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Aloo Capsicum

Potato: 3 medium to big ones, cubed.
Capsicum: 1 large Cut into bigger chunks
Corriander Seeds: 2 tablespoon
Jeera: 1 tsp
Turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli Powder: 1 tsp
Kasuri Methi: a pinch (optional)
Ginger: 1 inch piece chopped
Salt: to taste
Oil: 1 tsp

-Cut the veggies and keep them ready.
-Heat the oil, add the whole corriander seeds and jeera and let it splutter well.
-Now, add the potato, mix in the red chilli and turmeric and salt.
-Mix for a minute, pour a cup of water and cover and cook for 3-4 minutes.
-When they are half done, add the ginger, capsicum and mix well.
-Stir in between. Add kasuri methi now and mix well.

Chettinad Veg Masala

Boiled Veggies (potato, carrot, beans): 2 cups -> alternatively you can use frozen mixed veggies
Onion: 2 small chopped
Tomato: 1 ripe, chopped
Curry Leaf: a sprig
Cinnamon Stick: 2 pieces
Saunf/fennel seeds: 1 tsp
OIl: 2 tablespoon
Coconut: 1/4 cup
Corriander Powder: 1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder: 3/4th tsp (as per taste)
Turmeric: a pinch

-Boil the veggies, drain and set aside.
-Heat the oil, add the saunf and cinnamon sticks.
-Add curry leaf, onions, and saute well.
-Grind the coconut with a little water to a coarse paste and keep it ready. ONLY coconut
-Once onions are done, add the paste, tomato and all the dry masala and salt.
-Cook for 4-5 minutes or until the oil separates from the mixture.
-Add the veggies and mix well. Serve garnished with corriander leaves

Oil-Free, One Pot Dal

OK. So, Going forward, I will have posts of curries/dals for Rotis. Here's an easy peasy dal. :-)

Mung Dal/Tuvar Dal/Masoor Dal: 1.5 cups
Water: 3 cups
Turmeric Powder: 1/4 tsp
Hing: a pinch
Red Chilli Powder: 3/4th tsp
Jeera Powder: 1 tsp (leveled)
Coriander Powder: 1/2 tsp
Ginger: 1 inch piece, grated.
Garlic: 4-5 pods, crushed
Tomato: 1 or 2 crushed
Onion: 1 sliced
Green Chilli: 2-3 slit
Salt to taste

-Mix all of the ingredients in a pressure cooker. Cook for 2-3 whistles.
-Stir, add some lemon juice, coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or rotis.

Rava Dosai

This is one of those dishes which almost never gets made in my house.... I think it is because I always found it difficult to make the dosai with the MTR mix. I then found a recipe for making this and it was a breeze to make and took me almost no time to make this.

Rava: 1 cup

Rice Flour: 1/2 cup

All Purpose Flour/Maida: 1/4 cup

Salt : to  taste

Water: As needed

Tadka Ingredients

Hing/prungayam: 1/4 tsp

Jeera, Mustard, curry Leaf, PepperCorn: To taste

Ginger (chopped) : 1 teaspoon

Green Chilli (chopped): 2-3 nos

[optional: 1 chopped red onion]

METHOD:

Combine all the dry ingredients with salt and mix in water. It should be a very very thin batter, the consistency of milk.

Keep the batter aside for about 15-30 mins.

Heat some oil, add the tadka stuff and after the mustard pops, add the chilli, ginger and onion and saute well.

Add the mix to the liquid, stir well.

Take a tava, make it smoking hot and pour in a ladle of maavu/batter.

You cant make it like a regular dosa, just splash it on the pan in a way that its only one layer. Do not pour over this layer.

Add some oil or ghee and let it cook.

Flip, cook for some more and it is ready to eat.