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Today's recipe is an instant version of dosa which doesn't need any fermentation which is a good option for breakfast or dinner. This dosa can be made with both raw rice and idly rice but today I used the raw rice and flattened rice(poha). Addition of tomatoes give a nice color and tanginess and the poha gives a soft crisp texture to the dosa.This dosa can be eaten as such but coconut chutney is the perfect combo and gives an added taste.Now off to the recipe.............. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Raw rice/sona masoori rice/Paccharisi 11/2cups Rice flakes/flatten rice/poha/aval(thin variety) 1/3cup Tomato 3nos.(medium size) Red chilly 4-5nos. Cumin seeds/jeeragam 1tsp Asaoetida a generous pinch Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Onion(finely chopped) 1/2no. Salt to taste Oil as needed Method  Soak the rice for 2 hours and drain the water and keep aside.Soak the aval in the water for 2 minutes and squeeze the excess water,chop the tomatoe...

Sambar powder is a must in all South Indian kitchen and I cannot even thinking of sambar without homemade powder. Each house has their own signature recipe for the sambhar powder and quantity,today I will be sharing the recipe to make it in a scratch and the original recipe also. Grinding the sambhar powder in India is not a difficult one as we grind it in the commercial grinding mill.But people who are in abroad has to get it from India or make it with the blender in small quantities. Usually I get the powder from India in a bulk and store in the freezer as we go to India every 2 years once.Unfortunately last year I couldn't go and I was out of sambhar powder. So I tried to make sambhar  powder with my blender,but my blender didn't cooperate and ended up in a diaster. Then I got an idea of making it with the store bought chilly powder and coriander powder as we get it Indian stores easily and grind the other spices used to make sambar powder.For my surprise it came ou...

This recipe I was suppose to post it in the Blogging marathon under the theme breakfast on the run,as I was ran out of brown sugar and dates I couldn't do it.This is a very healthy milkshake with oats and perfect for breakfast,I adapted the recipe from Saffola oats recipe booklet.I slightly tweaked the recipe to our taste buds and used a small banana to make it more healthy and filling.The recipe given is for single serving for a tall glass and here is my version................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Oats(quick oats) 2tbs Almonds/Badam 6-7nos. Dates 4-5nos. Brown sugar or honey 2tsp(optional) Small Banana 1no. Milk(chilled) 11/2cup Method  Soak the almonds in hot water for 10 minutes,meanwhile cook the oats in microwave for a minute with water and keep it aside. Blend almond,dates,brown sugar together to a fine paste with little milk. Then add the cooked oats and banana,blend it well. Finally add the milk and whip till everything gets b...

This dhal is my hubby's favorite and learned from him after marriage which is very simple and flavorful.He likes to have it with white rice but I like to have it with roti and phulka. Most of our week days recipe is simple and include dhal in any form such as sambhar,kottu or seasoned dhal.I make this one if there is no veggies and serve it with some pappad and chips. The dhal tastes delicious if shallots are used and I prefer to make it with shallots,if not you can use the regular onion.Here is the recipe.........   Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu 1/3cup Shallots/chinna vengayam 10-12nos. Garlic/poondu 4 cloves Chilly powder/milagai podi 3/4tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4tsp Coconut(grated) 3tbs Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Curry leaves(chopped) 2 sprigs Salt to taste Oil 1tbs For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Cloves/lavangam 3nos. Cinnamon/Pattai 1 inch piece Fennel seeds 1/4tsp Bay leaf(optional) 1no. Method...

This is a very flavorful murukku which is my kiddo's favorite and whenever I ask him for any snack his reply will be murukku(mukkuru thats how he pronounces).As murukku is a favorite for kids thought it would be a good choice for kids back to hostel food. This one is made with roasted gram dhal(pottukadalai) powder or  gram flour(kadalamaavu/besan) along with rice flour.Garlic and red chilly paste is the highlight of this murukku which gives a very nice flavor.My mom uses curry leaves along with the garlic and red chilly but I didn't have fresh curry leaves I avoided.Here is the recipe.............................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Rice flour/arisimaavu 3cups Kadalamaavu/besan 1cup Butter/vennai 2tbs Hot oil 1tbs Garlic/poondu 4-5cloves Redchilly/varamilagai 5nos. Salt 2tsp Oil for frying Method  Grind the garlic and red chilly to a fine paste and keep it aside.Heat a pan with oil and keep it in a medium flame. Sieve the flours a...