Tanjore Halwa (Ashoka Halwa)

Ingredients"-
1.Moong dal 1 cup
2.Water 21/2 cups
3.Wheat flour 1 cup
4.Ghee 11/2 cup
5.Sugar 2 cups
6.Cardamom Powder 1 tsp
7.Cashewnut 10
8.Nutmeg powder 1 tsp
9.Resins 10
10.Almond 10 (chopped)
Method:-

1.Take a cooker.Pour 21/2 cups of water.When the water boils add moong dal.
Allow two whistle and switch off the gas.
2.Take a kadai.Add the 11/2 cups of ghee.Sprinkle the entire wheat flour slowly.
Along with that add cashewnuts.Stir well.When the cashewnuts become red sprinkle
little waterand switch off the flame.
3.Take a Kadai
Add one by one
a.Sugar
b.the boiled moongdal
c.wheat flour with ghee mix
4.Stir on low heat till the mixture collects in a soft ball.
Add kesari powder,Nutmeg powder and cardomom powder.
Decorate with chopped almond.

Digestive Powder

Ingredients:-

1.Coriander seeds 4 tblsp
2.Red chillies 2
3.Pepper 2 tblsp
4.Cumin seeds 1 tsp
5.Tymol seeds 1 tblsp
(ajwain in Hindi,Omam in Tamil)
6.Dry ginger powder 1 tblsp
7.Curry leaves few
8.Asafoetida little
9.White sesame seeds 1 tblsp

Method:-

Fry all the items individually one by one.
Add salt and grind it into a powder.
Take one spoon powder with hot water.
Good for digestion.

Stuffed Cheese Cutlet

Ingredients:-
1.Potato 2 cups(boiled,peeled and mashed)
2.Spinach 1 cup (wash,chop,boil and grind)
3.Grated paneer 1/2 cup
4.Maida 1 cup
5.Bread slice 2
6.Bread crums 2 tblsp
7.Red chilli powder 1 tblsp
8.Garam masala powder 1 tblsp
9.Ginger little (chopped)
10.Green chilli little (chopped)
11.Cooking cheese 1 cup (cut into small pieces)

Method:-
1.Take a broad vessel
Add one by one
a.mashed potatoes
b.grinded spinach
c.grated paneer
d.powdered bread slice
Mix all the items well.Add salt.
2.Sprinkle
red chilli powder
garam masala powder
chopped ginger
chopped green chillies
coriander and curry leaves.
Mix well.Stuff cooking cheese pieces.
Make small balls and keep aside.
3.Mix Maida with water and make a thick batter without any lumps.
4.Take the prepared stuffed cheese balls,immerse in the maida batter,and
roll it in bread crums.
Deep fry in hot oil.
Serve the cutlet with tomato sauce.

Rawa Uppuma

Ingredients:-
1.Bombay Rawa 1 cup
2.Onion 1 (chopped)
3.Green chilli 1 (chopped)
4.carrot 1 (chopped)
5.peas 1/2 cup
6.Water 2 cups
Seasoning:-
Mustard 1 tsp
Urad dal 1 tsp
Asafoetida 1 tsp
Curry leaves few
Ginger small pieces

Garnishing:-
Finely cut corriander leaves 2 tblsp
Grated fried coconut 2 tblsp
Lemon 1
Method:-
1.Take a deep curved pan and fry the rawa without oil.
2.Heat oil add seasonings and chopped onion.
Fry till it becomes brown.Add carrot,peas and green chilli.Fry again.
3.Pour boiling water and stir in reduced flame.Add salt.
4.When moisture is absorbed and uppuma is cooked,switch off the gas.
Squeeze lime,mix welland garnish with grated coconut and cut coriander leaves.

Instant Payasam

Ingredients:-
1.Grated coconut 1 cup
2.Cashew nut 10
3.Bengal gram 1 tblsp
4.Rice 1 tblsp
5.Cardamom powder 1 tsp
6.Grated jaggery 1 cup
7.Milk 2 cups
8.Water 1/2 cup
9.Ghee 1 tblsp
Method:-
1.Fry grated coconut,cashewnut,bengalgram and rice with ghee and grind it in the mixie.
2.Add little water in a Kadai and add grated jaggery.Stir continuously until the
jaggery dissolves. Add milk and grinded paste.Reduce the flame and boil for ten minutes.
3.Add cardamom powder and fried cashew nuts.

Vegetable Stew (side dish)

Ingredients:-

1.Onion 1/2 cup chopped
2.Carrot 1/2 cup chopped

3.Beans 1/2 cup chopped
4.Cauliflower 1 cup (in flowerets)
5.Potato 1 cup (peel and cut into 1" thin)
6.Peas 1 cup cooked
7.Green chillies 3
8.Pepper 4
9.Salt to taste
10.Oil as required
11.Sugar one tsp
12.Coconut milk 2 cups
Seasoning:-
1.Cardamom 2
2.Cinnamom one piece
3.Cloves 2
4.Curry leaves few

Method:-
1.Take a cooker and pour one cup of coconut milk in it.
Add all the vegetables.Allow two whistles.
2.Grind pepper and green chillies into a paste and keep aside.
3.Heat oil in a Kadai.Add seasonings and then finely cut onions.Saute well.
4.Add the grinded pepper and green chillies paste.
5.Add the cooked vegetables and salt.
6.Add the remaining onecup of milk.Keep in medium flame.
Cook till the gravy becomes thick.
Add sugar and switch off the gas.
It is a good side dish for chappati and sambar rice.

Mangalore Bonda

Ingredients:-

1.Maida 200 gm.
2.Rice flour 100 gm
3.Urad flour 2 tblsp
4.Curd 1/4 cup
5.Water 1 tblsp
6.Green chillie 4 chopped
7.Ginger little
8.Curry leaves 1 small bunch
9.Asafoetida 1 tsp
10.salt as required

Method:-

1.Mix maida,rice flour and urad flour.
Add green chillies,asafoetida,salt and curry leaves.
To this add curd so that the mix becomes a thick paste.
If necessary sprinkle one tblsp of water and mix well.

2.Make small balls.
Deep fry in oil.