Vegetarian Spring Roll

Ingredients

• Spring roll wrappers
• Carrots cut like match sticks................1/4 cup
• Cooked Rice noodles.........................1/4 cup
• Red pepper cut like match sticks  .......1tbsp
• Lettuce................................                1leaf
• Pepper and salt to taste
• Olive oil to sprinkle

Spring Roll

Method

• Submerge the spring roll in medium hot water until pliable about 10 seconds.
• Place the lettuce leaf . noodles and keep all the other vegetables on it. 
• Add salt and pepper. sprinkle little olive oil.Fold first and then fold the sides and roll. It  sticks at the end. 
• This dish can be taken for lunch. It is very healthy and tasty. I tried with other dry vegetables and it came out well. Try it. Enjoy. 
• This is very simple dish  to do.
• Tips You can use rice noodles, tofu,cabbage, bean sprouts scallion , coriander leaves, avocado mush room and any dry curries.

Ulunthu Kozhakattai

Ulunthu  Kozhakattai

Ulunthu Kozhakattai

Ingredients

• Urad dhal…………….. 1 cup
• Green chilis…………....3
• Grated coconut………. half cup
• Ginger………………. .1 piece
• Curry leaves………….. few
• Mustard seeds……….. 1tsp
• Rice flour………… .....1 cup
• Water………………...1/2 cup
• Oil ………………….. 1 tsp
• Salt ………………….1 tsp
• Asafoetida……………half tsp

Ulundhu Kozhakattai

  Method

• Soak the dhal for an hour and grind coarsely with chili and salt.
• Steam this mixture for 10 minutes. 
• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds curry leaves,chopped ginger asafoetida and when mustard crackle add the steamed mixture and stir well..
• Add coconut and make small balls and keep
• Boil the water in a pan and add oil, salt and rice flour,maida.
• Stir well with out forming lumps. When it becomes thick dough,cover and keep. 
• Knead the dough with little oil till it becomes smooth.
• Make cups and place this dhal pournam and cover them.
• Steam all the kozhakattais for 10 minutes.

Onion Pakoda

Onion Pakoda

Onion Pakoda (venkaya pokoda) is famous Indian snack .Eat pakodas and drink coffee/tea.

Ingredients

• Besan(Chickpeas Flour………. 4cups
• Rice Powder…………………..2 tsp
• Chili Powder …………………3tsp
• Asafoetida……………………1/2 tsp
• Onion(cut into strips)………….4
• Ajwain……………………….1/2
• Coriander Leaves.................... few
• Salt to Taste

Method 

• Mix besan, rice flour, chili powder, salt, hing and coriander leaves in a bowl and add cut onions. 
• Make a thick paste by adding very little water
• Heat a pan with oil and drop gently a small lump of mixture with your fingers.,.
• Deep fry till it becomes golden color.Drain on a paper towel. 
• Serve with chutney or tomato ketchup .