Today's tip

Keep spoon in the vessel while boiling milk at medium heat. It will avoid sticking the milk at the bottom of the vessel

Tomato Rice

This is very easy to prepare. Prepare rice first and then add the prepared masala into it and the end product will be very tasty. This can be taken for lunch and can be prepared very easily when we have little time only for preparing lunch. This can also be done when you have leftover rice

Preparation Time :20 minutes

Cooking Time :10 minutes

Ingredients:

• Cooked rice -1cup
• Big Onion -1
• Tomato -2
• Green chilli -2
• Mustard seeds/kadugu -1/2tsp
• Urad dal/Ulutham parupu -1/4tsp
• Turmeric powder/Manjal podi -1/2tsp
• Salt -1tsp
• Curry leaf -A spring
• Oil -1tblsp

To grind:

Tomato -2

Grind and make into a fine puree

Preparation:

• Prepare rice and keep
• Chop onion and green chilli to fine pieces
• Grid tomato to a fine puree

Procedure:

• Pour oil in a pan
• Add mustard seeds and after it crackles add urad dal and fry
• Add onion and green chilli and fry till onion becomes golden brown in color
• Add tomato puree and fry till the raw smell goes off
• Add curry leaves and fry
• Add turmeric powder, salt and mix
• Take this and pour on rice and mix
• Tomato rice is now ready!!!

Step by step procedure:

Pour oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and after it crackles add urad dal and fry

Add onion and green chilli and fry till onion becomes golden brown in color

Add tomato puree and fry till the raw smell goes off

Add curry leaves and fry

Add turmeric powder, salt and mix. Take this and pour on rice and mix. Tomato rice is now ready!!! 

Onion Chutney/Venkaya chutney

Onion chutney or venkaya chutney is a good combination for dosa, idli and appams. It is very easy to prepare but tastes so good.I have used big onions and we can use shallots/small onions too.

Preparation Time :10 minutes

Cooking Time:15 minutes

Ingredients:

• Big Onions -2
• Red chilli -2
• Mustard seeds/kadugu -1/2tsp
• Urad dal/Ulutham parupa -1/2tsp
• Ginger and garlic paste -2tsp
• Salt -1tsp
• Tamarind -a small piece or tamarind paste -1/4tsp
• Oil -1tsp

Preparation:

• Chop onions into small pieces
• Chop ginger and garlic into fine paste else we can use readymade ginger garlic paste too

Procedure:

• Pour oil in a pan
• Add mustard seeds, urad dal, red chilli
• Then add onions and fry till it becomes golden brown
• Then add ginger and garlic paste and mix
• Add salt and mix and switch off the flame
• After it cools down grind it with tamarind
• Tasty onion chutney is ready

Step by step procedure:

Pour oil in a pan.Add mustard seeds, urad dal, red chilli

Then add onions and fry till it becomes golden brown

Then add ginger and garlic paste and mix

Add salt and mix and switch off the flame. After it cools down grind it with tamarind

Tasty onion chutney is ready!!

Today's tip

Soak potatoes and brinjal after cutting, to avoid discoloration.

Palak fry

Palak is good for health as it helps to cure constipation, great for diabetics and great for heart. It is low in fat and low in cholestrol. Palak fry is so easy to make and is very healthy too. It can be taken as a sidedish for rice

Preparation Time :20 minutes

Cooking Time :15 minutes

Ingredients:

• Big Onion -1
• Red Chilli -2
• Mustard seeds/Kadugu -1tsp
• Urad dal -1/2 tsp
• Palak leaves -2cup
• Coconut -1tblsp
• Fennel seeds/Perunjeerakam/sombu -1/2tsp
• Salt -1tsp
• Oil -1tblsp

For Grinding:

• Coconut -1tblsp
• Fennel seeds/Perunjeerakam/sombu -1/2tsp

 Grind this coarsely. Don't add water 

Preparation:

• Take the leaves from palak and wash it and keep
• Chop onion into small pieces
• Grind coconut and fennel seeds and keep

Procedure:

• Pour oil in a pan
• After oil gets heated, add mustard seeds and after it splutters add urad dal and red chilli and fry
• Then add onion and fry
• Then add palak and fry till it shrinks
• Add the grinded coconut and fennel seeds next and mix
• Palak fry is now ready!!!

Step by step procedure:

Pour oil in a pan. After oil gets heated, add mustard seeds and after it splutters add urad dal and red chilli and fry. Then add onion and fry

Then add palak and fry till it shrinks

Grind coconut and fennel seeds in a mixer

Add this to palak

Palak fry is now ready!!!