Haraka /Araka /Kodo Millet Methi Dosa

Harka/Arka /Kodo Millet is one of the millet family grain. I have tried varieties of recipes with almost all the millet grains. I have tried my favourite Menthy / Fenugrik dosa and it was fluffy, soft and yummy.

Millets have gain the stand once again and we all know the importance of these millets in our diets. It is said that even in Ancient period people used to grow and use millets and they were the source of food.
I have been using the millet since I got to know they are energetic, gluten free, fiber rich and slow in digestion. Not only these points there are so many reasons why you should use millet  in your daily diet. They help us to reduce the weight, they control our blood pressure and diabetic condition can be improved. They help in reducing the cholesterol level in our body. They help in reducing the obesity and rich in antioxidants.
Methi/Mentya/fenugrik seeds are rich in fibers, helps to control the sugar level in our body and good cholesterol maintainer.
Let us see the recipe now :
Remember : The batter should be fermented well to get soft and fluffy dosa.

 Ingredients :

Harka/Araka /Kodo Millet : 4 Cups
Methi Seeds : 1/3 Cup.
Urid dal : 1 Handful
Salt : As required

Method :

1. Clean and wash Harka and soak in water for 3 to 4 hours.
2. Wash and soak methi seeds/fenugrik seeds separately.

3. Grind it with required water and remove it from mixi jar.

4. Add salt and mix it well. Leave it for fermenting. (Overnight).Or 6 to 8 hours.

Remember the batter has to be fermented well just before preparing dosa.
5. Next morning Mix the batter nicely.

6. Keep the tava on a fire. Heat and clean it nicely. Sprinkle some oil on the tava and clean it again.
7. Add a ladle of batter and spread very little. Dosa has to be fluffy.

8. Sprinkle some oil and cook till it is done. Turn the other side and cook and remove it from the pan.

9. Dosa is ready to serve.
10 Serve with your choice of side dish.Jaggery goes well with Methi Dosa and is good for health.

Note : 

Add required water while grinding. The batter should be like dosa batter consistency. Remember the batter has to be fermented well to get good fluffy dosa.
Do not add any rice while grinding.
Time : Soaking time 3 Hours + Grinding time + 10 minutes ( Mixi ) + Fermentation 6 to 8 hours and preparing dosa : 30 Minutes.
Serves : 6 to 8 People.

Kabooli Channa - Mango Rice

Kabooli Channa - Mango Rice is a simple Rice dish. It is just like a variety of Rice dish and good to have it for lunch/dinner.

It was a lunch party for our family. A sort of get together. I prepared this Kabooli - Mango Rice and other traditional dishes like Potato curd curry, Sambar, Rasam and other dishes. It was typical South Canara dishes and we did enjoy eating together.
Kabooli Channa - Mango Tokku can be prepared for lunch, dinner, party time, one dish, kitty party time.

Let us see the recipe Now :
All you need is to soak kabooli channa over night and next morning, use pressure cooker to cook Channa. Let it be soft. It takes 8 to 10 minutes to cook nicely. Once it is cooled we can use them.
As I said it is simple Rice dish and you can prepare it quickly, if you have already cooked channa dal and plain rice.
NO ONION OR NO GARLIC RECIPE....
Ingredients :

Cooked Raw Rice : 2  Cups
Boiled Kabooli Channa : 1 Cup
Mango Tokku / Lemon Extract / One lemon : : 1 Tablespoon
Oil : 2 to 3 Tablespoons
Ghee : 2 Tablespoons
Green chilly : 2
Grated Ginger : 1 Tablespoon
Fresh grated coconut : 1 Cup
Salt : As Required

Method : 

1. Take a big pan and keep it on the fire. Add oil.
2. Add mustard seeds, urid dal and let mustard seeds splutter.
3. Add slit green chilly, mango tokku fry for a minute.

4. Add curry leaves and cooked channa. Mix it nicely and stir for a minute.

5. Add cooked rice, required salt and mix it well and cook on low flame. Add  a tablespoon of ghee.

6. Add grated coconut and mix it. Shift it to a serving dish.

7. Serve with a cup of curd or as you wish.

8. I prepared this Kabooli Channa - Mango Rice for our family get together lunch.

Note :

You can add fried cashews or ground nuts while mixing. Adding ghee and coconut adds to the taste.You can also use powdered tamarind or lemon extract instead of Mango tokku. Add lemon extract, just before adding coconut
Time : 20 Minutes. 

Serves : 3 to 4 

Cucumber Sasive Chapati

Cucumber Sasive Chapati is done with using the left over of Cucumber Sasive which is prepared for lunch. The remaining Sasive is used for preparing chapati. It is yummy and soft. You will really enjoy having mild spice Cucumber Sasive Chapati.

I have used little Cucumber Sasive, jeera, salt and wheat flour for Cucumber Sasive Chapati or You call it as Parata.
We had this Cucumber Sasive for lunch. And then the remaining Sasive is kept it in the fridge. I did make use of it while mixing the chapati dough and added some garam masala and jeera powder to it.
Let us see the recipe now :

Ingredients :

Cucumber Sasive : 2 to 3 Tablespoons. (The left over portion).
Wheat flour : 2 Cups
Jeera powder : 1/2 Tsp
Garam Masala Powder  : 1/2 Tsp
Salt : As required
Ghee : 1 Teaspoon
Cooking Oil : 2 to 3 Tbs

Method :

1. Take a big bowl and add Southekai sasive, wheat flour, salt, garam masala, and jeera powder.

2. Add a spoon of ghee and mix all the ingredients well.
3. Add required water and prepare chapati dough.
4. Kneed the dough well and and divide them in to small portions.

5. Take a small portion and dip in dry wheat flour and roll them as chapatis.
6. Sprinkle some oil/ghee on the top and fold it again.
7. Dip the done and roll in dry flour.
8. Now roll as chapati again and put it on hot tava and cook.

9. Add oil on both sides while cooking and remove the partata when it is done.

10. Repeat the same and prepare all the parata /chapati and serve.

11. Serve hot chapati / parata with a cup of curd and the curry you have prepared.

12. You can have them with curd and pickle also.

Note :

Strictly do not add spoiled Cucumber Sasive. You might get sick or have some problems of stomach upset. Use fresh and good Sasive.
Adding any spice is your choice. Adding oil instead of ghee is optional. Use of more spice and oil is optional.
Cook parats on medium and low flame. You can take these paratas for travelling. It is tasty and healthy too.
It is good for people who are dieting. Use of less oil while preparing is a must.
Time : 30 Minutes.
Serves : 2 to 3 .

Ragi - Rice flour Pulka / Chapati

ರಾಗಿ ತಿಂದವ ನಿರೋಗಿ 

The one who eats Ragi /Finger Millet stays healthy and hale. ( Strong and healthy).

Pulka is a type of Indian bread normally done in wheat flour. It is oil free. Basically cooked on charcole. These days they do cook on gas stove burner. It turns fluffy and soft and good to eat.

I have used Finger Millet /Ragi flour and very little quantity of rice flour. It is soft and fluffy and yummy to have with out any guilt. 

Let us see the recipe Now :

Ingredients :

Ragi flour /Finger Millet flour : 2 Cups

Rice flour : 1/2 Cup

Hot boiling water : 1/2 Cup 

Salt : To taste.

Method :

1. Put ragi flour, rice flour in a big bowl. Add salt and hot boiling water.

2. Leave it for 2 to 3 minutes. Mix it nicely.

3. Add required normal water and prepare Pulka dough. Kneed the dough well.

4. Divide the dough into small portions.
5. Keep a bowl of rice flour aside.

5. Take a small portion and turn them as small round shape.

6. Dip them in dry rice flour and roll chapati.

7. Slowly take out this chapati and put it on hot tava and cook for a minute.

8. Turn the other side and cook for 10 seconds and put it on a gas burner.

9. Let the flame be on medium flame.

10. Cook on both side and remove it from the flame. ( It fluffs up slowly on both sides).

11. Hot Ragi - Rice flour Pulka is ready to serve.

12. Repeat the same and prepare all the Pulkas.

13. Adding ghee on the top of hot Pulka is optional.

14. We had it with Channa and Carrot bhaji which was prepared in the morning for pav -bhaaji.

Note 

Do not add more boiling water. You may not be able to prepare the dough properly. It takes more flour and the pulka turns hard. You can add some oil/ghee after preparing the dough. It eases to roll the chapati easily. You can also use dry ragi flour to dip the smaller portion to roll as pulka.
Do not add more rice flour. Adding very little rice flour helps to bind the dough niely.
Time : 30 Minutes

Serves : 2 to 3 .

Mooli - Aloo Parota

Mooli/Radish and Potatoes are good combination for making parata/parota. The Parata is taste yummy and is filled with nutritious and potatoes provide energy. Kids will definitely love to have this  soft Mooli - Aloo Parota for any time of the day.

Let us see some benefits of having Jeera /Cumin Seeds in our diet.

Jeera /Cumin Seeds promotes digestion. Cumin seeds are rich in iron. It is filled with antioxidant properties and they help to protect from free radicals. Jeera is good for controlling diabetes. Cumin seeds help to improve blood cholesterol.  They fight against inflammation. It boost immunity to our body. Takes good care of skin and hair. It prevents anemia and good for bone health.It helps in relaxing and good sleep. It has the qualities of antifungal, antimicrobial properties and it helps  in natural way of healing. It is good for improving our memory.
It is very easy, quick, simple and healthy. You can have them with pickle /Chutney powder/curd Coriander leaves chutney. Choice is yours.
You can pack this Mooli - Aloo Parota to kids snack or lunch box. You can also take it for travelling.
It is good for breakfast and also for dinner or brunch.
Remember 
Eating spices will certainly damage your liver .Eating less spice helps you to stay healthy. 

NO Onion or NO Garlic is used here in this Mooli - Aloo Parota.
Let us see the recipe now :

Things Needed :

Radish : 2 Medium sized
Aloo/ Potato : 2 to 3 /Small ones
Jeera Powder/Cumin Seeds Powder : 1 Teaspoon
Red chilly Powder : 1 Teaspoon
Coriander leaves : 1 Handful /3 to 4 Tablespoons
Salt : As required
Oil : 3 to 4 Tablespoons
Wheat flour : 3 Cups

Method :

1. Wash and boil potatoes in pressure cooker  and remove its outer layer after it cools.
2. Wash and scrape out the skin of mooli / radish and grate it and keep it aside.

3. Now take a big bowl, add grated mooli, boiled potatoes and mix it well. Smash potatoes nicely.

4. Add wheat flour, salt, chilly powder and cumin powder/jeera powder. Mix all the ingredients and prepare parota dough. Use of water only if requires.

5. Add a tablespoon of oil and kneed the dough well. Let it rest for 5 minutes.
6. Divide the dough in small portions and make as ball.
7. Keep little dry wheat flour in a small bowl.

8. Take a small portion of the dough and dip in dry wheat flour and roll it with a chapati roller.
9. Keep a pan on the fire and heat.

10. Put rolled parota on the hot pan. Sprinkle little oil on the top.
11. Cook for a minute and turn the other side and cook.

12. Parota is ready to serve.
13. Repeat the same and prepare remained parotas.

14. Serve with your choice of side dish. We had it with curd, chutney powder and pickle.

Note :

Use of water should only if required. Radish and boiled potatoes do contain water. So first mix the flour nicely with grated radish and boiled and smashed potatoes. You can prepare parotas as soon as you prepare the dough. Adding ghee instead of oil is optional. I have added oil. Adding more chilly powder is optional. Adding more spice is not good for health. Use of more oil to prepare parotas is optional.
Time : Preparation 15 minutes.
Preparing parota 15 minutes : Total time 30 minutes.
Serves : 3 to 4.