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Rice

Karuvepilai kootan (curry leaf sambar)

cabbage thoran

quick rasam

pashiparippu and mango salad

buttermilk

 pappadams (microwave-easy method)

KARUVEPILAI KOOTAN

 

Paste-  3 or 4 red chillies
1teaspoon black pepper
2teaspoon urad dal
few curry leaves approx:30
1teaspoon tamarind paste
2 cups of water
pinch of hing powder
salt to taste
for tempering - oil , kaduku, methiyam





Method  Blend all the ingredients to a fine paste. Dissolve the paste in 2cups of water  and salt. Next  tempering , when the mustard seeds splutter add the dissolved paste and simmer until the sambar gets thickens.Its a quick and easy sambar.

MUTTAKOS  PORIYAL

2 green chillies
2cups of cabbage finely chopped
1/4 cup green peas (optional)
salt,manjal podi, grated coconut 2teaspoon
for tempering -kaduku ,urad dalhing powder,few curry leaves.
Cook the cabbage and peas in the microwave for about 2 minutes.Then tempering ,when the mustard seeds splutter add the green chillies ,hing,curry leaves and cabbge +peas. Stir for one minute yummy thoran ready.
QUICK RASAM
3tomatoes
a lemon sized tamarind
hing powder
rasam powder
salt ,water
corriander leaves
For tempering -kaduku ,jeeram ,ghee.
Grind the tomatoes ,tamarind ,coriander in a blender .Boil it for 5 minutes then add rasam powder.
Lastly tempering.
PASHIPARIPPU MANGO SALAD
1/4 cup yellow moong dal
1/4 raw mango,2green chillies
coriander leaves ,lemon juice,salt
For tempering mustard seeds,hing powder and jeerakam.
First soak the moog dal for 1hour .Cut the mango and green chillies  .add all of them together.Final step tempering. Healthy and tasty salad ready.
BUTTERMILK
1/4 cup Yogurt
2cups of water
few curry leaves ,ginger,green chillies and salt to taste.
Blend all with a hand blender . Enjoy the watery buttermilk .
Pappadam
Roast it in the microwave or use the gas stove .

Try all the dishes together ,  I bet you will love the combinations .Dont forget  to make   parippu salad whenever you make no  parippu kootans or sambars.

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