அடை/Adai(Mixed pulses dosa)

Ingredients:

Rice -1 cup

Toor dal - 1/4 cup

Channa dal-1/4 cup (chick peas)

urad dal - 1/4 cup

salt

Red chilli - 7-9

Asfoetida - a pinch

Method:

Soak Rice for 3 hrs. Mix all the dals(toordal,channa dal, Urad dal) and soak it for 3 hrs. then grind the rice and the dals with salt,asfoetida and red chillies.Grind it with little water. keep it aside for atleast 2 hrs. then in a frying pan make it like dosa.

Aviyal is combinational side dish for this recipe.

அவியல்/Aviyal(Boiled Mixed Vegetable)

Ingredients :

Vegetables - Plantain, potatoes, brinjal, carrots, beans, drumstick, green peas, chayote squash, snake guard,pumpkin,Taro root... (The amount of vegetables are deponds upon you)

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Yogurt - 1 cup

Green chilli -3 or 4

Cumin seeds - 2 tspn

salt - as needed

Coconut oil - 3 tblspn

Method:

Cut the vegetables into long pieces and steam in pressure cooker or you can boil all the vegetables in a pan, until all becomes soft texture.
Grind grated coconut, green hot chillies and cumin seeds.Add this to thick curd(yogurt).Add this in to cooked vegetables, mix well and heat for sometime. Add salt as needed. when it boil, add coconut oil and keep off the flame.

கோதுமை தோசை/ Wheat Dosa

Ingredients:

Wheat flour -1 cup
Rice flour -1 cup
Sooji/Semolina/Rawa - 1 handfull
salt - 1 tblspn
cumin powder - 1 tblspn
whole black pepper powder - 1 tblspn
Asfoetida(hing) - a pinch
Green chillies - 1 finely chopped(If needed)
Curry leaves - 5-6 chopped
yogurt - 1 cup
oil - for cooking

Method:

Mix everything except oil. Add enough amount of water and mix well such
that when you pour batter on the frying pan, all you have to do is tilt the frying
pan for the batter to spread out thinly and evenly. You shouldn't use an
implement to spread the batter. It should spread on its own. Then pour some oil on the sides. After 1 or 2 min, turn it back to the other side.

தக்காளி ரசம் / Tomato Rasam

Ingredients:

Tomato - 1 or 2 chopped

tamarind paste or juice - 2 tspn

Rasam powder - 2 tspn(Recipe for this given in this blog)

turmeric powder- 1/4 tspn

asfoetida(hing) - pinch

salt - as needed

cilantro - one handfull chopped

musturd seeds -1 tspn

cumin seeds -1 tspn

ghee(clarified butter) - 1tblspn

water-2 cups

Method:

Mix together water, tamarind paste, rasam powder, turmeric powder, asfoetida. Bring it to boil on a medium flame. Add tomato and salt. season with mustard and cumin seeds in ghee. Garnish with chopped cilantro. Eat with plain rice.

ரசப்பொடி/ Rasam powder

Toor dal

Ingredients:
Whole black peppers - 1 cup
Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1/2 cup
coriander seeds - 1/2 cup

Method:
Slightly heat all the ingredients without adding oil in a fry pan and grind the above ingredients into a nice powder.
\* you can reduce the quantity according to your need*\

வெண்டைக்காய் பொறியல்/ okra fry

Ingredients:
okra- 1/4 kg
mustard-1tspn
urad dal -1tspn
chilli powder - 1 tblspn
corriander powder - 1 tbspn
turmeric powder- 1 tspn
asfoetida - 1 pinch
salt -as needed
oil - 3 tblspn
Method:
cut all the okra into small pieces.
then, in the deep frying pan, pour some oil and put mustard seeds.
after splattering the masturd seeds, add urad dal, asfoetida,turmeric powder.
then put the okra and keep closed it by 5 minutes. stirr occasionally.
then add thania(corriander) powder, and chilli powder,salt. fry it still it becomes very rost.
then keep off the flame. if you want you can add coconut powder to this. thats all.