Ven Pongal Recipe

Ven Pongal Recipe

Ingredients :

Raw Rice -1 cup

Pasi Paruppu / Splited yellow moong dal - 1/2 cup
Water - 4 cup
Salt - as required

For the Seasoning : 

Ghee - 2 tsp

Ginger - 1/2 tsp (finely chopped)

Black Pepper - 1 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

Curry Leaves - few

Hing - a pinch

Cashew nuts - 6

Preparation :

• Roast the splited yellow moong dal until it becomes slightly brown color.
• In a pressure cooker, add raw rice, roasted moong dal, water and required salt then cook it with 5- 6 whistle. (1 whistle in high flame and another 4-5 whistles in low flame)
• Once the pressure releases then open the cooker and mash it well.
• Heat ghee in kadai, add chopped ginger, black pepper, jeera, hing, curry leaves and saute it for two seconds.
• Pour it over the cooked rice and mix it well.
• Add fried cashew nuts and mix it well.
• Now ven pongal is ready to serve with coconut chutney, sambar etc...

Wheat Dosa Recipe | Godhumai Dosa Recipe

Ingredients :

Wheat Flour - 1 cup

Rice Flour - 3 tsp

Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp 

Salt - as required

For the Seasoning :

Oil - 1 tsp

Musted Seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Sambar onion - 5 (finely chopped)

Green Chilly - 1 (finely chopped)

Curry Leaves - Few

Preparation :

• Take a bowl, add wheat flour, rice flour, cumin seeds, salt with enough water and mix it well without any lumps.
• Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds when the seeds are spluttering, add urad dal, chopped onion, chopped green chilly, curry leaves and saute it till onion becomes slightly brown.
• Pour it over the batter mix and mix it well.
• Heat the tawa or non-stick pan and spread a tsp oil in tawa.
• Pour the batter and spread it on tawa.
• Sprinkle 1/2 tsp of oil on the top of dosa.
• Cook both the sides.
• Now wheat dosa | godhumai dosa is ready to serve.
• You can have wheat dosa with sugar or coconut chutney

Wheat coconut dosa Recipe

Ingredients :

Wheat Flour - 1 cup
Rice Flour - 2 tsp

Salt - as required

Grated Coconut - 5 tsp
Sugar - 5 tsp

Preparation :

• Take a bowl, add wheat flour, rice flour, salt and enough water and mix it well without any lumps.
• Heat the tawa or non-stick pan and spread a tsp oil in tawa.
• Pour the batter and spread it on tawa.
• Wheat dosa is cooked in one side then spread 1 tsp of grated coconut and 1 tsp of sugar on the top of dosa. 
• Then fold the dosa and cook it for a minute.
• Now wheat coconut dosa is ready to serve.

Masala Dosa Recipe

Ingredients:

Dosa Batter - 2 cup

Masala Filling :

Potato - 1/4 kg

Onion - 1 (cut into lengthwise)

Green chilly - 1 (cut into small pieces)

Turmeric Powder - a pinch

Curry Leaves - few

Coriander Leaves - few

Salt - as required

For the seasoning :

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp

Bengal Gram - 1/2 tsp

Preparation :

• In a pressure cooker, add potato with enough water and cook it with 3 whistles.
• Peel the potato outer skin and mash it well.
• Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds when the seeds spluttering add urad dal, bengal gram, curry leaves and saute it until the dal turns golden brown.
• Then add onion, green chilly and saute it until the onion raw smell leaves.
• After that add mashed potato, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, salt as needed and mix it well.
• Cook it for few minutes until the raw smell leaves.
• Switch off the flame and keep it aside.
• Heat the tawa or non-stick pan and spread a tsp oil in tawa.
• Pour the batter and spread it on tawa.
• Upper side of dosa is cooked then add 2 tsp of potato masala on the top of dosa and spread it all over. 
• Then fold the dosa and cook it for a minute.
• Now masala dosa is ready to serve with coconut chutney, sambar etc....

Appam Recipe

Ingredients :

Raw Rice - 1 cup

Urad Dal - 1/4 cup

Fenugreek Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cooked Rice - 2 tsp

Coconut Milk - 3 tsp

Cooking Soda - 1/4 tsp

Salt - a pinch

Preparation :

• Wash the raw rice, urad dal, fenugreek seeds and soak it for 5-6 hours.
• Grind it to make a fine paste along with the cooked rice.
• The batter will be similar to dosa batter.
• Add a pinch of salt and keep it aside for 5-6 hours.
• Before making the appams, add coconut milk, cooking soda and mix it well. Keep it aside for 10 minutes.
• Now appam batter is ready to make appam.
• Heat the appam pan on medium flame, then pour batter in center of the pan and rotate the pan to spread the batter in circle.
• Close the lid and cook it 2 minutes. Check whether appam is cooked or not. If it is cooked then remove the appam from the pan.
• You can have appam with coconut milk or coconut chutney