Brinjal Dal | Kathirikai Dal Recipe | Brinjal Curry Recipe

Simple and tasty dal recipe for chapati & rice.

Curry Ingredients

• 200gm  brinjal (white/purple) - Cubed

• 1 medium-sized onion - chopped

• 6 cloves of garlic - peeled

• 1 large tomato - chopped

• ¼ cup toor/masoor dal

• ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds

• ½ tsp turmeric powder

• 2 pinches asafoetida 

• Water

• 3 tsp oil

• ½ tsp cumin seeds

• 2 dried red chilies (long)

• 2 sprigs curry leaves

• ¼ tsp turmeric powder

• ½ tsp red chili powder

• ¼ tsp garam masala

• ¼ tsp sugar

• Salt to taste

• Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

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Preparation

1. Wash the brinjal and dice them. Keep them soaked in water until you cook. 

2. Wash the toor/masoor dal and add it to a pressure cooker, along with fenugreek seeds, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, 1 pinch of asafoetida, chopped tomatoes, and ¾ cup water.

3. Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the pressure cooker and mash the dal mixture. 

4. In a pan, heat 3 tsp oil. Add cumin seeds, red chilies, and a pinch of asafoetida. Let the cumin seeds splutter.

5. Then add the chopped onion, garlic cloves, curry leaves, and salt. Saute till the onions are translucent.

6. Add ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp red chili powder, ¼ tsp garam masala. Cook for a minute. 

7. Drain the brinjal from the water and add it to the kadai. Saute for 2 mins. 

8. Add ¼ cup water, cover, and cook for 5 mins. 

9. After 5 mins, brinjal should be well cooked. Add the cooked dal mixture and ¼ cup water. 

10. Add ¼ tsp sugar and salt to taste. Cook for 3 mins and turn off the stove.

11. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with chapati or rice.

Yellow Pumpkin Adai | Poosanikai Adai Recipe

Yellow pumpkin adai is a spicy pancake which is a healthy option for a weekend breakfast. Yellow pumpkin contains antioxidants and vitamins which gives a lot of health benefits to the body.

Video Recipe in Tamil...

https://youtu.be/AEuryYF-RcQ
Ingredients

Yellow pumpkin - 50 grams

Onion - 1

Curry leaves - few

Boiled rice - 1/2 cup

Chana dal - 1/4 cup

Urad dal - 2 tbsps

Red chilies - 3

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Method


Remove skin and scrap the pumpkin.

Chop the onions and curry leaves

Soak the rice and dals separately for four to five hours.

Add the soaked rice to the mixer jar and grind coarsely. Then add the dals, red chilies, turmeric and cumin seeds and grind to a smooth batter.

Mix the chopped onions, scraped pumpkin and curry leaves to the batter and adjust salt. 

The batter should be little thicker than the dosa batter.

Heat a tawa and pour a ladle full of batter and spread it evenly.

Sprinkle a teaspoon of oil and cook both the sides till golden.

Serve hot with Onion garlic chutney or powdered jaggery.

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Capsicum Cauliflower Fry | Gobi Fry Recipe

This is a simple and easy dish that goes well with chapati and rice.

Ingredients

Cauliflower small - 1

Capsicum -2

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - 10

Oil - 2 tbsps

Salt - to taste


To Grind

Coconut shredded - 1/2 cup

Garlic - 4 pods

Dry chilies - 3

Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

Cinnamon - small piece

Cloves - 2


Method

Cut the cauliflower to small florets and soak it in salted water.

Cut the capsicums into big pieces.

Dry grind the coconut, garlic, dry chilies and whole garam masalas coarsely.

Heat oil in a pan and temper with mustard and curry leaves.

Add the cauliflower pieces with turmeric and salt and saute for five minutes.

Add in the capsicum and saute for another three more minutes.

Mix the ground masala  and saute in medium flame.

Do not cover the pan.

Cook until the raw smell goes and garnish with coriander leaves,

Serve hot with chapati and dal or rice and sambar.

Mixed Vegetable Curry | Veg Kurma Recipe

This is a spicy and tasty kurma with lot of vegetables and peanuts.

Ingredients.

Mixed Vegetables ( carrot, beans, peas) - 1 cup

Potato (medium size) - 1

Tomato - 1

Onion -1

Green chilies - 2

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Chili powder - 1/2 tsp

Curry powder - 1 tsp
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Garam masala powder - 1/2  tsp

Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp


To Grind

Coconut (shredded) - 1/2 cup

Peanuts - 1 tbsp

Fennel seeds - 1 tsp


For Seasoning

Cinnamon - 1 inch piece

Cloves - 3

Bay leaves - 2


Method

Heat three teaspoons of oil in a pan and add cinnamon, cloves and bay leaves into it.

Add sliced onions and green chilies and saute for a minute.

Then add the chopped potatoes, cover the pan and cook for sometime.

When the potatoes are half done, add the tomatoes and salt.

Let it cook for two more minutes.

Add the mixed vegetables and add the turmeric, chili and curry powders.

Then add the ground masala mix and add enough water.

Adjust salt, cover the pan and allow the gravy to cook for five more minutes.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapati or rice.

For video recipe in Tamil...

Mixed Vegetable Kurma 

Oats Pepper Chapati | Oats Milagu Chapathi Recipe

Oats are a good source of fiber and carbohydrates.  It contains cholesterol-fighting soluble fibers. The special quality of oats is that it does not lose its nutrients even after it is processed and hulled.

Due to its slow-digesting nature, oats make us feel fuller for longer. 

Due to its health benefits, a large number of people have started including oats in their daily diet. 

The below recipe containing oats, low-fat yogurt, pepper, and wheat is a tasty and yet a very healthy one.

Ingredients

Oats - 1/2 cup

Wheat Flour - 1 cup

Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon

Oil - 3 teaspoons

yogurt - 2 tablespoons

Salt to taste

Method

Mix oil with wheat flour and oats.

Add pepper powder, curd, salt, and enough water and make a dough out of it.

Add a little more salt to this dough than the normal chapati dough.

Make chapatis and serve hot with salted yogurt or dal.

Easy Oats Dosa | Instant Dosa Recipe

Ingredients

Wheat Flour - 1 cup
Oats -1 cup
Onion -2
Green chili -3
Urad dal - 1 tbsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 10 Nos

Method

Dry grind the Oats and make a coarse powder.

Mix wheat flour and oats. Make a batter out of them with enough water. Keep aside for 15 to 20 minutes.

Chop the onions and green chilies.

Heat oil in a pan, add urad dal and mustard seeds. Allow it to splutter.

Add curry leaves, onion, chilies, and curry leaves. Saute for 3 minutes.

Mix the above mixture into the batter.

Pour a spoonful of batter onto a hot griddle (dosa tawa) and cook both the sides well with little oil.

Serve hot with chutney or sambar. 

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