KURMURA DOSA, MAMRA DOSA

Hot dosa with chutney and sambhar who will not like it?  there are varieties of dosas which are mouth watering.  Here is a simple and easy dosa with the mamra.  I have used the bhel kurmura to make this dosa.

The idea came from my husband as the packet of kurmura was there for sometime and it  became very soft.  Ofcourse, if you put in oven, or in hot kadai, you can make it crispy, but he said why don't you try making dosa with it.  I also said, nice idea, let me try it out so that I can get a new recipe for my blog.

It is very simple and easy to make this dosa and must have some spicy chutney or sambhar to serve along with it.  It takes around 4 to 5 minutes to make one dosa but that waiting period to cook is really worth it.

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VEGETABLE PIDI KOZHUKKATTAI

Pidi kozhukkattai or upma kozhukkatai is made out of rice rava.  I have already posted the upma kozhukkattai.  Other varieties are : idli-rava-bhagar-dal-kozhukkattai.html,  millet,  bread,  tinai, kappa, lapsi

Today, I made a twist to this dish by adding vegetables in it and served along with uppu mangai chutney.  

This is a tasty and healthy breakfast as it is cooked by steaming and not much oil is involved in it.
The rice rava can be made at home or you can use the idli rava.  While using the idli rava, we have to use less water than the normal rice rava.

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BARELY UPMA

Barley or Jau it is known as is a healthy grain we must include in our diet.  If we have some urinary problems/fever etc. first thing in the mind comes to boil some barley seeds in water and drink the same through out the day.  This helps in passing the urine without any difficulty as well as the toxin is removed from the body.

Normally, after boiling the same in water, it is thrown out.  I tried to make upma with the barley seeds and came out very tasty with some vegetables in it.

Though many people may not like it, we still can include the same once in a while in our diet.

The pictures and method is given below along with the health benefit of barley.

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AAPPAM

Kerala style appam can be made with yeast or without yeast.  The original recipe is made with the toddy i.e Kallu.  But it is very difficult to get the fresh toddy hence we can make it with yeast or without yeast.  The purpose of adding the yeast or toddy(kallu)  is to help the batter to rise in the centre  of the  appam.

The appam is served with Potato Stew or kadala curry or any curries veg or non veg.  It is a healthy breakfast.  I used to have with the thenga chammanthi also. (coconut red chutney).  Here I have made this aappam without yeast.  I personally try to avoid, yeast, baking soda etc. but when it is required, we have to add it,if there is no other alternative.

Some people are allergic to urid dal and cannot consume the same.  This recipe is useful to such people as they would love it since it is minus urid dal.

Whenever you visit Kerala, do not miss this dish.

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BREAD MEDU VADA

vada is liked by all especially when it is served hot with sambhar.  Medu vada is a South Indian dish made for breakfast and as snack too.  The hot medu vadas dunked in sambhar with chutney is awesome and can be had at any point of time.

We are familiar with the preparation of medu vada.  I decided to add some left over bread which I had with me i.e. two slices of bread and side pieces of four slices.  Bread medu vada is a best out of waste dish for you I am sharing here.  I am sure you will love it.

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SABUDANA, BREAD UPMA

Sabudana kichadi and bread upma we are familiar with.  The combination of both the ingredients are also quite good and filling.

Today for the breakfast, I made this as I had 3-4 slices of left over bread and ½ cup soaked sabudana in fridge.  Since both the ingredients are very less and will not be sufficient to make different varieties, I thought of combining these ingredients and made the upma.

You can either make bread crumbs by putting the same in the mixer or just tear off the bread into pieces and add to the upma.

While serving, you must serve the same hot otherwise tend to become dry to eat or else you have to serve it with chutney or sambhar or curd as you wish.

When we are having left over items in the fridge, we choose the option of combining the ingredients which really makes a good dish.

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RAVA NACHNI DOSA AND UTTAPPAM

Another hit, healthy breakfast menu on your table.  This recipe was shared by my friend Shubha and I thank her for sharing the same with me.  

It is indeed a great healthy recipe with some onion and vegetable in it.  You can choose vegetable according your wish.

Since no urad dal is involved in it, certain people who cannot conusme the urad dal can enjoy this dosa and uttappam.

I made the same with onion and some grated carrots, green chilli in it.  You can also add capsicum of your choice which will be colourful.  Uploading You tube:

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BREAD PIDI KOZHUKKATTAI

Though we are having varieties of breakfast recipes with us, still early in the morning all moms have a question what to make for breakfast.

I was making the normal pidi kozhukkatai or it is known as upma kozhukkattai, and few slices of left over bread was there with me.  The tuvar dal paste was bit excess with me so  I thought of trying this bread pidi kozhukkattai and it turned out very tasty and yummy.  I never expected that this will a hit.

  Since it is quite tasty, I am sharing the recipe with you all.

As usual, we can serve this with moru kootan, sambhar and any kind of chutney.

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COOKED RICE DOSA

Sometimes  we are confused what to do with the left over rice. Though we can make phodni rice, pakoda, porichukotti sadam, tayir sadam etc. something new can be invented always.  Thus I tried this dosa along with some other flours which is healthy.

As I was making this dosa, back of my mind, wondering what to make for the accompaniment.  I tried an instant  sambhar which was quite tasty.  

This dosa can be made instantly as you do not have to wait for fermentation of the batter and can be served with chutney, sambhar, milgai podi etc.  You are not wasting the left over rice and can say that it is a best out of left over  items.  

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INSTANT MAKAI, WHEAT FLOUR ADAI

I had some makai flour with me and recently I made the bhakri with nachni.  The recipe will be posting soon.   I was alone at home and was wondering what to make for breakfast.  If  I am alone at home, am bit lazy to make the breakfast for myself.  

Since the atta was very less, thought of adding the wheat flour in it and made this adai with some onions and green chillies chopped in it.  It is really tasty when it is served hot and instantly you can make it. 

 If I put green chilli chopped in any of the dish, my family members do not like it hence i prefer to put the paste in the dish  and if i am making something for me i put the chopped chillies separately for me.

Coming back to the recipe, it was really tasty when I had it with the lasoon chutney which was lying in my fridge for quite some time.  Since I use it only with bhakri, the stock never get exhausted as I am the only person to consume it.

some of the  related recipes : Makai adai, corn meal idli, makai ki roti,  
corn meal paratha 

MASALA UPMA

Upma is a Breakfast item prepared by everyone with rava, semolina.  One must eat this very hot along with chutney, choley it tastes awesome with choley.

Masala upma is made with vegetables and sambar powder or you can put any kind of masala for flavor.  I used sambar masala and vegetables and it was quite tasty with raita, papad.  You  can also serve the same with any kind of  chutney. It is quite a simple preparation like the normal upma with addition of spices  and vegetables, that is all.

I was bored of eating the normal upma so I decided to prepare the same this way and goes well with onion  raita and papad too.  Even if there is no accompaniments, it is fine.

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LAPSI UPMA, DALIA UPMA, BROKEN WHEAT UPMA

Varieites of upmas are made by us. one of the healthy upma is made with lapsi also known as dalia, broken wheat rava, godambu rava etc.  

I make this very often as my weekly menu is set.  Monday morning idli, followed by dosa, next day, upma, adai, bhakri, kanda poha, kozukkattai etc.  it keeps on changing depending upon the mood  of my children and availability of time etc in the morning.

Since it is good for health and also can be made with vegetables which makes it more healthier and tasty, I prefer to prepare the same on Saturday/Sunday as we can have it hot.  I prefer to have it hot just like that or with some pickle or sambar or chutney.  

video: Lapsi upma, broken wheat upma dalia upma

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DALIA IDLI

I want to try the cracked wheat i.e. dalia idli since so many days.  Yesterday as I was grinding  for idli, I felt that the Urid dal  is more for the quantity of rice hence I removed some urid dal batter from it and kept aside.

It must be around 3/4 cup of urid dal batter so I soaked 1/4 cup cracked wheat and mixed both and kept for fermenting. Since the climate was bit cool after a pre monsoon rain, it did not become sour much.  I tried the idli and came out well and served with sambar.

Since I liked it, I am posting the recipe here for you too.

KOLLU VAZHATHANDU ADAI, HORSEGRAM BANANA STEM CREPE

Horsegram and banana stem both are having health benefits which is given separately at the bottom of the recipe.  

I had some kulith which I wanted to finish it off and a small piece of banana stem.  Since I was not in a mood to prepare any subzi, roti or rice, I thought of making the adai with these two ingredients.

I had soaked the rice, kulith early in the morning hence I could grind it in the afternoon by 1.00 pm. and I prepared the adai for lunch.  Watch on you tube:

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RAGI DOSA (SECOND METHOD)

Ragi or finger millets it is known as has got  many health benefits.  It is high in protein hence  makes finger millet a very important factor in preventing malnutrition. The cereal can be an especially good source of protein for vegetarians because of its methionine content that constitutes about 5% of the protein.

It is rich source of minerals. Cotain calcium, phosphorous, potassium and iron and specially for people who might be at risk of osteoporosis or low hemoglobin levels.

The  increase in cases of diabetes has led to a great demand for foods containing complex carbohydrates with high dietary fiber levels and beneficial phytochemicals. Phytochemicals are a varied group of chemical compounds derived from plants, which are considered to be important factors in our capacity to combat disease. All these components are usually found in the outer layer of the grain or the seed coat, and so, it is generally a good idea to consume whole grains. 

 Finger millet controls blood glucose levels, and hyperglycemic and oxidative stress.  Finger millet is also rich in antioxidants.   Further, it also reduces bad cholestrol, prevents cardiovascular disease.

I have posted dosa and uttappa made out of ragi.  But this dosa is bit different from the earlier post as I have included rice and urid dal in it.

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RAVA IDIYAPPAM, SEMOLINA IDIYAPPAM

Idiyappam is the speciality of Kerala Cuisine which is served with Vegetable kurma and sweetened coconut milk.  Normally it is made with rice flour but can make use of other flours viz. millet flours and wheat flour too.  I had made it with bread also.

In our house it is served with morukootan and papad.  We can also make limbu sevai, coconut sevai, puli sevai and other flavourful sevai of your choice.

Since so many days, I wanted to try with the suji,semolina, rava and was asking my friends to give some recipes other than the normal upma, cake, dhokla, uttappam etc. which is made out of this and thought of trying this in the night itself yesterday.

If I am trying something new, I always make very less quantity hence I tried with ½ cup of suji and it came out well and liked by all at home.

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RAVA UTTAPPAM

Uttappams are made normally with the dosa batter in our  house.  I used to grind the batter for Idli and keep it for only 3 days.  First day, Idli, Second day Dosa or Uttappam, third day if batter remains, add bit of rava, maida etc. and again make dosa out of it.  Normally I do not grind much and keep in fridge.  Whenever it is required, depending upon the need, I used to grind.

We make onion uttappam, masala uttappam, withe vegetables etc.  Since I was not having the batter with me and my son wanted to have uttappam, I made it with rava and it was awesome with chutney.

It is very easy to make as we have the required ingredients at home always.  If not everything, the basic needed items viz. tomato, onion etc. are always available at home.

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TAVA DAL ROTI

I had left over chapati and dal of the previous day in the fridge.  Since the dal was very tasty, I did not feel like wasting it by simply throwing it in the dustbin.  Further, I was very lazy to  make food on that particular day, I decided to make use of this left over dal and roti.

Used very simple items which are available at home and very easily could make it.  You have to serve this very hot I mean tava to the plate to relish this.  Things are not wasted at the same time getting a new recipe and dish for you which is very healthy too.

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CURRY LEAVES ADAI

Curry leaves are good for health.  It cures the stomach related issues, good for hair growth etc.  I always add the curry leaves while grinding so that it does not go waste as we tend to remove and throw the same while eating.

Yesterday, I was thinking of making adai.  But after eating the same, the stomach is very full and I used to get gas problems because of the chana and tuvar dal.  So I thought of incorporating few curry leaves in it and making the adai. Although we use curry leaves while making adai, we use less quantity.  

This adai was awesome with white butter and jaggery and with the besan ghattee ki achar recently I made.

I have already posted curry patta idli,  curry patta idli fry, curry patta rice,  curry leaves kuzhambu, curry leaves kuzhambu rice,  curry patta gun powder,  curry leaves mor kuzhambu,   curry leaves dhokla etc. 

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other curry leaves recipes:  

DILL LEAVES IDLI

Dill Leaves Idli  is made out of dill leaves and idli batter.  It is quite easy to prepare and good for health.  The steaming hot idli with sambar or chutney is a good breakfast for all provided you develop the taste of this leafy vegetable.

Dill leaves are good for health.  I have posted the benefits of dill leaves and various items prepared with this wonderful leaf.    Related posts are here:
dill leaves puri,  dill leaves dhokla,  dill leaves dosa,  dill leaves paratha,
dill leaves vada ,  suva bhajia kadhi,  suva bhajia,  
dill rice,  
health benefit of dill

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