Pachai sundakkai thuvayal

Ingredients

Green sundakkai
Red chillies 3
Urud dal 7 tspn
Tamarind paste 1/2 tspn

1. Squeeze green sundakkai and wash it.
2. Pour a little oil in the pan, add red chillies, urud dal and asafetida and fry them until golden brown.
3. Grind the sundakai, the above items, tamarind paste and salt together.

Pori chathumadhu

Toor dal 50 gms

To fry:
Urud dal 3 tbsp
Red chillies 1
Pepper 1.5 tbsp

To grind along:
Jeera 1 tbsp
Coconut
Asafetida

To temper:
Ghee
Mustard seeds
Jeera

Method:

1. Fry the 'to fry' ingredients until they turn golden brown
2. Grind the above along with the 'to grind along' ingredients to a smooth texture.
3. Boil toordal in the cooker until it is mashed well.
4. Add the above in a vessel along with water, and boil the mixture. Make sure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
5. Once it has boiled, add more water so it is not very thick.
6. Add crackled mustard seeds, fried jeera and ghee at the end.

Tadaa!! Oops, do add salt!

Milagu kuzhambu

Red chillies 2
Pepper 2 tbsp
Toor dal 2 tbsp
Dhaniya 1 tbsp
Tamarind paste 1 tspn
Curry leaves
Asafetida
1. Fry the above until the ingredients turn golden brown.
2. Crackle a few mustard seeds, add curry leaves and asafetida and add the ground mixture along with a little water.
3. Boil the above until it turns a little thick and remove from stove.

Paruppu thogayal

Toor dal - 4 tsp
Channa dal - 4 tsp
Red chillies - 1
Pepper - 1.5 tsp
Method:
1. Fry the above ingredients until they turn golden brown
2. Add a little amount of coconut and grind to a nice consistency.
Goes well with rice.

Vazhai thandu aviyal

Ingredients:
Banana stalk 1
Green chillies 4
Toor dal 50 gms
Coconut 1/2 coconut grated
Cumin seeds 4 tsp

1. Take a banana stalk and peel the outer layer.
2. Chop the stalk into smaller circles.
3. As you take each circle, you should peel off the fiber from the skin. (Note: the fiber comes as thin strings, this can be made into a wick and used in the lamp. This is considered to be auspicious and good for the family's future generation/prolification)
4. Now cut the circles into little cubes and set aside.

5. Soak 50 gms toordal atleast 2 hrs before preparation.
6. Pressure cook the vegetable pieces and let it sit for 3 whistles.
7. Take coconut, cumin seeds, green chillies and soaked toordal and grind them into a nice consistency by adding water.
8. Add the mixture to the boiled vegetable pieces, add salt, and boil this in low flame. Make Sure it doesn't stick to the pan.
9. Once you get one boil, add 4 tsp coconut oil, crackled mustard seeds and curry leaves.
10. Finally add 1 cup of yoghurt once the above is cooled down.

This goes well with rice/adai.

Vathal aka rice fryums


Rice - 3/4 cup
Water - 1.5 cups
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Day 1: Soak rice in water

Day 2: Grind rice to a nice texture and liquid consistency. Add salt and keep it aside.

Day 3: Heat 1.5 cups of water in the cooker, and once boiled, add a handful of Javvarisi to the boiling water.

Take 12 green chillies, add 1/2 tsp salt and grind it with water. Add this mixture to the cooker. Add some asafoetida.

As the contents of the cooker boil in a high heat, add the ground rice mixture and keep stirring it until the contents turn into a thick paste. To check if it is ready, wet your hands and place your fingers on the paste. If it is ready, it will not stick to your fingers.


Kadalai paruppu chutney

Kadalai paruppu/channa dal  - 2 tablespoon
Red chillies - 4

Fry the above. Add asafoetida, salt, a drop of tamarind paste, grated coconut and grind adding some water.