Simple Moong Dal | Pasiparuppu Soup!

Moong Dal/Pasiparuppu Soup is a very comforting and light on stomach. This was prepared for my father in law who was having stomach ulcer and was on non-spicy food. He liked it and so am sharing.

Ingredients
Moong Dal/Pasiparuppu - 1/2 cup

Seasoning
Ghee - 1/4 tspn
Mustard - a pinch
Hing/Asafotida - a pinch
Coriander/Cilantro - 1 tspn
Turmeric - a pinch
Salt
Green Chilli - Optional

Preparation Method
Wash, rinse and cook dal in pressure cooker with water for 4 whistles.
Once the pressure is gone, remove excess water and mash the dal with whisk fully. If it is not getting mashed, allow it to cool and grind in mixie.
In a kadai, season with ghee, mustard, hing.
Add the mashed or grounded dal mix and stir well. At this time you can add the excess dal water. It should not be too thick or too watery.
Add salt and stir. Allow it to boil.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Simple Moong Dal/Pasiparuppu Soup is ready to serve.

Pori/Puffed Rice Upma

Pori/Puffed Rice Upma(ಕಳ್ಳೆ ಪುರಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು) is very simple and easy tiffin. Its ready in jiffy. This is my mom's recipe.

Ingredients
Pori - 250gms
Onion - 2 nos(chopped thinly)
Green Chili - 2nos(slit)
Urad dal - 1/2 tspn
Curry leaves - few
Turmeric  - a pinch
Oil -  2 tspns
Ginger - 1/4 tspn(grated)
Mustard - 1/4 tspn
Jeera- a pinch
Salt
Lime juice - 1/4 tspn
Chopped Coriander - for garnishing(optional)


Preparation Method
In a kadai, add oil, mustard, wait till it splutters. Add urad dal wait till its brown. Add jeera, onion, curry leaves, green chilli, ginger, turmeric, salt and saute till its transparant.
Wash pori in water squeeze extra water and add. Mix well. Saute for few mins.
Off the stove. Add lime juice and garnish with Coriander leaves.(I ran out of it)
Serve immediately.

Notes - Grated carrot and grated coconut can also be added.
This recipe along with Churmuri is going off to an event HRH- Puffed Rice by Kurinji.

Bread Upma - Type 1

Bread upma is another quick and easy yet tasty dish looks very colourful.

Ingredients
Bread slices - 8nos
Tomato - 1no
Onion - 2 nos
Green chilli - 2 nos
Mustard - 1 tspn
Cumin(Jeera) - 1 tspn
Oil - 4 tspns
Ghee - 1 tspn
Chopped coriander leaves - 2 tspns
Water - 1 cup
Salt


Preparation Method
Cut bread into med small pieces. I have not removed the sides.
In a Kadai, add 2 tspns oil and ghee toast bread pieces for 5mins.
Transfer it to a bowl.
Cut onion and tomato into long pieces.
In the same kadai add oil, mustard and wait till it spulters.
Now add cumin and saute
Add green chilli and onion saute till brown
Now add tomato and saute till its soft
Add water, salt and saute.
Finally add bread pieces and mix well for few mins
Garnish with coriander leaves


Serve hot....

This recipe is going to ONLY COOKING WITH BREAD RECIPES by Pari.

Pasi Paruppu Payasam/Moong Dal Kheer

During Navarathri different kinds of sundal and sweets are prepared and being shared with family and friends.
Today I have prepared Pasi Paruppu Payasam and Red Kidney Bean/ Rajma Sundal. Its also called Payatham Paruppu, Siruparuppu in Tamil, Pesara Pappu in Telugu, Moong Dal in Hindi and Hesaru Bele in Kannada.
Pasi paruppu is very cooling and good for mouth ulcers.

Ingredients
Pasi Paruppu - 1 cup
Paal/Milk - 2 cups
Vellam/Jaggery - 1 cup(powdered or broken)
Elakka/Cardamom powder - a pinch
Nei/Ghee - 1 tspn
Mundri Drakshe/Cashew n Raisins - 1 tspn
Fresh Grated coconut - 1 tspn(Optional)


Preparation Method
Pressure cook the Pasi paruppu with water for 3-4 whistles.
In a vessel put vellam/jaggery with 1/2 glass of water and allow it to dissolve. Keep stirring. If you find any mud particles then you filter it and boil again till the raw smell goes in low flame.
Then add milk and mix well. Allow it to boil for 5 mins.
Now add the steamed pasi paruppu and mix well.
Add Elakka powder.


In a separate pan, heat ghee and add nuts. Once its brown garnish it.


Pasi Paruppu Payasam is ready to serve. Serve hot or cold.

Healing food - Simple Onion Curry

Onion curry is very simple. My mom used to make this for mouth ulcers. Just saw the event in Priya's blog, so sending my recipe.

Ingredients
Onions - 4 nos
Oil or ghee - 1 tspn
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Dry Red Chilli - 1no(Optional)
Asafotida/Hing - a pinch
Curry leaves - few
Salt to taste

Preparation Method
Cut onions into small pieces.(See notes)
Heat a pan/wok/kadai add ghee/oil, add mustard, wait till it splutters. Then add dry red chilli and curry leaves(Caution of explosion)
Now add onions and salt. Saute till its nicely soft and cooked. (You will know by the colour and quantity)

Serve this tasty curry with steamed rice. This can be had daily for better results.

I am sending this recipe to Healing Food Onions hosted by Priya started by Siri.

Notes - Remove skin and wash onions for not affecting eyes.

Raitha

Raitha is very simple and easy. This is very tasty and healthy.

Ingredients
Onion - 1/2 no
Tomato - 1/2 no
Cucumber - 1/2 no
Thick curds - 2 cups(Thair/Dahi/Plain Yogurt)
Ginger - a very small piece
Pepper powder - a pinch
Green chilli - 1/2 no - as per your taste
Green coriander leaves - 2 tspns(Kothamalli/Cilantro)
Salt

Preparation Method

Wash and chop finely onion, tomato, cucumber, ginger, green chilli and coriander leaves.

In a bowl, mix all the above with curd, salt, pepper powder.

Raitha is ready to serve.

Pictures courtesy - My husband

Notes - If you are preparing in more quantity can increase the ingredients accordingly.

Vegetable Semia Vermicilli Upma !

An easy and quick breakfast/tiffen is semia upma. It is also called rice vermicilli.

Ingredients
Semia (Rice vermicilli) - 2 cups
Water - 5 cups
Carrot - 1no
Beans - 10nos
Potato - 2nos
Bengal gram - 1 tspn
Mustard - 1 tspn
Aasafotida - 1 pinch
Curry leaves - 10nos
Oil - 4 tspns
Green chilli - 2 nos
Coriander leaves - 1 tspn chopped
Salt

Preparation Method
Crush the semia to small pieces.

Wash and chop the vegetables into small pieces.
Boil water in a vessel add 1 tspn oil and 1 tspn salt.
When water boiling add semia and boil for 3mins. If u leave for more time it will become soft.
Then filter it and keep aside so all water is drained.
Now in a kadai, add oil, mustard, asafotida and wait till it spulters.
Add bengal gram and wait till its brown. Add green chilli and saute.
Add the vegetables, curry leaves and cook for sometime.
Now add cooked semia and little salt.

Cook for few mins and off the stove.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Semia Upma is ready.

Variations

1. Add onion and grated coconut

2. Add turmeric and lemon
3. Also just only with chopped capsicum

Masala Vada

A tasty snack mixed with lentils and onion then deep fried. This can also be prepared anytime for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

A great idea on a rainy day….

A great combination with Puliyogare (Tamarind rice) …………

Ingredients
Bengal gram(Yellow lentils) – 2 cups
Onion – 2 nos big
Fennel (saunf) – 1 tspn
Curry leaves – 4 tspns
Green chilli – 2 nos
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Method
Soak Bengal gram in water for 3- 4 hours
Cut the onions, chillies and curry leaves into small pieces
Now wash the Bengal gram and grind it to coarse paste(not smooth) without adding much water
Add chopped onions, chillies, curry leaves, salt and saunf to the paste.
Mix well and make lemon size balls
Heat the oil in a pan
Press slowly and drop in oil
Deep fry on both sides till brown

Take it on a tissue paper for 5mins to absorb excess oil

Serve hot as it is or with tomato ketchup or coconut chutney

Cucumber Salad

This Salad is very easy to prepare and tastes different.

Ingredients

Cucumber - 1no
Grated coconut - 4 tspns
Sunflower oil or olive oil - 1tspn
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Split Urad dal - 1/2 tspn (optional)
Asafotida - 1 pinch
Coriander leaves (cilantro) - 2 tspns

Salt to taste

Preparation Method

Wash and remove the skin of the Cucumber.

Cut the cucumber in small pieces
In a bowl, add the cucumber, grated coconut, salt.
In a pan, heat the oil, add mustard and asafotida
Add split urad dal and wait till its brown.
Then add this to the salad and mix.
Garnish with coriander leaves(cilantro) and serve.

SIMPLE COCONUT CHUTNEY

Simple Coconut Chutney is a very tasty side dish. Its very quick and easy to prepare.

INGREDIENTS FRESH GRATED COCONUT - 2 CUPS
DRY RED CHILLIES - 2 NOS (AS PER YOUR TASTE)
SALT TO TASTE
ASAFOTIDA - PINCH
PREPARATION METHOD
GRIND ALL THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS IN MIXIE LIKE PASTE FOR A TASTY AND QUICK COCONUT CHUTNEY.

SERVE WITH DOSA AND CHAPATHI.

GARAM MASALA RICE

SIMPLE EASY AND FAST

INGREDIENTS

RICE - 1 CUP
POTATO - 1 NO
CARROT - 1NO
BEANS - 15 NOS
GARAM MASALA - 3 TSPNS
SALT

PREPARATION METHOD

COOK THE RICE AND KEEP IT SEPARATELY
STEAM THE CHOPPED VEGETABLES
MIX RICE AND VEGETABLES WITH SALT
FINALLY ADD MTR GARAM MASALA AND MIX WELL

SALT APPAM

REQUIRED INGREDIENTS

DOSA BATTER - 4 CUPS
ONION - 1 NO

CARROT - 1 NO
GREEN CHILLIES - 2 NOS
CURRY LEAVES
SALT

PREPARATION METHOD

ADD CHOPPED ONION, CHOPPED GREEN CHILLIES, GRATED CARROT, CURRY LEAVES, SALT TO THE DOSA BATTER.
HEAT THE ROUND APPAM MAKER
WIPE THE SIDES WITH OIL
POUR THE BATTER AND LEAVE TO COOK.
COOK ON BOTH SIDES

SERVE THE HOT N SOFT APPAMS WITH TOMATO-ONION CHUTNEY

SANDWICH

Required Ingredients

Bread - 4 pieces
Carrot – 2 nos
Onions – 1 no
Potatoes – 1 no
Tomato – 1 no
Oil – 1 tsp
Green chillies – 2nos
Coriander leaves

Preparation Method

In a Pan, put little oil add chopped onions fry till brown and then add salt.
Add chopped tomatoes and fry.
Add grated potatoes
Add grated carrot and green chillies.
Fry all together till its fully cooked.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
To serve stuff it in with the plain bread or toasted bread

KESARI BATH

The name Kesari Bath is known in Karnataka State- South India
Kesari Bath is also known as Rava Kesari or Kesari in Tamil Nadu
This is a very simple Sweet which can be prepared in short time
The colour of this is Kesari Colour and hence the name has come into prominence.

Ingredients

Semolina (Rava) – 1 cup

Water - 2 cups
Sugar – 1 ½ cup
Ghee 3 Table Spoons
Orange or yellow colour – 1 pinch

Cashew, raisins. pista - 2 tsps

Preparation Method

Keep pan in the oven
Add 1 table spoon of ghee to pan
Add Rava, roast for 5mins and remove rava from the Pan and keep separately
Add 2 cups of water to the frying pan and boil the same
Add 1 pinch of kesari colour powder
Keep in low heat. Add roasted rava in the boiling water in pan keep stirring continuously without allowing it to form lumps. 
Then add sugar and mix well.
Simmer the gas and cook for 15 mins and later stir and mix well.
Now in another small pan add 2 tsps of Ghee.
Add cashews in ghee and fry till it turns little brown
Now add raisins (dry grapes) to cashew and fry till turns brown
Garnish with pista.

It can be served with hot upma combination or like that itself.