Dal Makhani - No Fat!!

Ingredients

Kali Dal - 1 cup

Rajma - 1/2 cup

Soaked over night

Onion, tamoto - 1 medium finely chopped

Ginger paste - 1 tbsp

Garlic - 1 Tbsp

Jeera powder, Red chilly powder, sunrise tadka masala - 1tsp

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves - 10 stem finely chopped

Salt to taste

Milk 2 cups

Directions

Wash thoroughly the Kali dal Rajma dal

Use a wide cooker ..

Add the dal and add all ingdreitents leaving out milk.. Pour 6 cups of water and cook for 15 or 18 whistles ..

After cooker cools ..pour 2 cups of milk and cook for 20 to 30 mins..

Serve hot with rice , flavoured rice of your choice ..or even phulka roti Chapathi..

No butter No oil..

Sometimes I just salute bell peppers and mushroom  chicken pieces and enjoy like soup!!!

Poha

Ingredients

Thick poha -2 cups

Oil- 1 tbsp

Groundnut - 2 to 3 tbsp

Urad Dal & Channa Dal - 1/2 tsp each

Mustard seeds -1/4 tsp

Whole Red chilly - 1

Curry leaves - 10 leaves

Onion - 2 small or 1 medium chopped

Green Chilly - 2 cut in middle

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Sambhar powder - 1/4 tsp

Sugar - 1/4 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp finely chopped

Grated coconut - 2 tbsp

Lemon juice - 1tbsp

Directions

Rinse the poha at least 3 or 4 times or till water runs clear... Put it strainer and set aside

Take thick bottom pan pour oil..add Groundnut as start to sizzle add hard dal and Channa dal... As they start to sizzle add mustard seeds red chilly... As they crack add curry leaves onions followed with green chilly.

Give stir and as onions turn translucent add turmeric powder, Sambhar powder, salt sugar... Give fine stir..

Once u smell nice aroma of Sambhar powder add the poha mix well ...

Cook on sim or low heat for 5 mins or poha turns warm...garnish with coriander leaves coconut and lemon juice and serve!!

Avarekalu Saru

Ingredients

Avarekalu - 2kgs

For Tempering

1 small onion

Curry leaves a stem

Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp

Oil

For Grinding

1 large onion sliced

1 small tamato

8 green chillies

Handful coriander leaves

1/4 cup grated coconut

1 tbsp heaped ginger and garlic paste

10 pepper corn

4 cloves

2 small bites of cinnamon

2 cardamom

1/2 tsp poppy seeds

1 Marathi magu

1 petal of star anise

1 tsp of Samabar powder

1tsp of coriander powder

Directions

1.Peel the skin, soak the seeds in water for 6 hrs and squeeze off the skin on seeds...now this is called " Hitikida Avarekalu" wash them well once in,plain water then add a half tbsp of ragi flour and wash them and strain and set aside

2. Take pan pour oil 2 tsp ..add the whole garam masala followed with ginger garlic paste .. Give stir add green chilly and onion .. As the onion turns translucent add tomato..sprinkle little sugar .1/2. tsp salt ,samabar powder and coriander powder cook till the tomato turns soft...Lastly add the coconut and coriander leaves give nice stir and let it cool..

Once its mixture is room temperature wet grind it to smooth paste and set aside.

3. Take thick,bottom vessel add oil .. Follow with mustard seeds.. As they crack add onion and curry leaves.. As the curry leaves turn crispy... Add the seeds and fry for 2 mins..then pour the paste and give fine stir...Add salt give a mix...pour about 3 or 4 cups of hot water and cook until the seeds are soft.. If using pressure cooker 3 whistles..

Enjoy this south delicacy along with ragi mudde , plain rice or Puri , Dosa, Chapathi!!!

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Dumroot/Kashi halwa

Ingredients

Ash Gourd - 1.5 kg 
Kova - 200 grms
Sugar - 2 cups
Chiroti rava - 2 to 4 Tbsp
Raisins and Cashew nuts - 3 Tbsp each
Milk - 1/2 Ltr 
Cardamon powder - 1/2 Tbsp
Ghee - 4 to 6 Tbsp

Directions

Grate the kova or chop into small pieces and set aside
Peel the skin of ash gourd and grate 
Then put in a stariner and drain off the excess water and set aside
Heat a thick bottom wok
Pour 1 tbsp ghee add cashew nuts and raisins as the raisins turn plump strain and set aside in plate
To remaining ghee add the ash gourd and fry 
Add ghee and fry till the water evaporates 
Then pour milk and cook till ash gourd turns soft
Add the sugar and mix well 
As the sugar melts add the kova - Stir continuously
Add 2 tbsp of ghee mix well
Sprinkle 3 tbs of chiroti rava - mix
Then add the fried cashew nuts and raisins
Mix well and cook for 10 mins more Then add cardamon powder