Puttu

Puttu

Serves                                          Preparation
         4                                                       30 mins

Ingredient

1. Ragai flour -2 cups
2. 1/2 cup of Water
3. Shredded Coconut-4 tablespoons
4. Sugar- 1 cup
5. 3 Cardamom ground

Method

1. Take a large bowl and add two cups of Ragai flour
2. Sprinkle water a few times and mix well
3. The Ragi flour must be like sand only 
4. Make sure no lumps are formed in the flour mix
5. Add the Idly cooker or Idly Pan with water and heat up
6. Steam the Puttu mix until the aroma comes up
7. Transfer the cooked Puttu into a mixing bowl
8. Add Sugar, Coconut and ground Cardamom.
9. Mix well 
10. Now you can make it like small balls or to your favourite shapes.

Idli

Idli 

Ingredients

1. 3cups idly rice
2. 1cups of urid dhal
3. 1 tablespoon of salt.

Method

1. Soak the rice & urid dhal separately for few hours 
2.  Wash both well.
3. Grind the rice with water.It will take 20 mintues.
4. After grinding the rice , it should be smooth 
5. Take out the  ground  rice 
6. Then grind the urid dhal with water 
7. Grind for 20mins 
8. Take out and mix both
9. Add salt , water 1/2 cup and mix well.
10. It can be left outside overnight for fermentting
11. Use the Idlly pot/cooker and boil required water
12. Pour in the dough and steam cook it 
13. Serve hot with sambar and chutney
14. Keep the remaining dough in the fridge for later use.

Adai Thosai

Serves                                 Preparation
    4                                          30 mins

Ingredient

1. 1 cup Pacha arsi
2. 1 cup Pulkal arsi
3. 1/2 cup Urid dhal
4. 1/2 cup Channa dhal
5. 1/2 cup Dhoor dhal
6. 2 Big onion
7. 4 Red chilli
8. 1 Teaspoon of Fennel
9. Some curry leaves.
10. 1 teaspoon of Mustard
11. 1 teaspoon of Turmeric Powder
12. 1 teaspoon of Salt
13. 1/2 cup Oil 

Method

1.  Soak both rice together in water 
2.  Separately soak all the Dhal  together for few hours.
3.  Wash the rice& Dhal three times
4. Chop both the onion.
5. Add Rice,Chilli & Fennel with half cup of water into the grinder
6. Start grinding 
7. After a while add all dhals together
8.  Then add turmeric&salt
9. Heat 2 teaspoon of oil to the frying pan add mustard ,curry leaves and onion 
10. Fry well , leave it to cool 
11. Add onion with grinding mixture.
12. Add 1/2 cup of water mix well.
13. Now adai mauv is ready,
14. Heat the pan & pour the dosai mixture