Gravy Dosa

Ingredients:

• Thick & Spongy Dosa – 2
• Onion – 2
• Tomato – 2
• Green Capsicum – 1
• Oil – 3 tsp
• Red Chili Powder – ½ tsp
• Garam Masala Powder – ½ tsp
• Salt as per requirement

How to prepare Gravy Dosa:

Cut the dosa into small pieces. Heat oil, fry the onions till it turn golden brown.

Then add 2 tomatoes, chili powder, garam masala powder, and salt to taste.

Cook till the tomatoes turn mushy.

Add capsicum and fry for few seconds. Do not cook the capsicum fully.

Then add dosa and mix well till the dosa pieces get coated with the masala well.

Note: Instead of dosa you can also add idli to the masala to make masala idli.

Indian Spices

Spices and aromatics are the very heart of Indian cooking. They have been used since ancient times.

Here is a list of commonly used Indian Spices

Asafoetida (Hing)

Bay leaves

Cardamom (Elaichi)

Chilies (Mirchi)

Chili powder

Cilantro (Hara Dhaniya)

Cinnamon (Dalchni)

Cloves (Luong)

Cokum

Coriander seeds (Dhaniya)

Cumin (Jeera)

Curry leaves (Kari putha or Neem)

Curry Powder

Fennel (Soonf)

Fenugreek (Kasuri Methi)

Garam Masala

Garlic (Lassan)

Ginger (Adrak)

Mint (Pudina)

Mustard seeds (Rai)

Peppercorns (Kali Mirchi)

Tamarind (Amli)

Turmeric (Haldi)

Simple and Easy Cooking Tips

Sharpen the blender blades

Grind some salt in blender or mixer well to make the blades sharp.

Add more flavor to kheer

Wash the rice, drain excess water and then fry the rice in butter for 1-2 mins on medium flame. Then add the milk. Frying the rice in butter adds flavor to the kheer

To get golden color for dosa

To get golden color for dosa just add some rice (cooked) while you are grinding.

To make your Biryani very Tasty

Separately fry the onions in the oil until crispy golden brown. Add these onions to your prepared biryani, tightly cover the lid and keep it on the stove on a lowest minimum flame for about 5-10 mins. Then for sure you will taste the tasty and different biryani....

Making curd faster

If you want curd to settle fast after adding little curd to the milk you just put a green chilly which is coated with salt

How to Make Ragi Pakoda Recipe

Ingredients:

• Ragi Flour – 1 cup
• Onion – 1 cup (Chopped)
• Green Chilies – 5 (chopped)
• Few Curry leaves
• Salt as per requirement
• Oil to fry

Ragi Pakoda Saiyum Murai:

Mix ragi flour, chopped onions, green chillies, curry leaves, salt & water in a bowl together to obtain a solid state mixture. This mixture should not be too much solid but it should be little less drier than the chapathi or poori batter.

Heat oil in a pan

Drop the small portions of ragi mixture to oil and deep fry it (till it become crispy). Repeat the procedure for the remaining mixture

Now serve the hot Ragi Pakoda

Chukku Kappi - Karupatti Kappi - Dry Ginger Coffee

Ingredients:

For Chukku Powder:

• Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku Podi- 1/2 cup
  
• Coriander Seeds / Malli - 2 tblspn
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
• Peppercorns - 1 tsp
• Panakarkandu / Rock Candy - 3 tblspn (Optional)

For One Serving Coffee:

• Water - 1 cup
• Chukku powder - 1 tsp
• Karupatti / Palm Jaggery - 1 tblspn or to taste

How to prepare Chukku Coffee? (Chukku Kappi saiyum murai)

Take all the ingredients given in the list of chukku podi in a blender. Make this into a fine powder. Store this in a air tight container.

Now make the kapi, take water in a sauce pan. Add chukku podi and karuppati in it. Mix well.

Simmer this for 2 to 3 mins.

Now strain this and discard the solids.

Pour into a glass. Serve hot.