Dal Palak curry

Ingredient:

Dal (lentils) - 1/2 cup

Palak (Spinach) - 2 cups

Onions - chopped - 1

Green chilli -2

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds -1 tsp
Salt - to taste

Method:
1.Pressure cook the lentils along with the onions,Green chilli,Turmeric powder,Red chilly powder,Jeera powder.
2.Remove the lid, and mash lentils and mix  the palak.

3.Add some salt and mix well, and cook covered for 5 minutes.

4.Add oil to the hot pan. When the mustard seeds splutter pour this to cooked dal.

Serve hot with chapathis

Ela Ada

Ela Ada is one of my hubbies favourite evening snack,so when ever i get some banana leafs i make some ela ada for my hubby.It is a traditional kerala dish.The Banana leaf imparts a aromic flavor to the ada.


Ingredients
1 cup Rice flour
Salt, as required
1 1/2 cup water
3/4 cup grated coconut
1/4 - 1/2 cup Jaggery, powdered
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp ghee
Banana leaves

1.Boil the water with salt.

2.Add rice flour to the boiling water and switch off the stove. Cover it and keep aside for 2 mins. Open the lid and knead the dough until smooth.

3.In a pan, heat little water and add jaggery to it.

4.When it is melted add coconut and mix with jaggery and cardamom powder and blend well and keep it aside.
6.Place one ball of rice dough on a piece of banana leaf.
7.Spread the dough with your wet fingers.You can dip your hand in water if the dough is sticky.

8.Keep the coconut filling on one side and fold over.
9.Make similar wraps with the remaining dough and filling. Steam the wraps for 10-15 minutes.

cheera thoran

Cheera/ Spinach is an excellent source of many vitamins,minerals and anti-oxidents.This thoran is one of my favourate.....

Ingredients:-

Cheera/Spinach chopped fine – 2 1/2 cups
Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
Shallots chopped – 5
Green chillies chopped – 2
Garlic chopped –3
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – a sprig
Salt – to taste
Oil – as needed

Method:-

1.Execpt mustard seeds and oil mix all the ingrediants with cheera,using ur hand.Make it soft.
2.Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds into it.Allow it to splutter,then add curry leaves,stir and add the spinach.Stir for few minutes and cook until all the water evaporates and thoran becomes dry.
Serve with rice.

Chickpea Salad And Award

Ingredients 1 cup cookedchickpeas

1 cucumber, sliced
1 carrot, chopped
3 lettuce leafs
1/2 lemon
Salt o taste.

Directions

1.In a medium bowl combine chickpeas, cucumber,carrot,lettuce leaf,leamon and salt. Mix well and serve.

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Muringa Elayum Poovum Thoran

Ingredients

Muringa ela(drumstick leaves) – 2 cups

Muringa poovu-1 cup
Oninons-1

Coconut – 1/2 cup
Green chillies – 4 nos

Garlic pods – 7 nos

Coconut oil – 3 tbsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Dry red chillies– 2 – 3 nos

Curry leaves – A few

Salt – As reqd

Method

1) Wash the leaf and drain water.

2)Mix well together the above mixture like grated coconut, garlic, turmeric powder and green chillies along with the drumstick leaves,flower and salt using your hands.

3)Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.

4)Splutter mustard seeds sauté red dry chillies and curry leaves.

5)Add the leaves mixture and mix well.

6)Cover and cook for 3 mins.

7)Remove the lid and mix well the whole contents.

8)Keep it on flame, till done.