Gokulashtami | Krishna Janmashtami Festival and Recipes

Gokulashtami/Krishna Jayanthi/Krishna Janmashtami is a festival celebrated in India. Its a day on which Lord Krishna was born. Meaning of Krishna is Happniness. People go to temples Krishnan temples. Many people fast on this day. Tradition is by putting kolam and footprints to welcome Lord Krishna.

When we were in Panama we had been to ISKCON temple and celebrated this day. It was very joyful by singing and dancing.

We celebrated the festival yesterday at my home. Traditional prasadams Milk, curds and butter, Thenguzal, Murukku, Kara Seedai, Vella Seedai, Uppu Aval, Vella Aval and Thayir Aval were prepared and offered to God. On this day onion and garlic is generally not used in cooking.

Few snaps attached.

Click on the names for full recipes.

Traditional prasadams Milk, curds and butter,

Appam

Thenguzal
Murukku

Uppu Seedai

Vella Seedai

Kara Aval Upma

Vella Aval
Paal Aval

Thayir Aval

Payasam

Few more to follow.

Tags - Krishna Birthday, gokulashtami, Janmashtami, Indianfestival

Veg. Sandwich Toast

Veg Sandwich Toast is very easy and simple to prepare. It can be good for kids snack box.

Ingredients

Bread slice - 4nos

Carrot - 1no (Grated)
Potato - 1 no(Grated)
Onion - 1no (chopped length wise)
Cabbage - 1/2 cup (chopped length wise)
Green Chilli - 1 no (chopped)
Curry leaves - few (chopped)
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tspns
For Patti
Kadala Maav(Besan/Chickpea flour) - 2 tspns

Preparation Method

In a Kadai, heat oil, add onion, green chilli, curry leaves and a pinch of salt. Saute till its transperant.

Add Carrot, cabbage and 2 tspns of grated potatoes. Saute till it cooks.

Stuffing is ready

For Patti

In a bowl add grated potatoes, kadala maav and little salt. Mix well make small balls in hand press and cook both sides on tawa with little oil.

Toast the bread with butter on both sides.

Spread the veggi mix over the toasted bread slice and top it with pattis and cover this with another slice of toasted bread. There you go with the simple yet tasy sandwich.

Veg Sandwich Toast is going for Show me your Sandwich event hosted by Divya and EC's WFC Breakfast.

Awards and Tag:-)

My Dearest friend Rekha of Rekha's Recipes has passed me Kreative Blog AWARD: One Lovely Blog AWARD: I love your blog Award, and Tag...

Thank you so much Rekha for tag and awards... :)

I am thrilled to receive the awards. Hope you enjoyed my lunch today.

You have made my day:-)

1. What is your current obsession?

Blogging

2. What are you wearing today?

Skirt and tops

3. What’s for dinner?

Ghos Kootu(Cabbage Kootu), Rasam Curd with rice and Pickle

4. What’s the last thing you bought?

Spectacle

5. What are you listening to right now?

Title song of a Tele-serial (Anbe Vaa in Vijay TV Channel)

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?

Nice and kind person to be with. My best friend in Singapore.

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?

Bangalore

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?

Plenty of water and fresh fruit juices, Sunscreen lotion

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?

India, home sweet home

10. Which language do you want to learn?

Spanish and French
11. Who do you want to meet right now?

My Parents

12. What is your favourite colour?

Black and Blue
13. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet?

Jeans, Saree

14. What is your dream job?

HR Manager

15. What’s your favourite magazine?

16. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?

Shop for my 15 months old baby

17. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?

Wearing minis and exposing

18. Who are your style icons?

Many
19. Describe your personal style?

Simple

20. What are you going to do after this?

Play with my baby

21. What are your favourite movies?

Comedy movies

22. What inspires you?

Music

23. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:

Be Natural and simple/ Open Hair/ Sunglasses

24. Coffee or tea?

Coffee

25. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?

Listen to music, Go to temple, Play with my baby.

26. What is the meaning of your name?

Goddess of Knowledge and wisdom

27. Which other blogs you love visiting?

All Vege blogs

28. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?

Rasmalai, Theratipaal, Sandesh, etc....all sweets

29. Favourite Food???

The rules are: Respond and rework – answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, and add one more question of your own. Then tag eight or ten other people.

Now I would like to share this awards and tag with my fellow bloggers.

Nags of Edible Garden

Easy Crafts Simple Indian Food

Srivalli of Cooking4all seasons

Usha of Veg Inspirations

Chaitra of Aathidhyam

Padmaja of Seduce your tastebuds

Anudivya of And a little bit more

Nandini of UshaNandinirecipes

Deepa of Simple Home cooking

Kamala of Kamalascorner

Mangala after seeing your blog I really loved the photos. So editing my post and giving it to you also.
Mangala Bhat of Recipes 24x7

Avani Avittam - Upakarma

Today is Avani Avittam celebrated by all Brahmins in South India and also in Orissa as Shravan Poornima. For more info on this from wikipedia click here.Mostly Rakhi and Avani Avittam falls on the same day. Its also called Upakarma. Early morning traditional food is prepared without onion and garlic. All men at home will change the sacred thread and perform rituals. Tomorrow thats next day they will read Gayathri mantra 1008 times.

Back at home remembering my brothers usually will tie Rakhi once they finish this puja. So treating them with these dishes from my kitchen.

My Menu for the day was.

Breakfast with Yummy soft Idlis.

Paal Payasam(Rice Milk Payasam)

Avarakkai Poriyal(Broad Beans Curry)

Paruppu (Seasoned Dal)

Vendakka Sambar (Lady's finger/Okra sambar)

Plain Rice

Rasam

Paruppu Vadai(Dal Vadas)

Ingi Pachadi (Ginger/Adrak Raitha)

Thayar(Plain curds/Yogurt)

Papad

Will be posting these recipes soon...

Leave me comments or vote which recipe you want me to post first.

Mizhagu Rasam Podi(Powder) -1

Rasam is famous in South India. Heres recipe for the podi which is very handy if stored.

Everytime I think of posting the recipe of the podi somehow missing it. So today when I made the podi thought definitely I should post it.

This can be used to prepare Mizhagu Rasam. Can also add little of this for flavour to other Dal rasams. if you like... This podi is different from usual mizhagu jeeragam podi which we use in Mizhagu/Pepper Rasam.

Ingredients

Mizhagu (Black Pepper) - 2 tspns

Jeeragam (Cumin seeds) - 3 tspns

Thavaram Paruppu (Toor Dal) - 3 tspns

Dry Red chilli - 4 nos (Optional)

Method

Dry Roast for sometime all in a Kadai without oil and grind in mixie to fine powder when its cool.

Note -
- This can be prepared in large quantities and stored in air tight container. I prepare for about 15days and store.

- You can change measurements of ingredients, if you like spicy can add more black pepper and drop out dry red chilli.

Happy Friendship Day!!!

Dear Friends,

I wish all my dearest friends a very Happy Friendship Day!!!

Hope you have a great day....

I dedicate these bunch of flowers to my gang of friends in Bangalore.

Cheers,
Saraswathi

Thenga Sevai - Coconut Semia Upma

Thenga Sevai is a traditional South Indian Dish. I usually make Thenga Chadam thats Coconut rice which is very tasty to eat. So tried to make Thenga Sevai this time.

This is usually done on many occasions for Tiffin. You can use home made sevai or rice vermicilli.

Ingredients
Home made Sevai or cooked Semia (Rice vermicilli) - 2 cups

Grated coconut - 1 cup
Bengal gram - 1 tspn
Mustard - 1 tspn
Aasafotida - 1 pinch
Curry leaves - few

Coconut Oil - 4 tspns
Green chilli - 2 nos
Coriander leaves - 1 tspn chopped

Cashews - few chopped
Salt

Preparation Method
In a kadai, add oil, mustard, asafotida and wait till it spulters.
Add bengal gram and wait till its brown. Add cashews, curry leaves and green chilli and saute.
Add Grated coconut and saute for sometime.
Now add cooked semia and little salt.
Mix well and cook for few mins and off the stove.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Thenga Sevai is ready to eat. You can enjoy this as it is or with vadams or chutney.

Thenga Sevai is going for Let's Go nuts event hosted by Padmaja of Seduce ur taste buds blog.

Gobi Manchurian (Dry)

Gobi manchurian is a very famous Indian-chinese starter. I love gobi manchurian dry. I never miss to have in Shanthi Sagar, Bangalore when I go home. Have seen many small shops for only Gobi and Fried rice.

I was missing Gobi manchurian and tried preparing last weekend. It was very good and yummy.

Ingredients
Cauli Flower - 1 medium size
Kadalai Maav (Besan/Chickpea Flour) - 1 tspn
Chola Maav (Corn Flour) - 2 tspns
Arasi Maav (Rice Flour) - 4 tspns
Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn
Kesari colour a pinch - Optional I have not used.
Oil for deep frying
For Manchurian
Onion - 1 no chopped
Capsicum - 1/2 no chopped
Ginger - chopped finely 1/2 tspn
Garlic - 1 no chopped - OptionalFresh coriander leaves (Cilantro) - Chopped 1 tspn
Spring onion - 1 no chopped - OptionalSoya Sauce - 2 tspns
Tomato Sauce - 2 tspns
Chilli sauce - 1 tspn(as per your taste)or Green chilli- OptionalSalt to taste

Preparation Method
Make small florets of it. Put in boiling water with little salt and a pinch of turmeric for 10minutes. Drain/Strain fully so no water is left.
Transfer it to a wide bowl. Sprinkle Arasi, Chola and Kadalai maav all over and mix well. Add chilli powder and salt. Sprinkle very little water and mix well.
Deep fry in oil and keep it separately.

For Manchurian
In a pan add oil (Can use left over oil after deep fry) add onion, ginger, garlic and fry till its transperant.
Then add chopped capsicum and saute.
Add crispy cauliflower and mix.
Add all the sauces and mix. If required all some more sauce.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves or spring onions.

Serve hot with tomato sauce or fried rice.
Enjoy the delicious Gobi manchurian Bengaluru style.

Notes - Since I don't use garlic at home hence its always Optional.

Veg. Sandwich

Veg Sandwich is easy and quick to prepare breakfast/snack/starters.

Ingredients

Bread slice - 4 nos
Carrot - 1/2 no Grated
Capsicum - 1/2no chopped finely
Onion - 1no chopped finely
Tomato - 1 no chopped finely
Coriander leaves - 1 tspn chopped
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tspn (As per your taste)
Cooking oil - 1 tspn
Salt

Preparation Method

In a Kadai, put oil onion, and saute till its transperant.
Add tomato and saute.
Add Carrot and cook for few minutes.
Add capsicum and saute for few minutes.
Add salt and garam masala powder and fry till all cooks well.
Finally add chopped coriander and garnish.

Stuff with plain bread or toasted bread and serve. You can give to Kids/children by adding cheese and make it interesting. Yummy Sandwich is very tasty.

Veg. Sandwich is going to Show me your Sandwich event in Divya's Blog.

Vegetable Pulav

Vegetable Pulav is very tasty rice. This can be had for lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

Rice - 2 cups (Basmati rice can be used. I used normal rice)

Potato - 2nos

Carrot - 1no

Green Peas - 1 cup

Beans - 1 cup

Tomato - 2nos

Onion - 2 nos

Ginger Garlic paste (optional)

Garam masala powder - 2 tspns

Spices - Cardamom, Cinamom, Black Cardamom and Cloves - 2 nos each - Can also add Bay leaf

Green chilli - 1no (as per your taste) slit open vertically

Cooking oil - 6 tspns

Salt

Preparation Method

Wash rice and soak in water.

Remove skin and chop Potatoes and carrot. Chop Beans, tomato and onion into lengthy pieces.

Heat a kadai or pressure cooker, add oil and spices. Saute for 2 minutes. Then add onion and saute till its transparent. Now add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell is gone.

Add tomatoes and saute till its soft. Add garam masala powder, salt and mix well.

Add all vegetables, green chilli and saute till all masala mixes well. If using kadai transfer all to a pressure cooker.

Add rice and water (1:2 or 1:1 for basmati)

Pressure cook for 2 whistles.

Vegetable Pulav is ready. Enjoy hot pulav with Raitha.

French Fries - Finger chips

French Fries(Papa Fritas) is one of my all time favourite snack. I know its most likeable snack of kids too...

Wash Potatoes remove skin and cut into thin strips. Keep it on a clean cloth and remove excess water.

Heat oil in a kadai, drop these potato strips when the oil is very hot. Leave it till its slightly brown and then remove.

Sprinkle salt on the potatoes.

Serve hot with Tomato ketchup.

This French Fries recipe is going for Fried Snack Event by Easy Crafts.

Pudina Chutney-2

Ingredients

Pudina - 1 bunch(Mint leaves)

Urad dal - 2 tspns

Tamarind - 1 small piece

Green chilli - 2nos(As per your taste)

Cooking oil - 2 tspns

Salt

Preparation Method

Wash and clean pudina leaves.

Heat a kadai, add oil and urad dal. Fry till its brown. then add green chilli, tamarind, pudina and fry till its soft.

Then grind in mixie with salt to a coarse paste.

It can be served with Dosas and Idlis.

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.

Chilled Idlis

Idli is one of the famous and popular dish in India and abroad. Many people's favourite and not favourite for some too...

Its different and with little variation to eat Idlis soaked in fresh thick yogurt...

Ingredients

Idlis - 10nos (It can be homemade or ready to eat)
I have used mini idlis which I made for my son and was leftover.
Thick Yogurt(Thair/Curds) - 1 cup

For tempering/seasoning
Cooking oil - 2 tspns
Mustard - 1/4 tspn
Bengal Gram/Urad Dal - 1/2 tspn
Jeera(Cumin seeds)- 1 tspn
Curry leaves - few
Asafotida(Hing) - a pinch
Chopped Green chilli - 1no(optional)
Salt to taste

Preparation Method
Cut Idlis in 2 (mini idlis) or 6 (normal idlis) as desired.
In a kadai, put oil mustard wait till it splutters. Then add asafotida and dals. Wait till its brown. Now add jeera, curry leaves and green chilli. Saute for a minute.
Slowly add yogurt and keep stirring. After a minute add chopped idlis and salt mix well. Remove from the stove.

Allow it to cool and keep in fridge for 1 to 2 hours. If you do not want to refrigerate you can keep for about half n hour so the yogurt is absorbed and serve.

Remove from the fridge stir once, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and Serve.

Chilled Idlis are ready to eat. This can be done with leftover idlis too. Bachelor's you can try this easy and simple recipe.

This recipe is going for Show me your Breakfast by Divya Vikram.

Masala Dosa with Batter recipe!

Dosa (Lenthil and Rice Crepes) is very famous Breakfast/tiffin in South India. Its popular not only among Indians but also liked by many foreigners too... When I was in Panama this was one of the favourite of Panamanians they love to eat Indian food... This is my favourite too and I love making dosas.....

Ingredients

Dosa Rice or Boiled Rice - 3 cups
Urad Dal - 1 cup
Bengal Gram(Channa Dal) - 1/4 cup
Toor dal - 1/4 cup
Rice flakes(Aval/Poha) - 2 tblspns
Fenugreek seeds(Venthayam/Methi seeds) - 1/2 tspn

Preparation Method

Wash and soak the above ingredients for about 5-6 hours in water and then grind to a fine paste.
Dosa Batter (Dosa Maav) has to be fermented for overnite or for about 4-5 hours.
While grinding do not add more water. Consistency should not be very thick and not very thin. It should be medium so its easy to spread on skillet(tawa/dosa kal)
Then Heat a pan either non stick or normal one.
Heat the pan in medium or low flame and spread batter slowly thick and thin. Put one tspn oil and close with a lid.
Check whether its well cooked thats it will be brown and crisp on the thin spread and dull white on think spread.

Masala dosa is always cooked one side (sometimes I slightly cook on the other side) Reduce flame. Place Aloo masala in the centre and close the dosa. (checkout the photos below)
You can even spread onion, garlic and red chilli chutney and put aloo masala.

Masala Dosa is ready to serve. It can be served with Coconut chtney / Sambar.

This Masala Dosa recipe is going for Dosa Corner Event hosted by Padma's Recipes and Show me your Breakfast by Divya Vikram.

Tips -
Heat the pan always in medium or low flame spread batter and then increase flame.

You can rub the pan with sliced onion.

Always make first dosa very small and then later dosas can be made big. Sometimes batter will stick.

When kept in fridge, keep the batter outside about 1/2 hour before making dosas, If the batter is chill then also you cannot spread the batter easily.

If you do not have so much time in grinding batter at home you can also buy ready to make wet dosa batter which is easily available in super markets.

Cabbage Green Peas Curry

Cabbage means Muttai Ghos and Green Peas means Patani in Tamil. This is a simple and easy poriyal(curry) a side dish. Its good for lunch or dinner. Its done in most of the weddings in South India.

Ingredients
Cabbage - 1 no small
Green Peas - 1 cup (I used frozen peas. Just soak peas in water for few minutes then add)
Fresh Grated coconut - 1 cup
Green chillies - 2nos (as per your taste)
Curry Leaves - few
Salt

For Seasoning
Oil - 4 tspns
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Asafotida(Hing/Peringayam) - 1 pinch

Bengal Gram(Kadala Parappu/Channa dal) - 1 tspn

Urad dal - 1/4 tspn (Optional)

Preparation Method
Chop cabbage to small pieces. Wash thoroughly.

Heat a wide kadai, put all the ingredients for seasoning. thats oil, mustard wait till it splutters, then add asafotida, urad dal, bengal gram wait till it turns brown then add curry leaves and green chillies. Saute for few minutes.

Now add chopped cabbage, green peas and mix well. Add a pinch of turmeric and salt. Mix well and allow it to cook well. Add little water to cook the vegetable.

Once its done, like you can see the colour is changed and the quantity is reduce. Then add grated coconut. Check for salt if required you can add. Fry for few minutes till its dry.

Cabbage Green Peas Curry is ready to serve. Enjoy the tasty curry with rasam rice or mix with plain white rice.

Pictures coutesy - My husband

Notes - You can add chopped onions too.

Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer which I made last weekend at home. This is a very tasty gravy prepared with fresh spinach and Paneer(Cottage Cheese). This dish Palak Paneer is speciality of Northern India. We had this with chapathi as side dish. It was very tasty and yummy.

Seeing fresh spinach in market made me to buy, usually I prepare Keerai Kootu a South Indian gravy and for a change I prepared this dish.

In my recent post you might have read how to make paneer at home, if not click here. Here I go with the recipe. Hope you all enjoy this recipe.

Ingredients
Palak(Spinach) - 1 bunch
Paneer -200gms or 20 cubes
Onion - 1 no
Tomato - 1no
Garam Masala - 1 tspn
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn
Spices - Cinamon, Black cardamom - small pieces just for taste.(optional)
Salt

For seasoningOil - 3 tspns
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Cumin seeds(Jeeragam/Jeera) - 1 tspn
Dry Red chilli - 2 nos

Preparation MethodChop onion and tomato to medium size cubes.
Separate spinach leaves from the stem and wash thouroughly.
In a vessel keep water for boiling, keep sufficient water to drop spinach in it. Once its boiling off the stove, put these spinach and leave it till you are doing other things.

In a Kadai, put little oil put spices and fry for a minute. Then put onion and fry till its transperent. Then add tomato and fry till it cooks well. Add litte salt. Keep it in low flame.

While this is cooking,

Filter spinach and grind in mixie to a fine paste. Mix the paste with onion and tomato mixture and boil it. Add salt, garam masala and red chilli powder. Keep it in low flame.
In a sauce pan, put 1 tspn oil and fry paneer for few minutes. Mix this with the gravy. Let it cook for few minutes in low flame.
In the same sauce pan, put 2 tspn oil, mustard wait till it splutters, add red chilli and cumin seeds. After 2 minutes its done. Mix all the above with Palak Paneer.

Palak Paneer is ready to serve. This can be a side dish for Chapathi, Naan, Kulcha and Rotis (Indian Breads)

Dahi Sev

Dahi Sev is very tasty. You can say it a chaat or salad. Its from North India. Its a mix of Dahi called yogurt(curds) in Hindi and Sev a fried savoury. It is very simple and easy to prepare.

Ingredients
Sev (Oma Podi) - 1 cup
Dahi(Thair, Plain Yogurt/Curds) - 1 cup
Chopped Onion - 1 no
Chopped Tomato - 1no
Chaat masala - 2 pinches
Chopped Kothmir(Coriander leaves/Cilantro)- 1 tspn
Salt a pinch

Preparation Method
In a bowl mix onion, tomato with a pinch of salt.
Then beat dahi to smooth then mix.
Top it up with Sev, chaat masala and Kothmir.

Yummy Dahi Sev is ready to serve. Eat immediately after mixing before sev becomes soggy.

Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad is very healthy. It can be had before or after dinner or lunch. By topping it with ice cream kids will love it....

Ingredients
Apple - 1 no
Pear - 1 no
Mango - 1 no
Pineapple - 1 no
Banana - 2nos
Grapes (Seedless) - 20 nos
Water melon - few pieces

Ice cream as per your choice of flavour. I have used La Cremeria "Vanilla Cashew Delight".

Preparation Method.

Wash and cut all fruits into small and tiny pieces(If you dont like it with skin you can remove it and then cut). Water melon into small cubes. Put in a bowl and add little sugar. Keep it in fridge for 1-2 hours.

Then later can be served with ice cream or as it is. Fruit Salad is ready to eat.

Variations: Cut all fruits into small cubes and add salt and pepper.
Can also mix custard powder.
Can also add honey.

Andhra Pesarattu | Green Gram Crepes

I am reposting this recipe, since my friend in orkut Kris told me more information and correct method in Andhra style. Then later I checked with my neighbour Bharathi Aunty who is from Hyderabad and got the recipe for Alam Chutney.
Thanks to both of them.

Pesarattu is a dosa (Crepes) made with green gram dal. This is a dish of Andhra style. A very tasty and healthy dosa.

Ingredients
Green Gram(Pacha Payru) - 2 cups
Dosa Rice or Raw Rice - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 no (chopped) - Optional
Curry leaves - few
Cooking oil - 2 tspns
Asafotida (Hing) - 1 pinch
Green chilli - 2 nos
Ginger - 1 small piece
Grated carrot - optionalSalt
Preparation Method

Soak green gram and rice for 1 to 2 hours. Grind in mixie with the skin to fine paste.
In a pan heat oil and asafotida. Then put in batter and mix.
Add salt, curry leaves, chopped green chilli, chopped ginger and mix the batter. Can add chopped onion grated carrots too. (I like to grate onion, ginger and carrots)
Heat a skillet(Dosa kal/tawa) pour the batter like dosa and spread thinly.
Put 1 tspn oil and cook both sides till crisp and brown.

Pesarattu is ready to serve. This can be served with Ginger chutney which is called Alam chutney in Telugu. This is also served with a topping of Upma just before you remove it from pan or with Upma and its called MLA Pesarattu. This is tasty and more filling.

Recipe for Fresh Ginger Chutney(Alam Chutney)
Ginger - 2" piece
Tamarind - small piece
Jaggery - small piece
Dry red chilli - 2nos(as per taste)
Jeeragam(Cumin seeds) - 1 tspn
Salt to taste
Grind all the above things raw in mixie to a fine paste.

Fresh Ginger Chutney(Alam Chutney) is ready.
Notes:
- While making for kids you can grind ginger and green chilli with green gram and ricein the batter.- The batter cant be used more than a single day even you store in fridge over night. Always batter needs to used fully on the 1st day itself since the 2nd day it does not taste good at all.

- Chutney - If you dont like the raw taste of ginger you can slightly fry all ingredients in a pan and then grind to fine paste.
- While making with onion put chopped onion on the tawa and then pour batter and spread. By this onion is nicely mixed with batter.

Tips: While making dosa, heat a pan and while pouring batter keep it in low flame and then increase flame and cook. when removing reduce to low flame. So it is easy to spread the batter and not stick to pan.

Lemon Rasam

I tried making lemon rasam for 2nd time it came out very tasty. Usually I always make rasam with tamarind but daily using tamarind is not good for health. Then my sister in law asked me to try this rasam. Trust me you should try this and let me know how was it...

Ingredients
Toor Dal - 1/2 cup( cooked)
Ginger - 1 big piece
Green chilli - 2nos
Coriander leaves - 1 tspn( chopped)
Lemon - 1 no
Manjal(Turmeric) - a pinch
Salt
Water as required
For seasoning(Tadka)
Cooking oil - 1 tspn
Jeeragam - 1/2 tspn
Mustard - 1/2 tspn

Preparation Method
In a vessel, make a paste of cooked toor dal and water. Add manjal, mash pieces of ginger, slit green chilli into the center and salt. Allow it to boil well.

Add chopped coriander leaves.

Heat little oil in sauce pan. Add mustard wait till it splutters and add jeeragam.

When you are ready for lunch squeeze lemon and mix well. Do not heat after adding lemon juice.

Taste and check it should be a good ginger flavour too otherwise add some more ginger and boil well.

Lemon Rasam is ready to serve.

Notes - If you are making more quantity add lemon juice only when you are serving lunch or dinner. Also do not add when hot.