Thattu vadai set | Thattai set

Anyone who tastes this will definitely fall for the Salem Special Street food "Thattu Vadai set"

Thattai is a south Indian deep fried snack made with rice flour.

You can prepare the same with salt buiscuits like Monaco, 50-50.

I used very minimal ingredients here

Store bought Thattai - 10 pieces
Grated carrot - 1 cup
Finely chopped onion - 1/2 cup
Tomato chutney - 1/2 cup. ( You can use any left over chutney onion/tomato/mint/coriander)
Lemon - 1/2 squeezed (optional)
Chat masala - 1 pinch (optional)
Coriander leaves - 2 spoons finely chopped

Mix all ingredients except thattai.

In a plate place one thattai, 1/2 spoon chutney, Vegetables mix, top it with another thattai with chutney(chutney facing down).

Serve( aka gulp 😋) immediately.

Repeat the steps for remaining thattai.

You can add grated beetroots with carrot. I don have beetroot so skipped it.

Happy evening everyone 😎

Instant Beetroot paniyaram

Just add grated beetroot+ onion + tadka of mustard in the dosa batter , poured in paniyaram pan and it's done in 10 mins...

Kids munching it with tomato ketchup 😋😋

Me having with pulikolambu from the lunch 😋😋

Spiced Buttermilk

When you find awesome props on your mom's place just use it 😎😎

In mixer grinder add curd, chilli, ginger, salt,Curry leaves,salt and pulse it for few seconds, add water for required consistency. Add chopped corriander and serve it 😋😋

PS: just used the mathu as the property in picture not used to prepare it 😉

Honey Chilli Idli | leftover idli

I had Honey chilli potato yesterday for the first time... It keeps coming in dream wanting to make it right away... But potato out of stock 😂😂

So gave a twist to the morning idlis 😎😎

Tossed idli strips in 1 spoon oil in nonstick tawa until it turns brown on sides. Keep it aside.

I din had chilli sauce soaked red chilli in hot water for half an hour an hour and ground to paste.

In the pan add chilli sauce, soy sauce, honey , a small pinch salt, little tomato ketchup and mix everything well... Add fried idlis, chopped corriander and roasted til seeds and give a brief mix until all idlis are well coated.

Tada your Honey Chilli idli is ready under 10 mins 😋😋😋

It's just 2 idlis I m feeling sooooo full😍😍😍😍

Snake gourd Bajji | Ring Bajji | Pudalangai Bajji

Snake gourd/Pudalangai Ring bajji.

Cut thin slices of snake gourd and remove the centre part. Dip in Bajji batter and deep fry. It's delicious 😋😋😋

Bajji batter :

Besan flour : 1 cup
Rice flour : 1/2 cup
Hing : 1 pinch
Chilli powder : 1/2tsp
Salt : 1/2tsp
Baking soda : 1 pinch

Mix water and make a batter not too thick. It should be in pouring consistency.

You can prepare the flour mix in bulk and refrigerate it in air tight container. Can use little when needed.

Urad Dhal fritters | Ulundu vadai | Urad dhal vadai

This is simple urad dhal vadai...

Soak urad dhal for couple of hours. Drain water and grind in mixie without adding much water. Add chopped onion, green chilli, Curry leaves and salt.

Heat oil in a pan. In any cover(we use milk cover mostly) take out the batter in ball shape. Apply water in hands and flatten it and make a hole inside... Drop in hot oil cook till turns color on both sides. Do in medium flame.

Repeat the process.

If your uraddhal batter turns watery and not able to take out as ball in hands add little rice flour.

Capsicum Egg Burji

When I don't want to cook for long but still I need a tasty dish this is the one I resort to 😍😍

Capsicum Egg Burji 😋 will be ready under 15 mins and can be a wholesome meal as such 😁

Recipe as follows:

Ingredients

Capsicum - 1 big size cubed
Onion - 1 big size finely chopped
Tomato - 1 medium size finely chopped
Green chilli - 1 slitted
Curry leaves - few
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp.

In a pan add oil, once hot add mustard seeds.. add finely chopped onion, slitted green chilli, Curry leaves. Add a pinch of tumeric powder. Saute until onion turns translucent. Add finely chopped tomatoes and saute till tomatoes mushy. Add the cubed capsicum and saute till its almost cooked. Break two eggs on top of it and keep the flame on medium heat and close it and let it cook for two mins. Open the lid and slightly saute everything, don't saute very fast as eggs will be very scrambled. Cook till eggs are cooked.

For better results cook in non-stick ware. You can add red chilli powder instead of green chilli as well.

Cabbage Aloo Sabzi

Was actually lazy to prepare some dinner... Ooruku poitu vantha hangover innum povala...

Simple cabbage aloo sabzi with the leftover potato fry from lunch... And I m done with my dinner preparations under 20 mins :)

Recipe goes like this

In a pan add oil, add mustard and fennel seeds, once it's popped add finely chopped onion, saute till translucent. Add chopped tomatoes and saute till mushy. Add roughly chopped cabbage ( I used approximately 2 cups), if you are adding fresh potatoes add now itself. Add red chilli powder, garam masala and salt and mix everything well. Let it gets cooked on medium flame for 5 mins.Add 1/2 cup water and close with lid. After 5 mins open the lid , I added my leftover potato curry at this  stage. cook until all the water is dried up.

Since there was no Curry leaves or coriander I din use.

It's got over for the dinner with soft rotis 😋😋

Upma fingers | Upma Cutlet | leftover rava/sooji upma

No one dared to touch this rava upma in the morning!!!

Now chittu mittu were fighting over it 😂😂

Recipe is simple:

Have your upma ready with or without Vegetables with less oil/ghee. Best to use left over upma 😎.

Take upma in a wide bowl, add 1 tsp besan flour, 1 tsp rice flour, chilli powder, salt and mix everything well.dont add water.

In a bowl mix  2 tsp all purpose flour and water and make a thin paste consistency.

Keep ready in a plate a mix of bread crumbs and Til seeds.

Roll out the upma in any desired shape, roll it in the all purpose flour paste and roll it again in bread crumbs mix.

Shallow fry it on a tawa until it's dark brown on all sides in medium flame.

Tastes awesome with the sauce dip 😋😋😋