Zucchini Pasta

Ingredients

3 organic zucchini peel them chop the ends

Use peeler make noodles  with zucchini (you can use spiralizer)

To make sauce

Tomato sauce........1 cup

Onion chopped......2tbsp

Lemon juice............2tbsp

Olive oil................2tbsp

Garlic.....................2

Sun dried tomato..1/2 cup

Salt and black pepper\\

Herbs to taste(basil,oregano rosemary)

Puree all together in a blender

Place the noodles and sauce separately. Serve the noodles and sauce on the top.

(Baking simple) Homemade Bread

Bread
I baked bread for the first time and it came out very well. You can also give a try. I used Indian atta , we use for making chapathi
Baking a bread

Ingredients
Atta…………..2 cups
Yeast………….1packet
Sugar………….4tsp
Salt…………….1tsp
Warm water…….¾ cup
Milk…………….½ cup
Oil………………1tsp
 Method
Mix warm water and yeast into a bowl stir until yeast is dissolved. Add  milk, sugar salt  atta and oil.  Mix well and make dough.. If needed add more flour. Knead the dough using floor  until the dough is soft and smooth. Cover the dough and keep in a warm place for 60 minutes to rise. Take it out after an hour punch it and  knead a little. Place the dough in a  greased baking pan and keep it for an hour more. Remove and cutting three slashes on the dough. Preheat the oven at 400 degree and bake the dough for 30 minutes. Take it out , let it cool.

Sabudana Kichadi( Tapioca Kichadi)

Sabudana Kichadi( Tapioca Kichadi)

We call jawarisi for sabudana, This dish is north Indian recipe. They prepare on fasting days(Vrutham like sankatahara Chaturthi), Very easy to prepare and very tasty too.

Ingredients

• Sabudana....................1 cup
• Roasted peanuts..........1/4 cup
• Salt to taste
• Lemon juice................1tsp
• Cumin seeds................1 tsp
• Curry leaves.............. few
• Green Chili.................1
• Coriander leaves.........1tsp
• Cumin seeds.................1tsp
• Boiled potato................1

Sabudana Kichadi

Method

• Wash and soak the sabudana in water just up to the sabudana level. 
• Remove the excess water. After one hour heat a pan with oil ,add cumin seeds, chopped chili and curry leaves. 
• When cumin seeds turn into brown add the sabudana, salt, potato and saute it well.
• Grind the peanuts into coarsely, add to the sabudana, 
• When the sabudana is cooked sprinkle the lime juice and decorate with coriander leaves.

Black Eyed Pea Patties

Black Eyed Peas Patties

Ingredients

Cooked black eyed peas....................1cup

Chopped onion.................................1/4 cup

Green chili(chopped)......................1.tsp

Scallion. (chopped).............................2tbsp.

Salt to taste

Red chili powder............................1/2tsp

Coriander powder..........................1/4 tsp

Maida...............................................4tbsp

Method

Mix above all ingredients and mash nicely with spoon or fork.Mix all together make patties. Add little water to the maida and make a batter.
Dip the patties on the batter and put them on the hot oiled pan and cook both sides till they become brown.(Use these as burgers for sandwich)

Oats Upma

Oats Upma

Ingredients

• Oats………………………..1cup
• Green chilli……………………..1
• Mustard seeds………………1/2 tsp
• Urad dhal…………………………1tsp
• Ground nuts………………2tbsp
• Curry leaves…………………….few
• Salt to taste

Method

• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, dhal green chilli and curry leaves. 
• When the mustard seeds splutter, add ground nuts,salt and oats .
• Fry for 1 minute. Add ½ cup boiled water, salt. Mix it well. It is very healthy and tasty one.

Kara Boondhi

Kara Boondhi

Ingredients

• Besan (chickpeas flour.)...........2cups
• Rice flour...................................2tbsp
• Cashew nut...............................20
• Curry leaves..............................few
• Chili powder.........................1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida powder..................a pinch
• Salt to taste

Method

• Mix besan , rice flour, salt, chilli powder, with water and make a bhajia like batter.
• It should not thick or watery.Heat a pan with oil . 
• When the oil is hot take boondhi thattu put a big spoon of batter. 
• Boondhies fall , mix with a kannappai.
• When they are crispy remove them.
• Heat another tawa with little oil add cashew nuts, curry leaves,
• When cashews turn red, add to the mixture. 
• Add 1tsp chilli powder and asafoetida powder if needed add salt too.
•  This is kara boondhi.

(Murungikai Ealai Dosa) Drumstick Leaves dosas

Drumstick leaves

Murungi elai ( Drumstick Leaves Dosa)

Batter

This dosa is very tasty and eat hot dosas. We use only rice and coconut for this dosa.
Ingredients

Boiled Rice                     1cup
Raw Rice                       I cup
Grated Coconut            1/2cup
Drumstick Leaves          1 cup
Salt to taste

Coconut Dosa with drumstick leaves

Method

Soak both rice for 5 hours and grind with salt and coconut.
Take little batter and add half cup water and boil it.
When it becomes thick add to the batter and mix well. It should be like dosa batter. Heat a tawa add little oil and spread. 
Make dosa and put oil on its sides.
When it is cooked turn the other side..
Cook on medium heat. Cook both sides till it becomes crispy. 
Make dosas with out adding drumstick leaves. 
It is called thenga dosa (coconut dosa)