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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Tomato Chutney | Thakkali Chutney

Ingredients

Onion, big	1
Tomato, medium	2
Garlic	5 cloves
Dried red chilies	3 (as per taste)
Coriander Leaves	½ cup
For seasoning:
Oil	1 tbsp
Mustard seeds	½ tsp
Urad dal	1 tsp
Curry leaves	5-6 leaves
Salt	As per taste

Method:

• Heat ½ tbsp oil in a pan, add the red chilies and fry for 5 seconds.
• Add roughly chopped onions, peeled garlic cloves, and salt. Fry for 2 minutes.
• Add roughly chopped tomatoes and fry for another 2-3 minutes.
• Finally, add the coriander leaves and cook for a minute.
• Transfer the mixture into a plate and let it cool.
• Once the mixture has cooled down, grind it into a fine paste.
• For seasoning, Heat ½ tbsp of oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and Urad dal. Allow it to splutter. Then add the curry leaves and fry for 2-3 seconds.
• Lastly, mix this seasoning with the ground chutney paste.
• Serve with idly or dosa. 

Onion Tomato Chutney Recipe | Vengaya Kara Chutney

Very tasty and delicious Onion chutney recipe...

Ingredients:-

Onion big - 2

Tomato - 1
Red chilis - 8
Garlic - 6 pods
Tamarind - big chickpea size

Salt to taste

For seasoning...

Oil - 3 tbsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Method:-

Grind the onions with tomato, red chilies, garlic, tamarind, and salt. No need to add water.

Heat oil in a pan. Add all the ingredients for seasoning.

Add the ground mixture and saute in oil till the oil separates.

Serve with idli, dosa, or adai dosa.

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