Pacha Pulisheri/ MorKuzhambu

This is probably the easiest thing to make if you have the ingredients at home!

Grated Coconut: 1 cup

Green Chillies (Bird's eye) : 4-5 depending on the desired spice level

Raw Rice: 1 teaspoon or Raw Rice Flour: 1 tsp

Curry Leaves: 1 sprig

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Grind the above into a very fine paste and place it in a bowl. 

Yogurt: 1-1.5 cups. (the sourer the better) 

Beat the yogurt in a blender and mix with the paste. 

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Heat a pan with some ghee and add mustard, fenugreek seeds, broken red chilli and curry leaves.

Once that splutters, pour the ground paste+yogurt and mix. 

Take the pan off the stove when the mixture begins to froth. 

Add salt to a bowl and pour this cooked mixture into that and mix well. 

Serve with rice/Idlis/Dosa.

Chundal

It is navratri time and this is the most favoured dishes of all! And it is a breeze to make as a snack as well!

Canned Chickpeas/ Blackeyed peas/Rajma: 1 can, drained.
Oil: 1 tsp
Mustard 1/4 tsp

Urad Dal 1/2 tsp
Chana Dal 1/2 tsp
Dried Red Chilli 1, broken into pieces
Curry Leaf : a sprig
Hing : a generous pinch
Salt : to taste
Coconut (optional) : 1 tablespoon

Heat Oil, and add the mustard, dals, red chilli, Curry leaves and hing.

When the mustard splutters, add the chickpeas and saute for a minute.

Finish with salt and coconut.

Masala to accompany Puris/Masala Dosa/Rotis

This is possibly the simplest curry that can ever be made!!

Potatoes: Cooked, 3 large, Crushed roughly. Make sure it has bite sized bits.

Onion: 1 large, Sliced. (Red Onion.)

Green Chillies: 3-4 Sliced (birds eye)

Ginger: 1 inch piece, chopped

Curry Leaves: a sprig

Mustard, Urad Dal, Red chilli: To temper

Turmeric: a pinch

Heat oil in a kadai, add the tempering ingredients and curry leaves.

When it splutters, add the green chilli, ginger and stir for a minute.

Now add the sliced Onion and salt and mix until the onions are cooked.

Add the turmeric, mix well and then add the potatoes. Mix well.

Now, add about a cup of water and adjust the consistency.

I make it a little thin for puris and rotis and of course, for Dosai it is thick.

Garnish with corriander leaves and enjoy!

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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.