Peas Dosa

Dosas are very popular breakfast/ lunch/ anytime foods in southern India. Over the years, just as with any other popular food, the dosa has been changed to use several other ingredients including vegetables and different types of grains such as oats or ragi. Here, I've made a peas dosa. This is really easy since it doesn't require fermentation. Enjoy!


Peas Dosa

2 cups Rice, soaked for 3 hours
2 cups grated Coconut
4 Green Chillies
Salt, to taste
2 cups Peas, cooked

Grind together the coconut, green chillies and rice to a smooth batter with water. Add the salt and peas. Mix to combine. Make thick crepes on a heated crepe pan.


Other dosas on this blog: Dosa, Neer Dosa, Tomato Dosa and Pesarat.

Bell Pepper Curry

This is another in a series of recipes from my mother in law. As I said earlier she is an amazing cook, and can whip up dishes in a matter of minutes. I'm sure, though, that if I asked her to reproduce this exact recipe, she won't be able to, because she really doesn't cook by numbers. I loved this curry the day she made it for us and it really tastes great with rotis.


Capsicum Curry

1 Bay Leaf
3 cloves Garlic, chopped
1 Onion, chopped
1 Tomato, chopped
Turmeric Powder
Chilli Powder
Salt, to taste
Dhania Powder
1 Bell Pepper, chopped
Sugar
Coriander Leaves, for garnish
Grind together:
3 tbsp Coconut, shredded
1/4 tsp Saunf

In a little oil, saute the bay leaf, garlic and onion until onion turns yellow. Add tomato, turmeric, chilli powder, salt and dhania.

Fry till mushy. Add chopped bell pepper and saute for 5 minutes. Add the ground masala. When it boils, add a little sugar. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Waffles

One of my all-time favorite breakfasts! I only recently acquired a waffle iron and have been having waffles every sunday since!

Waffles

1 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour

1 tsp Salt

2 tsp Baking Powder

3 Eggs

2 tbsp Butter, melted and cooled

1 3/4 cup Milk

1 tbsp Sugar

Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder.

Separate the eggs into yolks and whites.

Beat the yolks well and add the butter and milk and beat again thoroughly to combine.

Beat egg whites very well until you get stiff peaks. Add the sugar and beat well.

Add the beaten yolk mixture to the flour mixture and mix well. Now gently fold in the beaten stiff egg whites.

Pour onto a heated waffle iron.

Enjoy warm with maple syrup. Or Butter. Or Nutella. Or Chocolate Sauce. Or Fresh Strawberries!! mmm.

Okra Buttermilk Curry

This is a mild curry that's great with rice and/or rotis.


Okra Buttermilk Curry

200 g Okra
500 g Yogurt
1/2 tsp Turmeric
50 ml Oil
1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
1/4 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
4 Red Chillies
2 sprigs Curry Leaves
2 Onions, sliced
2 Green Chillies, cut lengthwise
Salt, to taste
1 tbsp Coconut Oil

Cut the okra into 1.5 cm long pieces. Whip curd with turmeric and keep aside.

Heat oil and season with mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chillies and curry leaves. When the mustard seeds pop, add the onions and green chillies. Saute well.

Add the okra and fry well. Finally add the whipped yogurt, salt to taste and simmer on low heat.

Fenugreek Leaves Rice

This is really a crowd-pleaser! A delicate and subtle flavor from the Fenugreek leaves and so healthy too!



Fenugreek Leaves Rice

3 bunches fenugreek leaves, chopped, with stems, no roots
a pinch Mustard Seeds
a pinch of Urad dal
1/2 tsp of Bengal Gram
4 Red Chillies
Salt, to taste
1/4 tsp Chilli Powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric
100 grams Roasted Gram (Pottu Kadalai), powdered
Juice of one lemon
2 cups Basmati Rice, cooked

Heat some oil in a pan. Add the mustard seeds, urad dal, bengal gram and fenugreek leaves. Stir fry for a couple of minutes. Add the salt, red chillies and mix well. Add the turmeric and roasted gram powder. Stir fry for 2 minutes and take off the heat.

Add the lemon juice. Mix well with the cooked basmati rice.

Greek Potato Salad

The weather has cooled off quite a bit for this time of the year. Thank goodness for that. We had reached 108 deg F! For the last couple of weeks, we've been having rain showers every now and then, and that has really helped.

This salad was perfect for those hot days.


Greek Potato Salad

6 medium Potatoes, diced
6 tbsp Lemon Juice
2 tbsp powdered Oregano
1/2 Onion, chopped
4 cloves Garlic, minced
1/2 tbsp Olive Oil

Boil potatoes in water until tender but not mushy. Drain and set aside.

Combine the lemon juice, oregano, onion, garlic and olive oil in a small bowl. Mix well.

Pour over the hot potatoes.

This salad is even better after the potatoes have had the chance to sit around in the dressing for a while, so might be nice to leave it to soak overnight in the refrigerator.

South Indian Tandoori Chicken

This is my husband's recipe for his beloved grill! He's come up with this after lots of trials and tests. This doesn't compare to the tandoori chicken in restaurants in the way it looks, but as far as he and his buddies are concerned, it tastes far better! So, this is great for those BBQ parties!


Tandoori Chicken - south Indian style!
2 lbs Chicken, mixed pieces with bone, but without skin
1 Onion
1 small piece Ginger
3 tbsp Yogurt
3 tbsp Vinegar
2 tsp Chilli Powder
Salt, as needed
1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
1 tsp Cumin Powder
1 tsp Curry Powder
1 Lemon
2 cloves Garlic

Grind the onion, garlic and ginger to a paste. Clean the chicken and make 3-4 shallow cuts. In a large plate, beat the yogurt. Into this, add the coriander and cumin powder, the onion garlic mixture, salt, vinegar and lemon juice.

Mix to form a thin paste. Apply into the chicken. Allow the chicken to marinate for 4 hours, covered in the refrigerator. Grill on a barbecue. I've tried to bake this in the oven and it tastes pretty good, though not as good as the grill. If baking, bake at 400 deg F for 20-25 minutes, and then broil for 5 minutes until brown.