BONDA

Ingredients:
Urad dal- 1 cup
Raw rice-2 tsps
Green chillies-2
Pepper -1 tsp
Coconut- finely chopped- 3 tsps
Curry leaves-few
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:
Soak the dal and rice for 30 min.
Grind it in the grinder to a fluffy batter.Just sprinkle water while grinding.Add the chillies also while grinding.
Transfer the batter in a bowl and add salt,pepper, curry leaves,coconut & mix well.
Heat the oil in a kadai.
Take a small size ball of the batter and deep fry in the oil till it reaches the golden brown colour in medium flame.

Hot Bonda is ready now.
Serve it with coconut chutney.

You can give this as an evening snack to the children when they come from the school.

CARROT HALWA

Ingredients:
Grated Carrot-500 gms
Milk-1 ltr
Sugar-1 ½ cups
Ghee-50 gms
Cashew-25 gms
Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp

Method:

Roast the cashew in a small amount of ghee & keep it aside.
Boil the grated carrot in milk in a wide vessel till it becomes hard mixing well.
Then pour the sugar slowly mixing well.Then add some ghee and stir it till it reaches the halwa consistency.
Add cashew & cardamom powder.

Your delicious carrot halwa is ready now.

Sambhar

Ingredients:
1 cup tur dal
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
2 tsps sambar powder
¼ tsp mustard seeds
3 red chillies
a pinch of asafoetida
½ tsp turmeric powder
a few springs of curry leaves
tamarind-the size of a lime
oil for frying
salt to taste
any vegetable can be used-like drumstick,
ladies finger, onion

Method:
Pressure cook the dal with 1 cup of water& a pinch of turmeric powder(for 8 min).when cool remove it from cooker and keep aside.
Extract tamarind pulp with 1 1/2 cups of water.
Put tamarind puip in a vessel with asafoetida ,sambar powder,required vegetable,salt and bring to boil .
Allow to simmer for 7 minutes until the tamarind loses its raw flavour.
Then add the boiled dal & bring to boil it for few minutes.
Heat a little oil & add mustard seeds.When they crackle add fenugreek seeds, 3 red chillies & curry leaves.
Season sambar with this & coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice.

Tamilnadu's special-"VATHAL KUZHAMBU"

Required Items:
Tamarind-1 small lemon size
Manathakalli vathal-1 tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds-1/4 tsp
Dry red chillies- 4 nos
curry leaves-few
salt- as required
Sambar powder-1 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida powder-1/4 tsp
Bengal gram dhall-1 tsp
Gingelly oil-6 tsp
METHOD:
soak the tamarind in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes & extract the juice- add sambar powder,salt,curry leaves to the tamarind water-heat the oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds,fenugreek seeds,red chillies,bengal gram dhall,asafoetida & finallly add manathakali vathal to it-then add the already prepared tamarind mixture to it and bring to boil it for about 15 minutes.Transfer it to the serving bowl.Your yummie vatha kuzhambu is ready now.You can mix it with hot rice & eat.Enjoy the taste.
"GINGELLY OIL IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH"

JAGGERY JUICE

It is very common to serve the jaggery-lemon water in villages of South India.
Ingredients:
Powdered Jaggery-1/2 cup
cardamom powder-1/2 spoon
salt- a pinch
lemon juice-2 tsps
water- 1 1/2 cups
ice cubes- as required
Preparation Method:
Add jaggery powder to water. Then filter it in a clean white cloth.Then add the lemon juice,salt,cardamom powder and mix them with a ladle and keep for some time closed.Serve it chilled in a glass tumbler.This is a healthy drink- during summer days- brings down the tireness.It is a very good drink for children.

BEAT THE HEAT- WATERMELON JUICE

Required Items:
Watermelon pieces-2 cups
Sugar-2 tsps
Lemon juice-1 tsp
Mint leaves-few
Ice cubes
METHOD:
Put the watermelon pieces in the juicer jar & beat it for 3 minutes.Then filter it.Add sugar,lemon juice,ice cubes- stir it well- and serve in glasses to all your family members-add mint leaves- feel tastier than anything else. This is an energetic drink.

RAVA IDLY in 12 min

Ingredients
Roasted Rava-1 cup
Curd-1 cup
Green Chillies-2 finely chopped
Ginger-1 inch-finely chopped
Corriander leaves-3 tsps
salt-to taste
oil-1 tsp
Eno salt-1 tsp
Mustard seeds-1 tsp
Bengal Gram Dal -1 tsp
Curry leaves- few
Method:
Heat oil in a kadai & add mustard seeds,dal,chillies,curry leaves.Then add it to rava.Mix curd & salt to the above mixture.Finally add eno salt.immediately pour the batter to the greased Idly plate & steam it for 12 minutes.
your easy to make Rava Idly is ready in a jiff.
Serve it with coconut chutney.

Milk Kheer

Ingredients:
Milk-1 ltr
sugar-1 cup
cardamom powder-1/2 tsp
saffron-a pinch
raw rice-1 tbsp
Method:
Wash the rice first. Add milk to the cooker and add the rice to it. Close the cooker with weight and keep it in sim for 50 min.Remove it from the flame. After some time, open the lid and add sugar and cardamom. Dissolve saffron in warm milk and add it to the kheer.
Delicious simple easy to make kheer is ready!

Enjoy!