Ragi puttu

Ingredients:

Ragi Flour - 2 cups

Jaggery powder - 1/2 cup

Coconut grated - 1/4 cup

Dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp

Cardamom powder - pinch

Method:

• Dry roast ragi flour until nice aroma comes.
• Cool down the flour, now add water little by little and mix properly.
• We should make as a ball but when we break it should break down.
• Now whisk this in a mixie twice.
• Tie in a cloth and steam it.
• Now mix the puttu with jaggery powder, dry ginger powder, cardamom powder.
• Add grated coconut at the end.

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Varagu upma kozhukatai

Ingredients:
Varagu[kodo millet] - 1 cup
Moong dal - 2 tbsp
Whole pepper - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp
Temper:
Mustard seeds - 2 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Hing - pinch
Curry leaves - few
Red chillies - 2

Recipe source : raks kitchen

Method:

• Grind moong dal, pepper and jeera coarsely.
• In a pan, temper the items listed.
•  Now add 3 cups of water and bring to boil.
• When it is boiling, add rice, grinded dal and cook for a minute.
• Now add grated coconut and cook covered for five minutes in medium flame.
• Now make balls when it is warm.
• Steam it for five minutes.
• Healthy kozhukatai is ready.

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Minced Mutton Cutlet

Ingredients:
Minced Mutton -3/4 cup
Potato - 2, boiled and mashed with salt
Onion - 1, chopped finely
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 and half tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Lime - 1, take juice and keep aside.
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Egg - 1
Maida - 1/2 tsp
Bread crumbs - for coating

Method :
Clean mutton.
Add minced mutton, lime juice, turmeric powder and salt to a pressure cooker.
Pressure cook for 10 minutes. [After one whistle put the flame to low and cook for ten min]
Now in a pan, add oil, onion, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, garam masala, salt.
Cook until raw smell leaves.
Now open pressure cooker and fry mutton until all water is evaporated.
Switch off and add mashed potatoes and onion mix.
Mix well.
Make as patties in any shape and keep it ready.
Salt is added in each one separately. so no need to add at the end.

Take a bowl, whisk egg, maida little salt and pepper powder[optional].
Keep bread crumbs in a plate.
Now take patties, dip in egg bowl and coat well.
Now coat with bread crumbs[press in bread crumbs, such that it coats well]

Now take dosa pan, add ghee, fry those cutlets until it becomes crispy.
Serve with ketchup..

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Mooli Paratha

Makes : 8 big parathas
Little spicy
Recipe Reference - sharmispassions.com

Ingredients:
Radish - 2 cups, grated
Onion - 1, chopped finely
Ajwain seeds - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Wheat flour, salt, oil

Prepare stuffing:
Peel the skin of radish and grate it finely.
Squeeze the grated radish and take out all the water.
Use this water for preparing chapathi dough.
Add oil to kadai, add ajwain seeds and wait until it splutters.
Then add onion and fry till transparent.
Add grated radish, salt and all spice powders.
Cook until it gets cooked.

Prepare parathas:
Now take some dough and roll little.
Now take one ball of radish stuffing and keep in center.
Now close by sealing all the edges.
now roll softly like chapathis, dont press much.
Prepare parathas and serve by brushing little butter on top.
Eat with curd.

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Mushroom Oothapam

Ingredients:
Dosa batter.
Mushroom curry.

Pour dosa batter in the center and dont spread it.
Now try to add mushroom in all over dosa.
Cook in both sides.

Or else prepare thin dosa, and in the center place mushroom curry, close and serve.

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Pasta in tomato puree

Ingredients:
Pasta - 1 packet [200gms]
Tomato - 5
Carrot - 1 , sliced thin lengthwise
Yellow capsicum - 1/2, sliced thin lengthwise
Green capsicum - 1/2, sliced thin lengthwise
Spring Onion - 1/8 cup
Beans - 2, sliced thin lengthwise
Garlic - 4, nicely chopped
Olive oil - 1 tbsp + 1tsp
Oregano - little to garnish
Green chilli sauce - 1 tsp
Sugar - 2 tsp

Method:

1. Blanch tomatoes.[ Boil water, add tomatoes and boil for five minutes. Then switch off the flame and close the lid.]
2. In the meanwhile cut all the vegetables.
3. Now add 1 tbsp of olive oil in the pan, then add white part of spring onion,  garlic. Fry until garlic is cooked, dont let the colour of garlic to change.
4. Now add carrot and beans, cook for sometime.[ It has to be crunchy]
5. Keep aside.
6. Now in the same oil in the pan, add capsicum and fry a little. Keep aside.
7. Now add water, salt and oil to pan, when it starts boiling add pasta. Let the pasta cook for sometime.
8. Drain and wash in cold water to prevent sticking.
9. Now remove the skin of tomatoes and grind in a mixer to take pulp.
10.  Add oil in a pan, then add tomato pulp, cook until it turns into sauce consistency.
11. Now add sugar, green chilli sauce, cooked vegetables, pasta, mix well. Now switch off and garnish with 1 tsp of olive oil, green part of spring onions and oregano.

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Pearl Millet[kambu] Puttu

Ingredients:
Pearl Millet Flour [Dry roast pearl millet and grind]
Grated Coconut
Sugar

Method:

1. Take flour and sprinkle little salt in a bowl, mix it
2. Then add water little by little,mix it evenly such that entire flour is getting even moisture.
3. Try to hold the flour inside palm, if it comes in shape, then stop adding water.
4. Whip in a mixie for one or two times.
5. Then tie in a cheese cloth and steam it for ten minutes.
6. Then take out and add sugar when it is hot.
7. Add Grated coconut in the end.

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Little Millet[Samai] Idiyappam

1. Dry roast little millet[samai rice] until aroma comes.
2. Grind it nicely.[I have grinded in flour mill]
3. Take one cup of flour and prepare dough by adding water little by little.
4. Dough has to be loose and then it has to be pressed in idiyappam press.
5. Cook it in steam for 4 minutes. 
6. Healthy idiyappam is ready.
7. Serve with grated coconut and sugar.
8. Or else any sevai can be prepared.

Same as Banyard Millet Idiyappam.

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Granola Bar

First i have to say thanks to sharmi for this recipe. I got first prize in cookery competition in my gym. So healthy breakfast. I have reduced the amount of honey used in original recipe, so it didnt come as bar, i have used water for holding its shape and wrapped in a foil. It is mild in taste.
Recipe Reference: sharmispassions.com
Ingredients:
Quick cooking oats - 3 cups
corn flakes - 2 cups
Honey - 1/2 cup
Dry fruits and nuts - 1 cup [ I have used dry grapes, prunes, dates, almond and pista, chopped finely]
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Butter - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Dry roast oats, corn flakes, nuts and keep aside.
2. In a pan, add butter then add honey and bring to boil.
3. when it boils add essence and add oats mixture.
4. Evenly coat it and sprinkle water to hold together.
5. Since i have added water, it became chewy.

Prize[Set of Ceramic glassware]

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Palak poori

Ingredients:
Wheat Flour - 2 cups
Palak - one bunch
Ajwain seeds - 1 tsp
salt, oil

Method:

1. Blanch palak leaves and grind it without adding water.
2. Mix flour, salt, ajwain seeds, palak paste.
3. Add water and knead it.
4. Roll it and deep fry the pooris.
5. It fluffs up like normal pooris.

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Onion Podi Dosa

Ingredients:
Dosa batter
Shallots, chopped lengthwise
Sesame idli podi/drumstick leaves podi [ Any podi can be used]

Method:

1. Pour dosa batter in the center, dont spread it.
2. Top with shallots.
3. Then sprinkle podi. Add oil on top of dosa also such that podi will not be dry.
4. Cook in sim.

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Cholam Paniyaram

Ingredients:

Idli rice - 1 cup

Raw rice - 1 cup

White Cholam[Sorghum] - 1 cup

Urad dal - 1/4 cup

Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Shallots - handful, chopped finely

Green chillies - 3, chopped finely.

Curry leaves - few, chop if necessary.

Preparing batter:

1. Soak rice, urad dal and cholam separately.
2. Grind urad dal first for around ten minutes, then grind cholam along with urad dal.[I have grinded in grinder]
3. After it gets grinded little, add rice and grind like dosa batter.
4. Mix salt and keep for fermentation for 8 hours.

Preparing Paniyaram:

1. Add oil in a frying pan, then add mustard seeds followed by urad dal. 
2. Then add onions, green chillies and curry leaves. When onion turns pink add to the required batter.
3.  Prepare paniyarams.

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Adai dosa

Ingredients:
To Soak:
Raw rice - 1 cup
Idly rice - 1 cup
Toor Dal - 1/2cup
Chana dal - 1/2 cup
Moong dal - 1/4 cup

While grinding:
Red chillies - 10
Pepper - 1tsp
Hing - one and half tsp

While preparing dosa:
Chopped shallots - 1/2 cup 

1. Soak all the above ingredients under soak overnight.
2. Next day grind along with ingredients "while grinding".
3. Grind coarsely like rava such that dosa will come crispy.
4. Add some chopped shallots while preparing dosa.
5. Serve with aviyal or Allam Pachadi.

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Banyard Millet[kuthiraivali] Idiyappam

1. Dry roast banyard millet[kuthiraivali rice] until aroma comes.
2. Grind it nicely.[I have grinded in flour mill]
3. Take one cup of flour and prepare dough by adding water little by little.
4. Dough has to be loose and then it has to be pressed in idiyappam press.
5. Cook it in steam for 4 minutes. 
6. Healthy idiyappam is ready.
7. Serve with grated coconut and sugar.
8. Or else any sevai can be prepared.

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Thinai dosa

Thinai rice[Foxtail millet] - 1 cup
Urad dal - 1/4 cup
Raw rice -1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1tsp
salt - as required

1. Soak urad dal, fenugreek seeds and rice separately overnight.
2. Grind urad dal and fenugreek seeds first, then add rice to the urad dal and grind.
3. Add salt and ferment for 6 hours like regular dosa.
4. Prepare thin dosas as they will be crispy.

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Oats Idli

Here is the healthy and tasty recipe. When i was searching for oats recipes, i found this in sharmispassions website and tried.

Instant Oats - 1 cup
Wheat Rava - 1/2 cup
Fresh Curd - 1/2 cup
Carrot -1 (grated)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Green Chilli - 1 tsp, finely chopped
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves - 2 tsp finely chopped
Soda - 1/2 tsp

1. Dry roast oats and powder it. Keep aside.
2. Heat oil in kadai -> mustard seeds ->grated carrot ->Curry leaves and fry for few minutes.
3. Add oats powder, wheat rava, curd,  hing and soda.
4. Add water to make idli batter consistency and prepare instant idli's.

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Mint Paratha

Recipe source : vahchef

Dried mint leaves powder - 2tbsp
Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
White pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
whole wheat atta - 2 cups
Salt
Oil

1. Mix atta,salt and few tsp of oil and prepare soft dough. keep aside for minimum of half an hour.
2. Mix all powders with little salt.
3. When preparing parathas, roll like chapathi, apply flour on top and spread the powder and fold like parathas. I have not clicked the pictures of rolling.Next time will try to do for sure.
4. Apply oil and cook. You can use butter for cooking which will be delicious.

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Simple Pasta

Macaroni - 2 cups
Carrot - 2 [ chopped lengthwise]
Beans - 4 [chopped lengthwise]
Green Peas  - handful
capsicum -  1/2 cup
Spring Onions - handful
Egg - 3
White pepper - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds powder - 1 tsp
Tomato sauce - optional

1.  Heat oil in kadai, cook egg and keep aside.
2. In the same pan, add capsicum and fry for 3 minutes. 
3. All vegetables should not be overcooked, it has to be crunchy.
4. In the meanwhile, take another pan with oil, add carrot, beans, green peas for 4 minutes, then add spring onions and cook for 2 minutes and add spice powders.
5. Add tomato sauce if needed.
6. Now cook macaroni by adding water, salt and 2 tsp of oil.
7. After it is cooked, add with  the cooked vegetables.

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Moong Dal & Oats patties

Recipe source : tarla dalal

Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Instant oats - 1/2 cup
Shallots -15, chopped finely
Green chillies -2 [optional], chopped finely
 Red chilli powder - 1tsp
chaat masala - 2 tsp
fresh curd - 2 tbsp
turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Garam masala -1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - few, chopped finely

1. Cook moong dal in 1 cup of water in a pan until all water gets evaporated.
2. Then add all ingredients and prepare patties by adding very little oil.
3. Prepare in slow flame.

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Lettuce wraps

Recipe source : showmethecurry.com

Lettuce - for wrapping
Sweet potato- 1 [chopped into squares]
Apple - 2
Coriander leaves - handful
Lime juice and salt - to taste
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
green chilli [ optional]

1. Heat oil in pan, add chopped sweet potato and salt. cook in low flame for 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile dry roast cumin seeds and powder it
3. Add red chilli powder and cumin powder to sweet potato and fry for two minutes.
4. In  separate bowl, add grated apple, chopped coriander, green chilli, lemon juice and pinch of salt.
5. Take one lettuce leaf and fill with sweet potato and then with apple mixture and make a wrap.

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