CHAPATHI / INDIAN FLAT BREAD

As we all know "Chapathi" is the most common dish in all homes . It is most healthy dish and everybody likes to eat daily . It is done using wheat flour .  It can be prepared for break fast or lunch or dinner , it suits for any time of the day . As all of us know chapathi very well there is nothing more to tell about it . so lets see how to prepare  chapathi ..... 

Ingredients :-

1. Wheat flour              2 cup
2. Salt                          1/2 tsp
3. Water                       1/2 - 1 cup
4. Curd / butter milk    1/2 cup (optional)
5. Oil
6. Rice flour

Method:-

In a mixing bowl add wheat flour and salt and mix well . If you are adding curd or butter milk (it gives very soft texture to chapati) then reduce the water quantity to 1/2 cup , other wise 1 cup is needed , you can add 1-2 tsp of oil while mixing but i don't as i add curd it gives softness then why to increase calorie  . Mix well and knead well to make dough .

Close the dough with a lid , let it set for 10-15 min.

Take small orange size dough and make round shape ball and press it , dust it with little rice flour and roll to make small round shape as shown below .

Now spread little oil say 1/4 tsp on it then spread rice flour / roasted gram powder .

  Fold it to half again repeat same spreading oil , rice flour/ roasted gram powder.

 Again fold it  to make triangle shape . Now start rolling from corners and roll on centre  to make round shape chapathi.

In between dust chapathi using rice flour so that u can easily roll it.

Heat the thava for 2- 3 min on high flame  then keep low , now spread few drops of oil on thava , place the chapathi on it  , & again spread few drops of oil on chapathi . keep medium flame .

flip and cook other side too. Once brown spots appear on chapathi it means its done .

Thats it  hot -hot chapathi is  ready to serve , serve it with any curry , chutney , sambar . Repeat  same procedure with remaining dough .

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MALLIGE IDLI / KUSHBOO IDLI

"Mallige Idli " sounds different na ? hmm i too felt same when heard first time , but they were too good when i tasted first time . In Bangalore we can get it in restaurants . These are very soft , spongy idli's. You can use the  remaining batter to make "dosa" and they come crispy with golden colour awesome dosa if u spread thin , if u spread thick you will get soft spongy set dosa but to prepare dosa add little more water so that you can spread easily. Once i prepare this batter i do all these for 2 days .

Hope you all try and enjoy this recipe  :) .

 

Ingredients:-

1. Raw rice                             4 cup
2. Sabudana                            1/2 cup
3. Urad dal                             1 cup
4. Poha thick type                  1 cup
5. Salt
6. Water to grind

Method:-

Wash  & Soak all the ingredients separately , soak rice n sabudana 4-5 hrs and poha & urad dal for 1- 1& 1/2 hrs. If you are using small type sabudana then 4-5 hrs is enough , for big sabudana type you need to soak previous night other wise morning soak in hot water evening you can grind it.

First grind only urad dal to very smooth texture by adding little by little water . Next  add sabudana , poha and raw rice all together and grind but now don't add water if needed add in very controlled way so grind till you get smooth batter .

Add salt and mix well , close the lid and keep it over night . batter should be medium thick not too thick nor too thin . Next day morning mix batter well and pour to greased idli plates and steam cook for  9-10  min on high flame . Turn off the flame & allow it to cool for 2 - 3 min , now remove the idli from moulds using knife or spoon .

So now hot -hot  soft , spongy mallige idli's are ready to serve , enjoy them with coconut chutney , sambar etc.

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TOMATO SAMBAR / TOMATO SAARU / SIDE DISH FOR RICE

Bored of same sambar / rassam for rice ? here is one more easy-weesy side dish to relish with rice , that is " Tomato sambar / saaru " . It can be prepared within 20- 25 min .

Ingredients :-

To grind

1. Tomato                                 4- 5 (take both types of tomato )
2. Coconut                                1/2 cup (grated / chopped)
3. Garlic cloves                        8-10
4. Jeera / cumin seeds               1 tsp full
5. Roasted gram                        2 tsp
6. Sambar powder                     1 tsp full
7. Jaggery                                  1  lemon size
8. Tamarind   juice                   1/2 t-cup
9. Red chilli powder                 2 tsp or more
10. Turmeric powder                  1/2 tsp   
11. Salt                                                                                              

To temper                        

1. Oil                                    2 tsp
2. Mustard seeds                  1/2 tsp
3. Cumin seeds / jeera         1/2 tsp
4. Curry leaves                     8- 10
5. Hing / asafoetida             1 pinch (very little)
6. Onion chopped                 1 (chop little big size)
7. Chopped coriander leaves  little

Method:-
Take a blender / mixer jar , cut washed tomato in to 4 slices then add to blender , add all other ingredients to the jar and grind to get smooth texture , add little water while grinding if necessary .

Keep a vessel on  stove to heat  , add oil after 1 min add mustard seeds, cumin seeds , hing , curry leaves & saute with a laddle    next add onion and fry for 2-3 min so that onion becomes translucent.

Now add grounded mixture , add little water mix well . Let it boil , keep stirring in between . It will be little thick only (not thin as rassam).  Once it starts to boil let it boil for 4- 5 min , then turn off the stove. Add coriander leaves and mix well .

Thats it  yummy tomato sambar is ready to serve with hot hot rice .

     
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Non Cooked Side Dish For Chapathi Or Roti / Mixed Raw Veggies Side Dish/ Menthe pachadi

As we all know, fresh vegetables are very good for health but how many of us have time and patience to eat raw vegetables ? So here i am sharing a easy side dish with you all so that at-least on weekends you make sure that you eat fresh raw veg's in a tasty and proper way . In kannada this dish is called as "Menthe pachadi" .
So here  is mixed raw veggies side dish .

Ingredients:-

1. Carrot  grated                                        1
2. Cucumber  grated                                  1 
3. Radish   grated                                      1
4. Green chilli chopped                             1-2 (optional because of kids)
5. Methi / Fenugreek leaves  chopped      1 bowl
6. Onion chopped                                      1
7. Tomato chopped                                    1
8. Grated coconut                                      1/4 - 1/2 cup
9. Coriander leaves chopped                    few
10. Table Salt according to your taste
11. Lemon                                                   few drops                  

Method:-
Clean the vegetables and keep ready as required(grated  and chopped) . Add all the ingredients , in a mixing bowl and mix properly .

Thats it a healthy , yummy side dish is ready to serve . Serve with hot roti / chapathi/ phulka .

 If u want you can also mix fresh curd with it and enjoy different taste . As it is having   Low calorie there is no limit to eat it , a good diet food to fill tummy . You can also add grated beetroot , fresh green peas and grated knolkol (navil kosu) too.

                           

Hope you like this dish .
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POHA IDLI / INSTANT IDLI / AVALAKKI IDLI

Here is one more verity of idli for idli lovers . Some times we feel bore to soak and grind the batter na ? so  how about making instant idli's using very less ingredients that too in very short time say you hardly need 30 min . In our home every body likes this idli's they are filling too . So come lets prepare poha idli.......

Ingredients:-

1. Poha (thin type)                                   1 cup
2. Rice rava(akki thari)/Idli  rava             1 & 1/2 cup
3. Curd                                                      1 cup
4. Salt little as required
5. Water  little as required  

Method:-

Rinse poha with water , remove water & add curd let it soak for 10 min .Now mash poha & curd with hand or spoon .

Wash rice rava and squeeze water away from hand add it to poha-curd mixture , add salt (1/4 tsp) mix with poha -curd mixture , add little amount of water (1/4 cup) so that batter will attain idly batter consistency , let it set for 10 min.

Mix well the batter , grease the idli moulds with 2 drops of oil , pour the batter cook on low medium flame for 12-15 min .

Thats it hot hot instant poha idli are ready to serve . Since these idli's will be bland as not fermented it needs spicy chutney and  strong sambar so that combination will be perfect. 

what are you waiting for just try and enjoy   :)  all the best .

Myanthya Hittu / Menthe Hittu / MethKoot

"Myanthya hittu" is basically from north Karnataka & Maharashtra dish . It is given to kids more as it is more nutritious powder . It tastes awesome with hot - hot rice and ghee and little table salt .

Ingredients:-

1. Dhaniya / coriander seeds              2-3 tsp
2. Fenugreek seeds / methi seeds          1 tsp
3. Toor dal / Tuvar dal                        1 cup
4. Chana dal                                        1 cup
5. Urad dal                                           1 cup
6. Moong dal                                     1/2 cup
7. Horse gram                                    2-3 tsp (optional)
8. Rice                                                 2  tsp
9. Wheat / broken wheat                     4-5 tsp
10. Pepper                                             1/4 tsp
11. Jeera                                                 2 tsp
12. Turmeric powder                             1 tsp
13. Curry leaves                                1/2 cup or more
14. Red chilly                                    2-4
15. Hing                                            1/4 tsp

Method:-
Dry roast each ingredient separately in a kadai/ pan till they are crisp and aromatic on low medium flame. don't burn ingredients.

Allow them to cool to room temperature .Mix nicely and make smooth powder by adding little salt in a mixer jar .

In a big vessel mix the powder properly & store in a airtight container . Menthe hittu is ready to eat .

It tastes good with hot rice and ghee .

METHI CHAPATHI / INDIAN FLAT BREAD WITH FENUGREEK LEAVES

As we all know Chapathi is the regular dish in India . We can prepare different dishes using wheat flour , here is a little change in regular chapathi  ,"Methi Chapathi" which gives nice taste and different feeling to our taste buds . For usual chapathi we need to fold 2 times and then roll later to make them soft but for  methi chapathi you need not fold , directly you can roll it but still they will be soft . Come lets have a look at Methi Chapathi .....

Ingredients:-

1. Wheat flour                                 2 cup
2. Methi / fenugreek leaves             1 bunch (medium)
3. salt                                               1/2 tsp
4. Oil                                                2 tsp
5. Turmeric powder                         1/2 tsp
6. Water
7. Rice flour / wheat flour for dusting
8. Oil to make chapathi

Method:-

Clean methi leaves and remove root part , wash 2 - 3 times drain the water and chop them.

In a mixing bowl take wheat flour spread salt and turmeric powder , add oil & chopped methi leaves mix well , now add little by little water and make dough by kneading . Dough should be smooth but not sticky.

(Dough pic will be uploaded later cud not take this time)

Take small orange size dough  dust it with rice flour / wheat flour , roll it with rolling pin on rolling board .

Heat the thava when it is hot spread 1/4 tsp of oil , place the methi chapathi on thava again spread 1/4 tsp of oil on chapathi , cook on medium flame till you get golden colour spots on chapathi .

Thats it hot hot methi chapathi is ready to serve. Serve it with any curry , Coconut chutney or any side dish will match with it .

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