with some water.
3. On a griddle, smear a little oil/ghee. With a big spoon, pour the dosa batter on the griddle and use the same spoon for spreading the moong dal dosa batter into a round shape. Sprinkle some of the finely chopped onions, green chilies and coriander leaves.
4. Drizzle oil at the sides and in the centre.
5. Flip the dosa a couple of times till both sides are well cooked and browned.

Toor Dal lauki

Ingredients:

Lauki/Bottle gourd – 1 medium or 3 cups chopped

Toor Dal/Split Pigeon Peas – 1 cup

Onion – 1 medium

Green chilies – 4-5 or to taste

Tomato – 1 big

Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Chopped Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp

Salt - To Taste

For Tadka/Tempering:

Oil or Ghee or Butter - 2 tsp

Asafoetida/Hing - A Pinch

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Minced Garlic - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Wash Dal and soak in water until required. Peel bottle guard and cut in small cubes. Remove the seeds if wished or too many seeds.
2. Pressure cook dal and bottle guard together with 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder and enough water for 3 whistles. Once pressure released mash well and keep aside.
3. Meanwhile chop onion, tomato, green chilli and coriander leaves.
4. In pan or wok heat oil/ghee, hing, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic and saute until garlic becomes golden brown.
5. Add onion, green chilli and saute until onion becomes soft.
6. Add redchill, remaining turmeric powder and saute for minute. Add chopped tomato and cook until it gets mashed.
7. Add bottle gourd pieces and mix well, cook for 2 minutes.
8. Add mashed dal, 1-2 cups of water, salt and bring it to good boil, simmer for 5 minutes. Add coriander leaves mix and off flame.

Grilled Egg Sandwitch

Ingredients:

4 hard boiled eggs, shelled and Sliced
1 tomato, finely chopped
1 capsicum, finely chopped
50 ml mayonnaise
1 onions (Sliced
8 slices bread
100 gms butter
salt and black pepper (kalimirch) powder to taste
lettuce leaves

Method:

1. Mix egg with all the chopped vegetables,mayonnaise,fried onions,coriander leaves and seasoning.
2. Butter the bread slices on both sides.
3. Put the filling on four breads and cover them each with the remaining four breads.
4. Grill the breads on high till golden brown.
5. Remove and cut into two pieces.
6. Serve with potato wafers and tomato ketchup.

Banana Cake with Wheat Flour

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 and 1/2 cup
Butter - 1/2 cup (Melted)
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
Bananas - 3(Mashed)
Sour Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
Eggs - 2
Sugar - 1 cup (Powdered)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Whisk the egg and add sugar powder, vanilla essence and mashed bananas.
3. Sift together wheat flour,baking powder, baking soda and mix gentle with the egg, sugar, sour yogurt and bananas mixture 
4. Pour the banana cake mixture into the baking tray and bake it for 25 - 30 till nice golden brown color come out on top