Purple Brinjal Curry

Purple Brinjal curry

 Best suited for Chapati and Dosa

This is my friend's recipe...

1.       Cut round and purple Brinjal to small pieces(do not make it very small, as it will become soft once cooked)

2.       Soak tamrind in water

3.       Heat oil. Add mustard,jeera,menthya,kadaley bele, Udhina bele,curry leaves,hing,1 green chilly,turmeric and 1 small onion. Fry well. Add 1 big tomato.

4.       Add Brinjal and fry until it is 3/4^th cooked. Don't make it too soft.

5.       Add jeera powder,tamarind pulp,jiggery,garam masala powder,cinnamon powder,coriander leaves,salt, 1 spon rasam powder,red chilly powder and little water.

6.       Boil for few minutes and turn off the flame.

Idli Recipe

Idlis..Soft Idlis...Who would not wish??

Recipe 1:

1. Soak 1 measure (any cup/size)Urad dhal(udhina bele) for 8 hours
2. At 8th hour soak 4 measures of Idli rawa(get from shop) for 15 minutes
3. Grind both finely to form a soft batter
4. Divide the full batter to 2 equal parts. Keep 1 part in fridge after grinding and other half part outside itself. In the morning mix both.
Take the quantity which you need only for that usage and add little water and salt.
 5. Apply oil to idli stand and steam it for 12 to 15 minutes over high flame

Listen: DO not add salt to the whole batter and store it for days together.
It should sufficiently ferment. In winter keep the full batter outside after grinding.

Normally soak it in the morning, grind in the evening and allow it to ferment till next morning and use it for that morning's breakfast

Serve hot

Recipe 2: (Idly cum Dosa recipe)

Soak the below for 8 hours

1. Salem Rice 1 kg(or 1 measure)
2. Udhina bele 1/4 g(or 1/4 measure)
3. Menthya seeds 2 spoons
4.Gatti Avalakki : 150 gms(or 1 fist)

Form here, Same procedure as above

Palak Raitha

One of the healthiest Paratha....Try out

   Palak Paratha

1.       Grind cleaned and slightly boiled palak leaves with ginger,garam masala powder,green chillies,jeera and turmeric

2.       Mix the above this with Atta. Add little rice flour and 1 spoon kadaley hittu(BEsan flour),salt.

3.       Mix to regular chapathi dough consistency.

4.       Roll like chapattis and put it on tawa.