Choley Masala

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups Choley soaked over night
1 onion chopped
1 Tomato chopped
1/2 tsp jeera
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
pinch hing
1 1/2 tsp chole masala or(2 tsp of powdered mixture of bay leaves,cloves, cardamom, cumin seeds,mustered,methi seeds,red chillies, cinnamon,peppercorns,amchur)
salt to taste
Oil for tadka
pinch of cooking soda(optional)

PREPARATION:

• Put channa in cooker add the cooking soda and bit of salt,Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.remove the water. 
• Take a handful of cooked channa grind it in a mixture grinder. keep aside. 
• Now in a kadai heat the oil and add jeera. 
• Now add Hing and onions to it.once the onions turned to golden brown, add turmeric,ginger garlic paste as well tomato to it.(add a bit of water to make it paste) 
• Mash the tomatoes with a ladle to make fine paste in kadai. now add the grind channa paste cook for a minute. 
• now add coriendar powder,red chilli powder and chole masala mix well add the cooked channa. 
• Add water,salt as per the taste. 
• Cook the gravy to the required thickness.Serve with Rotis or Batooras

Potato Podi

INGREDIENTS:

2 potatoes/sweet potatoes /arabi
1 cup rice flour/ Rawa(Sooji)
1 tsp red chiili powder
1 tsp amchur
1/2 tsp garam masala(optional)
salt to taste
Oil

PREPARATION:

• Mix all spices and salt . add water to make a thin paste.adjuct the chilli powder as per taste. 
• Keep the tawa on flame to heat. 
• Now slice the vegetables. dip in the paste. remove and dip in the rice flour or sooji/rawa. 
• Make a proper coat to the veggis. place it on tawa. 
• Sprinkle some water. add a drop of oil for each piece and clos the lid. 
• keep cooking for 2-5 mins. now turn the veggies once again sprinkle some water and put a drop of oil and cook for some time. 
• Then remove from tawa and repeat for all the other pieces. 
• Serve with sauce or coconut chutney.

Onion Uttappam

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups of Dosa batter (well fermented)
2-3 onions finally chopped
2-4 green chillis finally chopped
2-4 strands of curry leaves chopped
dal podi
salt to taste,
ghee/ Oil

PREPARATION:

• Mix all the ingredients except dal podi and ghee. 
• Heat the tawa, Pour a ladleful of batter on the tawa spread it in round shape not too thin. 
• Put dal Podi on it. Cover the lid. 
• After 2 mins remove the lid put Oil / Ghee on edges or on it. turn it. cook for about one more minute and remove from the tawa. 
• Serve with Chutney or sambhar.

Pongal

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Rice
2/3 cup Moong dal
2-3 tbsp Ghee
1-2 green chillis
10-15 pepper
2 tsp jeera
1 tsp ginger garlic Paste
1 tsp pepper powder.
1 cup milk
salt to taste

PREPARATION:

• Heat a tbsp of ghee in cooker. add jeera and ginger garlic paste. 
• Add cut green chillis and pepper corns 
• Now add washed dal and rice to it. Pour milk on it. 
• strill prperly. add pepper powder to it. 
• Now add about 4 cups of water. add salt. cover the lid. 
• wait for 3-4 whistles from the cooker then remove from the fire. 
• when u serve add rest ghee mix well and serve hot.

Dosa

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Rice(Dosa/Idli rice)
1/4 cup Urad dal
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp channa dal
salt to taste
oil/ ghee

PREPARATION:

• wash the rice, dal, channa dal and fenugreek seeds together in a vessel and soak 4-6 hours. 
• in the night grind it to a fine paste not adding much water. 
• keep over night for fermenting. 
• In the morning add salt to taste add water if the batter is too thick. mix well 
• Now heat the tawa , pour a ladle full of batter , spread it to thin and almost round in shape. 
• cover with a lid. keep a minute. remove the lid. 
• put some oil or ghee on the dosa(only option). if u want turn it upside down cook for around 30 seconds. 
• Remove from tawa serve hot with chutney/ sambhar/ Idli podi

Cabbage Dosa

INGREDIENTS:
1 big bowl Dosa batter
1/2 cabbage chopped, pressure cooked
1 Onion cut length wise
2-3 green chillis cut into 1" length
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp Lime juice/ 1 tsp Amchur powder
1/2 tsp channa dal
1/2 tsp musterd seeds
salt to taste
Oil for tadka

PREPARATION:

• Heat the oil in kadai. add channa dal and musterd seeds. 
• when the mustered seeds splutter add oinion and green chillis. fry for a minute. 
• now add cooked cabbage, red chilli powder, lime juice/ amchur, salt. 
• Stirr with a ladle to mix it properly. 
• cook for another 3-5 mins and remove from the fire 
• Now keep tawa on fire wait for it to be hot. 
• take a ladle full of dosa batter pour on tawa spread it round shaped with the help of ladle. 
• Take 1-2 tbsp of cabbage masala spread it on the half dosa. 
• Cover the lid for steam effect. remove the lid after a minute put some ghee on it. 
• now remove the dosa from empty half end, properly fold it on the other half where masala there. 
• above step can be delayed if u need the dosa to be bit crisp. 
• Serve the dosa with any chutney if u like. 

please note that you can add chutney powder or Idli Podi above the masala to added taste.

Batoora

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup all purpose floure/ Maida
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp cooking soda or 1 small pouch ENO
salt to taste
Oil to deep fry.

PREPARATION:

• Mix the floure,soda/Eno, and salt. 
• Add buttermilk and knead the dough. if needed add more buttermilk or water. 
• take spoonful of oil and apply on the dough eveny. 
• Keep the dough closed for about 4-6 hours in a warm place or under sun. 
• take lime sized dough roll it to papad size and deep fry. 
• Serve with Channa masala.