#OPOS Peanut, Friedgram laddoo

Whenever we  crave  for sweet , immediately without  difficulty  we want to prepare  some sweet , 

I took some peanuts, friedgram  , jaggery ( all  ready available  ingredients in day to day cookings  ), and immediately  did  this laddo.

Ingredients :

Fried  peanuts - 1 cup

Fried gram ( pottukadalai) - 1 cup

Jaggery powder - 2 cups

Ghee  - 5 tsp

Cardamom powder - 2 tsp 

 Method :

          Add all  the ingredients in a mixie and  powder it  finely , make it as  urundais( rounds) . No need to make  the ghee warm.Preparing  in OPOS  is breeze .

Pudina thokku -- #OPOS

I prepare  usually  by open pot method  , this time  I prepared  in #OPOS method , which breeze  to   do.

 Ingredients:

 Fresh pudina  leaves -  2 cups( fully pressed   in cups measurement)

Redchillies -  5/ 6 ( if you want more spicy  you can increase the number - i used  long   size  chillies)

Tamarind paste  - 2 tsp

Salt - to taste

Hing - 1tsp

Jaggery - option ( 1 tsp)

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

 water - 3 tsp

oil - 1/4 cup( gingelly oil is preferrable)

 Method  --  

  In a  2L  cooker ( magic pot ) add  oil , then water  , then  add  pudina leaves  by pressing, add redchillies,  turmeric powder ,  hing, salt , jaggery  and  cover the cooker with lid and cook for   2 whistles/ 4 :30 minutes ,  then open the cooker  and blend / grind in mixie  it to   paste .

In open pot  add oil   then redchillies, then add pudina  and fry till the  aroma comes , add hind  and grind with tamarind , salt , turmeric  and jaggery , remove from mixie  and fry  till the moisture  vanishes . we cam store in fridge  for  10   days  easily , in open  for a week  with full aroma .Tasty thokku ready  to use as side dish for  dosa, idly , mix rice . 

Oma kuzhambu

This  recipe  I  got from my  Sambandhi mami , Usually she   tells  me  I prepared Oma kuzhambu , I am not used  to that , she gave the recipe, then my MIL wants to taste  that , So I prepared , a  easy one  with a  slight   twist only.
Ingredients:
 Tamarind juice -  Extract from 1 goose berry  size tamarind
 Sambar powder - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
 Tempering 
 Gingelley oil -  5 tsp
Kadugu - 1/2 tsp
Thur dal - 1 tsp
Methi - 1/2 tsp
 Omam ( ajwain) - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Hing - 1 small piece

 Method:
              In  a  kadai   add  gingelly oil  and  do tempering  by adding the ingredients one by one , then add  the  tamarind juice , sambar powder, salt, turmeric powder  and allow to boil  to the required consistancy.Oma kuzhambu is ready  to serve . Which is tasty, healthy , flavourful .