Chitla Podi (powder)/Roasted bengal gram dal/Dalia

Ingredients:-

Dry red chillies 8

Putnalu/Roasted bengalgram dal/Dalia

Dry coconut small pc

Salt to taste

Garlic 2

Cumin 1 tsp

Method:-

Mix all the ingredients and make powder but not so fine.It taste better if is coarsely grounded.

It usually eaten with dosa or sprinkled on the dosa and known as podi dosa.I love to eat this with hot rice and a dash of ghee.

This is the easiest powder to make,no frying nothing.Just gather all the ingredients and make powder out of it.This is my mom's recipe.

Bisi Bele Bath

Ingredients:-

Rice 1 cup

Toor Dal 3/4 cup

Mixed Vegetables (onions, potatoes, peas, beans,brinjal and corn) 2 cups
Tamarind 2 tsp
Water. For 1 cup of rice i took 2 1/2 cup of water

Soak rice and dal for one hour.

Masala:-

Coconut (fresh) grated 1/2 cup

Sambar Powder 2 tbsp
Coriander Seeds 2 tbsp
Cinnamon 1''
Cloves 3-4 cloves
Cardamom 2-3
Asafoetida a pinch
Curry leaves few

Make a smooth paste of the above ingredients.

Seasoning:-

Oil 4 tbsp
Red Chillies 2
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Curry Leaves few
Turmeric a pinch
Asafoetida a pinch

Method:

Take oil in the cooker.Add all the seasonings.When they splatter add all the vegetables.

Saute for 4-5 minutes.Then add the grounded masala and cook for another 3-4 minutes.

Then add tamarind paste and salt as per taste.

After 4-5 minutes add soaked rice and dal.

Mix throughly and add water.

Pressure cook for 4 whistles (Whistles depends on the cooker used,i used hawkins)

Serve with raitha and chips.

Recipe source:- Mysoorean

Kheema Paratha

Ingredients:-

Wheat flour 1 cup
Salt as per taste
Oil 1 tbsp
Water to make a soft dough

For stuffing

Chilly powder 1/2 tsp
Chopped green chillies 2
Chopped onion 1
Chopped tomatoes 1
Cumin powder a pinch
Garam masala 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
Oil 3 tbsp
Salt as per taste
Tumeric Powder 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying paratha

Method:-

Take one cup wheat flour in a bowl with pinch of salt,oil and water and make soft dough.keep it a side.

Take a pan add oil ,Fry onions,salt, turmeric garlic and ginger, green chillies, Add tomatoes.

When tomatoes are dry then add minced meat, keep mixing, then add cumin powder,garam masala,coriander powder, chilli powder,garama masala cook till the meet becomes dry, once it is done add coriander leaves.

Let the kheema to cools down.

Take a portion of dough and place on a lightly floured flat surface and flatten using rolling pin.

Place a 2 tbsp of the filling in the center and bring the edges together to seal it well and form a ball.

Now using a rolling pin flatten to make a round paratha.Fry paratha with oil on a non-stick tawa until golden brown.

Take a pan cook both the sides with butter/ghee/oil.