IDLI BHEL

Idli bhel can be made as a chaat  item.  I had prepared dahi  idli chaat, idli fry, idli upma, idli chole chaat with left over idlis and the bhel is another  interesting chaat  item which everyone will enjoy specially children. 

You are always having the simple ingredients at home so it is not a big issue to prepare this dish.

VADA TIKKI (LEFT OVER DAL VADA)

Tikkis are always the favourite dish of every one. WE make various kinds of tikkis but today i am going to present a tikki which is made out of the left over item.

Vada Tikki I tried with the left over dal vada.  I had made dal vada and few of them were left out.  I tried kuzhambu with it and also the tikki.  both the items were very tasty.  You do not have to waste the food made if you think and reuse the same in a different way, you end up making a different dish out of it. That is what I have done here i.e best out of left over.

ARINELLIKKA SAMBAR

Arinellikka or star gooseberry is normaly eaten with salt and bit chilly powder.  you can also eat this as it is.  It is stored in salt water and can be had with curd rice or dal rice or eaten as it is.  Pickle is also make with this.  Today I tried making sambar with it and was yummy with plain steamed rice.  I loved it.  My son is very fond of this nellikka he eats it with bit salt.

BHATUA STIR FRY SUBZI

Bhatua leaf is one of ingredient  used while making sarson ka saag.  I liked the saag very much along with makai ki roti.   When I was making saag, there was some extra bhatua with me so I thought of trying the dry subzi with it and was liked by all at home.

TOMATO PULAO

Tomato pulao is a yummy rice variety with some veggies.  Today, I prepared the same for Lunch along with raita, papad, karuvadam etc.

As I was bored of eating chapati everyday and thinking of what to make as side dish for the chapati, for a change, I was thinking when my maid did not turn up for making chaptis, this dish for the last two days.

After  having a lovely time attending the  Happy Streets organised by Times of India  group, I was lazy to enter in the kitchen so made my day very easy by preparing this tomato pulao.  I have already posted tomato rice recipe in the blog.  You should have fully ripe tomato which is red in colour.

METHI LEAVES KARAKUZHAMBU

Fenugreek seeds are good for diabetes, to keep the stomach cool etc.  Methi leaves are used to make methi matar malai, methi thepla,methi paratha, methi subzi etc.  We can also make methi leaves sambar.  Here I have used the methi leaves to make karakuzhambu somewhat similar to vathalkuzhambu.  This curry is made with tamarind pulp, masalas etc. and is really tongue tickling.

This goes well along with plain white rice, along with fried vadam, chips, etc.

BREAD PARATHA

Varieties of Parathas are made by North Indian.   Hot parathas of any kind, is very tasty and liked by all.  I happened to have the aloo paratha soaked in ghee ( i mean a lot of ghee was put in while cooking the same)   along with Maa ki dal once when we went out in a Punjabi restaurant in a  Mall.  It was awesome minus the ghee which I could not digest as we use very less oil and ghee.  But those who are loving it that way, it is divine.

I made the bread paratha today because I had four slices of left over bread and was thinking what to do for the breakfast.  Since parathas are liked by my children very much, I decided to try this bread methi paratha and it was awesome with curd and sauce. 

PALAK PANEER DOSA

Instant Palak Paneer dosa I made tonight for a change as we were bored of having chapati everyday.  Since I had palak, paneer and the soaked methi seeds in the fridge, I thought of making this different kind of dosa which was quite tasty with pickle and sambar.

Few benefits of palak and paneer is given below after the recipe for your information.

KAIPPAKKA KONDATTAM, BITTER GOURD VATHAL

Bitter gourd is very good for health especially those who are suffering from diabetes.  This juice is very useful in controlling the sugar.

Bitter gourd vathal is made and stored in airtight container during summer.  This is used to make varuval or vathal kuzhambu during rainy season when  vegetables are scarce.  Most of the vathals, vadams, pickles are made during summer and stored by Indians during  summer. 

Let us look at the recipe now how to make this vathal.  In malayalam, it is called kondattam.

CLUSTER BEANS VATHAL, KOTHAVARAKKA VATHAL

Cluster beans or kothavarakka or kothavarankai or ghavar subzi is made normally as dry subzi.  South Indians make it poriyal, or usli, thoran etc. whereas in the north side, it is made along with onion, tomato etc with some masalas.

It is quite tasty but for some people, it gives gas trouble.  Hence we need to put garlic and hing powder in it to reduce that effect.

This can be sun dried and kept for frying or making subzi during rainy season.