RAAGI DOSA / FINGER MILLET DOSA

"Raagi dosa "  is a traditional or i can say village dish  , which is very healthy , strong and tasty food.

This is an instant dosa which can be prepared in very short time like within  30 min.

 This  is very good for normal as well as diabetic patients ,and who wants to reduce their weight.

Use raagi rotty / raagi dosa /raagi mudde / raagi thalipettu instead of rice definitely your weight will be reduced and you get good health also.

I have added a video which shows u how to make raagi dosa , so that u can do it easily.

INGREDIENTS:- 

1. Finger millet  flour (raagi atta)       1 cup
2. Chiroty rava / semolina                  1/2 - 3/4 cup
3. Rice flour                                       1/2 cup
4. Butter milk                                      1/2 cup
5. water                                               3 & 1/2 cup 
6. salt  (according to your taste)         1 tsp
7. Finely Chopped onion                    2
8. Finely chopped coriander leaves    1/2 cup
9. Finely chopped  green chilly          2-3
10. Oil        

NOTE:- use same cup for measuring  atta, rava  , and water. Rice flour is optional but it gives crispiness to dosa .

METHOD:-

Take a vessel  , add water first , to this now add raagi atta , rice flour, semolina and mix well.
Now add salt , chopped onion , chilly , coriander leaves and mix well.
Leave it for 15-20 min , (if u have time leave it for some more time).

Heat the thava , spread 3 drops of oil , next take the batter and spread   on   thava , to that immediately put 1/2 tsp of oil on spreaded batter.

Keep medium  flame, after 2-3 min  turn dosa to next side and bake it till you get golden colour.

Take a plate , serve dosa with coconut chutny   or any other chutny.

SERVE HOT

ALL THE BEST  :)
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Nutritional values of finger millet

Moisture	13.24 %
Protein	7.6 %
Carbohydrate	74.36 %
Fiber	1.52 %
Minerals	2.35 %
Fat	1.35 %
Energy	341.6 cal/100 g

TOMATO CURRY

Some times you  want to do a curry for roty , chapathy but no vegetables in home , so what you will do?
Hmm , it happens for everybody some time .  Don't worry i will tell you a simple recipe which helps you in such situations , & that recipe is yummy  " TOMATO CURRY" , which suits for roty, chapathy even for dosa also .Its very easy to prepare needs very less time also.
Come lets have a look of tomato curry ............

INGREDIENTS:-

1. Tomato chopped    4 (take apple tomato)
2. Onion chopped       1 (medium size)
3. Garlic        6 (cloves)
4. Red chilly powder 1/2 tsp
5. Rasam powder 1 tsp (MTR)
6. Jaggery      (small lemon size)
7. Salt            1 tsp
8. Oil             2 tsp
9. Curry leaves 6
10. Coriander leaves chopped
11. Cumin seeds   1/4 tsp
12. Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
13. water   1 tcup

Preparation time :10 min

Cooking time     : 10 min

Serves              :  2 persons

METHOD:-

• Take a pan or vessel add oil & heat little , add mustard & cumin seeds when they splutter , add curry leaves  and crushed garlic stir it , keep medium flame ,after 1 min add chopped onion  & fry till they become golden brown , next add chopped tomato's stir it ,let it bake for 3 min .
• Now add chilly powder , rasam powder , salt stir it , add water & jaggery close the vessel with a lid or plate, let it cook for 5 min .Now add chopped coriander  and stir nicely  after  2 min  turn off the stove.
• Take a serving bowl  fill the tomato curry, now hot hot tomato curry is ready to eat.

Serve hot 

ALL  THE  BEST  :)

NOTE: If you want more spicy add 1 tsp of red chilly powder instead of 1/2 tsp.

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KESARI BATH

Presenting a delicious desert "kesari bath" to all of you. this is a easy and quick desert which can be done in 15 to 20 min. this is a yummy sweet which is loved by all ,specially kids . kesari bath is a beautiful desert of Karnataka  ,it is also called as suji halwa  or shira .
This desert can be done for naivedyam  during  pooja specially for god Subramanyam and Satyanarayana swamy pooja. come let us see how to prepare a yummy kesari bath .........

INGREDIENTS:-

1. Chiroty rava/fine rava/semolina    1 tcup
2. Sugar                                          1 tcup
3. Milk                                            1&1/2 tcup
4. water                                          1 tcup
5. Cashew nut's pieces                    12(your wish)
6. Raisins                                        12(your wish)
7. Ghee                                           4 tsp
8. Cloves                                         3
9. Cardamom powder                      2 pinch

Preparation time :5 min

Cooking time    : 10 min

Serves             : 3 persons

METHOD:-

1. First keep ready all ingredients which is very use full to proceed further steps.
2. Take a vessel add water & milk keep it on low flame.
3. Take a kadai / vessel / pan , add ghee 2 tsp , keep low flame , add cloves & cashews fry till cashews turn light golden color , now remove both of  them  from ghee , turn off the stove now add raisins and stir for 2 min and remove them from ghee to a plate.
4. Turn on the stove , keep low flame , add rava to ghee vessel, fry in ghee till rava becomes hot (3 to 4 min , u touch n see rava ) now turn off the stove , remove the rava to a cup which help u for next step.
5. Check whether milk and  water mixture is boiling or not , if  not  keep high flame & bring it to boil .
6. Now keep the low flame , from one  hand u add slowly rava to boiling milk , simultaneously stir the milk with a table spoon from another hand (this is very imp step for smooth texture of kesary bath.) , this should be done till u add rava completely which will avoid formation of  lumps.
7. Now add sugar & turn off stove , quickly give a stir, again add cardamom powder , 2 tsp of ghee and  mix well . close the vessel with a plate for 3 min.
8. Now take a serving bowl add kesary bath , garnish with cashews and raisins.
9. Serve hot / warm choice is yours.

ALL THE BEST   : ) 

NOTE:-

This may not look colorfull because i have not added any food color  , its not healthy so , but taste is heavenly good you can feel it how smooth it comes.

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SABUDANA KHICHDI / SABUDANA UPMA / SABBAKKI UPPITTU

This is a weekend breakfast in my home always , because we want time to enjoy this. week days always busy , eating in hurry but some yummy food needs time to enjoy , so we have it araam-se (means without any tension.).we all like this dish very much, specially my son loves to eat it in break fast and for lunch also.

If i give for dinner also  he will eat same  :)  .Try this for your Sunday  special breakfast or evening snacks.

It can be done using oven or without oven i have mentioned both try which ever you want.

Ingredients:-

1. Sabudana                        1 cup
2. Roasted ground nut          1 and 1/2 cup
3. Potato peeled, chopped   1  
4. Onion  chopped               1
5. Green chilly chopped       2
6. Curry leaves                    8
7. Oil                                  1/2 table spoon
8. Salt                                 1 tspn
9. Lemon                            1/2
10. Turmeric powder            1 pinch    
11. Cumin seeds                   1/2 tspn
12. Sugar                              1 tspn     
13. Coriander leaves   to garnish           

Preparation time : 30 min

Cooking time      : 15 min

Serves                :  2 to 3

NOTE:-  

1.  If you want to prepare it for  breakfast then you need to soak sabudana previous night only.                         If you want to do it for snacks in evening then you soak it morning of that day.
2. I use LOTUS OR VARALAKSHMI NYLON SABUDANA (small one), its very good.              
3.  Chilly can be just split in to two , but i like to eat chopped chilly with sabudana so i chop.According to your spice level add 1 or 2  more chilly's. 

Method:-

Take a kadai  / pan  add oil heat little , now add cumin seeds , curry leaves stir it , now add chopped potato and fry for 2 min now add chopped onion give a stir after 2 min add turmeric powder and stir ,  let them bake  for 5-6 min in between give a stir , once you feel they are cooked add salt and lemon , 1/2 tspn of sugar and mix well .Turn off  the stove.

Mean while remove the roasted groundnuts skin (use a stone or any thing for your comfort  )

blend them in a blender roughly (don't make fine powder) .

OVEN METHOD:-  

Filter the water from sabudana and keep them in oven using oven bowl for 

                 30 sec, remove it from oven and give a stir , again keep it in oven for 30 sec ,                             repeat this procedure for 2 min 30 sec , so now sabudana are baked . 

Add groundnut powder to baked sabudana and mix well .

Add this mixture to kadai ,add chopped coriander leaves and mix well ,If salt and lemon is less you can add and mix well. now again keep it in oven for 30 sec or 60 sec  .

Serve hot hot  , while serving spread sugar on sabudana and give .

NORMAL METHOD:- 

Filter the water from sabudana and put them to kadai , keep low flame and mix   well  , let the sabudana bake with the mixture in kadai  6-8 min .Next add  groundnut powder and mix well for 2 - 3 min, add chopped coriander leaves and mix well .If salt and lemon is less you can add and mix well.  Serve hot hot  , while serving spread sugar on sabudana  and give.                           

ALL THE BEST    :)

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MENTHE RICE / FENUGREEK LEAVES RICE

Today  i  am  going  to  tell you about a spicy , easy and healthy breakfast  , you  can  cook  it  for  lunch  also.I  prefer  to  eat  rice  items  in  break  fast  only  so  that  we  can burn calorie through out the day which in turn  reduces  the storage of fat in body.Eatable Green leaves are always good for health , all should use it in daily food .Actually my mom cooks in different way but i do like this to save my time .so let us have a look , how "Menthe rice" is prepared..........

Ingredients:-

• Fenugreek leaves   2 bunches  (take fresh n use) 
• Onion's                  2  medium size
• Green Chilly           2  (according to your spice level increase)
• Jeera rice               3 t-cups(you can use basmathi rice or bullet rice or evan normal rice)
• Green peas            1 bowl  (if u don't have no problem skip it)
• Ginger and Garlic paste  2 t-spn
• Cinnamon              3 inch
• Cloves                   5 to 6
• Cardamom            4 to 5
• Salt                       2 t-spoon (i can say according to your taste)
• Mustard and cumin seeds 1/4 t-spn each
• Oil                        1 table spoon
• Curry leaves          8
• Turmeric powder   1 pinch
• Water                    6 cups (use same cup which is used to measure rice)  

Preparation time :30 min

Cooking time    : 20 min

Serves             :  4 persons

Method:-

• Clean the fenugreek leaves , wash and chop ,keep it in a plate .
• Make the slices of onion and chilly.
• Take  a cooker pan (i usually keep big one so that rice gets space , otherwise it will be mashed or sticky) ,  add oil and heat it , now add spices like cardamom , cloves , cinnamon  after 1 min add cumin seeds and mustard seeds  when they split add curry leaves , after few seconds add chilly and onion slices and  fry , keep it in low flame .
• Now take a small blender  and blend ginger and garlic together , add the paste to pan and fry.
• Now add fenugreek leaves and green peas,turmeric powder and  fry for 2 min , add salt , water  and   washed rice  and mix well close the cooker cap .keep medium flame.
• After 1 vishal turn off the stove . leave it for 10 min  , next open the cap and mix the rice well .
• Serve hot with ghee or curd choice is yours.
• ALL THE BEST :)

NOTE:-

• You can make powder of spices and put instead of putting directly , or even you can grind them with grated coconut and put ,for a different taste. 
• you can use fresh peas or soaked dry peas.
• The rice which you use according to that u add water ratio so that rice should not stick to each other.
• Since spoon size will be different from each kitchen , add salt according to your taste .
• If u clean and keep fenugreek leaves , and keep ready ginger garlic paste in fridge  ,previous day only then you can save 15 min for preparation.

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Below i have listed some of the benefits of fenugreek leaves and seeds , just for knowledge sake :-

 Reduce cholesterol

According to studies fenugreek helps to reduce cholesterol level, especially that of the low density lipoprotein (LDL).

Reduce cardiovascular risk

Fenugreek seed has cardiovascular benefits due to the presence of galactomannan. It lowers the risk of heart attack. It is also an excellent source of potassium which counters the action of sodium to help control heart rate and blood pressure.

Control diabetes

Fenugreek is beneficial for people with diabetes.  Galactomannan, a natural soluble fibre present in fenugreek slows down the rate of sugar absorption into blood. Fenugreek also contains amino acid responsible for inducing the production of insulin.

Aid digestion

Fenugreek helps flush out harmful toxins. It relieves indigestion and helps treat constipation.

Cure acid reflux or heartburn

One teaspoon of fenugreek seeds in your food can be an effective remedy for acid reflux or heartburn. Mucilage of fenugreek seeds coat the lining of the stomach and intestine and sooth irritated gastrointestinal tissues. Before consuming, you can soak the methi seeds in water to make their outer coat mucilaginous.

Remedy for fever and sore throat

Fenugreek when taken with a teaspoon of lemon and honey can work wonders to reduce fever by nourishing the body. The soothing effect of mucilage in fenugreek also helps to relieve cough and pain from sore throat.

Prevent colon cancer

The fibre content (saponins, mucilage, etc.) of fenugreek binds to toxins in the food and flush them out. This in turn helps to protect the mucus membrane of the colon from cancers.

Lose weight by suppressing appetite

Include fenugreek in your weight loss diet by chewing soaked methi seeds in the morning on an empty stomach. The natural soluble fibre in the fenugreek can swell and fill the stomach thereby suppressing your appetite.

Cure for skin inflammation and scars

Apply a clean cloth soaked in methi seed paste for effective treatment of skin problems like burns, boils, eczema, etc. Fenugreek seeds also help in getting rid of scars.

Beauty product

Fenugreek can be an excellent ingredient for your home-made beauty product. Fenugreek can be used in face packs to help prevent blackheads, pimples, wrinkles, etc. Washing your face with water boiled with fenugreek seeds or applying a paste of fresh fenugreek leaves for twenty minutes on your face can work wonders for your skin.

Solution to hair problems

Using fenugreek as a part of your diet or as a paste to directly apply on your hair makes your hair shiny and black. Massaging your head everyday with boiled fenugreek seeds soaked overnight in coconut oil can be an excellent remedy for thinning of hair and hair fall. What more? Fenugreek is also great to keep the dandruff away.

TOMATO SOUP

Tomato soup is a yummy starter and i hope this is all time favorite for all .Me &  my son likes this very much so i prepared this yesterday .This is an easy soup to prepare  but  needs  time  that's  it .  so  let  us  see   the making  of yummy tomato soup.........

Ingredients:-

1. Apple tomato's  4  (red and ripen)
2. Onion                1 (medium size)
3. Carrot               1 (medium size) 
4. Garlic cloves     4 or 5
5. Peppercorn's     5
6. Pepper powder 1/2 t-spoon (crushed pepper)
7. Bay leaf             1 (tej patta)
8. Oil & butter      1 t-spoon each
9. Sugar                4 t-spoon
10. Salt                   1 & 1/2 t-spoon
11. cornflour           2 t-spoon (its k if u don't have)
12. Brown bread     3 slices (wheat bread)
13. Cream             2 or 3 t-spoon
14. Water 

Preparation time: 15 min

Cooking  time   :  30 min

Serves             :   5 persons

Method:-

Take a cooker put oil and butter heat it for 10 sec now add onion slices and fry , after 5 sec add slices of carrot and garlic cloves ,stir it . now add pepper corns bay leaf and fry for 2 min ,next add slices of tomato(u can cut big size only like 4 pieces in each half tomato) fry for 3 min , now add 1 glass of water , 1 spoon of salt mix well and close the cooker , when 1 vishal is over turn off the stove.Let it be cool for ten min.

Heat  a pan add 1/2 spoon of  ghee/butter/ oil  put bread slices on pan and roast till they become brown , take them out , after 5 min cut them in to small pieces to make bread crouton's, keep aside.

                                      

Open the cooker separate the liquid content by filtering it to a vessel .remove the bay leaf and peppercorns.

Take blender pour the baked tomato & all with it , if  you have time wait till it cools completely otherwise just wait for 5 min then add normal water to blender and blend it very nicely to make tomato puree.If your blender is medium size then do it twice because it cant hold much content at a time .And make sure that no veg is found in puree.

Now take vessel add tomato puree and that    filtered  liquid  and  keep for boiling , now  add  sugar ,
1/2 t-spoon of salt , pepper powder , if it is very thick then add some more normal water . boil it on low flame for 10 min.

You can see the tomato  soup with nice aroma and  great color.

If  you feel soup is thin , then add cornflour paste(mix cornflour with little water and make paste) while soup is boiling otherwise not necessary .

Take a serving bowl add tomato soup to it spread fresh cream on it and mix well now add bread croutons on it ,serve hot hot.

ALL THE BEST  :)
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TOMATO CHUTNY

Bored of coconut chutney ?  don't worry i will teach you a yummy  tomato chutney which can be used with dosa , chapathy , akki rotty and evan can have with bread , it tastes very good and  you can prepare it within short time. here comes tomato chutney..................

Ingredients:-

1. Tomato's                                            4 (u can take 2 apple tomato and 2 nati tomato)
2. Onion                                               1 big
3. Red chilly                                         4
4. Garlic cloves                                    4
5. Jaggery                                             2 tsp
6. Chopped coriander leaves
7. Salt                                                 1/2 tsp
8. Mustard seeds and cumin seeds      1/4 tsp
9. Oil                                                   2 tsp
10. Water

Preparation time :10 min

Cooking time     : 5 to 6 min

Serves              :  4 persons

Method:-

1. Take  a  mixer jar add slices of tomato and onion (u can cut them in big size only), red chilly ,garlic cloves and very  little water (1/4 t cup) and grind them to fine thickness.
2. Now take a vessel add oil , heat it and add mustard and cumin seeds let  them crack now add the  content of mixer jar and stir now add salt and coriander leaves , jaggery and let it boil .
3. close the vessel for 2 min and keep low flame , frequently stir it let it boil till it becomes  like gravy , now you turn off the stove. it will be good in both hot and cool  state.
4. serve hot tomato chutney with dosa or chapathy or evan with rice also.

ALL THE BEST  :)
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AVREKAL UPPITTU / VAL BEANS UPMA

A delicious and healthy breakfast  for all who loves to eat val beans that is avrekalu. Actually upma is a healthy food , because the sooji (rava) which we use to make upma  will be processed many times . so let us see now hot hot avrekal upma ........

Ingredients:-

1. Upma sooji 2 cups (a small t-cup)
2. Avrekalu /val beans 1 bowl
3. Chopped onion 1
4. Chopped chilly 2
5. Grated coconut 1 cup
6. chopped coriander leaves
7. Oil 1 table spoon
8. Curry leaves 6 , turmeric powder
9. Mustard seeds and cumin seeds 1/2 tspn each
10. water , salt and half lemon

Preparation time :15 min
Cooking time     : 15 min
Serves               : 3  persons

Method:-

Take a cooker add 2 cups of water and val beans in that and cook for 1 vishal.

Take a pan or kadai which is convenient to you to cook upma , add oil and make it hot for 1 min , now add mustard and cumin seeds when they splutter   add  curry leaves after 1 min add chilly and  onion and  fry  till  they  become golden colour, add pinch of turmeric powder, and 1 tsp of salt  now add baked val beans after  filtering from water , and fry with  onion  for 2  min  now  add  6 cup of water (the same cup which is used to measure upma sooji , it will be in 1:3 ratio ) let the water boil , keep the medium flame .

          Now take a pan and add sooji and roast them till they become little golden color. when water is boiling keep the low flame and slowly add sooji and stir it  simultaneously. let it be on flame for 3 more min , now add  lemon and  coriander leaves and mix well turn off   the stove.serve to plate and garnish with grated coconut , serve hot.

Note: If salt and lemon is less u can add  and mix. for bangalore upma sooji , for 1 cup  sooji 3 cups of water is required but if u take little bit big sooji then ratio will be 1 : 4 .

                                                               

ALL THE BEST  :)
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