ADIGE MANE RUCHI

Ragi Rotti

2011-04-13T08:29:00.000-07:00

Simple , tasty rotti. fresh ragi grain is best suited for the rotti.

You Need To Have:
1 cup ragi flour
1 small grated carrot
1 small onion finely chopped
3 tsp fried and ground peanut
2 green chillies finely chopped
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
slat to taste

Method:
In a mixing bowl, take ragi flour, chopped onion, grated carrot, chopped green chilies, chopped coriander leaves , fried and ground peanuts.

Add salt and required amount of water to prepare dough.keep it aside for 10 mins.

Take one Paper plate, put 1 tsp of oil and spread it over. Take ball of dough and spread it over the paper plate as shown in the picture below.Make a small hole in middle( This helps to cook the rotti well)

Heat the Tava and put the rotti upside down as shown in the picture below.

Cook it till it gets separated from the paper plate.Remove the paper plate and cook other side of the rotti for about 1-2 min in medium/low flame

Serve hot along with any type of chutney and butter.

Badanekayi Chutney/Eggplant Chutney

2011-04-13T05:59:00.000-07:00

Yes you can prepare chutney even with eggplant.its best suited with akki rotti, ragi rotti etc. here is the recipe for it.

You Need To Have:
4 small Eggplant/Badanekayi
2 tsp fried Peanuts
2 green chilies
1/2 cup coriander leaves
1-2 tsp grated coconut
2 garlic pods
salt to taste
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2-3 curry leaves

Method:
Take 1 cup of water and bring it boil. add cut eggplants and garlic to it. cook till they are done. remove from water and allow it to come to room temperature. keep water aside.

Put cooked eggplant,garlic, green chilies,coriander leaves, fried peanuts,salt and grated coconut into a mixer and grind it to smooth paste. (use eggplant cooked water while grinding).
Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. once it starts spluttering add curry leaves and mix it with chutney. Enjoy it with any rotti.

Iyengar Bakery Bread Toast

2011-04-11T12:50:00.000-07:00

How can one forget the word "Iyengar Bakery" its so famous for bakery item. The eateries available in "Iyengar Bakery" does not require any explanation. Toast, puffs, Honey cake, palya bun, kobbari bun,dil kush, nipattu, benne biscut, om kaddi , etc etc etc.I guess they have made every mom's life easy. If you can't prepare snack for your kid easy way is to go to nearest bakery and get some toast or some dilkush or some bun.

Coming back to its recipe.For this,

You Need To Have:

1 cup Toast palya
5-6 bread slices
1 tsp butter

Method:

Heat tava and spread 1/2 tsp butter on it. put bread slices and toast them on both sides as shown below.

Take required amount of toast palya and spread them on bread slice covering all edges.cook it for 1/2-1 minute and serve.

Eruli Kavu Pachadi/Spring Onion Raitha

2011-04-11T10:04:00.000-07:00

I call it as summer special.try it out and let me know how it tastes.

You Need To Have:

10-12 spring onion/eruli kavu

1 cup yogurt/curd

2 green chilies

2 tsp grated coconut

1 tsp oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp black gram dal

1 tsp channa dal

pinch of hing(optional)

2-3 curry leaves

Method:

Wash and chop spring onion as shown below.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. once they start spluttering add curry leaves, gram dal, black gram dal, fry till they become brown in color.Add chopped spring onion,hing to it and fry for 2-3 mins. turn off flame and allow it to come to room temperature.

Put grated coconut, green chilies and curd into mixer and grind it to smooth paste.Add this to spring onion. Add salt and mix well.(Add curd if required).Serve with plain rice or any rice item.

Seemebadane Kai Palya/ Chayote Squash Palya

2011-04-11T06:35:00.000-07:00

Seemebadane kai is very popular and common veggie in Karnataka especially in Bangalore region. Can you believe during season they sell each for single rupee. Yes, I have brought fresh and good quality Seemebadane kai each one for 1 rupee. Mom says its very low calorie veggie and tastes good.Here in US popularly know as chayote ( I guess they consider it as mecxican veggie).Here is the recipe for Seemebadane kai palya.

You Need To Have:

1 Seemebadane Kai / Chayote Squash

2-3 green chilies

2 tsp grated coconut

2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds

2 tsp gram dal

1 tsp black gram dal

salt to taste

Method:

Peel outer skin of Chayote and chop it into small pieces as shown below.

Heat oil in vessel and mustard seeds to it. once they start spluttering add curry leaves, gram dal, black gram dal, slit green chilies and fry till they become brown in color. Add chopped Chayote and stir. sprinkle little water and cook them on low flam by covering lid for 5-7 mins or till they are done.

add grated coconut and salt. mix well. serve with plain rice.This goes well even with chapathi.

Mulangi Pachadi/Mulangi Mosaru Goju/Raddish Raitha

2011-04-08T10:25:00.000-07:00

You Need To Have:

1 medium size white raddish

1 small onion

1 cup yogurt

salt to taste

2-3 green chilies

1 tsp oil

1 tsp mustard seeds

2 black gram seeds

2-3 curry leaves

Method:

Wash and peel radish and grate it. finely chop onion and green chilies. Take all of them in a mixing bowl. Prepare seasoning with mustard seeds, black gram seeds , curry leaves and hing.add it to radish.

Add salt,yogurt and mix well. This is best combination with Joladhi Rotti or even plain rice.

Akki Unde Oggarane/Rice Dumplings Masala

2011-04-08T09:38:00.000-07:00

This is similar to Idly Oggarane. It tastes very good and can be easily prepared

You Need To Have:

4-5 Akki Unde
1 medium size onion
2 tsp grated coconut
2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp black gram seeds
2-3 curry leaves
2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste(take care before adding salt as akki unde already will have salt in it)

Method:

Powder akki unde as shown below and keep it aside.

Heat oil in thick bottomed vessel and add black gram seed and mustard seeds to it.Once it starts spluttering add chopped onion , slit green chilies to it. fry till they are transuclent .

Add powdered akki unde, grated coconut, chopped coriander leaves and salt to it . mix well. Serve hot with any mixture or chips.

Soorekai Boolu Kodhel

2011-04-06T09:40:00.000-07:00

Specaiality of this Kodhel(any boolu kodhel) is that , no coconut will be used in it, still it tastes great and very famous in south canara region. Here is the recipe for it.

You Need To Have:
1 medium size bottle gourd/Soorekai
2-3 tsp tamarind jiuce
1 tsp jaggery powder
2 green chilies
pinch of turmeric
pinch of red chili powder
1 tsp Rasam Powder
1 tsp oil
2-3 garlic pods
3-4 curry leaves
1/2 tsp mustard seeds

Method:
Wash and peel outer layer of bottle gourd and cut it into cubes(see picture below).Take chopped bottle gourd, turmeric, jaggery, tamarind juice, red chili powder and slit green chili in a vessel and cook them by adding water.

Once its cooked add rasam powder,salt and adjust water as required.(You can alter tamarind, jaggery as per taste). Heat oil in tadka pan and add smashed garlic to it. Once it turns golden brown in color add mustard seeds and curry leaves to it. Once it start spluttering, add it to boolu kodhel. mix well before serving.

Hacchida Avlakki

2011-04-06T06:55:00.000-07:00

This is fast and easy snack item. I learnt this from my mom and its loved by every family member. There is no much oil used and all raw vegetables are used, so its good for diet conscious people.

You Need To Have:

2 cups think poha/paper avlakki
1 tsp oil
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp black gram seeds
3-4 tsp ground nuts(or use as much as you want)
4-5 curry leaves
salt to taste
1 small cucmber
1 medium size tomato
1 medium size capsicum
2 tsp grated coconut
2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
2 green chilies
2 tsp lemon
1 tsp sugar

Method:

Heat 1 tsp oil in thick bottomed vessel and add black gram seeds and ground nuts to it. once they turn golden brown in color add mustard seeds , curry leaves to. once they start spluttering add salt and red chili powder to it and fry till raw smell disappears. Add poha and mix well so that it gets coated with red chili. Allow it come to room temperature.

Meanwhile wash all the vegetables and chop them finely and keep it aside.(see picture below)

Take masala poha and chopped veggies,coconut,coriander leaves in a mixing bowl. Add 2 tsp lemon juice and 1 tsp sugar to it.

Mix well (adjust salt, sugar and lemon juice as per taste).serve immediately.

Donne Menasinakayi Samabar/Capsicum Samabar

2011-04-05T07:37:00.000-07:00

Smell from cooked capsicum is the key thing in this sambar. This is my one favourite sambar.

You Need To Have:
2 medium size capsicum
1/2 cup toor dal
1 tomato
1 onion
2-3 tsp sambar powder
2 tsp tamarind juice
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2-3 curry leaves
2 tsp grated coconut
2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste

Method:
Pressure cook toor dal and chopped tomato for 3-4 whistles and keep it aside(add 1tbs oil and pinch of turmeric to dal )Using fresh cooked lentil increases taste.

Cut capsicum and onion into big chunks and keep it aside.

Heat 1 tsp oil in a samabr pot and add mustard seeds to it. once it starts spluttering and onion and fry till they become translucent. Add chopped capsicum and curry leaves. cook capsicum without adding water until they are done.

Add cooked lentil, tamarind juice ,sambar powder and required amount of water. bring it to boil. Add grated coconut , chopped coriander leaves and salt. simmer for 5 mins.Mix well and serve with plain rice.

Southekayi Kosambari/Cucumbr Kosambari

2011-04-03T08:43:00.000-07:00

Kosambari being everyone summer favourite, Its very easy to prepare and does not require any cooking at all. For This,

You Need To Have:
1 medium size cucumber
2-3 tsp grated coconut
2 green chilies
2-3 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
pinch of hing
2-3 curry leaves
salt to taste

Method:
Wash and peel outer skin of cucumber. Chop cucumber finely. Add chopped green chilies, grated coconut, chopped coriander leaves and mix well.

Heat oil in tadka pan and add mustard seeds to it. once it starts spluttering add curry leaves and hing to it. add it to kosambari. add salt just before serving and mix well.

Mosaru Vade/Dahi Vada/Thayir Vada

2011-03-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

A south Indian snack usually available during summer in all hotels. Here is the recipe for it.

For Vada:
1 cup black gram seeds / uddina bele

2-3 tsp white rice
8-10 black pepper
3-4 curry leaves
small piece of ginger
5 green chillies
2-3 tsp chopped coconut pieces(optional)

For Dahi Masala:

2 cups thick yogurt /curd

4 tsp sugar

salt to taste

1 tsp oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

pinch of hing

2-3 curry leaves

1/4 cup finely chopped coriander leaves

1 grated carrot

1/4 cup boondhi

Method:

Wash and soak black gram seeds and rice in water for 3-4 hours or at least 1 hour.

Take salt, black pepper seeds, green chilies, ginger in a mixer jar and grind them first then add black gram seeds and rice to it. without adding too much of water grind it to smooth paste. better to use wet grinder for this where water can be avoided.

Add chopped curry leaves and coconut pieces to it and keep it aside for 1-2 hours.

Meanwhile prepare curd masala. Beat yogurt and add sugar , salt to it. prepare tadka with oil, mustard seeds and hing and keep it aside.

Heat oil to deep fry vadas. There are following ways to prepare vada.

1.Take big lemon size dough and put it on plastic sheet or plantain leave. make hole in middle (see picture below) and carefully transfer it to heated oil. (wet your hands with little water to handle hough easily).

2. or transfer the dough into Anjali Vada maker and prepare vadas. (I used to prepare using vada maker till I was in Banglore but here I didn't find it in grocery stores).

deep fry both side of vada till they become golden brown in color.Take 3 cups of drinking water in a vessel and put deep fried vada's in water for 5 mins.(this helps in softening vada and helping it to absorb yogurt masala).

After 5 mins , transfer vadas to curd mixture. Decorate it with carrot , coriander leaves , prepared tadka and boondhi.

Serve as per your taste. I chilled and served it.

Date Milkshake

2011-03-30T08:16:00.000-07:00

My all time favourite milkshake really good for summer.

You Need To Have:
5-6 deseeded dates
2 cups chilled milk
1 tsp sugar
1 small size banana

Method:

Take dates and 1/2 cup milk in microwave safe bowl and cook it for 1 min.

Put cooked dates, remaining milk, sugar and chopped banana in a mixer and blend it to smooth mixture.
Served chilled by decorating it with piece of date or banana.

Mavina Hannina Seekarane/Mango Seekarane

2011-03-30T07:45:00.000-07:00

We were happy to see mango boxes at Indian groceries last week end.Mango fragrance was so good hmmmm!!!!!!!!. After I coming back, I prepared Seekarane at home and served it with chapathis. Here is the recipe for it.

You Need To Have:
2 ripened mangoes
1/4 cup milk
1-2 tsp sugar(adjust it according to mango sweetness)
pinch of salt

Method:

Wash Mangoes and peel the skin. Don't throw them instead put them in 1/4 water cup.
Take a bowl and hand squeeze entire mango to it.put mango seed in water cup contatining the skin.after that squeeze skin and seed to extract all the mango pulp. add it bowl contating mango pulp. Add sugar, milk and salt to it. mix well.

Serve with chapathi or puri or with holige.

Southekai Mosaru Gojju/Cucumber Raitha

2011-03-28T08:11:00.000-07:00

You Need To Have:

1 cucumber/mullu southekai
1 tomato
1 onion
1-2 green chilies
1 cup yogurt(Greek yogurt prefferd)
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
Salt to taste
Method:
Finely chop cucumber, tomato ,onion and green chilies . Put into mixing bowl. Beat yogurt and add to it.

Heat oil in tadka pan and add mustard seeds to it. once it starts spluttering add it raitha. Finally add salt and mix well. Serve with any rice item.

Manglore Southekayi Huli Mensina Kudilu/Dosa Kai Curry

2011-03-28T07:51:00.000-07:00

You need to have:
1 medium size dosa kai/Manglore Southekayi
4-5 red chilies
4-5 flakes of tamarind
1/2 cup grated coconut
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
pinch of tumeric
1 tsp Jaggery
salt to taste
3-4 garlic cloves
2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2-3 curry leaves

Method:
Wash dosa kai under running water and chop them into cubes by removing inner seeds(see picture below)

Put this chopped dosa kai into cooker container.Add water, chilly powder, turmeric powder and jaggery to it .pressure cook it for 1-2 whistles.

Take chillies, grated coconut, tamarind flakes in a mixer and grind it to smooth paste by adding little amount of water.This gravy should not be too thin or too thick.

Add this ground masala to a vessel containing cooked dosa kai.add required amount of water and bring it to boil. simmer and let it boil for 7-8 mins.

Finally take oil in a tadka pan.Add mustard seeds to it. Once it starts spluttering, add smashed garlic flakes and curry leaves. fry them in medium flame for 2-3 and add it to kodilu. Server hot with boiled or white rice.

Avarekalu Huli/Papdi lilva sambar

2011-03-25T06:55:00.000-07:00

One of my fav sambar, best suited with ragi mudde.

You Need To Have:
1 cup avarekalu/papdi lilva
1 medium size potato
1 medium size eggplant
1 cup grated coconut
2 chopped tomatoes
2-3 green chilies
2 tbs sambar powder
salt to taste
1 tbs Khus Khus(Gasgase)
8-10 garlic flakes
1 large onion
small piece of cinnamon
2 marathi moggu
bunch of coriander leaves
1 tsp Oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds

Method:
Cook Avrekalu, potato and eggplant separately till done.Meanwhile remove outer cover of onion and place it in micro mode of micro oven for 3 minutes.another way is to put onion on gas or charcoal for 6-7 min.

Add grated coconut,chopped tomatoes,sambar powder,Khus Khus,onion,cinnamon,Marathi Moggu , coriander leaves into mixer and make a smooth paste.Keep it aside.

In a thick bottomed vessel add oil and mustard seed , once it starts spluttering, Add cooked veges and avrekalu,ground masala,salt and mix well.Keep this on low flame for 8-10 min .

Serve with Ragi mudde or Rice.

Shavige Payasa/Vermicilli Payasa

2011-03-23T08:12:00.000-07:00

You Need To Have:
1 cup Vermicilli (MTR preferred)
3 cups Milk (can be replaced with half and half)
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp raisins
2 tsp cashewnuts
2 tsp ghee
1 tsp cardamom powder
2 tsp MTR badam Feast

Method:
Put vermicilli , 1tsp ghee in a thick bottomed vessel. Fry them on low flame till vermicilli turn golden brown.keep it aside.

Take milk in thick bottomed vessel and bring it to boil. Add fried vermicilli toit and cook for 5 mins on low flame.Add sugar, badam feast and cook till sugar dissolves. Turn off flame.

Fry raisins and cashew nut in ghee and add it to payasa. finally add cardamom powder and mix well.

Serve hot or chilled as per your taste.

Tili Saru

2011-03-23T06:47:00.000-07:00

You Need To Have:
1/2 cup Yellow Lentil/Togari bele
2 medium size tomato
3-4 tsp sarina pudi/rasam powder
4-5 tsp tamarind juice
1 tsp ghee
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
3-4 curry leaves
pinch of hing

Method:
Put chopped tomato , toor dal in a cooker container .pessure cook it for 3-4 whistels and keep it aside(add 1 tbs oil and pinch of turmeric to dal ).

Take out excess water(keep it for later use) and smash dal and tomato with help of smasher. Add tamarind juice,rasam powder,salt and water which is collected from cooked dal.bring it to boil.

Heat ghee and mustard seeds in a tadka pan. once they start spluttering add hing and curry leaves. Add this tadka to tili saru and mix well.

Serve hot with plain rice and uddina happala.

Avalakki Bisi Bele Bath

2011-03-22T08:13:00.000-07:00

This dish is always prepared for every Ekadashi at my parents.This is similar to regular bisi bele bath but instead of rice, poha is used. another difference is mong dal is used instead of toor dal. here is the recipe for it.

You Need To have:
1 cup thick poha/dappa avalakki
1/2 cup moong dal/hesaru bele
2 cups mixed vegetables(beans, carrot, peas, ash pumpkin)
1/2 cup flat beans/ Avrekalu
3-4 tsp bisi bele bath masala powder(home made or ready made mix)
5 tsp tamarind juice
2-3 tsp jaggery powder
salt to taste
2-3 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp ground nuts
2 tsp cashews
1 tsp black gram seeds
1 tsp bengal gram seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 medium size capsicum
2-3 green chilies
3-4 curry leaves
pinch of hing

Method:
Wash poha 1-2 times and drain excess water. and keep it aside so that it become soft.

Chop all the vegetables. Cook moong dal and vegges seperately for 2 whistles(add less water for vegges).

Mix cooked moong dal, vegetables,required amount of water and bring it to boil.

Add bisi bele batha powder, tamarind juice, salt and jaggery to it and mix well. simmer for 5 mins by closing the lid.Add soaked poha and mix well. cook for 3 mins more.

Heat oil in pan. add mustard seeds, black gram seeds, bengal gram seeds,ground nuts, cachew nuts to it. once they start spluttering, add chopped capsicum, slit green chilies,curry leaves and hing to it. fry till capsicum become soft. Add this tadka to bisi bele bath.

Mix well before serving. This is best enjoyed with boondi or cucumber raitha.

Biscuit Roti

2011-03-21T05:48:00.000-07:00

This is famous snack item from Manglore region. This is one of our favourite tea time snack. H was forcing me all these days to give a try. In last video chat I asked my Mom-In-Law for the recipe. though she had tasted it, she had never tried it at home. So I asked my best friend Google(yes, she is my best friend:-)) and I came across recipe for Biscuit Roti.before I dig into recipe I would like to thank Prathibha for this beautiful recipe.she is such a saviour .lets start with the recipe.for this,

You Need To Have:

For Stuffing:
4-5 tsp fine semolin/chiroti rave
1 tsp red chilly powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp jeera powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
2-3 tsp jaggery powder
3-4 tamarind flakes
pinch of asafetida
salt to taste
1 tsp oil
4-5 curry leaves

For Dough:
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2-3 tsp fine semolina
salt to taste
2-3 tsp oil

Method:
Take maida, fine semolina and salt. put oil and mix well. prepare dough by adding little water at a time.Dough consistency should be that of poori dough.cover the lid and set it aside for 15 mins.

Fry fine semolina on low frame until you get nice aroma. Heat 2-3 tsp oil in a thick bottomed pan. add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, jeer powder, coriander powder, powder jaggery, hing, tamarind flakes. fry them until raw smell disappears. add salt , chopped curry leaves,and desiccated coconut. turn off the flame.

mix fried rava and allow it to cool down. once it comes to room temperature , mix well so that everything is mixed well.

Stuff this mixture into maid dough (see picture below).Deep fry each poori and serve along with coffee.

Budu Kumbalakayi Kayi Huli/Ash Pumpkin In Coconut Gravy

2011-03-18T11:27:00.000-07:00

South canare delicacy usually prepared on special occiasions. Taste will be grate when freshly grated coconut and freshly churned butter milk is used.For this,

You Need To Have:
1/4 piece of medium size ash pumkin
3/4 cup freshly grated coconut
1 cup freshly churned butter milk
3-4 green chilies
1 tsp cumin seeds
small piece of ginger
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
3-4 curry leaves
salt to taste

Method:

Remove outer skin and inner seeds from ash pumpkin and cut them into cubes(see picture below).Pressure cook it for single whistle and keep it aside.

Take freshly grated coconut, cumin seeds, green chilies and ginger in a mixer jar. ground it to smooth paste by adding required amount of water.add this paste to cooked ask pumpkin.

Add salt and bring it to boil. Finally add churned butter milk and simmer for 2 mins. Prepare tadka with mustard seeds, curry leaves , oil and add it to kayi huli.

mix well before serving.

Akki Unde/Oggarange unde/Tampered Rice Dumplings

2011-03-18T07:36:00.000-07:00

This is a steam food and a south canara delicacy .There are mainly 2 verities of akki unde, pundi (Plain version) and oggarange unde(tampered version). You can customize this according to your taste. Some use stuffing for this and some create sweet version . I am posting basic version of Akki Unde.

You Need To Have:
1 cup rice(tindi akki)
1/4 cup grated coconut
1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp black gram seeds
4-5 curry leaves
2-3 red chilies
salt to taste
2 cups of water

Method:
Wash rice and spread it thinly(see picture below) on a clean cloth such that water contents is evaporated.this would take around 1 hour.

Put the rice into mixer jar and grind rice to Rava idli texture without adding water and keep it aside.

Take a thick bottomed pan and heat oil. Add mustard seeds, black gram seeds , curry leaves and red chilies to it. once they start spluttering add water and bring it to boil.Add salt and grated coconut.
Slowly add rice rava to boiling water by continuously starring so that no lumps are formed. simmer and cook it until a firm dough(easy to make balls) is formed.stir in between so that dough is not burnt.

Make small ball from the dough (I do small impression in middle) and arrange them in traditional steam cooker.
Steam cook it for 40 mins. (If you don't have steam cooker, use pressure cooker without weight and put small glass instead)
Serve hot with onion chutney or any kind of sambar.

Thondekayi Palya/ Tindora Subzi

2011-03-16T07:53:00.000-07:00

After Godambi-Thondekai Palya,Thonde -Channa palya, this is my third verity of Thondekayi palya. I have 2 more in my bucket:-). This vegetable is loved by every one in the family and hence so many recipes. For This,

You Need To Have:
20-25 Tindora/Thondekayi
1/2 tsp red chilly powder
pinch of turmeric powder
2-3 tsp grated cocnut
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2-3 curry leaves
salt to taste

Method:
Wash and cut Tindora into long pieces(see picture below) and put it in cooker container. pressure cook it for 1 whistle by adding very little water.

Shift this cooked tindora to a pan. add chilly powder, turmeric powder ,salt to it and cook it to remove excess water. Add grated coconut and mix well.

Prepare tadkawith oil, blackgram seeds, mustard seeds,curry leaves and add it to palya.mix well before serving.

Hesaru Bele Tovve/Moong Dal Tovve

2011-03-15T11:44:00.000-07:00

Quick , easy and simple tovve which can be prepare in less than 15 mins.

You Need To Have:

1 cup Moong Dal/Hesaru bele
2 medium size tomato
4-5 green chilies
3-4 curry leaves
2 tsp grated coconut
2 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
salt to taste
pinch of hing
1/2 tsp turmeric powder

Method:

Take moong dal in cooker container . chop tomato into slices and add it to moong dal. pressure cook it for 2 whistles.

Heat oil in a pot and add mustard seeds to it. once they start spluttering add cumin seeds , slit green chilies and curry leaves fry for 2-3 min.Add hing and turmeric powder. Finally pour cooked moong dal and tomato to it. add water if required to get tovve consistency and bring it to boil.

Add coriander leaves, grated coconut and salt simmer for 3-4 mins. Turn off flame and serve hot with rice. Balaka mensinkayi, uddina sandige are great combination for hesaru bele tovve.