Homemade paneer

Ingredients:

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Milk - 6 cups

Lemon juice - 2 tbsp

1. Bring milk to boil and add lemon juice.

2. Keep stirring and milk would start curdling.

3. Remove from heat and drain in a clean muslin cloth.

4. Place a heavy weight on the muslin cloth. Let rest for ~ an hour.

5. After an hour, cut into small cubes and store it in refrigerator.

Avarakkai araichuvitta sambar

Ingredients:

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Toor dhal - 3/4 cup

Tamarind - small lemon size

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Jaggery - 1 tbsp
Salt
Avarakkai - 1 1/2 cup
Tomato - 1

Cilantro

Masala

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Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Channa Dhal - 1 tsp
Red chili - 4
Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
Peppercorns - 3/4 tsp

Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp
Hing - 1/2 tsp
Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
Rice - 1 tsp

Seasoning

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Ghee - 1 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp

Cumin - 1 tsp

Red chili - 1 

Curry leaves

1. Pressure cook dhal.

2. In a pan, dry roast the ingredients for Masala and grind to a fine paste by adding required amount of water.

3. In the same pan, combine tamarind juice, turmeric, jaggery, salt and bring to boil.

4. Add avarakkai, tomato and cook until avarakkai is tender.

5. Now add the masala, dhal and cook for ~ 10 mins.

6. Add the seasoning and garnish with cilantro.

Bombay chutney

Ingredients:

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Besan Flour - 1/2 cup

Fennel Powder - 2 tsp 

Onion - 1 finely chopped

Green Chili - 2 Slit

Salt 

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Water - 3 cups 

Cilantro

1. Combine Besan flour, turmeric, salt, water.

2. In a pan, add oil and saute fennel powder, onion, green chili.

3. Saute onion till it is translucent.

4. Now add the Besan flour mixture and let cook for ~10 mins.

5. Garnish with cilantro.

Simple Okra Poriyal

Ingredients:

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Okra - 1 cup

Red Chili powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Salt

Oil

Tamarind juice - 1 tsp

1. In a pan , add oil and saute Okra.

2. Once Okra is half cooked, add red chili powder, salt, turmeric, tamarind juice.

3. Cover and cook until okra is tender.

French Toast

Ingredients:

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Whole Wheat Bread - 8 Slices

Egg - 3 

Milk - 1/4 cup

Sugar

Ghee

1. Beat egg, milk, sugar.

2. Soak bread slices in the egg mixture.

3. Roast on a skillet applying ghee.

Medhu Vada

Ingredients:

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Urad Dhal - 1/2 cup

Rice - 2 tsp

Green Chili - 2

Red Chili - 1

Salt

Ginger - an inch

Onion - 1/2 chopped

Cilantro

Oil

1. Soak Urad Dhal, Rice for couple of hours.

2. Grind with Ginger, Green chili, Red Chili.

3. Combine Dhal mixture, salt, Onion, Cilantro.

4. Make as Vadas and deep fry in oil.