This is a very unique recipe which combines Greens and cabbage,its super nutritious and tasty.It can be made in a jiffy and is best suited for your busy morning schedule .

Ingredients

Amaranth(thandu keerai/molai keerai)-1 cup finely shredded
Cabbage-1 cup finely shredded
Onion-1 no shredded
Green chillies-3 nos chopped
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Urud dhal-1/2 tsp
Bengal gram dhal-1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil-1 tsp

Method

👉Heat oil in a kadai add mustard seeds,urud dhal,bengal gram dhal,cumin seeds and allow them to splutter and turn to golden brown color.
👉Next add the onions and saute for few minutes.
👉Add the cabbage and fry for few minutes until it's half cooked,then add the amaranth leaves and allow them to cook.
👉Add salt.
👉Serve hot with rice,sambar rice,rasam rice,chappati etc.

Serves-2
Preparation Time-15 mins

Note

✍️You can use any green leafy vegetables of your choice.
✍️You can add ginger garlic also.

Thavala Vadai | Mixed Dal Vada

Thavala vadai is a famous and traditional tea time snack in Tamil nadu. Though it has a funny name(THAVALA means frog in Tamil and it also means a vessel seriously nobody knows why it's called so...).

Tomato Rice is a very common recipe but each family has its own style of making it this is my family's version .
We cook the tomato Rice in coconut milk..
It gives it a unique flavour.
This recipe is cooked in Pressure cooker method.

Ingredients

Basmati rice-1 cup
Tomatoes-6 nos chopped
Onions-2 nos chopped
Ginger Garlic paste- 1 tsp
Red chilly powder-1 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Coconut milk-1 /2 cup
Cinnamon,cloves, bay leaves- few
Coriander leaves for garnish
Salt to taste
Ghee+oil-1 tbsp

Method

👉Heat  ghee+oil in a pressure cooker add cinnamon,cloves,onions saute for few minutes.
👉Add the ginger garlic paste fry for few seconds then add the tomatoes followed by red chilly powder,basmati rice fry them for a minute then add 1/2 cup coconut milk and 1 cup water.
👉Add salt, mix everything.
👉Once the steam comes put the weight and sim the heat and after 10 mins increase the heat and cook for 2 whistles then  off the gas and allow it to rest for 2 mins and then release the pressure.
👉Check for salt and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with Onion raitha and chips.

 Serves-4
Preparation time-20 mins

Note-

✍️You can exclude the coconut milk if you don't want it and cook the rice with water only (1 cup rice-1 1/2 cup water) and the remaining procedure is the same.
✍️Don't cook in high flame as it tends to catch the bottom of the vessel since we are using coconut milk.

ADAI AVIAL is a very famous and traditional South Indian tiffin variety.
Adai is a dosai variety made using three types of dals and 2 types of rice varieties.
Avial is made by combining mixed vegetables with coconut masala and curd.
Both these are nutrition packed recipes and it  is a combination made in heaven.
Check out how to make traditional and absolutely delicious adai avial recipe below.

ADAI

Ingredients-

Thoor dhal,Bengalgram dhal,Urud dhal- 1 cup each
Raw rice- 1 cup
Parboiled idly rice- 1 cup
Red chillies-10-15 nos
Onions- 3 nos chopped finely
Curry leaves , coriander leaves a few
Salt to taste
Asafetida a pinch
Oil as required

Method

👉Wash and soak all the dals and rice together for 1/2 hour.
👉First grind the redchillies and then
 after draining the excess water add the rice and dhal mixture and grind very coarsely along with salt  using very little water.
👉Add onions, curry leaves and coriander leaves and pinch of asafetida to the  ground mixture and mix everything well.
👉Heat the tawa take a handful or laddle full of the batter and  place it on the tawa and spread it using your fingers to small adais.add oil .
👉Cook till one side becomes golden brown flip and cook the other side too.
👉Serve hot.

Serves - 6
Preparation time- 45 mins

Note-

✍️Usually people soak the rice and dhal for 3 hours but I soak it only for 1/2 hour and I have no problem while grinding it .
✍️For this quantity of rice and dal I prefer using the grinder for grinding but you can also use ur mixie .USE THE PULSE OR WHIP BUTTON IN YOUR MIXIE FOR GRINDING.and grind in batches.
✍️You can add finely chopped Greens of your choice,traditionaly we add drumstick leaves and make adai.
✍️You even add grated carrot to the adai.

AVIAL

Ingredients-

Mixed vegetables(Carrot,Drumsticks, Elephant yam, Bush Beans, Cluster beans, Raw Plantain ,White Pumpkin,Snake Gourd)- 2 cups chopped to 1 inch piece
Curd-1/2 cup slightly whipped
Salt to taste
Coconut oil-1 tbsp
Curry leaves- few

Grind Together-

Grated coconut-1/2 cup
Green chillies-4 nos
Raw rice-2 tsps
Cumin seeds-2 tsps

Method

👉Grind the ingredients given for grinding to to a fine paste and set aside.
👉Cook the vegetables in  a pressure cooker for 2 whistles adding little water making sure the veggies are soaked completely.
👉Release the pressure and add the ground paste,salt mix well and cook for 2 mins.
👉Add the slightly whipped curd to it.
👉Heat coconut oil add the curry leaves and allow it to splutter and pour over the AVIAL.

Serves-4
Preparation time-20 mins

 Note-

✍️Cover the avial in plantain leaf (vaazhaiyilai) until serving as it adds flavour to the avial

This arachuvitta sambar is a traditional South Indian delicacy made during special occasions when you need large quantities of sambar. Its ideal for making recipes like mini idli sambar,sambar vadais.

Beans Potato Ginger Masala