Snack items...Puttu and Sundal...

Sometimes first trial doesnt turn out good, but surprisingly this puttu turned out very good for the first time I made with Jaggery. 
Recipe for Puttu:
* Soak yellow moong dhaal and open boil and filter the water.
* Add little 1.5 cups puttu powder to 1 cup water and mix well with fork.

* It will be wet, close lid for 10mins

* Then split it with hand few mins and steam it in idli vessel for 10mins

* Melt 1 cup jaggery with little water in stove and boil just few mins (do not crystalize)

* Turn of jaggery in stove, let it rest 2 mins, add the clear portion to puttu, leaving dust particles
* Add ghee to tava, roast cashews and add elachi and coconut or just add elachi, coconut,ghee to puttu
* Mix all of the above. Initially it will be wet, later it will split and it tastes really yummy!

Recipe for Sundal:
* Soak Chick peas overnight and pressure cook with salt. Filter the water.
* Add oil to tava, add mustard seeds and lots of asafotedia, curry leaves.
* Add ground g.chillies and ginger paste and cook for few minutes
* Add the cooked chick peas and add coconut.

Aval Upma (Poha)

A simple recipe after a long break! Have been making lot of junk food, so was not upto posting them. Here you go for more pictures...Poha. Got 2 recipes from web and mixed them! Variations...you could add onions, garam masala, elachi, etc.

Kale Pesto

 

Tried this with Spinach as well, turned good. Those of you who like cheese, U could add it to the blender while adding the greens. I dont like the raw smell of garlic so ended up boiling it.

* Boil in water - kale, g.onions, g.chillies and few garlic

* Dry roast pine nuts, add it to food processor first and crush it so it is coarse

* Then add the greens leaving the water (U could use that water to cook pasta)

* add salt, lemon juice and olive oil. Blend well.

Then U could saute it with pasta or egg scramble, by adding fresh ground pepper.

Raagi Murrukku/Kaaraa Sev

2.5yr old niece was an inspiration to post this one in the blog! Oorjaa, here U go...this is for U. Sure will pass it to you next time we meet. Forgot to add garlic, that adds a good flavor to it. More pictures...RagiMurukku

For those of you interested in using Raagi, you could do dosas with urad batter and Raagi flour mixed and fermented.

Tamarind Rice

Making this one after years! Good for travel, but at home I dont consider this as a meal as it has no veggies.Takes long time to cook, but not much attention required. More pictures....TamarindRice

Rajma (Kidney Bean gravy)

A recipe that takes long time to cook and less attention! Like to make these for potlucks as it is always a hit and not much chopping required. More pictures...Rajma

Pakoda morekulambu

Similar to morekulambu that I posted long time back, we could just add pakoda to it. It is yummy! More pictures....PakodaMoreKulambu

Vazhakkai Podimas

Some people call it Vazhakkai puttu. Tastes yummy by itself, U could eat it hot. If the boiled one is hard, you could grate it as well. More pictures...VazhakkaiPodimas

Hope everyone had a great new year eve! Wishing U all a wonderful year ahead!