Tiffin Recipes

Recipes from Frnz...Thanx so much for ya support :)))Padma's(Champaign, IL, USA) Special :

Pesarattu

Moong dhal around 2 cups soak for 4 - 5 hrs or over night and grind with jeera, green chillies , ginger and little onion. Can also season the batter.. Add salt and make dosas.

Adai

Rice - 3/4 cup

moong dhal - 1/2 cup

channa dhal - 1/2 cup

thoor dhar - 1/2 cup

sabodhana - 1 or 2 spoon( Optional for dosas to be little crisp and tasty)

Soak all of the above for 3 - 4 hrs and grind with red chillies, little onion, jeera and pepper flakes( very few).

Add salt and seaon with mustard, ingu, curry leaves.make dosa

Rava dosa

Rawa( sooji fine/ semolina) - 3 tsp ( multilply by number of person)

maida - 2 tsp ( ")

rice flour - 1 1/2 ( ")

Mix and add salt and lot of water( to be very dilute). Seasoning optional of mustard, chopped green chillies, jeera, pepper flakes, chopped ginger,ingu, curry leaves....you can add all or omit the one you want.

Keep aside for sometime and make dosas..just pour and don't spread...takes a little more time to cook than ordinary dosas ...so leave it alone and then turn or roll.

Vegetable palav

Basmati Rice - 2 cups

onion - 1 large

garlic - around 8 to 10 flakes

ginger a small piece

green chillies- as spicy as needed or around 6

fennel seeds - few

jeera - few

cinnamon - a small piece

cloves 1 or 2

cilantro - if u want the rice to be very green in colour

bay leaf, cardamom

vegetables - as desired

Mint leaves

To grind

garlic,ginger,green chillies,fennel seeds,jeera, cinnamon,cloves, cilantro

Chop onion length wise. In a pan add oil . First start by adding jeera, cardamom,bay leaf

optional of adding cinnamon and cloves. Then add and fry onions till brown and then add the desired vegetables and fry for sometime . Next add the mint leaves and the ground masala. Cook for few mts

Soak rice for 10 mts. Add the rice to the masala and cook either in a pan or rice cooker

Ghee Rice

Soak Basmati rice for few mts....In a pan add oil...when hot add jeera ,cardamom,clove and cinnamon....next add finely chopped onion ( Lenghty Ones)...next add slit green chillies and then ginger garlic paste or ginger gardlic finely chopped ...cook till onions are transparent and add mint leaves....add this masala to the rice and add peas...coconut milk , ghee or butter and enough water and salt...season with cashew and raisin