Drumstick leaves curry(Muringa ella Parippu curry)

Ingredients:

Drumstick leaves(Muringa ella)-2 cup

Moong dal -1 cup

Coconut - 1 cup

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Chilly powder-1 1/2 tsp

Garlic (chopped)-2 flakes

Cumine seeds- 1 tsp

Mustard seeds-1/4 tsp

Dry redchilly - 3 no

Oil-3 tbsp

Salt

Curry leaves

Method

Cook dal in preassure cooker.Keep aside.

Make a ground paste of coconut,cumine powder and garlic.Keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds , dry red chilly and curry leaf .
Add drumstick leaves,turmeric powder,chilly powder and salt, and saute for 4 mins.
Then add cooked dal and allow for boiling.

Add ground paste to it.And cover with a lid.

Remove from heat.Serve with Rice

Fish Moly

Ingredients
Mackerel/Salmon/Tilapia - 3 no (Medium size)
Turmeric powde-1 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Meat masala- 1 tsp
Onions - 2 no
Green Chillies - 3
Ginger - 1 inch
Garlic - 2 pods
Big tomato - 1
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Thin coconut milk- 1 1/2 cup
Medium thick coconut milk-1 cup
Thick coconut milk-1/2 cup
Pepper powder -1 tsp
Cardamam powder-1/2 tsp
Oil for frying
Salt to taste





Method

Clean fish thoroughly with salt. Make 3 or 4 slits on fish and apply chilly powder ,turmeric powder and salt.

Fry the fish lightly on both sides.Drain and keep it aside.

Saute onion, garlic, ginger,curry leaves green chilly in 3 tbsp oil (use the same oil that used for frying fish).

When onion becomes soft, add tomato and saute well for 5 minutes.

Add meat masala on it and saute well.

Then add fried fish & add salt to taste. Cover the fish with onion and tomato in the gravy.Let it cook in medium heat.

Then cover with a lid.

Add light coconut milk, let it boil.

Add crushed pepper powder.When the gravy becomes little thick add medium thick coconut milk.

Cover with a lid and let it boil
Add crushed cardamam powder and thick coconut milk. Remove from heat.

Serve with Appam,Chapathi or white rice.

Ottada(Elai adai) Happy Vishu....

Ingredients:

Rice Powder - 2 cups

Grated coconut - 1½ cup

Cumin seeds- ½ tsp

Cardmom - 1 /2 tsp

Sugar - 1 cup

Jaggery - 1/ cup

Ghee - 1/4 cup

Boiled Water -1 cup

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Plantain leaf(Vazhayila) for wrapping

Method

Crush the coconut,sugar,cardmom and cumin seeds well(Using your hand).Keep aside.

Add jaggery ,ghee and salt to the rice flour and make it into a dough by adding boiled water.

Spread the dough on the vazhayila pieces.

Put coconut mixture inside the adas and fold the vazhayilas.

Arrange these stuffed leaf in an idli plate .

Cook for 10 minutes on medium -high heat.

Remove from heat. Elai Adai is ready.

Pal Kanji(Broken Wheat)

Ingredients:

Broken Wheat- 1 cup

Water - 2 cups

Milk- 4 cups (2% reduced fat)

Sugar to taste

Method

Wash wheat and cook in preassure cooker with 2 cups of water in medium heat (until it's cooked well).

After the wheat is cooked, open the cooker and then add 4 cups of milk and then boil for 10 minutes in medium heat.

Add sugar as per taste.

Serve the pal kanji with chips.