Rava Paniyaram | Instant Rava Appam with Jaggery

Quick teatime snack recipe which we can prepare in 15 to 20 minutes. For this recipe, we are using jaggery powder for sweetness. Instead of jaggery, you can add sugar or palm jaggery also.

You can also try,

 Banana Kuzhi Paniyaram

Sweet Potato Paniyaram

Wheat Flour Paniyaram

Oats Paniyaram recipes from our blog.

Ingredients

Rava / Sooji - 1 cup

Powdered Jaggery - 1/2 cup (approximately)

Ripe banana - 1

Ginger powder - 1/2 tsp 

Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp 

Sesame seeds - 2 tsp 

Baking soda (optional) - 1/4 tsp

Salt - 2 pinch 

Water - 1/4 cup

Oil for frying

Method

Add rava, jaggery & salt to a mixer grinder.

Slice the banana and it to the mixer grinder. 

Add 1/4 cup of water & grind well. 

The batter is ready now. Transfer the batter to a bowl.

Add ginger powder, cardamom powder, baking powder, and sesame seeds.

Mix the ingredients nicely.

Heat oil in a kadai and add a ladleful of batter. Fry in medium flame. 

Cook both sides until golden colour. 

A quick and delicious snack is ready!

You can make this recipe in a kuzhi paniyaram pan also.

 

Weight Loss Breakfast Recipe | Oats Kozhukattai

 This Oats recipe is rich in protein and fiber and keeps you fuller for a long time. This is a simple and wholesome recipe for weight watchers and diabetics. This recipe is suitable for kids as well as adults. Oats is easily available in all shops and online stores now.

 

Ingredients

Oats - 1 cup

Rava( semolina) - 2 tbsp

Moong dal - 1 1/2 tbsp

Onion - 1

Carrot - 1 small

Green chili - 1

Curry leaves - few

Oil - 1 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Method

For this recipe first, boil 1 1/2 cup of water. 

Chop the onion, green chili & curry leaves. Grate the carrot.

Dry roast 1 1/2  tbsp of moong dal. Once the dal gets roasted, add a cup of oats and 2 tbsp of rava/semolina. Roast for two minutes. Transfer to a plate and keep aside.

In the same pan, add 1 1/2 tsp of oil and season with urad dal, mustard seeds & asafoetida. Once the mustard splutters add onion, green chilies and curry leaves. 

Once the onions become translucent add the roasted rava mixture, grated carrot & salt. Mix well.

Add grated carrot and enough salt.

Add the boiled water little by little to this mixture and make a thick dough. Cover & rest for five minutes.

Make kozhukattais from the prepared dough. For this quantity, we can make 8 to 9 kozhukattais.

In the meantime, boil 2 cups of water in a steamer or idli cooker. 

Place the Kozhukattais into the idli cooker and steam for 8 to 10 minutes on medium flame.

A healthy and tasty breakfast is ready. This kozhukattais are very soft and smooth. 

We can have this kozhukattai without any side dish or with any chutney or sambar. 

                                      

Kollu Idli Podi for Weight Loss | Horse Gram Chutney Powder

 

In this recipe, we are going to prepare a healthy idli podi/ Chutney powder, with whole black urad dal and horse gram. We can eat this chutney powder or idli karam with rice and idli, dosa.

For this recipe, we are using two types of red chilies. Hot round chilies and few long chilies.

You can also try these,

Traditional Pepper Sambar for Idli, Dosa 

and, 

Simple Tomato Chutney for Idli, Dosa & Adai Dosa.

Ingredients

Black Urad dal - 1 cup

Chana Dal - 2 tbsp

Horse gram/ Kollu - 1 tbsp

Sesame seeds / Ellu - 1 tbsp

Round chilies - 5

Long chilies - 5

Asafoetida - 1 piece

Curry leaves - 1 handful

Garlic - 2 cloves

Sesame/Gingelly oil - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

Method

Remove the seeds from the long chilies and keep aside.

For this recipe, I'm using sesame oil for roasting.

First, add the asafoetida in oil and roast for a minute and remove it from the oil. If you have asafoetida powder add it in the last.

Add round chilies and roast for few seconds and add the seedless long chilies. Remove from oil and keep aside.

Then add Whole black gram, Chana dal, and Horse gram.

Roast the dals for 6 to 8 minutes till the aroma comes.

Then add the sesame seeds and roast. Once it starts to splutter add the curry leaves and garlic cloves and roast for 30 seconds and switch off the stove.

Allow it cool for 15 to 20 minutes.

Add the roasted ingredients with enough salt and grind coarsely.

Once it is cool down, store it in an airtight jar for up to two months.

For eating with rice add the powder and a teaspoon of ghee and serve with some papad/fryums.

Mix with sesame oil and eat with idli, dosa.

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Bread Omelette Recipe | Easy Breakfast Recipe

Simple and tasty breakfast recipe, which we can prepare in 5 minutes. This is the best breakfast recipe for kids as well as adults. 

Ingredients 

Egg - 1 

Bread slices - 2

Chopped onion - 2 tbsp 

Green chilli - 1 

Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp 

Oil -2 tsp 

Salt to taste

Method 

Beat the egg with onion, green chilli, pepper powder, and salt.

Heat a tawa on medium-low heat and add 2 teaspoons of oil.

Pour the egg mixture and cook for a minute.

Place a bread slice on the egg omelette.

Cook for 30 seconds. Flip the omelette and cook the bread till golden brown. Keep the flame low to medium-low.

Once it's done remove it from the pan.

Toast one more bread slice on the tawa till golden brown with little oil or butter. 

Place it on the omelette and serve.

Delicious breakfast is ready. Serve with a cup of coffee or tea.

 

Try this delicious and kids favourite Potato salad Bread sandwich also.

                           

Ragi Kali Recipe | Ragi Health Benefits

Ragi / Finger millet is gluten-free and rich in calcium, iron, and fiber. Fiber-rich foods make us feel fuller for a long time because they will get digested slowly. This will help with weight loss. Calcium helps us to get strong bones and teeth and iron help to get rid of anemia.

We can prepare this simple ragi dish in 10 minutes. We can take this kali as breakfast or lunch. You can also try this instant Spicy Oats pancake for breakfast.

Ingredients

Ragi flour - 1/4 cup 

Shallots - 5 or 6 

green chilli - 1 

Curry leaves - few 

Sesame oil - 3 teaspoons 

Water - 3/4 cup

& Salt to taste 

Method

Chop the shallots, green chili & curry leaves. Instead of shallots, you can use 3 tbsp of chopped onion.

Add the ragi flour to a bowl and add 3/4 cup of water. Mix well without any lumps.

In a heavy-bottomed pan, add a tsp of oil and pour the flour mixture. 

Add salt.

Add chopped onion, green chili & curry leaves.

The batter will get thicker in 1 or 2 minutes. Cook for 2 more minutes mixing continuously. 

After 2 minutes, reduce the flame fully and add 1 or 2 spoons of oil.

Mix well and cover the pan with a lid. Cook for 5 minutes in low flame.

The kali will be cooked soft and it will not stick to your fingers.

Serve with raw onions, green chilies, or any curries.

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Mutton Pepper Masala | Easy Mutton Curry Recipe

Simple mutton masala with very few ingredients. This pepper flavored mutton curry is best for idli, dosa, roti, chapati & rice also. 

For Marination... 

Mutton - 200 grams 

Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon 

Chili powder - 1/2 teaspoon 

Garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon 

Salt - 1/2 teaspoon 

Other Ingredients 

Onion - 2

Tomato - 1

Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp 

Crushed Pepper powder - 1 tsp

Oil - 3 tbsp 

Cinnamon 1 inch

Cloves - 3

Salt to taste

Method

Slice the onions and chop the tomato.

Marinate mutton with turmeric powder, chili powder, garam masala, and salt and keep aside for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, add onion, tomato, ginger-garlic paste, and 1/4 cup of water to the marinated mutton and cook for 3 whistles.

Heat oil in a pan and season with cinnamon and cloves.

Add the cooked mutton mixture. Add coriander powder, chilli powder and cook till the raw smell goes.

Finally, add the crushed pepper powder and simmer for 5 minutes in low flame.

Turn off the flame, once the masala reached the desired consistency.

 Delicious mutton pepper masala is ready! 

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