RASAM POWDER

Rasam powder is a part of spice powder in the store room of South Indian Households.  I prefer to make the powder as and when required for the freshness and aroma of the same.  You can make the powder and keep it for a month's requirement if you are a regular user of this spice powder.  If not, whenever required, just make little and use it.  Normally, I use the sambar powder and add little bit of pepper powder for making Rasam.

Rasam powder is made with Chana dal, Tuvar dal, Dhania (coriander seeds), Black pepper Cumin seeds, Curry leaves, Red Chilli  etc.

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MIX VEGETABLE DRY SUBZI

Mix vegetable dry subzi I made for serving along with hot roti yesterday.  Since we are mixing almost all the vegetables, you are filled with protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals etc.  It is a very simple, easy subzi to make and goes well as a side dish for rice and curry and with roti.  I filled the same in vermicelli dosa which I made today for breakafast.

VERMICELLI DOSA

Dosa is a breakfast item in almost all the household especially in  South India.  various dosas are made and served with sambar and chutney.  But this dosa I served with Yam raita or pachadi and some mix vegetables.  This dosa is made with vermicelli, rava and rice powder.  It is quite tasty, healthy and delicious too.  You tube : vermicelli dosa

YAM RAITA OR YAM PACHADI

Yam raita or pachadi is very easy to make.  It is always liked by everyone with pulao, roti and this one can be served with idli and dosa too.    Main ingredients are yam and curd.  I served it with vermicelli dosa which I made today for breakfast.

BOONDI RAITA

Raitas are good accompaniment for pulao.  We also like to eat with roti if we make dry subzi.  We can make varieties of raitas with cucumber, beetroot, lady's finger, banana stem, mix veg etc.  Here I am presenting Boondi raita.  For making boondi raita, we need kaara boondi or plain boondi.

HOT AND SWEET GOOSEBERRY

Gooseberry is a rich source of vitamin C.  Amla rice or gooseberry rice, pickles, chutneys, can be made out of this.  This hot and sweet gooseberry can be served with roti, thepla etc.

GOOSEBERRY PICKLE, NELLIKAI URUGAI, NELLIKKA UPPLILITATHU, AMLA ACHAR

Gooseberry, Amla, Nellikka, Nellikkai, Avla it is known as,  is full of calcium.  It is used for  making ayurvedic medicines too.  We can make pickle, Thoku, Chutney,  Gooseberry rice, Hot and sweet gooseberry, candies etc. out of this.  Here I am presenting a pickle which is made with whole gooseberry.  I have made Goosberry rasam also.

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JOWAR ROTI/BHAKRI

Jowar or Sorghum it is known as has higher content of calcium.  Besides calcium, it is also rich in iron, protein and fibre.  In Maharashtra, Bhakri a kind of roti is made with this flour and served  hot with chutney and a blob of butter.  It is quite healthy and filling too.  We can make jowar methi thepla, jowar paratha, jowar ka uttappa out of this.

Let us have a look at the recipe now:

1/2 cup jowar flour
Lukewarm water
very little salt (optional)

Method:

take the flour in a wide bottom vessel.  add the lukewarm water slowly and make a dough out of it.  divide into equal portions (i made two out of this).  Heat a non stick tava, place one ball of the dough on the tava when it becomes hot. apply little water on your palm and pat the same and spread it on the tava.  after spreading the same, apply water on top of it.  allow to cook the same and flip to cook the other side too.  when the black spots start appearing, directly cook on the flame as you cook the phulkas.  serve hot with a blob of butter, green chutney,     dry lasoon chutney etc.

ORANGE PEEL CHUTNEY

Orange peel chutney is made out of orange peel with fried urad dal as main ingredient.   To be frank with you, the taste may not be liked by everyone as it has got bitter taste but since we are adding little jaggery in it, you will forget the bitterness.   I had it with dosa and dal rice today and liked it very much.  If your taste bud is used to bitterness, then it will be liked by you.

 I have also made orange peel thuvayal  &  OrangePeelSweet Chutney.aspx and the said recipes were  shared with Ms. Dahlia Twinkle of www.simpleindianrecipes.com.  I have shared more than 100 recipes with her before starting my blog.  It is a lovely site.

DAL ROTI UPMA IN CABBAGE LEAF (left over recipe)

We all make normally make paratha if dal is left over.  when dal and roti is left over what to do?  do not worry, here is a lovely recipe with this dal and roti.  I made upma out of it and was really tasty.  Actually you will be able to enjoy the same if it is little punchant.