Aappam

Ingredients:

Raw rice  - 200 grm

Cooked rice – 50 grm

Grated coconut -  1/4 cup.

Coconut water – 1 cup

Salt  - to taste

Sugar  - 1 tsp

Baking soda – ¼ tsp

Method:

Soak the rice for 2 hours.

Grind the rice, cooked rice and coconut  into a smooth batter add salt ,sugar and coconut water then mix well and leave it overnight.

Just before preparing appam add a pinch of Baking soda.

Heat a non-stick pan. Pour a ladle of batter in the center and holding the pan with both hands try to spread the batter.

Reduce the heat and keep it covered for 2 minutes.

Appam is ready and serve it with Coconut milk, Channa curry.

Keerai Poriyal

Ingredients:

Keerai ( cut ) - 2 cups (Arai  Keerai)

Onion – 1 no

Oil : 4 spoon
Black gram dal : ½ spoon
Mustard : ½ spoon
Salt : as needed

To Grind:

Red chilli – 4 nos

Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp

Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

Garliic – 2 pods

Coconut  - ¼ cup 

            Grind Coarsely the above ingredients.

 Method:

Heat oil in a frying pan.
Add mustard and black gram dal , When mustard splutters, add onion and fry  for a minute.

Then add  keerai  and sprinkle some water and cook in low flame for 5 minutes.

Then add grinded masala and salt and cook till the raw smell disappear.

 Keerai poriyal is ready and serve with rice.

Carrot and Beans poriyal

Ingredients:

Carrots - 3 nos(cut into small pieces)

Beans - 100 grm(cut into small pieces)

Onion - 1 (chopped)

Oil - 2 tsp

Grated coconut - 3 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

Bengal gram - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Chilli powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder- ¼ tsp

Jeera powder – ¼ tsp

Few curry leaves

Salt as per the requirement

Method:

Fry mustard seeds, urad dal, bengal gram dal in 2 tsp of oil

Then add chopped onions & few curry leaves, fry it for a minute.

Add chopped carrot and beans pieces and fry it in a low flame for few minutes

Now add chilli powder,turmeric powder,Jeera powder and add salt.

Fry it in a medium flame and sprinkle some water.

Cook it in a medium flame with closed pan.

After 15 minutes (when the water is absorbed), add 2 tsp of grated coconut and stir it for 5 minutes

Now Carrot Beans Poriyal is ready to serve.

Paal Kanji (Ulunthu Kanji)

Ingredients:

Rice -2 cup

Urid dal - 3/4 cup

Salt to taste

Garlic pods -4

Fenugreek- 1 tsp

Pepper – 1 tsp

Cuminseed – 1 tsp

Curry leaves - Few

Coconut Milk (or) Boiled milk – 1 cup

Method:

Cook all the ingredients except coconut milk in pressure cooker till done.

Then add Coocnut milk or milk .

Serve hot with any pickles and coconut thuvayal.