Ingredients
3-4 tsp thick imli pulp
3/4 cup gud (more or les as per taste)
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp rai
Pinch of hing
1/2 tsp haldi
1/2 tsp lal mirch
1 khadi lal mirch
Salt to taste
Process
Heat oil in a kadahi
Add rai+hing and allow it to splutter
Add khadi lal mirch
Add the imli pulp and pour warm water to get a consistency of rassam
Add salt, lal mirch, haldi and gud
Boil for 2-3 mins
Enjoy this hot saar with Gola Bhat
Ingredients
1/4 cup matki/moth sprouts
1 Table spoon oil
1 Tea spoon rai (mustard seeds)
Pinch of hing (asafoetida)
1/2 Tea spoon haldi
1 Tea spoon lal mirch
1 Tea spoon maharashtrian garam masala
1 Tsp besan (mix thoroughly in 1/4 cup water)
2 Amsul/kokam
2 tsp gud (can be more or less as per taste)
Finely chopped hara dhania for garnishing
Salt to taste
Process
Indirectly steam moth and keep aside
Heat oil in a pan and add rai+hing
Allow it to splutter and add moth, haldi, mirchi, masala, amsul, gud, besan paste and salt
Mix well and add hot water to required consistency
Cover and keep on low flame till the moth is cooked
Garnish with hara dhania and serve hot with rice
This is a savoury prepared from a desert ):
A sweet and sour Soup/Dal
Ingredients
1/4 cup Puran
1/2 tsp haldi
1 tsp lal mirch
Salt to taste
2 amsul or imli pulp as per taste
1/2 tsp garam masala (maharashtrian garam masala)
1 tsp scraped nariyal
4-5 leaves of kadhi patta
1 Tbsp oil
1/2 Tsp rai
1/2 tsp jeera
Pinch of hing
Process
In a bowl mix puran, haldi, mirch, salt, amsul/imli pulp, garam masala, nariyal and kadhi patta.Pour water to get the required consistecy (this preparation is a little watery)
Boil it for 2-3 mins
Heat oil in a tadka pan and add rai, jeera hing
Allow it to splutter and pour it on the dal
Give a boil and it is ready to be served with rice
Ingredients
1 cup mix sprouts (moong, kala chana, moth, claulai etc)
1 onion finely chopped
1-2 tomatoes finely chopped
Hara dhania finely chopped
2 tsp oil
1 tsp rai
Pinch of hing
1/2 tsp haldi
1 tsp lal mirch
1 tsp dhania powder
2-3 tsp scraped coconut (fresh narial)
Salt to taste
Process
Steam the sprouts in a steamer or cooker (not to be over cooked)
Heat oil in a pan and add rai and hing
Allow it to splutter and add onion
Fry till the onion is translucent
Add tomatoes, haldi, lal mirch, dhania powder and salt
Pour hot water to get the required consistency
Cover and cook for 2-3 min
Add coconut and hara dhania
Serve hot with rice, phulka
Can be enjoyed as a snack in breakfast
Process
Ingredients
1/4 Cup cooked tur dal (arhar dal)
1 Onion (chopped lengthwise)
9-10 Curry leaves
2 cups chopped mixed veggies of ones choice (bhindi, muli, pumpkin, gajar, chukander,baigan, tomato, louki, drimsticks)
1 table spoon sambar powder (as per taste)
1 table spoon tamarind juice (soak tamarind, 3-4 pieces of 1 inch, squeeze to get the juice) or 1-2 kokam
1/2 tea spoon haldi
1/2 tea spoon lal mirch (as per taste)
Salt to taste
For tempering
1 table spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon rai (mustard seeds )
Pinch of hing
1 red chilli
Process
In a cooker add cooked tur dal, sambar powder, all the veggies, tamarind juice /amsul, haldi, lal mirch, and salt.
Add water to get the required consistency
Pressure cook to get only one whistle or just as the whistle starts put off the flame
Heat oil in a tadka pan
Add rai, hing and allow it to splutter then add red chilli.
Pour it on sambar.
Serve hot with all South Indian dishes like idly, vada, dosa, uttapam, upma
Tips
Ingredients
3/4cup tur dal
3 tea spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon haldi
1/2 tsp lal mirch
1/2 tea spoon rai
1/2 tsp jeera
Pinch of hing
1 onion chopped
2-3 cloves of lahsun chopped (optional)
1-2 tomatoes chopped
1 hari mirch chopped
Finely chopped hara dhania for garnishing
Salt to taste
Process
Wash dal and keep aside for 10 mins
Pressure cook dal.
Heat oil in a tadka pan
Add rai jeera and hing
Allow it to spultter
Add onion lahsun and fry till it becomes translucent
Add tomatoes and cook till it is soft
Sprinkle haldi, lal mirch and salt
Pour the dal
The consistency of the dal should be thick
Garnish with hara dhania and hari mirch
Serve with rice. Phulka
Ingredients
1/2 cup tur dal
2 tea spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon haldi
1/2 tea spoon rai
Pinch of hing
1-2 tomatoes chopped into big pieces
1 hari mirch chopped
Finely chopped hara dhania for garnishing
Salt to taste
Process
Pressure cook dal.
Add haldi,salt, hari mirch, tomatoes and boil for 2-3 minutes.
Heat oil in a tadka pan
Add rai and hing
Allow it to spultter
Pour it on dal.
Garnish with hara dhania
Serve with rice.
PS: A spoonful of ghee served with it enhances the taste
1 cup dhuli udad ki dal
1 cup finely chopped palak
3-4 tsp Ghee
1/2 tsp jeera
2 khadi lal mirch
3-4 cloves of lahsun pounded
1/2 inch pc of adrak grated
1 onion longitudinally chopped
1 tomato chopped
1/2 tsp haldi
Lemon juice as per taste
Salt
Process
Wash and drain the water from dal
In a cooker heat 1 tsp ghee
Add lahsun and adrak, fry till the lahsun becomes pink
Add dal and tomato, fry for a min
Add warm water and pressure cook
Add haldi and salt, boil for 2-3 min
Heat 2-3 tsp ghee in a pan
Add jeera and khadi lal mirch
Allow the jeera to splutter
Add onion and fry till it becomes transparent
Add the palak and fry till it is cooked
Pour this tadka on the dal
Add little lemon juice as per taste
Serve hot with phulka and Rice
Dal
Ingredients
1 Cup saadha varan
1 tomato finely chopped
Finely chopped hara dhania for garnishing
1 hari mirch chopped
1 Table spoon oil
1/4 tsp rai
1/4 tsp jeera
1/2 tsp lal mirch
Lemon juice as per taste
Salt to taste
Process
Heat oil and add rai and jeera
Allow it to splutter and add tomato
Add lal mirch, hari mirch and salt
Pour dal and warm water to get the required consistency
Boil for 2 mins
Garnish with hara dhania and lemon juice
Dalia/ soji
1 cup Soji/Porridge (very fine dalia of gehu/wheat)
Salt to taste
Process
Boil 3 cups of hot water in a thick bottomed vessel
Add salt and allow it to boil
Add soji mix well
Cover and cook on low flame till the soji is soft
Serve hot with dal and ghee
For accompaniment awla achar tastes awesome
A tasty and healthy option for dinner
Serve hot with aam ka achar
Add lemon juice to dal
Also serve ghee generously
It is a healthy combo specially ideal for dinner
Chhappann Bhog 