Tellevu (Cucumber dosa)

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups Dosa rice

2 tbsp urad dal (optional)

1 cucmber

salt to taste

PREPARATION:

• Soak dal and rice for at least 6 hours.
• wash the cucumber nicely if you want to put with skin. Or peel off the skin and cut the cucumber .
• Grind the rice dal and cucumber to very smooth paste.(do not add much water)
• Now add the salt. Batter can be adjusted only one dosa is prepared( this is for me)
• Now the main part comes.
• Take a banana leaf .in that cut 5 inch width with full lenth. Fold in middle to make the dosa.
• heat the dosa tawa. pour one laddle of batter. take the folded leaf part from fold side spread the batter to whole tawa. it should be very thin layer.
• (I don get banana leaf so easily so i use cleaned expired credit card :) )
• Cover the dosa for 2-3 mins to avoid white surface forming on the dosa.
• Remove the lid. another mnute later daos will be crispy and comes out in edges..
• Now remove the dosa (you try with hands also by just holding the edge and peeling like ) serve with greenchilli coconut chutney(if chutney is bit spicy will taste good.
• Veriation : after removing b4 folding the dosa spread 2 -3 drops of coconut oil on the dosa and serve.

Goli Baje

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Maida
1/2 cup Curds/Yogurt
1-2 green chillis cut into small
4-8 curry leaves
1/2" ginger grated
salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Tomato Sause or spicy coconut chutney

PREPARATION:

• mix all the ingredients except oil and sauce/chutney. 
• keep it aside for 1 hour. 
• heat the oil in vessel. take a spoonful of batter pour it in the oil or u can use hands 
• fry it both side till light brown color. 
• Serve hot with Sause or chutney

Baingan Bharta

INGREDIENTS:
2 Brinjals
1 Onion chopped
1 Tomato chopped
1-2 green chillis
Coriender leaves (optional)
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp corinder powder
1 tsp Tamerind pulp
hing a pinch
termeric a pinch
Oil
Salt to taste

PREPARATION:

• Keep the brinjal in Oven for 7 mins tern the side and keep it again for 4 mins or dry roast on gas till the skin peels off by itself 
• By holding by stem peel off the skin smoothly. 
• take a spatula and crush and mash roughly. keep aside 
• Take heavy bottomed vessel heat the oil. put hing and termeric. 
• Then add the cut green chillis and chopped onions. saute till golden brown color 
• Then add tomatos cook till gravy is prepared, add Tamerind pulp. 
• Now add all the masalas and salt.
• Finally add the Brinjal and mix it well cook for 10 mins.
• Garnish with coriender leaves and serve.

Note:First photo Baingan roasted on Gas stove and the 2nd one roasted in Oven

Methi Parata

INGREDIENTS:
3 cups Wheat flour
1 cup chopped methi leaves
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp garam masala
1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp jeera
salt to taste
Ghee

PREPARATION:

• Mix all the masalaas and methi leaves keep in microwave oven for 1 -2 mins ( Optional). 
• Take flour in a big bowl, add 2 tsp of ghee mix it well. Now add the methi leaves mixture to it. 
• Add water make soft dough. Keep aside for 1/2 hour. 
• Devide the atta into small portions (tennis ball sized) shape them round and roll them into thick paratas.. 
• Cook on both side using applying ghee on a hot tawa. 
• Serve with chilled dahi(yogurt) or mango pickle.