Ompodi

I got this recipe from my Anni . Easy and was tasty too!. I made this for Diwali but didn't get time to post. Few handy ingredients and here you go.

Ingredients

Bean flour / kadalai maavu - 1.5 cups

Rice flour - 3/4 cup

Ajwain / omam - 1/2 table spoon

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Water - 2/3 cup + 1 table spoon

Method:

Dry roast ajwain until nice aroma comes. Switch off the flame and add little water and let it soak well for atleast 15 minutes.

Seive both the flours well.

Meanwhile heat oil in a pan for deep frying.

Add in salt, chilli powder, drained water from ajwain . 

Add 3 to 4 table spoon of hot oil. 

Slowly add the water and knead the dough .

It would be slightly a sticky dough.

Using the murukku press , make the ompoodi. It takes only a minute or so for each side to fry.

Drain the excess oil in the paper towel.

Once it cools , store in air tight container.

Avocado Milkshake

If i say its avocado milkshake, no one would drink at home. To them its Pistachio milkshake :).Shhhhhhh

These days i make it quiet frequently and they all like it too!

Ingredients:
Avocado - 1/2
Milk - 2 cup ( I used 2% )
sugar - 3 Table spoon
Vanilla extract - 1/8 tsp or Vanilla essence - few drops
Ice cubes - few

Method:

Remove the skin and seed from the avocado. Roughly chop them.
Blend avocado, sugar with little milk until they become fine paste.

Add the remaining milk, vanilla essence or extract and ice cubes. Blend well until combined.
Adjust Sugar and Milk to taste, if you want it thin add more milk.
You can add a scoop of Vanilla ice cream, its purely optional and its up to you. ( If adding ice cream, decrease the amount of sugar ).
Creamy, Yummy and healthy drink is ready!
You could serve with some chopped pistachios on top!!!

Multi lentil Adai

Does this sound new to you, yes or no, but it did sound new to me when i heard it from my buddy in St.Louis. Its a very healthy dosa.  Its good to make once in a while, when you consider the proteins in the dosa.  Make sure your side dish is too good, to avoid hearing complaints.  The proportion of dhal and rice should be same . ( 1 cup of mixed dhal : 1 cup of mixed rice).

Ingredients:
Kidney bean - 1/8 cup
green mung bean - 1/8 cup
urid dhal - 1/8 cup
white channa - 1/8 cup
black channa - 1/8 cup
masoor dhal - 1/8 cup
dried green peas - 1/8 cup
channa dhal - 1/8 cup
thoor dhal - 1/8 cup
moong dhal - 1/8 cup

brown rice - 1/2 cup
raw rice - 1/2 cup
idly rice - 1/4 cup

other ingredients:
salt - to taste
coriander - finely chopped 1 hand
onion - 1 finely chopped
coconut - grated 2 table spoon

Method:

soak all dhals over night.

soak all rice for 2 hours.
Grid them a little fine batter in the grinder with the needed salt.

This batter doesn't need fermentation. You can make it right away.
Just before making add the coconut, onion and coriander leaves.

Heat the griddle, pour a ladle full of batter, sizzle some oil. cover and cook both sides until they are done.
serve hot! Tada..healthy dosa is ready!!!