Coconut chutney

Ingredients:
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Coconut - 3/4 cup
Roasted Dhalia - 1/4 cup
Green Chili - 1
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Urad dhal - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves
Salt
Oil

1. Grind Coconut, Roasted dhalia, green chili, salt with required amount of water.
2. Add mustard, urad dhal, curry leaves for seasoning.

Kadalai curry ( Kala Chana kuzhambhu )

Ingredients:

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Kala Chana (Soaked overnight) - 1/2 cup

Onion - 1/4 ( chopped )

Tomato - 1/2 ( chopped )

Eggplant - 2

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Chili powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Salt

Tamarind

Oil

Vadagam

Curry leaves

Garlic - 5 cloves ( Crushed )

Fennel - 1/4 tsp

Coconut - 2 tsp

Roasted dhalia - 2 tsp

1. Pressure cook chana, onion, tomato, eggplant for 5 whistles.

2. In a pan, add oil, fry vadagam, curry leaves, crushed garlic.

3. Now add cooked chana mixture, tamarind and let cook for 5 mins.

4. Grind coconut, fennel, dhalia and add to the chana curry at the end.

Shrimp Egg Pirattal

Ingredients:

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Shrimp - 1 lb

Egg - 2

Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tsp

Onion - 1/2 (chopped)

Tomato - 1/2 (chopped)

Oil

Mustard - 1/4 tsp

Green Chilies - 2 (chopped)

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Chili powder - 1 tsp

Salt

Cilantro

1. In a pan, add oil and fry mustard, green chili, onion, ginger garlic.

2. Add Tomato, turmeric, chili powder and saute.

3. Add Shrimp, salt and cook until the mixture is dry.

4. Finally Toss with beaten egg and cilantro

Spinach Poriyal

Ingredients:

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Spinach ( Chopped ) - 2 cups

Garlic ( Chopped ) - 5 cloves

Onion ( Chopped ) - 1/2

Red Chili - 1

Oil

Salt

1. In a Wok, add oil and fry red chili, garlic.

2. Add Onion and saute till translucent.

3. Now add spinach, salt and cook for 10 mins.

Vendakkai Poriyal

Ingredients:

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Okra (Vendakkai) - 1 cup

Onion ( julienned ) - 1/2

Tomato (chopped) - 1/2

Chili powder - 1 tsp

turmeric - pinch

salt

mustard - 1 tsp

cumin - 1 tsp

oil

1. In a wok, add oil and fry mustard, cumin.

2. Saute onion, tomato.

3. Add turmeric, chili powder, Okra, salt.

4. Sprinkle water and cook until Okra is well cooked.

poori kizhanghu ( Potato Masala )

Ingredients:

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Potato - 3

Onion ( julienned) - 1/2

Carrot ( grated ) - 1

Peas - 2 tbsp

Channa Dhal - 2 tsp

mustard - 1 tsp

Green Chilies - 2

turmeric - pinch

Water

Oil

Salt

1. Boil Potato and mash it

2. In a wok, add oil and fry mustard, channa dhal, green chili.

3. Add grated carrot, peas, mashed potato, turmeric.

4. Add required amount of water, salt and cook until the desired consistency is obtained.

Chicken Curry

Ingredients:
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Chicken pieces - 1 lb
Onion (chopped) - 2
Tomato ( chopped ) - 1
Chili powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
salt
oil
Spices ( cinnamon, clove ) - 2 each

1. In a wok, add oil and spices.
2. Add Onion and saute till golden brown.
3. Add Ginger Garlic Paste, Tomato and saute.
4. Now add Turmeric, chili powder, coriander powder
5. Add Chicken pieces, salt. If required, add some water.
6. Cook until the mixture is thick and chicken is well coated with the masala.

Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients:

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Rice ( Soaked 1/2 hr ) - 1 cup

Cumin seed - 2 tsp

oil - 6 tsp

ghee - 1 tsp

Vegetables - 2 cups ( carrot, beans, peas, potato, cauliflower, red/green bell pepper )

Soy chunks ( prepare as per package instructions ) - 1/2 cup

green chilies - 2 ( slit )

ginger ( minced ) - 1 tsp

cloves, cardamom, cinnamon - 2 each

bay leaf

salt

water - 2 cups

Cilantro

1. In a wok, add 3 tsp oil, 1 tsp cumin, cinnamon, clove, bay leaf, cardamom.

2. Add soaked rice , water, salt

3. when rice boils, close the lid and let cook.

4. In a separate vessel, add 3 tsp oil, ghee, cumin, green chilies, minced ginger.

5. Add vegetables and saute.

6. Sprinkle some water and cover the lid.

7. when the vegetables are half cooked, add salt and mix well.

8. If needed, sprinkle some more water and let cook.

9. Once the vegetables are cooked, mix the rice.

10. Garnish with cilantro.

Lettuce & Black Bean Salad

Ingredients:
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Lettuce - 2 cups
Black Bean - 1/2 cup
Carrot - 1/2 cup
Lime juice - 1/4 cup
Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Olive Oil - 2 tsp
salt - 1 tsp

For Salad dressing:
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Mix Lime juice, pepper powder, salt and olive oil

1. Soak Black beans overnight. Pressure cook for 5 whistles.
2. Combine Lettuce, Black beans, diced carrot.
3. Pour the lime juice dressing over the salad and mix well.