Coconut Rice

You will need:
Grated coconut
Cooked rice
Mustard seeds
Urad dal (split black gram)
Dried red chillies
Hing (asafoetida)
Curry leaves
Raw peanuts
Salt (to taste)
Dhania (coriander/ cilantro) leaves

Add oil in a pan. Once hot, add mustard seeds and wait for them to crackle. Now add all other ingredients except coconut and rice. Sauté on low flame till peanuts are roasted (should be less than a minute). Add coconut and mix well. Now switch off heat and add rice and salt. Mix well and garnish with chopped dhania leaves.

Simple and nutritious, this is an ideal lunch box meal. Team up with appalam, papad of poppadums and enjoy!

Rava Idli

You will need:

Rava (Semolina)

Curds/Yoghurt

Salt

Mustard

Aesofotida

Channa Dal (Kadalai Paruppu)

Curry leaves

Green chillies (chopped)

Mix necessary amount of rava with curds (ratio 1:2) and keep aside for 20 minutes to 1/2 hour. Add salt to taste, temper with remaining ingredients and steam as you would idlis.

Serve with Pudina Thuviyal (check out the rest of the blog for the recipe) and you will love it!

You can substitute the Rava with Semiya (Vermicelli) and *voila* Semiya Idlis!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rava_(or_Suji)

Aloo Mutter

I tried this recipe of Sanjeev Kapoor's. Everyone at home and at work completely loved it!

Only change I made: boiled the peas beforehand.

http://chefsanjeevkapoor.blogspot.com/2011/08/simplest-of-curries-aloo-mutter.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato

Pudina-Kothamalli Thuviyal

A thuviyal is a cooked version of a chutney. I prefer this version - you can eat it with your regular idli, dosa and also with rice and rotis. I like to combine both Pudina (mint leaves) and Kothamalli

(Coriander leaves), but this can be done with either as well.

You will need:

Pudina

Kothamalli

Puli (Tamarind)

Mustard Seeds

Urad Dal

Red Chillies

Green Chillies

Salt

Oil

Add mustard seeds to oil. Once it splutters, add the urad dal, tamarind and chillies. Stir well and add chopped leaves and salt. You can add aesofotida if you want. Let it cook for a while and keep aside to cool. Once cool, grind into a rough paste (I prefer a bit of a crunch!).

Easy, tasty and healthy!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentha

http://www.beautyandgroomingtips.com/2006/10/mint-pudina-for-health-and-beauty.html

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