Aviyal

Ingredients:

Small onions - 4-5

Vegetables - 2 cups (Mix of carrots, drumsticks(moringa), pumpkin, snakegourd, bottlegourd, radish, raw bananas, beans, yam, etc) (I used carrots, beans,drumsticks,plantain,radish, pottato- cut into 2 inch long)

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon

Yoghurt (curd) - 1/2 cup

Green chillies - 4

Curry leaves - few

Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon (optional)

Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Coconut oil or any oil - 1 tablespoon

Method:

• Cook vegetables, 2 green chillies, turmeric powder in 1-2 cups of water, until they are soft.



• grind coconut,small onions,2 chillies,cumin seeds to a fine paste with little water and keep aside.



• Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds ,curry leaves saute.



• then add boiled vegetables, masala paste, curd, salt and mix well.



• add water if the gravy is too thick and allow to boil for 5 mins.

Serve with adai, click here to see the recipe

Adai

Ingredients :

• par boiled rice - 1 cup


• chana dal - 1/4 cup


• moong dal - 1/4 cup


• Tour dal - 1/4 cupurad dal - 1/4 cup


• red chillies - 6g


• reen chillis - 3 (chillis according to your taste)


• cumin seeds - 1 teasp


• asafoetida - pinch


• chopped onion - 1 cup


• grated carrot - 1 cup (u can use cabbage also)


• grated cocunut - 4tbsp


• coriander leaves - chopped


• curry leaves


• salt


• oil

Method:

• Soak dal and rice for 2-3 hours.


• Grind chilies, cumin seeds first,then add rice and dal asafetida, salt and grind in to coarse batter.


• then mix with chopped onion coriander leaves, mix well. (if u want fry onion & carrot for 5 mins with 1tsp oil and add.) (you can use young drumstick leaves or spinach instead of coriander leaves and also a few curry leaves )


• Heat tawa and grease with little oil pour the adai batter like utthappam. (if u want thin and crunchy adai pour like dosai).


• Now top with some more chopped onions and grated carrot sprinkle 1 tea sp oil on it and turn the other side and roast light brown color


• then serve hot with aviyal or coconut chutney and jaggery or with spicy onion chutney~Adai ready.

For adai aviyal is the best combination, Click here to see Aviyal receipe

Spicy idiyappam/Lemon Idiyappam

Ingredients:

For idiyappam:-

• Idiyappam flour or rice flour - 1cup



• salt - pinch



• grated cocunut - 4tsp



• sugar

For masala:-

• onion - 1



• green chilly - 2



• tumeric powder



• mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp



• urad dal - 1 tsp



• gram dal - 1 tsp



• curry leaves - 1 string



• Hing - pinch



• coriander leaves - chopped 1 tsp



• lemon juice - 1 tsp

Idiyappam Preparation:

• Mix 1 cup of rice flour or idiyappam flour with required warm water and salt.



• Knead into smooth dough.



• Apply little oil inside the idiyappa achu.



• Put a small quantity of dough into the “idiyappa achu" and press it on the idly plate.



• Steam this in idly cooker for 8-10 minutes.

Masala Preparation

• Heat oil in kadai



• Add mutard seeds,gram dal, green chilly, curry leaves,hing and saute



• Add onion tumeric powder and salt fry for 5 mins.



• Now add idiyappam (split it finely) mix well, cook for 5 mins



• add 1tsp lemon juice.~garnish with coriander leaves.~Spicy idiyappam ready

Sweet idiyappam

Ingredients:

• Idiyappam flour or rice flour - 1cup



• salt - pinch



• grated cocunut - 4tsp



• Sugar - to taste

Method:~

• Mix 1 cup of rice flour or idiyappam flour with required warm water and salt.



• Knead into smooth dough.



• Apply little oil inside the idiyappa aachu[round tool for making idiyapam].



• Put a small quantity of dough into the “idiyappa achu" and press it on the idly plate.



• Steam this in idly cooker for 8-10 minutes.



• serve with grated cocunut and sugar(if want use milk) or serve with sweet cocunut milk.

Sweet Idiyappam ready.

Tamil Calendar - January

Click on the image to get a better view

Pongal Kuttu/Mixed Vegetable Curry

We celebrate pongal to honor the "SUN" god, We give our offering to the Sun god. So we include most of vegetables we harvest in the farmas a thanks giving to the SUN God.

In the mixed vegetable curry - We try and include all the vegetables give by rain,sun and the cattle's hardwork

• Brinjal - 2


• Drum sticks - 2


• Beans - 4


• Avaraikai - 1/4 cup


• Raw banana/Vazhaikai - 1/2


• White Pumpin - 1/4 cup


• Suraikai / Yellow squash - 1/4 cup


• Green chillies - 5 nos

Chop all the vegetables mentioned aboe and keep it aside

• Pepper corns - 1 tsp


• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp


• Corriander seeds - 2 tsp


• Coconut grated - 3 tsp


• Channa dal - 2 tsp


• Raw rice - 1/2 tsp


• Pearl onions - 4 nos


• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp


• Red chilli - 4 nos

Dry roast all the above ingredients and grind it to fine paste keep it aside

Pearl onions - 1/4 cup
Green chilli - 5 nos
Toor dal - cooked 1 cup
Tamarind paste - 1 tsp

Method of preparation:

• Heat oil in the pan,do tadka with mustard and Curry leaves.


• Add the whole pearl onion and green chillies saute them till golden brown.


• Now add all the chopped vegetables, saute them


• Add a 1/2 tsp of tumeric powder, add 1/2 glass of water and salt


• Allow them to cook for 20 min, close the pan


• Check if they are cookedNow add the grounded paste and tamarind allow it to boil for 10 min


• If required add some water


• Once the raw smell leaves, add the cooked dal, allow to mixture to boil for some time


• The mixture should reach a gravy consistency.

Serve with the pongal you have prepared.

Payasam

Ingredients:

• Semiya - 3 tsp


• Milk - 2 cups


• Sugar - 1/4 cup


• Dry fruits and nuts - 3 tsp


• Ghee - 4 tsp


• Yellow color - pinch


• Cardamom - 2 [crushed]

Preparation Method:

• 1. Dry roast the semiya till light brown and keep it aside.


• 2. In a wide pan, add the milk,sprinkle cardamom - boil till it thickens


• 3. Now add the semiya to it, keep stiring till the semiya gets cooked


• 4. In another pan, heat the ghee - roast the dry fruits and nuts.


• 5. add the color to the mixture