#OPOS Neer mor , panagam

We  have the custom   in  preparing Neer and Panagam during  Sumangali Prarthanai days, Sri Rama Navami , Chithra varusha pirappu , Chithra pournami day . There  is   a  saying - Neranja  vayathukku Neer morum Paanagamum. 
This  is  easy to prepare and tasty drink too.
Ingredients :
Panagam :
 Jaggery  - 1 cup
Water  - 3 cups
Dry ginger powder -  1 tsp
Salt - 1 pinch
Cardamom powder  - 1/2 tsp
Pacha karpooram -  a  pinch ( optional)

For Neer mor:
 Curd  - 1/2  cup
Water  - 4  cup
Salt - to taste
Hing - 1 tsp
 Green chillies- 1  finely chopped
Ginger -1/2 inches ( crushed )
Curry leaves - 1  strig  finely chopped

Method:
     Add  all the ingredients  of  panagam  and   dissolve  the jaggery completely  and  make  a  dilute  drink .Tasty, delicious   panagam ready
     Add all the  ingredients  of Neer mor and   make a dilute tasty drink and add a tadka with mustard seeds .
  Do neivedhyam  .

# OPOS Carrot onion chutney

This  is   a  tasty  chutney which goes well  with Idly , Dosa, upmas  , curd rice,,,,
Ingredients :
 Carrot -  2 ( peeled, diced)
Onion - 10 ( shallots , if  not  available, can use onion too)
Redchillies-  8 to 10  ( to taste)
Tamarind-  1 gooseberry size
Hing - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Tadka:
Oil - 1 tsp
 Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Curry leaves

 Method:
      Add  all the ingredients  in  the  mixie  and grind well  and add  the  tadka.
Tasty , colourful,  flavourful chutney is ready  in  3  mins.

Healthy peanut, fried gram laddoo

In the sunday afternoon a sudden crave for sweet during the  coffee time  , we have coffee at 3 p.m
In this hot peak  sunny time  what to plan ? Wow  , I  always   have roasted peanuts, fried grams  in stock. Made a  quick , easy  laddo  of course a healthy one with 2 tsps  of ghee!!!
Ingredients:
 Roasted peanuts( Varuththa verkadalai ) - 1/2 cup
Fried gram ( pottukadalai ) - 1/2 cup
Jaggery -  1/2 powder ( crushed)
Cardamom - 2 pods
 Ghee - 2 to 3 tsps

 Method :
 In a mixie add  all the ingredients   and grind well, open it   make  it  laddoos .Work over in 3 mins ( for  collecting, adding  in mixie).This measurements  comes around  9 to 10 laddoos.

Bottlegourd koottu

My mom / Mil  are not using this vegetable.But this   Bottlegourd  is   a  very  high   on water  and  rich in vitamin C  ,K, Calcium  also  it  helps     in maintaining a healthy  heart and brings down  cholestrol levels , the juice is also beneficial  for diabetic patients in   stabilizing  blood sugar level and maintains  blood pressure  too .I started  preparing dishes with this healthy vegetable.
Ingredients:
 Bottle gourd ( suraikai ) peeled and   cut in cubes  - 3 cups
Carrot - 1 ( chopped in cubes ) - 1/4 cups
 Moong dal - 3 tsp ( soaked) 
 Varuththarachcha podi- 2 tsp   (  dry roast  dania, chana dal, red chily , pepper -  I kept  this as staple  podi to use  for   curry, sambar , rasam ....)
 Salt - to taste , 
Cococnut - 1/4  cup grated 
 Tempering:
 Mustard seed - 1/2 tsp. curry leaves, urad dal - 1/2 tsp  

Method:
           In  a  3 lt cooker  add  2 tsp of oil and-   1/4 cup of water , layering  first soaked , drained moong dal , then diced  carrot  , then   diced  bottlegourd / Above all salt , varuththarachcha podi ,  grated coconut, close the cooker  with lid and put  whistle and cook for  3 whistles . After the steam settled , mix thoroughly, add the tempering , garnish with fresh coriander leaves .

Hakka Noodles.

All  the children like  Noodles , even  the grownup too   have the fashion to  eat  the  Noodles , I am not  very much interested in Noodles, But want to try my hand , So  bought  noodles pack and  prepared it, Ofcourse  it was yum, 

Ingredients:

Noodles - pack - 1

 Onion -  slices in lengthwise  thin - 1 cup

Carrot -   Sliced  thin - 1 cup

Capsicum - 1 cup

Spring onion -1  cup

 Peas - 1 cup

Beans - 1 cup

Green chillies - 5 chopped

Ginger garlic - 1 tsp

 salt  - to taste 

 soya sauce ,  red chilly sauce, green chilly sauce - each  1 tsp 

Fresh coriander leaves - garnishing 

Garam masala - 1 tsp.  

Method :

Boil  water in a large pot  and add the  noodles , cook for 3/4 th , let it  cool.

Except  onion and capsicum   cook   the remaining vegetables    crunchy ( 50%  cook pananum)

In  a  pan  add  4  tsp of  oil add a  tsp of  ginger garlic paste , then  add the  slit green chillies , then onion , cook till translucent, add  capsicum, boiled  vegetables, garam masala  and fry for  2 mins.

Then add cooked  noodles  and  salt  fry for 1 min, then add  the sauces  one by one  , toss for  3 minutes  remove from fire  , garnish with fresh coriander leaves .Now  tasty Hakka noodles  ready .

paruppu urundai kuzhambu

This is my  mom's  signature   dish , This   reminds  our childhood  days -  we  eagerly  wait  how many urundai  will we get .. That  soft urundai    tastes   excellent ;

Ingredients:

 Thur dal - 1 cup

Chana dal - 1/2 cup

 Redchillies - 4

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

 Curry leaves 

 Coriander leaves to  garnish

 thur dal - 4 tsp ( cook and mash it )

Tamarind  - 1 gooseberry  size( take extract for  3 cups of) juice  

Sambar podi - 2 tsp

Salt - to taste 

Hing - 1/2 tsp 

 Method:

Soak  the  dals  for   1  hour  to 2 hour. Drain   the water )completely grind it   in a mixie  with redchillies  , little salt    coarsely ( without adding  water

. In  the idly cooker Steam  the  dal mix  ,  for   10 to 15 mins ,  in warm  state  itself   make  them  as  urundais . In  a  vessel add the tamarind  juice  , sambar powder , salt , turmeric powder, hing  and cook for 10 mins   then add the  cooked, mashed  dal  and cook for  1  min then add  the  dal urundais  carefully one by one . Dont  turn frequently, it may brake  the  urundais. Cook  for   10 mins  in slow  fire , add  the tadka  kadugu, curry leaves . Then garnish with  curry leaves and coriander leaves .The tasty paruppu urundai kuzhambu  is ready.

Paruppu podi

Paruppu podi -- We  like  to have podi rice  a  lot  with some  mor koottu,  dangar pachadi , mor kuzhambu , this  is  a  favourite  podi.Mainly   we use thurdal for  this  podi , some  may use   fried dal podi too for paruppu podi.
Ingredients:
Thur dal - 1 cup
Pepper  -  1 tsp
Redchillies  - 3
Hing -   1/2 tsp
 Salt - to taste

 Method:
  Dry roast  thur dal  till golden colour , keep it aside . Then roast pepper ,keep it aside, Then roast red chillies , hing , salt seperately. After  cooled   gring in mixie and store  it  a  air tight container .