Appam with vegetable stew

Ingredients(Appam):
2 cups rice
1 cup steamed rice
Water
1 tsp Yeast
Salt
1/2 cup grated coconut
1 tsp sugar

Ingredients(Stew):
2 cardamon
2 cloves
4-5 pepper corns crushed
2 green chilli
Ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1 cup thick coconut milk
3 cups water
2 potato - peeled sliced
1 onion sliced
2 carrots  sliced
1 cup beans sliced
2 tsp sugar
Oil
Salt

Method (Appam):
1) Soak rice for 5-6 hours. Grind to smooth paste along with steamed rice, coconut, sugar and yeast.
2) Cover and allow it to ferment overnight. (Note: Use a big vessel as the batter is going to raise 4-5 times)
3) Next day, check for salt
4) Heat a pan on high. Take a ladle full of batter and spread it into a disc. Cover and cook for a minute or two. Remove from pan once done.

Method (Stew):
1) Boil the sliced vegetables except onion. Keep aside
2) Heat oil in a pan. Crush cardamom, cloves, pepper corns and add it to the pan. Wait for it to splutter.
3) Add green chilli, onion, ginger garlic paste, cinnamon powder and fry until onion turns translucent
4) Add the veggies, water, sugar and 1/2 cup coconut milk. Bring to boil.
5) Add the rest of coconut milk. Check for salt.
DONE!!!!

Oven roasted potato mushroom curry

Ingredients (Serves 2):
3 potatoes - diced
1 onion - diced
4 shiitake mushrooms - diced
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp ajwain
1 tsp garam masala
3/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp sugar
1-2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 Tbsp Oil
Salt

Method:
1) Preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius. Oven roast potatoes. When they begin to change colour, roast shiitake mushrooms and 1/2 of diced onions too. Once done, remove from the oven.
2) Heat oil in a frying pan (medium heat). Add cumin seeds, ajwain, diced onion. Fry for 2 minutes. Add turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste and garam masala powder. Fry for a minute.
3) Add roasted vegetables and sugar. Check for salt. Fry for a minute or two.
DONE!!!!!

Ukkarisida akki rotti

Ingredients:
2-3 cups rice flour
4 cups water
Salt to taste
Oil

Method:
1) Take 4 cups of water and bring it to boil. Add 2 cups of rice flour. 1/2 tsp salt. Cover and cook for 8 minutes. Every two minutes mix it up.
2) Allow it to cool. Mix it up removing any lumps. Check for salt. Take a fistful of this dough. Take a drop or two of oil and spread it over the dough. Flatten it (cookie shape) and generously apply rice flour on it.
3) On a baking paper, spread few drops of oil. Roll it into a circular disc. Note that this dough is softer than chapathi - so, the pressure applied should be lesser
4) Heat up a pan on high flame. Place the rotti on it. After 2-3 minutes when the under side is done, flip over to the other side. Remove when this side is done too.
Serve with any spicy yummy curry or spicy chutney :)
DONE!!!!

Baingan Bartha

Ingredients:
1 large egg plant
1 medium sized onion - finely chopped
2 tomato - finely chopped
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1-2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
Salt

Method:
1) Pre heat oven to 200 degree Celsius. Place eggplant in a tray and roast it in oven for forty minutes. Every ten minutes change the sides. Once done, peel the skin and mash the insides
2) Heat oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds. Add onion and fry.
3) Once it turns translucent, add turmeric powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, garam masala powder and mix.
4) Add tomato and fry for 2-3 minutes.
5) Add mashed eggplant, check for salt. Cover and cook for 5 minutes on medium heat.
DONE!!!

Thai vegetarian green curry

Ingredients:
2 cup tofu
1 capsicum - cut into slices
1 cup broccoli - cut into chunky florets
2 Tbsp basil leaves - chopped
2 kaffir lime leaves
1 can coconut cream
Oil

For paste:
1 Tbsp coriander seeds
2 Tbsp cumin seeds
1/2 cup basil leaves
1/2 cup coriander leaves
3 green chilli
3 Tbsp soy sauce
1 onion
1 Tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 kaffir lime leaves
1/2 stalk lemon grass
1 tsp sugar

Method:
1) Grind all the ingredients meant for the paste into a fine paste ;)
2) Take oil in a pan and fry the paste for a minute or two.
3) Add tofu and fry for a minute. Add coconut milk. Cover and cook for 2 minutes
4) Add a kaffie lime leaf, chopped basil, capsicum and broccoli. Check for salt. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.

DONE!!!
Serve with Jasmine rice :)

Dhokla

Ingredients (Serves two):
1 cup semolina - coarse
3/4 cup thick yoghurt
3 green chilli - minced
1 Tbsp coriander leaves - minced
1 tsp ginger - grated
2 tsp yeast
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp pepper powder
2 sprigs of curry leaves - chopped
1/2 tsp asofoetida
Water
Oil

Method:
1) In a pan, dry roast semolina until its characteristic aroma wafts out. Allow it to cool and mix it with yoghurt, turmeric powder, coriander leaves, ginger paste, pepper powder, green chilli, yeast. Add water to get a thick batter like consistency. Check for salt. Cover and let it ferment for an hour.
2) Take a pan and oil its insides. Pour the batter into it and place it in a steamer. Cover and steam for 10-15 minutes on medium heat
3) Once done, heat 2 tbsp oil in a skillet. Add mustard seeds and wait for it to splutter. Add cumin seeds, asofoetida, curry leaves. Spread it over the dhokla. Cut it into squares.
Serve with coriander-mint chutney and date-tamarind chutney
DONE!!!

Pineapple kairasa

Ingredients:
10 slices of Pineapple - cut to chunks
1/2 cup grated coconut
2 Tbsp roasted chana dal
1 Tbsp black gram
1 Tbsp toor dal
2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds
1-2 Tbsp red chilli powder / rasam powder
1-2 tsp tamarind concentrate
2 sugar
1 Tbsp oil
2 tsp mustard seeds
2 sprigs curry leaves
1 tsp asofoetida
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 dry red chilli
2 Tbsp oil
Salt
Water

Method:
1) Dry roast toor dal, black gram, cumin seeds, coriander seeds in a skillet.
2) Allow it to cool and grind along with chilli powder, coconut and 1/2 cup of water
3) In a sauce pan, heat 1 cup of water, add pineapple chunks, 1 tsp tamarind concentrate, 2 tsp sugar, 1 Tbsp chillli/rasam powder, turmeric powder. Boil it until pineapple becomes soft.
4) Add the paste and 1-2 cups of water depending on consistency. Bring to boil.
5) Check for salt. Add more tamarind/chilli powder if you want it to be more tangy/hot.
6) Heat oil in a frying pan, add mustard seeds. Once it splutters, reduce heat to medium and add asofoetida, curry leaves, dry red chilli and fry for a minute. Add it to kairasa
DONE!!
Serve with rice or ragi mudde