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

Dal Makani

                              

Ingredients:

250 grams Black grams
60 grams butter
1 tbsp coriander pdr
1 cup cream
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp garam masala whole or pdr
2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
50 grams Kidney beans
1 tbsp oil
10 grams Red chilli powder
1 to taste Salt
5 number tomatoes pureed
1 piece turmeric optional

Method:

1. Thoroughly wash black grams, bengal grams and kidney beans. Then soak it in water (2 glasses) for about few hours . and cook till dal is cooked to mashable consistency.
2. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan.
3. add cumin ,garam masala(optional) ,you can skip garam masala and add little garam masala pdr at last .
4. Add ginger-garlic paste ,turmeric and add tomato puree and cook well for 10 min in medium flame covered.
5. Add chilli powder, and salt. Cook until the mixture thickens into pulpy sauce (about 3 mins).
6. Then add cooked grams and kidney beans to the mixture. Heat for 4-5 minutes. You can add a little water if you find it too thick.
7. Add the remaining butter and cream and cook for 10 minutes.

Red Bell Pepper Chutney

Ingredients:

Onion - 1/3 cup
Green chilli -1
Garlic cloves - 2-3
Ginger -1/2 inch piece
Red Bell pepper - 1 cup chopped
Tomato -3/4 cup chopped
Coriander leaves -2 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds/jeera seeds - 1 tsp
Bengal gram/channa dal - 2 tsp
Urad dal -1 tbsp
Red chillies -2

For the seasoning :

Oil - 1 tsp
Urad dal -1 tsp
Curry leaves - few

Method 

1. Heat oil in a pan/kadai, add cumins seeds, when it splutters, add bengal gram, urad dal, red chillies and saute until dal turns golden brown. Remove from pan.
2. In the same pan, add onions, garlic, ginger, green chilli and saute until onions turn transparent.Then add chopped tomatoes, bell pepper and cook until it becomes soft.
3. Add coriander leaves and switch off the flame. Let it cool.
4. First grind the dal mixture to a smooth paste, then add the bell pepper + tomato mix and grind it to a smooth paste.
5. Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal ,curry leaves, saute for a few seconds and pour it over the chutney.

Delicious and tasty chutney is ready to be served with idly and dosa.

Kodiguddu Mullakada Kura / Egg Drumstick Curry

Ingredients:

3 boiled eggs, make small slits lengthwise along the egg
1 drumstick, cut into 2 inch pieces
2 onions, finely chopped
1 large tomato, finely chopped
1 tsp red chilli pwd (adjust)
1/2 tsp coriander pwd
salt to taste
coriander leaves for garnish
1/2 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp jeera
14-15 fresh curry leaves

Method:

1.  Drizzle oil in a cooking vessel, once hot and roast the boiled eggs on medium heat, tossing them for 1-2 mts. Sprinkle a pinch of turmeric pwd and toss again. Remove and keep aside.
2. In the same vessel, add some oil and add mustard seeds, jeera and curry leaves Once they start spluttering add onions
3. Saute the onions till they turn transparent. Add the chilli pwd, coriander pwd and salt, combine.
4. Now add the chopped tomatoes and drumstick pieces and cook for 2-3 mts, combining them often, on medium heat.
5. Add the boiled and roasted eggs and combine. Cook on low heat covered for two minutes.
6. Add two cups of water, increase heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook covered till it forms a thickish gravy, approx 10-12 mts.
7. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve with hot steamed rice.