Dry Fruits Laddus

Ingredients:

• 250 g Walnut
• 250 g Dates
• 250 grams dried grapes
• 250 g of almonds
• 250 g Melon seeds
• A little cashew, A little pistachio give good taste but better to skip it.
• 250 g of prossed channa dal ( Pottukkadalai )
• 250 g of roasted peanuts
• A handful of dry Coconut pieces (if needed)
• 125 g of millet (thinai)
• 100 g of Jaggery
• Honey - as per requirement ( we have to make laddu )

Method:

• Dry fry Millet (thinai)
• You must get good aroma from it. Keep aside.
• Bring it to room temp. then grind it as fine powder.
• Then put all the other ingredients into a mixer grinder and just inch it.
• Put them on a plate and pour honey.
• Make small small laddus out of it.
• Delicious and nutritious 'Dry Fruits Laddus' ready to serve.

Notes:

• You can also add sugar candy or palm jaggery or palm candy instead of jaggery .
• Instead of a 'inching' in the mixie, you can cut all dry fruits into small pieces and just powder the Millet and then make laddu.
• Children and adults can eat this .... you can make small small laddus say , 30 - 35 grams; and you can take two for breakfast and go to school / office. You will not feel hungry till noon. All of the above are maximum protein and Omega3. So it is good for health. Cashews and pistachios are rich in cholesterol . That's why I asked you to add less quantity or don't add atall.
• This can also be called Power Balls ! :)

Oats wih Milk

Ingredients:

• Oats 2-3 table spoons
• Water 400 ml
• Sugar
• ½ cup Milk

Method:

• MW for 3 mins. Remove from the oven allow it to cool.
• Add sugar and milk.
• Mix well and have as your break fast.
• If you are so keen about calories avoid sugar or add less sugar, as per your calorie.

Rice and Coconut dosa

Ingredients:

• Par boiled rice 1 cup
• Raw rice 1 cup
• Coconut milk 1 cup thick
• Coconut milk 1/2 cup thin
• Salt
• OR
• Par boiled rice 1 cup
• Raw rice 1 cup
• Coconut 1 grated
• Salt

Method:

• Wash and soak rice for 2 hours.
• Grind with thin coconut milk (or add grated coconut and grind well.)
• Now add thick milk and make like dosa dough.
• Heat a tawa and make dosas immediately.
• No need for fermentation.
• Serve with ginger chutney or pickle.

Palak in Rava Dosa

Ingredients:

• Palak 1/2 bunch
• Bombay rava 1 1/2 cups
• Rice flour 1 cup
• Wheat flour 1/2 cup
• thin butter milk 1 cup
• Salt
• for seasoning:
• cumin and mustard seeds 1 sp
• Oil

Method:

• Cook palak and mix all the other ingredients.
• Make seasoning and mix well.
• Make green rava dosa and serve with tomato chutney.
• This is also a healthy dosa.
• Even children like this for the colour.

Black Udad dal Adai

Ingredients:

• Boiled rice 1 cup
• Black udad dal 1/2 cup
• Red chilly 2 - 4
• Black pepper 2 sp
• Cumin seeds 2 sp
• Curry leaves
• Salt
• oil to make dosa

Method:

• Soak rice, dal and red chilly for 2 hours.
• Grind them coarse.
• Add crushed black pepper, cumin seeds, curry leaves and salt.
• Mix well and make crispy thick adai.
• Serve with coconut chutney.

Notes:

• In adai dough you can add fresh coconut.

Sago (Sabudana) Khichidi

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sago
• 1/2 tsp Sugar
• 2 Green Chillies chopped finely
• 1/2 cup crushed groundnuts
• 1 boiled & peeled potato
• Oil to make khichidi
• 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 sp udad dal
• 1/2 sp channa dal
• 1 Pinch asafoetida
• 2 tbsp grated fresh Coconut
• Salt to taste
• Few Coriander leaves
• Few Curry Leaves
• 1 sp lemon juice

Method:

• Wash and soak sago in water for 2 hours.
• Chop the potatoes into small cubes.
• Mix crushed ground nuts, sugar and salt.
• Keep aside.
• In a deep pan pour oil and make seasoning.
• Add green chilly and curry leaves.
• Add diced potatoes and fry well.
• Add sabudana and mix well.
• Add crushed ground nut, sugar and salt mixture.
• Add coriander leaves too.
• Remove it from fire and pour the lemon juice on it.
• Serve hot as it is.

Perumal Koil Dosai

Ingredients:

• boiled rice 3 cup
• black udad 1 cup
• Black pepper 2 sp
• Cumin 2 sp
• Fenugreek 1 sp (optional)
• ghee or oil to make dosa
• curry leaves

Method:

• Soak rice and udad dal for 8 hours.
• Grind like dosa dough.
• Add salt and mix well.
• Keep it for 8 hours.
• Add crushed black pepper and cumin seeds.
• Add curry leaves.
• Then make thick dosas.
• Serve with ghee and onion chutney or coconut chutney.

Instant Wheat and Udad dosa

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Udad flour (dry)
• 2 cup wheat flour
• 2 cup rice flour
• salt
• 1/2 sp cooking soda

Method:

• Mix all the flours in a bowl and put them in a mixer grinder with water.
• Just for 2 to 3 min. so that the fine flour will mix evenly.
• Add cooking soda and salt.
• Again run the mixie for a min.
• Remove and make dosa immediately.
• Or even you can keep the dough for the next day.
• Me and my hushand liked the dosa very much.
• Sugar patients can also give a try to this.
• I noticed that this dosa is consuming less oil.

Notes:

• Here in Saudi we use to get Udad Flour.
• Generally I use it for making thenkuzhual.
• Some times for normal dosa.
• Yesterday I used it in a different way and got good dosa.
• Here is the recipe.
• You also try this.
• In this dough if you want you can add bombay rava.
• You can add chopped onions and green chilly with it.

Davangere Benne Dosa

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Raw rice
• 2 1/2 cups Boiled Rice
• 1 cup Black gram dal
• 2 tbsp Red gram dal
• 1/4 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
• Salt to taste
• For filling:
• 1 Boiled Potato
• 2 tbsp chopped onions
• Salt to taste
• 100 gms Unsalted butter to make dosa.

Method:

• Soak both rice and the dals seperately with adequate water for atleast 2 hours.
• Grind the dals first to get a smooth paste and then add the rice (without water).
• Grind with minimum water possible to get a smooth batter.
• Add salt and transfer the batter to a bigger vessel.
• Allow it to ferment for atleast 8 to 10 hours.
• Method For filling:
• Mash the boiled potatoes and add salt, chopped onions and mix well in medium flame for five minutes.
• This is how the typical benne dosa curry is made.
• Make dosa on hot tawa.
• Instead of the normal dosa where we add oil, spread out the unsalted butter on it.
• Cook on both sides and serve with potato curry & butter.
• Enjoy the Traditional Davangera Benna Dosa.

Notes:

• This batter must be refrigerated after fermentation and is best used within 3 to 4 days.

Corn flakes with fruits

Ingredients:

• 1 cup corn flakes
• 1 banana/ 1 apple
• 10 - 15 kis mis
• 1 cup milk
• Sugar as per your taste

Method:

• Just heat milk add sugar stir well.
• In a bowl, put cut banana or apple and pur corn flakes.
• Add milk and mix well.
• Serve or eat.

Oats with applesauce

Ingredients:

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• ¼ sp salt
• 1/4 c. applesauce (cook apple in steam and take the pulp)
• pinch of cinnamon
• 2 tsp. brown sugar

Method:

• Pour the water, oats, and salt into a medium-size pot on the stovetop.
• Or you can keep it in a MW.
• Heat the mixture until it boils, then reduce the heat to low.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir in the apple sauce and cinnamon.
• Cook on low heat and continue to stir the mixture for 5 minutes.
• Pour the oatmeal into a bowl and sprinkle the brown sugar on top.
• Allow the oatmeal to cool for a minute before serve.

Uppma - Nutritious one

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup broken wheat
• 1/2 cup broken jowar (pearl millet)
• 1 tbsp. toasted white rolled oats
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 tomato finely chopped
• 10 -12 curry leaves
• 2 green chilies finely chopped
• 1 tbsp. coriander leaves finely chopped
• 1 lemon juice extracted and strained
• 1/2 tsp. each mustard & cumin seeds
• 2 pinches asafetida powder
• 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
• salt to taste
• 1 tab sp. oil

Method:

• Dry roast both wheat germ and jowar, in a heavy pan, for two minutes.
• Allow cooling, Pressure cook roasted wheat and jowar together in 1 1/2 cups water.
• Just 2 whistles are enough to cook the broken granules.
• Remove and allow to cool, keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add seeds, curry leaves, chilies, allow to splutter.
• Add onions, tomatoes, stir fry for two minutes.
• Add rolled oats, add the cooked mixture.
• Add turmeric, salt, lemon juice, coriander.
• Cover and cook on low, till moisture evaporates.
• Serve hot with a cold iced tea or as a hot snack by itself.

Notes:

• You can adjust chilly quantity as per your taste.

Macaroni in Tomatoes (no oil)

Ingredients:

• Macaroni 1 packet
• Tomato 4 nos
• For Masala:
• Fresh coriander leaves 2 tbsp
• 2 – red chilly or 2 -3 green chilies
• Turmeric powder 1 tsp
• Cumin 1 tsp
• Garam masala 1 tsp
• Garlic 5 flakes

Method:

• Boil the macaroni in salt water till they are half done then remove and put them in cold water.
• Grind together all the masala along with tomatoes
• Boil this mixture for 5 minutes add salt to it.
• Add the boiled macaroni and again boil for 5 more minutes.

Notes:

• You can also add boiled peas or potatoes if desired.

Macaroni Masala

Ingredients:

• Macaroni 1 cup (boiled and drained)
• Onion 1 (Chopped in long slices)
• Capsicum 1/2
• Cabbage 1 cup (finely chopped)
• Tomato 1
• Tomato sauce 1 tsp
• Chili sauce 1tsp
• Salt & Pepper as per taste
• Oil 1 tea sp.

Method:

• In a pan, take oil, and then put onion.
• Fry it for 2 min.
• Now add capsicum.
• Fry it again for 2 min.
• Now add cabbage and let it cook on medium heat till it become tender.
• Add tomatoes and saute it till oil is separated.
• Now put tomato sauce, chili sauce, salt and pepper.
• Let extra water evaporate and serve hot.

Uppma with Oats

Ingredients:

• Oats - 1 cup
• Salt - as per requirement
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard
• Urad Dal
• Chana Dal
• Green chillies
• Curry leaves
• Ginger
• Onion
• asafoetida

Method:

• Roast oats without oil for a couple of minutes.
• In a Kadhai, add 2 teaspoonful of oil and temper Mustard, asafoetida, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves, green chilli, ginger and chopped onion.
• Now add water, salt and once water boils, slowly add the oats and keep stirring till completely cooked.

Notes:

• .You can roast some cashews in ghee and add it as as final garnish.
• Once the tempering is done, you can add chopped onions, saute them and then add the water and oats and blend.
• You can also add vegetables of your choice to make it tastier.

Uppma with Puffed Rice

Ingredients:

• puffed rice 1/4 kg
• green chillies
• roasted bengal gram 1/4 cup
• salt
• curry leaves
• oil 1tbsp
• onion 1

Method:

• Soak puffed rice in water just for few minutes.
• After they become tender remove them from water .
• grind roasted bengal gram and chillies with salt
• Add that powder to puffed rice .
• cut onion into small pieces length wise .
• heat oil and add mustard seeds and urad dhal
• Add curry leaves after they cook add some turmeric .
• add onions after they turned into reddish color add puffed rice
• Mix it and cover the pan.
• open after 2 minutes.
• your upma is ready.

Tomato Dosa

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - riped - 4 -6
• Rice 1 1/2 cup
• Red chilly or green chilly 4 - 5
• Asafetida 1/2 sp
• Black pepper and cumin seeds 1/2 sp
• Oil to make dosa
• Salt

Method:

• Soak the rice for 2 to 3 hrs and then grind it with Tomato and chilly.
• Add salt, asafetida and black pepper.
• You can prepare dosas immediately after grinding.
• Serve with Coconut chutney.

Rava Kitchadi

Ingredients:

• Fried rava 1 cup
• Mustard seeds 1spoon
• Udath dal 1 spoon
• Channa dal 1 spoon
• Turmeric powder 1 spoon
• Curry patha a few leaves
• Onion 2 medium size
• Green chilies 4 - 5
• Garlic 4 - 5 flakes
• Ginger 2 inch piece
• Tomato 1 (optional)
• Vegetable shortening or oil 1 – 2 table spoons
• Salt to taste.
• Carrot 2 -3
• French beans 10 - 12
• Potato 1 big
• Brinjal (egg plant) 1small
• Peas a hand full
• Green Pepper 1 big
• Tamarind a small lemon size

Method:

• First make seasoning with mustard seeds, Udad dal , Channa dal ,add green chilies, garlic, ginger, turmeric powder and cashew nuts.
• Add onions add rava, salt and fry them.
• Cook all other vegetables in Tamarind water in another pan with little salt.
• Add cooked veg. in raw onion fried mixture and mix well
• Cook rava well and remove it from the fire.
• For this the best side is coriender chutney.
• You can taste the RAVA KITCADI now.
• Serve with coconut chutney or curd and pickle.

Notes:

• Instead of tamarind water you can add tamarind paste.

Rava Uppma - Veg. Rava Uppma

Ingredients:

• Fried rava 1 cup
• Mustard seeds 1spoon
• Udath dal 1 spoon
• Channa dal 1 spoon
• Turmeric powder 1 spoon
• Curry patha a few leaves
• Onion 2 medium size
• Green chilies 4 - 5
• Tomato 1 (optional)
• Vegetable shortening or oil 1 – 2 spoons
• Salt to taste.
• Carrot 2 -3
• French beans 10 - 12
• Potato 1 big
• Brinjal (egg plant) 1small
• Peas a hand full
• Green Pepper 1 big
• (Ginger and Garlic also optional)

Method:

• First make seasoning; add green chilies, onions and curry patha.
• Fry well and add rava and fry.
• In another pan cook the veg. with little water and add with rava onion mixture.
• Add water if you need and allow rava to cook well.
• That is all.
• Now rava vegetable Uppma is ready.
• You can serve this with coriender chutney or sambar.

Images:

Uppma with Bombay Rava

Ingredients:

• Fried rava 1 cup
• Mustard seeds 1spoon
• Udath dal 1 spoon
• Channa dal 1 spoon
• Turmeric powder 1 spoon
• Asafetida powder
• Curry patha a few leaves
• Onion 2 medium size
• Green chilies 4 - 5
• Tomato 1 (optional)
• Vegetable shortening or oil 1-2 spoon
• Salt to taste

Method:

• First make seasoning; add green chilies, onions, and curry patha..
• Fry well. Add fried rava and fry well again.
• Add turmeric powder and asafetida powder. Add salt.
• Then add water and cook rava well and prepare uppma.
• Add cut tomatoes.
• That is all. Now rava uppma is ready.
• You can serve this with coriendert chutney or sambar.