Adai and aviyal

Adai and aviyal are well balanced and yummy meal too........ adai goes well with aviyal. Adai has proteins and the vegetables in aviyal has all the nutrients.Very easy to cook.

Ingredients

Toor dhal - 1 cup
Channa dhal - 1/2 cup
Moong dhal - 1/4 cup
Idly rice - 1/4 cup
Uradh dhal - 1/4 cup
Red chilly - 5 nos
Jeera - 2 teaspoons
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Corriander leaves - 2 table spoons
Onion - 1 medium sized
Oil - 1 cup
Salt - As required

Recipe

1.Soak all the dhals and rice for 4 hrs,then grind it along with red chilly,jeera don't grind it too fine.

2.Add the chopped onions,corriander leaves turmeric powder and salt.

3.Heat the tawa like dosa pour the batter then add the oil and cover it with lid.

4. When the adai is done turn it to other side and add oil.

hot hot ....................adai is ready


Now it aviyal

Ingredients:

Vegetables - 1 cup(Beans,carrot,raw banana,white pumpkin,drumstick)
Coconut - 3 table spoons
Jeera 1/2 teaspoon
Green chilly - 3 nos
Curd -2 table spoons
Coconut oil - 1 table spoon
Salt - As required

Recipe

1.Chop all the vegetables.Boil them when the vegetable is half boiled add salt then drain the water.

2.Grind coconut,green chilly and jeera .Add this ground mixture to boiled vegetables and allow it to boil for 5 mins.

3.In a small pan add coconut oil when it is hot add jeera when it begins to splatter pour that into the boiling aviyal.

4.Allow it to boil for 1 minute then turn the gas off.

Aviyal is ready to be served with adai

Pasta

I tried pasta in our way of cooking it came out well and my kids enjoyed it.

Ingredients:

Pasta - 1 cup

All vegetables - 1 cup(copped)

Onion - 1 medium sized

Tomato - 1 medium sized

Cheese - 1 table spoon

Tomato ketchup - 1 table spoon

Oil - 1 table spoon

Red chilly powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon

Salt - As required

Recipe

1.In a tawa add oil then add the onion when it turns to golden brown add all the vegetables let them to fry for 5 minutes stiring ocassionally,then add tomato.

2.Add 1/2cup water and let them to cook when they are cooked add the chilly powder and salt then them to thicken.

3.Mean while in pot add 3 cups water and add pasta let it to cook when the pasta is almost done add salt and allow it to fully cook then drain the water.

4.when the mixed vegetables are cooked add the pasta and stir them gently for 2 mins.

5.Turn off the heat add the tomato ketchup mi it then add cheese.

Pasta ready..............

Kuzhi paniyaram

One more dish that is famous for its appearance and tempts us to taste it.

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 1/2 cups
Idly rice - 1 1/2 cups
Urad dhal - 3/4 cup
Vendhayam - 1 table spoon
Chopped Onion - 1/2 cup
Green chille - 2
Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 4 0r 5 leaves
Salt - as required
Oil - 1 1/2 table spoon

Recipe

1.Soak raw rice ,idly rice and urad dhal along with vendhayam for 3 hrs, grind it fine then add salt and mix it well and allow it to ferment(as u do for idly).

2. Heat oil in tawa when it is hot add mustard ,when it splatters add curry leaves then add chopped onion.When the onion turn golden brown add the chopped chillies just fry for 5 - 7 seconds.

3. Mix this fried mixture with dough.

4.Heat the Kuzhi paniyaram tawa and add 2 drops of oil in each hole when it is hot fill the hole with half dough add 2 drops of oil in each hole and cover it with its lid.

5. After few minutes turn its side with spatula given along with Kuzhi paniyaram tawa.

Tada ........ ur paniyaram is ready.

Chettinadu special VELLAI PANIYARAM

Here is a very popular chettinadu Vellai Paniyaram ,which you can find in almost all Chettinadu functions

Ingredients:

Raw Rice (Pacharisi) - 1 cup

Urad dhal - 2 Table Spoon

Salt - As required

Oil - 2 cups

Recipe:

1. Soak rice and dhal together for 3hrs.

2.Grind them finely in grinder/mixi with less water.

3.Add salt to the dough the consistency of the dough should be like dosa dough.

4.Heat oil in tawa now with small karandi pour the dough into the oil when the paniyaram starts coming up pour oilonit from the tawa it will come like poori.

5. Now turn to the next side leave it for few seconds and take it from oil and place it in kitchen tissue

6.Tomato chutney best side dish for vellaipaniyaram

Yummy Vellai paniyaram is ready