Thirikadugam Rasam

Thirikadukam rasam - inspiration Mira Murli
Dry ginger - a small piece
Pepper - 3/4 tsp
Kandanthippili - 3 to 4 Nos.
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Red chillies 3
Curry leaves - a few
Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder
Hing
Tamarind paste 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Seasoning
Ghee - 2 tsp
Mustar seeds - 1 tsp
Procedure :-
Dry roast all the ingredients except tamarind & powder it.
In a vessel add the tamarind paste,salt turmeric, water & powder.
Bring to boil. Do seasoning with ghee & mustard.dilute it as you need

Paruppu Podi

Paruppu podi

1/2 cup each of moong dhal, toor dhal, urad dhal, fried gram dhal ( pottu kadalai)
Red chillies 8
Dhania 1/2 cup
Jeera 2 tsp
Tamarind  a small piece
Salt 1 tsp
Hing 3/4 tsp

Fry everything in a dry Kadai except jeera. 

Cool & powder. Store in airtight container. 
This can be eaten with hot rice and ghee.

Idli Milaga Podi

Idly milaga podi
1/2 cup each of  Bengal gram dhal & urad dhal
1/2 cup red chillies
Hing powder 1/2 tsp
Tamarind a small marble size
Salt to taste 
Sesame seeds 1 tbsp
In a Kadai first fry sesame seeds till they pop. The in a little drop of oil fry other ingredients except tamarind. Allow to cool & grind to  a powder in desired consistency. 

Chow chow kootu with a twist

Chow chow kootu with a twist
Chow chow 2 cups ( cubed)
Moong dhal 1 cup
To grind
Onion 1
Jeera 3/4 tsp
Red chillies 5
Put everything in PC & cook for 4 whistles.
Open mix thoroughly & season with urad dhal, mustard, red chillies & curry leaves in coconut oil.

Instead of Grinding "Onion 1
Jeera 3/4 tsp
Red chillies
Jeera 3/4 tsp
Red chillies 5
You can use grated onion, red chili powder and jeera powder to make it an OPOS recipe !  

What is #OPOS?

What is #OPOS

World's simplest cooking concept - The #OPOS (One Pot, One Shot)

                                                                             

OPOS technique uses one pot. It is Microwave, mixie, blender, open vessel or pressure cooker and cooks in just one shot> No steps involved.

 In all OPOS recipes ingredients are listed  followed “Cooking Method”

Cooking method 1: Pressure cook.

Cooking method 2: Blend all.

Cooking method 3: Mix all.

This concept is created by Rama Krishnan in United By Food, a forum in Facebook.

I am part of this forum and will be posting #OPOS recipes which are simple & easy to follow.

Even a child can cook.

OPOS is about one thing. It eliminates uncertainty from cooking. 

 Pressure cooker, blender, microwave, grater and knife are preferred OPOS tools.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1KbN9ImfUA

Paneer Vathakkuzhambu Something Different!

Paneer Vathakkuzhambu  (OPOS)

Grind together

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Coconut scraped 1 tbsp

Green chilly 1

Sambar powder 2 tsp

Salt 1 tsp

Tamarind paste 2 tbsp

Turmeric powder ¼ tsp

Hing a small piece

Grind everything together to a smooth paste. Mix water to this for desired consistency.

Add 1 packet of paneer cut into cubes. Do tadka with mustard & curry leaves.

Cook in PC for 1 whistle. Recipe inspired by Chithra Viswanathan

Methi Ki Launji

Methi ki launji ( Rajasthan)

Sprouted methi - 1 cup
Kismis - 1/4 cup
Dates - 1/4 cup
Chilly powder - 1&1/2 tsp
Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Jeera,dhania powder -
1/2 tsp each
Hing - 1 pinch
Tamarind paste - 1/2 tsp
Put everything in a PC cook for 2 whistles.
Based on Tarala Dalal's recipe. I tweaked it to my taste 

Murungai keerai podi

Murungai keerai podi

Fry with little oil

3 spoons of urad dhal

1 spoon of chana dhal

7 red chilies,

Add  1/2 tsp of jeera before grinding

Micro wave ( MW) the murunga keerai till dry.

Powder all of these in the mixie.

If you like you may  microwave a few garlic cloves along with the keerai.

 Excellent podi with hot rice and ghee. 

This recipe was given to me by my friend Shyamala Srivatsan 

Oats bajra butter thenkuzhal

Oats bajra butter thenkuzhal  ( Bajra - Pearl millet)

oats roasted & powdered 1/3 cup, 

bajra flour 1/3 cup,

processed rice flour 1/3 cup(store bought),

fried gram flour 1/4 cup (pottukadalai), 

salt, jeera, 

butter 1tsp. 

Mixed into a dough & made this.

 Appadiye karayaradhu! thenkuzhal is in a dull color...

Kothamalli ( Coriander) Podi

Kothamalli milaga podi

Chana dhal -3 tbsp
Urad dhal - 3 tbsp
Red chillies - 15
Tamarind - gooseberry size
Salt as needed
Hing - 1 small piece
Coriander - 1 bunch
In a little oil fry hing,dhals & red chillies.
Then add the salt & tamarind to them.
Clean, wash & cut coriander.
Dry them in MW in batches or leave it on a paper to dry.
Once the fried dhals are cool grind in a mixie to a grainy texture.
Add the coriander leaves to this and give it a run!
Kothamalli milagai podi is ready 

Bajra & Barley idli

Bajra,barley idli 

 barley - 1 1/2 cup,

 Bajra - 1 1/2 cup

 poha 1 cup,

 urad dhal 1 cup.

 Soak & grind exactly like regular idly. Idli comes out soft & fluffy! 

Pazham Pachadi

Fruit pachchadi
Its usually made in weddings
Recipe
Banana diced 1
Apple cored & diced 1
Kismis  a fist full
Tomatoes 2 diced
Sugar 1/2 cup
cardomom powder 1/4 tsp
Little water.
Add everything to a 2L  Pressure cooker and cook in Medium low flame for one whistle (9 mins)

Avial ( Mixed vegetable stew)

Avial with pottukadalai
Cut vegetables - 2 cups
(Vazhakkai,senai, carrot,beans,white pumpkin,avarakkai etc)
Salt to taste
Green chillies - 6
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Pottukadalai (roasted gram) - 1 fistful
Jeera - 1 tsp
Curd - 1 cup
Seasoning
Coconut oil + curry leaves
Wash all the vegetables drain & put in PC with a little salt and cook in low flame for 10 minutes. ( till you get nice aroma of the veggies).
Grind to paste green chillies,coconut,jeera,salt, fried gram.
Add this mixture & the curd to the to the cooked vegetable, mix it nicely.
Heat a little coconut oil, add curry leaves & pour it over the Avial.

Avarakkai ( Broad beans) Rice

Avarakkkai (broad beans) samba sadham  

Something different i wanted to try with avarakkai instead of kootu, curry or kuzhambu  

Recipe - rice 3/4 cup,

water 1.5 cup,

avarakkai 1/2 cup,

pepper & jeera 3/4 tsp each,

salt,

hing,

cashews. 

Fry pepper & jeera in little ghee and powder it. In a tsp of ghee temper with mustard & urad dhal. then add cashew, fry till golden add the pepper jeera powder saute for few seconds. In a PC add washed rice, cut avarakkai, water & the tempered ingredients.cook for 7 mins in med flame. Its done! came out udhir udhir & tasty!

Thakkalikkai (Raw tomato) Pickle

Thakkalikkai pickle

Green tomatoes-10 chopped
Garlic pods - 4 chopped
Green chillies -10 cut into two
Mustard Seeds- 3 tbsp
Red Chilli powder- 3 tbsp
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
Salt to taste
Gingelly oil
Powder mustard seeds. Mix all the powders with the chopped tomatoes,chillies & garlic. Then pour the gingelly oil. Mix it thoroughly.
After an hour tomatoes have started leaving water. So I think it will be ready by this evening. 

Once more Kaliiiiii

Once more Kaliiiiii

Oats morkali ( autolysis method) - 1 cup oats dry roasted. mixed with 1/2 cup curd & 1 cup water. In a pressurecooker, add oil, do tadka with mustard, mormilaga & curry leaves. then add the oats mixture. mix it vigorously, close the cooker,place the weight & switch off the stove. Open after 20 mins. Morkali will be ready!

This is a place where i wanna pen down the romantic experience of my taste buds... Hope you guys  try and enjoy it too...