KADAPPA

CHAPPATHI  WITH  KADAPPA

This receipe is also known as Kumbakonam Kadappa, (not Kattappa), with mild changes in the ingredients. It is also a cook and serve type side dish.  Suitable for Idly, Dosa, Chappati, Poori

INGREDIENTS:-

                                Broken Moong Dhal/ Payatham Paruppu - 100 gms ( or ½ cup)

Potato - 100 gms, cubed

Onion – 2 nos., Sliced

Salt – as per taste

Coriander leaves - as required

For Grinding:-                                                  

Grated Coconut - 4 tbsp ( or 50 gms)

Green Chilly - 2 nos

Curry leaves - 1 leaflet

Fennel seeds - Sombu – 1tsp

For Seasoning:-

Bay leaf – 1

Cinamon / pattai – ½ inch

Cloves – 4 nos.

Mustard seeds  or Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Urid dal – ½ tsp

Bengal Gram/kadalai paruppu – ½ tsp

Green Chilly - 2 nos, spilt or cut into half

Ginger  - 1/2 inch

Garlic - 6 nos

Curry  leaves - 1 leaflet

Asafoetida – ¼ tsp

METHOD:-

Wash and soak moong dal for 20 mins. Grind the ingredients given under grinding section to a fine paste and set aside.

Heat oil in a pressure cooker (  I used 3 ltr pressure cooker). Add the ingredients given under seasoning, viz., bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves. Keep the flame in low, while seasoning, to get a nice aroma. 

Add either Mustard seeds or Cumin seeds, allow it to splutter to it. Then add urid dal, bengal gram,  ginger, greenchilly, garlic, saute for a minute, then add curry leaves and asafoetida.

Now add Sliced Onions to the seasoning. Saute for a while till the Onions turn into transculent. Then add cubed potatoes. Add soaked Moong dal, required salt and mix it. Add 2 cups of water. Cook for 2 whistles in high and 15 mins in sim irrespective of whistle in sim mode.

When the pressure releases completely, add the grinded paste and mix well. Allow it to boil for 2 mins. Switch off the flame. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Kadappa is ready to serve.

RAW TOMATO SABZI

   This recipe is done using Raw tomato, moong dhal, coconut paste with seasoning. It goes well with rice, idly, dosa, chappathi and poori.

INGREDIENTS:
Raw Tomato - 3
Ripe tomato - 1
Moong dhal - 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder-  1/4 tsp
Sambhar powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander leaves - little
Coconut paste - 2 tsp
Salt

For Seasoning
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Chopped onion - handful
Curry leaves - little
Hing  - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp

METHOD:
1. In a pressure cooker, add moong dhal, chopped tomatoes both raw and ripe, turmeric powder, little water and pressure cook for 3 whistles on high flame.
2. After the pressure reduces, add Sambhar powder and cook for few minutes.

3. Add coconut paste, salt and cook for a minute, add chopped coriander leaves, mix well and switch off the flame.
4. In a tawa,heat oil, add mustard and cumin, after mustard crackles add chopped onions, curry leaves and hing. Saute well till the onions get well cooked and pour over the sabzi and mix well.

5. Tasty Raw Tomato Sabzi is ready. 

IDLY VARIETIES:- KOLLU IDLY / HORSE GRAM IDLY

Horse gram ( Kollu in Tamil), comes under pulse variety, is considered a food with medicinal qualities.

It has the highest calcium content among pulses and is one of the richest vegetarian sources of protein.

It is also beneficial for extracting phlegm and controlling fever and cholesterol levels. Eating plenty of horse gram, can actually help in the management of  Obesity. 

Horse gram. has the ability to generate heat and energy in your system and therefore keeps our body warm on a cold winter day.

KOLLU  IDLY

This receipe is simple and easy to prepare.  

INGREDIENTS:- ( for measurements I iused anjaraipetti cup)

Idly rice - 3 parts

Horse Gram  - 1 part

Urid dal - 1 part plus 1 tbsp

Water for soaking and grinding

Salt to taste

METHOD:-

Wash Urid dal  once and soak it separately for 4 hours.

Wash Idly rice and horse gram, for 3 times, and soak it together for 4 hours.

Using a mixer jar, (i  used big jar, for batter grinding), first grind urid dal to a fine paste and transfer the contents to a vessel. 

Now, in the same jar, add idly rice and horse gram mixture and grind coarsely, (like fine sooji or rava).

Transfer the contents to the urid dal batter, add salt and mix well using hands. Mixing the batter using hands, helps the batter to ferment properly.

Once the batter is fermented, the horse gram idly batter is ready to make Horse gram Idlies...

Suitable side dish :- Onion -tomato chutney, coconut chutney

Tomato Thokku / தக்காளி தொக்கு

A Simple side dish done using tomato, chilly powder with seasoning. It goes well with Idly, dosa, Rice, Curd Rice and Chappathi.

INGREDIENTS:
Tomato - 6
Sambhar powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder  - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek powder - 1/4 tsp
Hing/ Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery - 1/2  tsp

For Seasoning
Sesame oil - 4 tsp
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - a leaflet
Salt

METHOD:
1. In a thick bottomed tawa, heat oil.
2. Add mustard seeds, after it crackles add cumin, urad dhal, curry leaves and hing, stir until urad dhal turns golden brown.
3. Add finely chopped tomatoes, Sambhar powder, turmeric and required salt. Mix well.

4. Cover the tawa with a lid and cook well on low flame for about 15 to 20 minutes.
5. Stir thoroughly in intervals, till the oil oozes out and tomato gets well cooked.
6. Add fenugreek powder, jaggery and mix well and cook for a minute.
7. Tasty Tomato thokku is ready.

See also for Millets Dosa recipe
Note:

• Few garlic pods can be added after seasoning.