POTATO POHA ( POTAOTO AWALAKKI )

Potato Poha is good to have for breakfast or as evening snack.

Things Needed :

Thick Poha: 1 cup

Potato : 2 ( Medium sized)

Green chilly : 2

Coriander leaves : 3 to 4 sticks

Curry leaves : 5 to 6

Salt : to taste

water : 1/4 cup

Oil : 2 table spoons

Mustard seeds : 1/2 Tea spoon

Urd Daal : 1/2 Tea spoon

Channa Daal : 1/2 Tea spoon ( optional )

Lemon : 1/2 Portion or Tamarind pulp : 1 Tea spoon

Coconut : 2 to 3 Table spoons.( fresh grated )

Turmeric powder : A pinch

Method :

Wash Poha nicely and remove all the water . Take a bowl and place Poha and add 1/4 cup of fresh water. ( add tamarind pulp) and keep it aside.

Cut Potatoes and green chillies in to small pieces. Cut coriander leaves . Keep it aside.

Now keep a pan on the fire and put oil and heat. Add mustard seeds, urd daal and channa daal.

let mustard seeds sprut. Add curry leaves and green chillies . Add cut potatoes and fry in that oil. Let it become soft . Add Poha which is soaked with water. Add salt and mix well . Add turmeric powder and fresh coconut and cut coriander leaves . Mix well and serve hot Potato Poha with cup of curd.

Note : Must use thicker poha to prepare this dish.

Adding channa daal and fresh coconut is optional..Can add onions.( Before adding potatoes. Potato can be chopped in bigger size and boiled before adding since boiled potatoes will not consume time to cook later on ).

Serves : 2

Rice pudding .( Gudaanna ; Sweet Rice).

Rice Pudding is a sweet item and you can eat along with your lunch or dinner. This particular Rice Pudding is normally done to serve as prasaadam during Navaraatri Festival .

Things Needed....

Rice : 1 cup

jaggery : 1/2 cup

Coconut : 2 Table Spoon

Ghee : 2 to 3 Table Spoon

Salt : a pinch

Milk : 1/2 cup

Dry fruits : 2 Table spoon ( Cashew nuts , dry grapes( raisasns ) , almonds and dry dates. ( cut in to small pieces )

Cardamum : ( yalakki ) : 4 to 6 seeds .( Remove the skin and powder the seeds ).

Method:

Wash rice nicely and cook adding 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of milk together. Keep it aside.

Now take a pan and heat 1/2 a spoon of ghee. Roast dry fruits till golden brown and remove from the pan. Add jaggery to the pan and put little water . Let the jaggery melt ...Add cooked

rice and mix it thoroughly. Let it boil together for 2 minutes. Add remained ghee and coconut and stir well. Put off the gas. Add cardamum and mix thoroughly..and pour it to the bowl.

Rice pudding is ready to serve..Serve it with little ghee on the top.

Note: Cook the rice pudding on low fire. After mixing the jaggery not to cook for a long time

since it becomes to thick and hard. Adding more ghee gives better taste.

Serves 4 to 6

Green Chiily Pooris

Green Chilly Pooris can be eaten for breakfast or as snack with Tea.
Ingredients :
Wheat flour : 1 cup
Green chillies : 2
Ginger : A small piece
Jeera : 1/2 Tea spoon
Coriander leaves : 2 sticks.
Salt : to taste
Oil : 1 cup
Water : 1/4 cup
Method :
Mix wheat flour , salt and one spoon of oil thoroughly. Grind green chillies , ginger , jeera and coriander leaves with required water. Remove from the jar and mix this with wheat flour. Prepare the chapati dough and keep aside.
Now keep a frying pan and put oil and heat . Take the prepared dough and make small balls and roll and flatten them . Fry pooris one by one in hot oil and serve hot poories with curd or ketchup.
Note : Add only required water and prepare thick dough. If its becomes too soft it may absorb more oil. Can use plain flour instead of wheat flour..it taste better but not healthy. Can add Spinach or Palak leaves with green chillies while grinding. ( wash the leaves and dry it before using )
Serves :2

Simple Cucumber Saasive.(Mustard ) Pachadi.

Saasive Pachidi is good to eat with Plain Rice and also with Chapat
Ingredients :
Cucumber : 1( Medium size )
Mustard Seeds 1 tea spoon
Red chilly : 2
Fresh Coconut : 2 Table spoons
Salt :to taste
oil :1/2 tea spoon
Urd Daal : 1/2 tea spoon
Ingh : a pinch
Curry leaves : 4 to 6
Yougart : 2 Table Spoon

Method :
Grate cucumber and keep it aside. Grind 1/2 table spoon mustard seeds, red chillies and coconut together as paste and put it in a bowl. Add grated cucumber and salt to it. Add yogurt . Keep a small pan on the fire . Heat oil and add remaining mustard seeds and urd daal . Let it sprut. Add curry leaves and ingh to it and add this to cucumber yogurt mix thoroughly and serve with rice.
Note : Try to grate the cucumber at last to keep freshness. Add to yogurt mixture just before serving. Can use green chillies instead of red chillies. Can add onions also to the mixture.
2 servings.