Spinach Dal

Ingredients
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spinach with dhal (Thotakura pappu )
Spinach (palak) -- 3 small bunches or one large bunch
Thoor dhal -200 gms
onions -2 medium chopped
tomatoes -2- chopped
green chilli - 1 slit
tamarind -lemon sized
chilli powder -1-2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
salt to taste

Ingredients for tempering:
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Split urad dhal, Chana dhal, red chilli halved, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafetita powder, few garlic cloves, Termaric powder, curry leaves, ghee and oil.

Methos
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Pressure cooks the chopped spinah leaves along with the thoor dhal, onions, green chilli, tomatoes, chilli powder, tamarind, and turmeric powder. Add some water to cook.
Once its cooked well, mash the dhal along with the spinach mixture well with a hevay laddle. add some salt.
Then temper the ingredients for tempering in some ghee and oil and pour it into the dhal mixture. and serve hot with rice or chappathi.

Toor Daal/Daal Thove

Ingredients
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1/2 cup Toor dal or Moon dal
1 Tomato small(Optional)
4 Green chilli
1 piece Ginger crushed
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp oil
3 Garlic
1 Red chilli
1/2 Musterd seeds
1/4 cumin seeds
1 spring curry leaves
2 pinch of Hing (Asofoetida)
salt

Method
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In a cooker dal, tomato, green chilli, ginger, turmeric powder, 1 cup water and 1 drop oil, Then presure cook it.
In a heat bowl put oil , mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic, red chilli, curry leaves, hing and termaric powder. Then add cooked dal, salt and cook for few mints.

Baingan Ka Bharta

Ingredients

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1/2 cup cooked green peas (optional)
Coriander leaves for garnishing
1/2 tsp coriander pdr
1/4 tsp cumin pdr
1 Eggplant (medium sized)
1 1/2 cup Finely chopped onions
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
4 number garlic
3 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder

1/2 tsp termaric powder

Salt
2 green chilli
1 Tomato
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1/2 tsp Musterd seeds

5 curry leaves

Method

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Apply some oil to the eggplant. Keep it on a hot griddle tawa in reduced flame or put it in the oven at high heat and bake .Once a side of the eggplant is properly cooked turn it. Likewise cook all the sides. It takes around 10-15 minutes to cook the whole eggplant. Once it is fully cooked, wait for it to cool down and then peel off the skin and mash well.

Heat oil in a pan, add musterd seeds, curry leaves, garlic, green chilli and chopped onions and fry over medium flame until light golden brown. Add red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and turmeric powder. Stir well and add chopped tomatoes and cook till tender. Now add the mashed eggplant , cooked peas and salt and stir for 5-6 minutes on a medium flame.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with chapatis or as a side dish with rice.

Bread Roll

Ingredients
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1 Boiled potato
1 onion chopped
1 tbsp garam masala
1 tbsp Coriander powder
Half tbsp turmeric powder
2 Red chilli powder
Half bunch Coriander leaves
salt
6 Bread

Method
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In a bowl smash boiled potato add onion, salt, garam masala, coriander powder, termaric, red chilli powder, coriander leaves mix well.
Then dip the bread in water once, and then squeeze the water out of it.
Take the mixture in small quantity and place it above the bread, Now roll the bread and deep fry it.

Chicken Kabab

Ingredients
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1/4 kg Chicken
3 tbsp red chilli powder
Half tbsp turmeric powder
Half tbsp garam masala
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp red chilli sauce
3 tbsp Cornflour
Half tbsp Vinegar
salt
Pinch of Aginamoto

Method
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Mix all these Ingredients very well. Keep it aside for 2 hr and then fry it.

Chicken Fry

Ingredients
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4 Red chilli
Half tbsp coriander seeds
Half tbsp Jeera
little Tamarind
1 spoon Turmeric powder
4 clove Garlic
1 piece Ginger

Method
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Grind all above ingredients to fine paste.
In a bowl add the above grounded masala, then add 3 tbsp cornflour mix it.
Then add Chicken pieces and mix well. Keep it for 3 hrs.
Before frying this chicken, dip into beaten Egg and fry. It Tastes really very good. This recipe is from my sister Puneeta. I love this chicken fry.

Masala dosa

Ingredients
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2 cup Rice
Half cup Urad dal
1 handful of Chana dal
1 handful of Toor dal
salt
Half tbsp sugar(optional)

Method
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Soak rice, urad dal, chanda dal, toor dal for 5 hrs.
First grind rice and then add urad dal, chana dal, toor dal, salt mix upto fine paste.
Finally add sugar and mix well, keep this batter in a hot place like oven for almost 6 hrs.
Then you can make dosa. Eat this with potato bhaji or coconut chutney. Tastes really very good.

Spicy dosa

Ingredients
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1 cup rice
3 dry red chilli
Half tbsp Jeera
1 tbsp Coriander seeds
1 small piece Jagarry
Half tbsp Methi seeds
Little Tamarind
1 onion
7 Spoon greatted coconut
salt

Method
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soak rice for 2 hrs.
In a heat pan add 3 drops of oil and fry Methi seeds for 3 mints.
In a Grinder put all these Ingredients and grind well ,add little water according to the thickness of batter.
In a heat pan pour dosa batter and make very thin dosa add drops of oil to it. Eat with chutney.

Fried Rice

Ingredients
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1 Cup rice
6 Star anise
6 cloves
5 black pepper
2 cinnamon sticks
1 bunch Spring onion
half Cabbage chopped
half cup peas
1 carrot
1 Onion
1 Capsicum sliced
1 tbsp Soya sauce
1 tbsp Green chilli sauce
1 green chilli sliced
1 pinch of Aginamoto
3 spoon oil
salt

Method
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In a food processor add 6 Star anise, 6 cloves, 5 black pepper, 2 cinnamon sticks, little salt grind it. (This masala can use for some other recipes also).

Boil the rice with little salt and half spoon oil in a water.
In a pan heat oil, add onion fry for few mints, then add cabbage, green chilli fry for 6 mints.
Then add soya sauce, green chilli sauce, carrot, capsicum fry few mints.
Add 1 spoon grinded masala powder, salt, peas, little aginamoto mix well.
Add boiled rice, spring onion and mix well.

Veg Pasta

Ingredients
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Macaroni Pasta- 1 cup
1 Onion
1 Tomato
3 Green Chilli
5 Spring Coriander leaves
1 Capsicum
2 Spoon Pasta Sauce
1 Spoon Soya Sauce
1 Spoon Ginger Garlic paste

1 Bunch of Spring Onion(optional)
2 Spoon Oil
Salt

Method
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Boil Macroni with salt and half spoon Oil. Then drain the water and keep aside.
In a hot Pan add oil and fry onion till they are transparent.
Then add green chillis fry few mints and the add ginger garlic paste fry two mints.
Add soya sauce, pasta sauce, tomato, little salt, Capsicum fry for 5 mints.
Then add Macroni and stire well. Switch off gas and garnish with Coriander leaves.

WaterMelon Juice

Ingredients
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Watermelon
1/2 cup cold milk
1 spoon sugar
1 Elaichi

Method
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In a processor put all these ingredients and blend. Serve immedietly.

Sesame seeds Juice

Ingredients
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7 tsp Sesame seeds(soak in the water for 10 mints)
2 cup cold milk
1 small piece Jagarry

Method
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Drain the water from Sesame seeds. Blend these ingredients in a processor.

Mango Juice

Ingredients
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1 Mango
2 cup cold Milk
3 spoon sugar

Method
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Put Mango, milk and sugar in a processor blend it. Serve immediately.

Chicken 65

Ingredients

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1/2 tsp Aji no moto(MSG)
2lbs Chicken-dark meat(boneless thigh meat)
1/2 bunch Coriander leaves-chopped
2 tsp Cornflour
1/2 tsp each Cumin seeds, Pepper powder, salt
4-5 number Curry Leaves-chopped
1 number Egg
1 tsp Garlic-chopped
1/2 tsp Ginger-chopped
2 tsp Ginger/Garlic paste
4-5 number Green Chilli
to fry Oil

2-3 drops Red color(Optional)

1 Onion chopped

1 Capsicum

1 tsp red chilli powder(optional)

Method

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To make the fried chicken pieces:-

Take chicken pieces in a non reactive bowl-(We use dark meat so that it is nice and juicy when fried).Add salt, Aji-no-moto,1 tsp ginger/garlic paste, pepper powder-pinch, cornflour and mix. Then add 1 egg and mix in completely-(Egg coats the meat and keeps the juices in).

Heat oil in a frying wok or kadhai-Add chicken pieces few at a time(Do not crowd the kadhai) and fry until lightly golden brown-Drain and remove on a paper towel.

To make the sauce:-

Heat 2-3 tsp oil in a pan-Add Onion, cumin, add the chopped ginger and garlic and suate until fragrant-Add chopped chillies, curry leaves,1 tsp ginger/garlic paste, remaining pepper powder, red chilli powder, Capsicum, salt, chilli/garlic paste, aji-no-moto, red color and mix-Cook for a few minutes.

Add a little water and then add chicken to this paste and toss lightly-Stir in the coriander leaves and serve.

Yellow Pulav

Ingredients
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2 Onion
2 Tomato
2 Green Chilli
1 spoon Ginger garlic paste
1 stick Cinamon
3 Cardamon
7 Cloves
1 bay Leaf
4 black pepper
Half Spoon Turmeric Powder
1 Cup Rice
Salt to taste
Vegitables like Peas, Carrot, Beans
2 spoon Ghee or oil

Method
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In a cooker heat the Ghee add Onions and cinamon stick, cardamon, cloves, bay leaf fry until onions are become brown.
Then add Ginger garlic paste fry few mints. add green chilli and Tomato.
Add Vegitables and rice fry few mints. then add 2 cups of water, salt, turmeric mix them well and presure cook it.
Yellow Pulav is ready , eat with raita. tastes good.

Veg Biriyani

Ingredients
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1 Cup Boiled Rice
1 Onion
1 bunch mint Leaf
Half bunch Coriander leaf
2 Green chilli
4 spoon Gratted coconut
2 Tomato
1 stick cinamon
6 cloves
3 Cardamon
5 Garlic
1 Piece Ginger
Vegitables like peas, beans, carrot, coliflower, capsicum.
salt
2 spoon oil

Method
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In a pan heat oil and fry Mint leaf and green chilli .
Then Grind these Mint leaves and green chilli, gratted coconut, tomato, cinamon, cloves, cardamon, coriander leaves, garlic, ginger.
In a pan heat oil and fry onion add all vegitables and stir well for 10 mints.
Then add grinded masala to the pan, add salt to your taste and cook this mixture for few mints.
Add boiled rice and mix well. Your Veg Biriyani is ready. Eat with raita.

Curry Leaf Chutney

Ingredients
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Bunch of Curry Leaf
1 Spoon Urad dal
3 Red Chilli
5 Spoon Greatted Coconut
1 Garlic
Half Spoon Tamarind
Salt
1/2 tsp Oil


Method
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In a hot pan add some oil Fry Urad dal and Curry leaf seperatly Until color changes.
Grind All these ingredients.
In Karnataka it is Served as side dish / dipping for Idly , dosa, rice.


Note:Curry Leaf is used to treat kidney disorders, digestive disorders, premature grey hair, premature aged look, skin problems, nausea, vision disorders etc.

Garlic Chutney

Ingredients
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10 Garlic
5 Red chilli
6 Spoon Greatted coconut
Half spoon Tamarind
Salt
1 Spoon oil

Method
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In a hot pan pour some oil fry Garlic.
Then Grind all ingredients with garlic, add some water accoding to thickness of chutney.

Pulav

Ingredients
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Bunch of Coriander Leaves
Mint Leaves(Optional)
3 Green Chilli
5 Black Pepper
2 inch cinnamon Sticks
2 green cardamon
5 or 6 Cloves
6 Garlic cloves
1 or 2 Star Anise
1 Piece Ginger
5 tsp Gratted coconut Grind
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In a pan pour half spoon oil and Fry all these above Ingredients and add little water to grind. Method
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In a cooker add 2 Spoon Ghee or Oil, add 2 chopped Onion, 1 stick Cinamon, 4 cloves, 3 black pepper, 1 bay leaf. Fry till they turn in to Golden Brown.
Then add Grinded masala fry until the raw smell goes.
Add vegitables like beans, carrot, peas, Tomato fry for few mints.
then add 2 Cups of Basmati Rice fry for 2 mints and then add 4 cups of water.
Add salt according to taste. And Presure cook it.
Eat this with Rita. Tates Good.
This recipe is from my mom, and also my fav Food.

Note: If you don't want to presure cook it, then you can boil seperatly each items like vegetables, Rice, and fry grinded masala with onion, whole garam masala and Tomato.
Then mix all together very well with carefully.

Coriander Chutney

Ingredients
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Bunch of Coriander springs
2 Green chilli
5 Spoon Gratted coconut
Half Spoon Tamarind
Salt

Method
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Grind all These Ingredients with little water. Add salt according to your taste.

Red Chilli Chutney

Ingredients
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4 Red chilli
2 spoon Urad Dal
5 spoon Gratted coconut
Half spoon Tamarind
salt
Half spoon oil

Method
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In a pan put half spoon oil to fry Urad dal. Fry for 3 to 4 mints.
Then add all these ingredients with Urad dal to the grinder and grind it.

Green chilli Chutney

Ingredients
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3 Green chilli
1 piece ginger
5 spoon Greated coconut
2 Garlic
Half spoon Tamarind
Salt

Method
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Grind all these Ingredients. Add some water Accordingly to the desired thickness of Chutney.

Raw Mango Chutney/Mavinakai Chutney/Kukuda Chutney

Ingredients
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1 Young green Mango (peeled and cut in to small pieces )
Half spoon Mustard seeds
2 to 3 Green chillis
1 Garlic
6 spoon Grated coconut or 1/2 cup
salt to taste

Method
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Grind all these Ingredients with salt according to your taste.
This Goes very well with Rice(Ganji). This is one of my fav and easy Chutney. It Tastes very good.

Curd Rice

Ingredients

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5 spoon Curd
Coriander leaves
1 cup boiled rice

To Grind
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2 green chilli
1 piece Ginger
5 spoon Greated coconut

For seasoning
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1 spoon Oil
1 Spoon Mustard seeds
1 red chilli
Curry leaves

Method
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Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, red chilli and curry leaves.
Once spluttering of Mustard seeds add grinded masala to this pan and fry till raw smell goes.
Then add curd, salt according to your taste. Turn off the gas.
Add boiled Rice and mix well and garnish with Coriander leaves.

Lemon Rice

Ingredients
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1cup cooked rice
1 spoon oil
Little mustard seeds
2 red chilli
1 spoon channa dal
1 spoon urad dal
1 springs curry leaves
1 pinch turmeric
Little peanuts
1 slice ginger cut into small piece
4 green chilli1
2 spoon sesame seeds
1 pinch hing ( asafotida)
1 lemon juice
3 springs coriander leaves
salt to taste.

Method
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Boil the rice with salted water until almost done. Drain and keep aside.
Heat oil/ghee in a shallow pan or a kadai.
Add a pinch of asafoetida. mustard seeds Add dried red chillies broken into two, urad dal, chana dal, peanuts fry for few minutes and then add ginger and green chilli. Cook until dals change colour to light brown.
then add curry leaves, sesame seeds. Mix turmeric powder in this. Stir fry for half a minute. Then add salt and lemon juice. Add cooked rice.
Garnish with coriander leaves.