Raitha

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 1 small Cucumber
• 1 large Onion finely chopped
• 1 large Tomato finely chopped
• 500 grams of Curds/Yoghurt
• Salt to taste
• ½ tbp chat masala (optional)
• ¼ tbp red chilli pwd
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
• In a large bowl add all the chopped vegetables and yoghurt.
• Add salt, chat masala and chilli pwd.
• Mix it well and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Cauliflower Rice

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 400gms rice (soaked for 15mins)
• 20 cauliflower florets
• 1 teaspoon of shajeera or cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon of mustard seeds
• 2 large onions chopped in big cubes
• 2 medium size tomatoes finely chopped
• 1 tbp of ginger and garlic paste
• 1 cup of green peas (I used frozen once)
• 1 tbp of garam masala
• 2 tbps of kitchen king masala
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric
• 1 tbp of chilli pwd
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add shajeera , mustard seeds and fry for about half a minute. Add onions , ginger and garlic paste and cook for about a minute.
• Add cauliflower florets, green peas and fry for about 10 mins. Add salt and turmeric.
• Add garam masala, kitchen king masala and chilli pwd.
• Now add soaked rice and fry for about 2mins. Add water in 1: 1 ¾ ratios.
• Close the lid and then cook for about 20mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Tip:
• Better to cook in a pan than in a pressure cooker.

Mixed vegetables and Nut’s rice

To serve 4-6 people:

Ingredients:
• 4 tbps of oil
• 400gms rice (soaked for 15mins)
• 1 teaspoon of shajeera
• 2 large onions
• 2 medium size tomatoes
• 1 tbp of ginger and garlic paste
• 10 cashew nuts finely chopped
• 10 almonds finely chopped
• 10 hazelnuts
• 15 raisins
• ¾ tbp of garam masala
• 1 tbp of kitchen king masala
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric
• 1 tbp of chilli pwd
• 1 large size potato chopped into big cubes
• 15 cauliflower florets
• 10 broccoli florets
• 1 small cup of beans chopped in 1” inch length
• 1 Hand full of corn cornels (optional)
• 1 small cup of green peas (I used frozen once)
• 5-6 baby corn chopped (optional)
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add shajeera and fry for about half a minute. Add all nuts and raisins and let them cook for about 2mins. Add onions,ginger and garlic paste and cook for about a minute.
• Add all the vegetables and fry for about 5 mins. Add salt and turmeric. Fry till they are almost half cooked.
• Add garam masala, kitchen king masala and chilli pwd.
• Now add soaked rice and fry for about 2mins. Add water in 1: 1 ½ ratio.
• Close the lid and then cook for about 20mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
Tip:
• Instead of shajeera you can also add cumin seeds.
• Different kinds of vegetables can be used.
• Better to cook in a pan than in a pressure cooker.

Cheese dosa

Ingredients:
• Shredded cheese
• Dosa batter

Method:
• On a nonstick pan take one big scoop of the batter and spread it around by making circular motion.
• Add ½ teaspoon of oil around the dosa and let it cook. After it is cooked on one end turn it to the other side. Cook for about a minute and again turn it.
• Take hand full of shredded cheese and spread it around. Let the cheese melt.
• Serve hot with chutney.

Egg Dosa

Ingredients:
• 1 egg
• Dosa batter
• Salt to taste
• Chilli pwd

Method:
• In a bowl beat the egg.
• On a nonstick pan take one big scoop of dosa batter and spread it around by making circular motion. Add the egg mixture on the top and spread it around.
• Sprinkle a pinch of salt and chilli pwd on the top.
• Add ½ teaspoon of oil around the dosa and let it cook. After it is cooked on one end turn it to the other side. Cook for about a minute.
• Serve hot with chutney.

Dal Dosa

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of toor dal
• 1 cup of channa dal
• 1 cup of urad dal
• 1 cup of moong dal
• 1 cup of rice
• Salt to taste
• oil

Method:
• Soak all the ingredients overnight except salt.
• Grind it by adding salt and sufficient water.
• On a nonstick pan take one big scoop of the batter and spread it around by making circular motion.
• Add ½ teaspoon of oil around the dosa and let it fry. After it is fried turn it to the other side. Fry for about a minute.
• Serve hot with chutney.

Tip:
• Fermenting is not necessary. This is more like a instant dosa.

Cabbage chutney

Ingredients:
• 200gms of cabbage
• 2tbps of oil
• 1 ½ tbp of urad dal
• ¾ tbp of mustard seeds
• ¼ tbp of methi seeds (about 8 seeds)
• Asafoetida a pinch
• 3 dry red chillies
• 5 green chillies
• 3 tbps of coriander leaves
• Salt to taste

Method:
• Heat oil in a pan and add methi seeds, urad dal, mustard seeds, asafoetida and dry red chillies. Fry for about 2mins and grind it to a smooth paste.
• In the same oil fry chopped cabbage and green chillies. Add salt and fry till the cabbage is cooked softly.
• Let it cool down. Mix the above grinded powder with coriander leaves and cooked cabbage.
• Now grind them all together. Serve hot with rice, roti or dosa.

Tip:
• While grinding the seasoning try to drain oil as much as u can else it will not be grinded properly.

Poha (Atukulu upma)

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 2 large onions finely chopped
• 150gms of rice flakes or poha
• 1 cup of green peas
• 3 tbps oil
• 2 tbps of channa dal
• 1 tbp of urad dal
• ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
• ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2red dry chillies
• 3 green chillies finely chopped
• 5-7 curry leaves
• Asafoetida a pinch
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric
• 2 tbp of lemon juice (optional)
• Salt to taste


Method:
• In a bowl wash rice flakes twice and drain the water. Put it aside.
• In non-stick pan heat oil, add channa dal, urad dal and fry till they start to turn light brown.
• Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida and dry chillies. When they start to pop up add green chillies, curry leaves, green peas and chopped onions. Fry till they cook.
• Add salt and turmeric.
• Now add washed rice flakes. Mix it well and fry for about 2-3 mins.
• Turn off the heat and add lemon juice. Mix it well.

Tip:
• Vegetable like potato can also be added while frying onions. This is just to add some more taste to it.