Tadka Times

– Grind ripen tomatoes, red chillies, tamarind and salt to a fine paste. – Without adding oil in a pan, sauté cumin seeds, red chillies, fenugreek and asafoetida cake. – Grind it to a fine powder. – Add grounded tomato paste in a pan and let it boil until cooked. – Then add the grounded…

– Add oil and sauté 4 tbsp bengal gram, 1 tbsp urad dal, 4 tbsp coriander seeds, 3 red chillies, 1 tbsp pepper, 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tbsp white sesame seeds. – Grind it to a fine powder. – Add oil in a pressure cooker and sauté mustard, onions, brinjal, tomato, turmeric powder, tamarind…

MINT CHUTNEY – Saute mustard, 2 tbsp urad dal, 3 tbsp bengal gram, few cumin seeds, pepper, small onion, green chilly, mint leaves, coconut, tamarind and salt – Grind it to a coarse consistency and add tadka to it

– Soak white chickpeas overnight and cook them until soft with little salt. – Grind little cooked chickpeas, onion, green chillies, ginger and garlic to a fine paste. – Grind tomatoes separately. – Add oil and sauté onion paste and tomato paste till the raw smell goes. – Add chickpeas, turmeric powder, red chilly powder,…

  – Soak saamai, raw rice and urad dal for 2 hrs and grind it with red chillies and salt. – Add oil in a pan and sauté mustard seeds, bengal gram, chopped onion and curry leaves. – Mix the above in grounded mixture and make paniyarams out of it.

– Pressure cook 1/2 cup moong dal and 2 potatoes, smash them and keep separately – Grind coconut, green chillies, cashews and fennel seeds to a fine paste – Add oil in a pan and saute cinnamon, cloves, cumin seeds, chopped onion, green chilly and curry leaves – Add ginger garlic paste and saute for…

– Grate carrot and finely chop ginger, green chillies and coriander leaves. – Add oil in a pan and sauté mustard, urad dal, broken cashew nuts, chopped ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida powder. – Add rava and roast it nicely for a few mins, without burning the rava. – After it cools, add…

– Cut carrot, beans, baby corn, zucchini, broccoli, mushroom, capsicum, potato into julienne sized pieces – Add butter in a fry pan and saute all the above veggies along with sweet corn – Add pepper powder and salt as required ,

– Dry roast curry leaves, urad dal, bengal gram, cumin seeds, pepper, red chilles, garlic and asafoetida. – Grind it to a fine powder with salt.

– Chop carrot, beans, onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic into small pieces. – Boil the potato, smash it well and keep aside. – Add oil in a pan and sauté mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chopped garlic, ginger, onion, carrot, beans and green chillies. – Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, fennel seeds powder, garam masala…