Onion Tamato Chatney

The Indian Chatni ( dip or spred ) is a great dish. It can be made very tasty and nourishing. One can make such varieties with some imagination and creativity.

I make a special Onion Tamato Chatni which tastes absolutely heavenly with Dosa, idly, rice , chapati...

2 to 3 large onion cut into large pieces
2 to 3 tomato cut into big pieces
2 to 3 green chilly, 1 or 2 red chilly is optional
handful curry leaves
handful coriander leaves
few mint leaves if u have
1" piece ginger
Salt

Put little oil ( 1 tablespoon) in a frying pan, fry onion and green chilly first till golden. Then add all the other ingredients and roast together. Grind all together. Chatni is ready.

Adai

Adai is a tasty dosa type preparation. I have a particular recipe which I feel is very healthy as well as tasty


Grind coarsely together :

1 cupful curry or more leaves
4 cups soaked rice
1 or 2 cups of any lentil like
1 cup green broken moon with skin
1 cup mixed dals ( any would do even black gram with skin)
I use all that have been lying unused for long. Use as much lentils with skin as possible Even sprouts are ok
4 to 5 red chilli
1 large piece of ginger
1 or 2 green chilli
hing
Salt

You may ferment the mixture for a short period. Make thin crisp dosa ( spread thin on hot non stick surface )

Add-ons:
You may add finely chopped onion, drum stick leaves , finely chopped coriander

Yummy Tastes good

Molaghu (Black Pepper) Kozambhu

Molaghu Kozambhu is a black pepper gravy that is yummy and very healthy preparation.

Ingredients

1 cupful or more curry leaves
2 good firm red tomatoes
Tamarind (small lemon size quantity or as per taste) soaked
1 tablespoon black pepper ( may be more or less as per taste)
2 or 3 tablespoons tur dal
salt to taste
2 tablespoon oil (Til/sesame  oil preferred)
Hing ( asephotida)
1 tsp jaggery ( more as per taste)

Method:
In a frying pan heat 1 tbsp oil.
Put turdal roast well. Add pepper, hing and roast till good flavor emerges. Add curry leaves and roast a bit
Add tomato pieces , salt and roast together
Coarse grind in a blender all the above along with soaked tamarind .

Put 1 to 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan and pour the ground mixture . Add little jaggery and mix well. Cook on low heat till a nice aroma emerges and the gravy looks well blended . Taste to check salt and sourness - you may add amchur (mango) powder or tamarind if you need it to be more sour . Add pepper powder or red chilli powder if you need it to be more spicy. 

The Molaghu Kozhubu is ready. It is thick in consistency.

This gravy is very good for health if you are recovering from illness or overeating due to festivals or functions at home

Mix the gravy in hot rice with some ghee or til oil and eat. Can keep in fridge for 2 - 3 days .

Vegetable Stew

Stew is a tasty and healthy boiled vegetables preparation

Vegetables :

1/2 Potato ( Keep the skin) ( cut into pieces as u like )
1/2 Onion ( cut into rings)
some Dudi - bottle gourd( cut with skin)
1 Carrot ( remover skin and cut )
few french beans ( full - remove string)
some cabbage ( cut into long stripes as as u like )
2/3 cauliflower florets
2/3 tomato cleaned and cut into 4 pieces
1/half capsicum cut as u like
1 kakdi cucumber
Any other veg like palak,,,,
4/5 mint leaves , corriander , kadipatta - curry leaves if u like ,
4/5 garlic ( optional)
1 raw banana remove skin and cut into pieces if u have
some ginger thin slices

Take a large enough vessel put enough water put all the above. The water should soak all veg Add salt + venegar + pepper powder+ chat masala+ soya suace few drops + any other masala u like

Close with a lid and boil till veg are cooked . Stir . Eat hot in a large bowl the water and the veg.

Since this becomes a large quantity u can keep for 2 days in fridge

I am on to this diet these days and it helped me to recover form my illness

I love to Eat