Poha Upma – Aval Upma

Ingredients:

Poha	1 cup
Onion	1 (grated)
Red chilli	1 (chopped)
Roasted peanuts	2 tbsp
Oil	1 tbsp
Coconut	¼ cup grated
Mustard Seeds	½  tea spoon

How to make Poha upma:

• Wash the poha and drain the excess water.
• Saute the onion with oil, red chilli and mustard.
• Add coconut to it along with peanuts.
• Add the poha and heat it for 2 minute. Serve with sugar and banana.

Gobi Paratha/Cauliflower paratha (Pan fried indian flat bread)

Gobi paratha

                                                                                           

For making the dough for parathas use

• whole wheat flour/atta,
• salt
• water
• oil (for frying in tawa)

using this knead the dough to the consstency of chappathi. Use atta based on your requirement.

Ingredients:

For stuffing:

Chopped  gobi/cauliflower	1 cup
Turmeric powder	A pinch
Ginger-garlic paste	1 tsp
Garam masala powder	¼ tsp
Green chilly (chopped)	3
Salt	As required
Cumin seed	1 tsp
Coriander leaves (chopped)	2 tsp
Oil	2 tsp
Onion(chopped)	¼ cup

Steps to clean cauliflower:

•  In hot water add a pinch of turmeric and a table spoon of salt, now add bite sized cauliflower and set aside for 10 minutes.

• Now the worms will start to float on the water if any. After that wash the cauliflower with water twice or thrice.  After removing worms drain it and chop well, set aside.

How to make gobi paratha:

• In a pan add oil to heat and then add cumin seed once it starts spluttering add onion, turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, coriander leaves, green chilly and salt. Saute well till it become golden brown and then add chopped gobi.

•  Sauté well for 5-10 minutes and set aside.

• Divide the dough into equal balls. Also divide the gobi stuffing into equal balls.

• Surface the atta dough balls to your palm size and keep the stuff inside. Now fold it with dough. Pinch the end of the dough with your fingers to make a rough ball.

• Now the ball with stuffed gobi is ready. Dust some atta flour in balls and flatten it parathas. It should be somewhat thick.

• Place it in a hot tawa and wipe some oil on both side and cook it till it become golden brown both side.

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Carrot paratha/Stuffed carrot indian flat bread

Carrot paratha

For making the dough for parathas use

whole wheat flour/atta,

salt

water

oil (for frying in tawa)

using this knead the dough to the consstency of chappathi. Use atta based on your requirement.

Ingredients:

Carrot(grated)	1 cup
Onion(chopped finely)	1 large
Green chili	1
Pepper powder	As required
Turmeric powder	¼ tea spoon
Salt	As required
Garam masala powder	½ tea spoon
Oil	2 tea spoon

Stuffed carrot indian flat bread

How to make carrot paratha:

• Sauté the onion, green chili in oil and add the carrot, sauté well.
• Now add the salt, pepper powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder and off the flame after a minute. The stuffing is ready.
• Divide the dough into equal balls. Also divide the carrot stuffing into equal balls.
• Surface the atta dough balls to your palm size and keep the stuff inside. Now fold it with dough. Pinch the end of the dough with your fingers to make a rough ball.
• Now the ball with stuffed carrot is ready. Dust some atta flour in balls and flatten it parathas. It should be somewhat thick.
• Place it in a hot tawa and wipe some oil on both side and cook it till it become golden brown here and there on both sides.

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Nei kolukattai/Sweet kozhukattai/ Ghee rice flour ball(dumplings)

Nei kolukattai

Ingredients:

Pulungal rice/Praboiled rice	½ cup
Salt	For taste
Water	As required
Ghee	3 table spoon
Cumin seed	1 tea spoon
Curry leaves	Few
Sugar	3 table spoon

Ghee rice flour ball

How to prepare nei kolukattai:

• Soak the rice over night and drain off the water completely and keep for 5 minutes.
• Grind it coarsely similar to rava.
• Now add the coconut, salt and sprinkle some water(if required) in it and mix well.
• Then shape them into small balls. In a kadai heat the water well till the small bubbles comes out.

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Idiyappam/String hoppers/Rice noodles/Sevai/Nool puttu

idiyappam

  

idiyappam with carrot

Ingredients:

Idiyappa maavu	3 cup
Water	As required
Salt	For taste
Oil	1 tea spoon
Coconut (grated)	As required
Carrot (grated)	As required

string hoppers

nool puttu

How to make Idiyappam:

• Boil the water along with salt and oil for 5 minutes. Add little by little boiled water along with flour.
• Mix this with spoon till it become soft dough.
• Grease the idiyappa mould with sev plate. Take small portion of dough in the mould.
• Grease the idli plate and squeeze the dough in circular motion above that.

rice noodles with milk and carrot

• Steam cook the idiyappam and serve with carrot, coconut, milk and sugar.