Neer Dosa

Neer dosa

I tasted this dosa from my friend Kotekar's house who is from Mangalore.I learn t from her and made it at home many times. It is very tasty and healthy with less oil.

Ingredients

Neer Dosas

• Raw rice..................2cups
• Grated coconut........1/2 cup
• Water ...................... 3cups
• Salt to taste.

Method

• Wash and soak the raw rice for about 3 hours and grind with coconut into a nice paste. 
• Add salt and make it watery. 
• Heat anon stick griddle apply oil and pour the batter and spread around the griddle to make it thin.
• Cook it in low flame. When it is cooked fold the dosa and serve hot with coconut chutney.

Special Bonda

I tried  this bonda and it is very good.

Ingredients

• Raw rice.........................1cup
• Urad dhal.........................1cup
• Onion...............................1
• Curry leaves.....................few
• Grated coconut................1cup
• Green Chili......................4
• Mustard seeds................1tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Soak the rice and  dhal for about 4 hours and grind into fine paste with salt. 
• Heat a pan with oil add  mustard,chopped onion,, green chilies, and curry leaves..
• Fry for 5 minutes add the coconut and fry again. 
• Then add to the ground mixture.
• Heat oil in pan when it is hot make small balls and drop in the oil. 
• Fry them till they become golden.

Sada Dosa

Ingredients

• Rice........................2cups
• Urad Dhal...............1/2 cup
• Salt to taste
  

Method

• Wash and soak the rice and  dhal for 5 hours separately. 
• Mix both well and keep overnight  to ferment.
• Next day take the bowl and mix the dough well. It should be thick and foamy.

Dosa with mulakai podi

• Heat a dosa griddle, oil  the surface lightly and  take 1/2 cup of dough pour and spread beginning at the center in circular motion until the batter is spread out  thinly.
• Put oil around the dosa .
• Turn the other side to cook.
• Remove and serve with mulakai podi with oil. and eat.

Uppu Cheedai

Uppu cheedai  one of the snacks we make on Gokulashtami.

Uppu Cheedai

Ingredients

• Rice Flour.........................2 cups
• Urad Dhal Flour................3 tsp
• Butter...............................3 bsp
• Grated Coconut................3tbsp
• Asafoetida.........................1/2 tsp
• Sesame Seeds..................1tsp
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Mix all ingredients together. Add water and make a thick dough.
• Do not add more water.Cover the dough with a clean damp cloth. 
• Take a very little dough using your palm roll into a small marbles.
• Heat oil and deep fry them. 
• When the bubbles ease take them out. 
• They should be crispy.
• You have to be careful when you make cheedai. Roll the cheedai lightly. 
• If you use frozen coconut see that it is in room temperature.
• Roast the flour for 5 minutes.
• Keep the flame on a low to medium while deep frying.

Dahi Vada (Thair Vadai)

Dahi Vada

Ingredients

For Vada

• Urad Dhal.....................1cup
• Pepper Corns ...............1/2 tsp
• Dahi(Yogurt).................4cups
• Green Chili.....................2
• Ginger...........................1tsp
• Coriander Leaves.............few
• Chili powder.................1tsp
• Cumin Seeds .................1/2tsp
• Grated Coconut ............1/2 cup
• Salt to taste
• Oil to fry

Method

• Soak the urad dhal for 3 hours.Drain all the water add pepper and salt. grind into smooth paste.
• Do not add more water. The dough should be fluffy. Heat the oil in a medium flame.
• With wet  hands  take a small ball sized dough  drop into oil and fry all vadas  till they become golden.
• Remove the vadas in a paper towel.
• Grind the coconut, ginger salt and green chili and add the paste to the yogurt and mix well
• Heat a pan add 1tsp cumin seeds, and when it colour changes little add to the dahi.
• Drop all the vadas into the yogurt ( add salt). 
• Sprinkle chili powder. green chili and coriander leaves..

Vegetable Rava Upma

Rava  Upma is very s easy snack. This is usually  made for breakfast ,I always make upma with lots vegetables like carrot, onion, peas, capsicum, cauliflower,and  beans

Vegetable Rava Upma

Ingredients  

• Frozen Vegetables.......... 1cup
• Rava(Suji)...................... 1cup
• (Carrot, Peas and Beans)
  
• Green Chili.....................4
  
• Ginger............................1 small piece
  
• Curry Leaves...................few
  
• Mustard Seeds...............1tsp
  
• Urad Dhal......................1tsp
• Chana Dhal..................1tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Fry the rava in a pan with out oil till it becomes red..
• Remove and cool it.Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, all dhals, green chili, ginger and curry leaves. 
• When the dhal becomes red add the vegetables and fry for 5 minutes. add 2 cups of water and salt.
• When the water boils add the rava and mix well.
• When the rava is cooked remove from the flame and cover it.
• Serve with coconut chutney or pickle..

CabbageBhajjias

Trying out new vegetarian recipes has become my passion My son loves food. The good thing about  this recipe is that the dish always turns out tasty.

Cabbage Bhajjias

Ingredients

Cabbage Bhajjias

• Chopped Cabbage………. 1cup
• Besan……………………..1cup
• Rice Flour………………...¼ cup
• Ginger Finely Diced………...1tsp
• Green Chili Chopped……  1tsp
• Red Chili Powder…………1tsp
• Asafoetida……………….½ tsp
• Ajwain................................1 tsp
• Coriander Leaves...............few
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Mix all ingredients. Add some water and make a dough.
• Heat a pan with oil, take  the dough  little and deep them and fry them till they become crisp.
• Serve hot with chutney.
  
• You can also add diced carrots/green pepper/onions/ spinach/ cauliflower with the besan and make this vada.

Keerai Pakoda (Spinach Pakoda)

Keerai Pakoda


Ingredients

• Chopped Spinach.....................1cup
• Besan.......................................1/2 cup
• Rice Flour.................................2tbsp
• Green chili................................3
• Chili powder.............................1tsp
• Onion......................................1
• Hing........................................1pinch
• Salt to Taste.

Method

Keerai Pakodas

• Mix besan, rice flour, chili powder, hing, salt chopped onion, chopped green chili into a paste adding water. 
• Heat a a pan with oil.
• Prepare small ball with the dough and deep fry them.
• Serve hot with chutney.

Semiya Vadai

Semiya Vadai

• Semiya…….. .....1cup
• Besan…….......... 2tsp
• Rice Flour…....…2tsp
• Onion……….......1
• Chili Powder….....1tsp
• Green Chili……....2
• Ginger…………...1piece
• Coriander leaves…few
• Salt to taste

Method

• Fry the semiya with 1tsp of oil till it becomes red .
• When it cools down add besan, rice flour, chili powder, chopped ginger, green chili ,salt coriander leaves and chopped onion. 
• Mix well. Heat a pan with oil.
• Make balls with the dough and deep fry them. 
• Serve with chutney.

Semiya Vegetable Upma

Semiya Vegetable Upma

Ingredients

Semiya Vegetable Upma

• Semiya……………............1cup
  
• Frozen vegetable………......1cup
  
• (Beans, carrot , Peas and Capsicum)
  
• Chopped Green Chili………2tsp
  
• Chopped Ginger…………….1tsp
  
• Turmeric Powder……..........1/4 tsp
  
• Curry Leaves………............few
  
• Mustard seeds……..............1/2tsp
  
• Urad dhal………….............1tsp
  
• Chana Dhal………..........…1tsp
• Salt To Taste

Method

• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal, chana dhal.
• When the mustard crackles add green chili ginger and curry leaves vegetables, turmeric powder and salt.
• After 5 minute add 3 cups of water and let it boil.
• Fry the semiya with little oil till it turns red . 
• Add the semiya into the boiling water and mix well.
• When it is cooked serve with chutney.