Miscellaneous not to be missed !

Instant Chutney - unbelievably tasty!!

Grind together:

Big onions - 2, chopped

Big tomato - 1

Red chillies - 4, 5 (or to taste)

Salt.

Temper in 1 tbsp oil:

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad dhal - 1 tsp

No cooking is necessary. This goes very well with idli & dosai.


Served with
Avarekalu Ragi Roti

 

Poha Museli - crunchy, unbelievably tasty!!

This is power-packed & ideal for breakfast.

Thick variety ppoha - 1 cup

Water ( tender coconut water or coconut water, if available, adds ro taste) - 1 cup

Freshly grated coconut

Crushed ( not powdered) jaggery

Grated carrot

Cucumber , chopped to cubes

Apple, cubed

Dates

Banana, sliced

Walnuts

A pinch of salt

Grind poha like rava & mix with water/coconut water.

When well soaked, add all other ingredients ( to taste) & serve fresh.

 

Beet-Orange-Ginger Juice - full of antoxidants!!

Liquidise grated beetroot, grated ginger, orange segments & crushed ice.

 

Palak Power Juice - lets’ go Popeye’s and get full force!

This is best consumed fresh and without adding salt or sugar.

Apple - 1 big, unpeeled, cored & chopped

Palak (spinach) leaves - 10-12, cleaned and chopped

Pineapple slices - 2, with skin

Celery sticks - 1-2 wit leaves, finely chopped

Crushed ice

In a mixer or blender, blend all ingredients using 1 cup water.

Strain through a fine sieve & serve topped with crushed ice.

 

Apple-Date Milkshake - makes a mini-meal!!

Soak dates in warm water for an hour. Blend with grated apple + ice cubes.
Milk, sugar are not necessary.

 

Swiss Apple Museli - ideal for breakfast.

Fine oatmeal or rolled oats - 4 level tbsp

Fruit juice - ¼ pint

Apples - 4

Cream or top of milk - 4 tbsp

Honey - 1 tbsp

Brown sugar - a little

Raisins - ½ cup

chopped nuts 1-2 tbsp

Place oats & juice in a bowl & leave overnight.

Next morning grate apples with skin.

Reserve a litile for decoration and mix the rest with remaining ingredients (except nuts)
Put into glasses, top with some grated apple and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

 

Chilled Ragi Porridge - also called Aadi kooz!

This is a cool dish for hot summer!

This is a very old-fashioned dish, but east to prepare.
Fermentation adds to the nuitrition value of the dish.

Basic porridge:

Ragi flour - ½ cup

Water - 1 cup

Cooked rice - 1-2 tsp

Buttermilk - 1 cup

Salt

Mix flour, water & salt without lumps.

Ferment it overnight.

Transfer to a saucepan, cook on low heat, stirring continuously.

It will form a sticky lump, but thoroughly cooked.

Add cooked rice, miix & remove.

Cool thoroughly & add buttermilk to get the desired consistency.

Chill in the fridge.

It can be served with:

1 – Raw chopped small onions which help cool the system.

2 – Fry curd chillies, sundakai & manathakkali vathal in very little oil & add.

 

Banana Chips Podi - an interesting recipe!!

One can make banana chips at home or use store bought chips.

Chips - 100 gms

Fry in a dry kadai:

Jeera - 1 tsp (remove)

& fry

Red chillies - 3,4

Gram, tur & moong dhals - 2 tsp, each

Curry leaves - few

Cool the roasted ingredients & powder cosrse with salt.

Finally crumble the chips, add & give a run in the mixi.

Can be eaten with hot rice + ghee or curd rice.

 

Multi Flour Paratha - soft & healthy.

Mix to a soft dough using warm water:

1 tbsp each of

Wheat flour

Wheat germ

Wheat Bran

Jowar flour

Makai flour

Bajra flour

Oats (powdered)

Ajwain - ½ tsp

Kasoori methi,crumbled - 1 tsp

Salt

Do not keep the dough for long. Roll carefully (this tends to break slightly)and make chappathis, applying oil or ghee.

 

Carrot – Palak Paratha -- to lend you a variety.

For lunch, make a dhal + vegetable;
for breakfast or dinner serve with pickle + curds.

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Finely grated carrot - 1 cup

Palak (well dried in a towel) - 2 cups

Red chilli powder - 2 tsp

Salt, hing, oil.

In 2 tsp oil, sauté firs carrot & after a few mtes add palak.

Saute on a low fire till dry.

Cool &mix with all other ingredients to make parathas.