How to prepare Radish paratha

Radish is having more water content and it is one of the very healthy vegetable. Radish is good for kidney problems. Mostly radishes are used in South Indian sambar. But most of the people doesn't like radish. Paratha (Parota) making with radish stuffing is very tasty and very healthy also. It is Punjabi style recipe and it is not need any side dish or we can have with curd or raitha. I am serving with onion raitha. Come let's prepare the tasty and healthy Radish paratha.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	30 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Presons

Ingredients :

Wheat flour	:	1 Cup
Radish	:	1/4 Kg
Green chilly	:	4 Nos
Ginger	:	Small piece
Salt	:	As per taste
Oil	:	2 Tsp per paratha

Method :

Mix wheat flour with salt and 1 tsp of oil and add some water to make smooth dough and keep it aside for 15 minutes.

Grind green chilly and ginger as a semi paste consistency. Peel off the radishes and make as grated radish.

Fry the grated radish till the water goes from the radish and fry the ground paste or we can squeeze the water from the radish and add chilly ginger paste. 

Make same sized balls with the wheat dough, spread the ball as chapathi and stuff the fried radish.

Fold the stuffed dough as triangle shape or as round.

Spread the dough with hand or chapathy roller gently with adding wheat flour dust.

Heat thawa and put spread dough and spread 1 tsp of oil in the sides and wait for 2 minutes.

Then turn the dough again spread 1 tsp of oil and wait for 2 minutes.

After baking both the sides, transfer to the serving dish and serve hot with onion raitha (pachadi).

For Pachadi, mix onion strings, chopped green chilies, curry leaves, grated coconut with curd, add salt, mix well and serve with the paratha.

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How to prepare Onion pakoda

Onion pakoda is a simple snack and it can be have with evening tea or side dish for any lunch item. If we want spicy means, we can add  2 tsp of chilly powder. It is very tasty snack and all of my family members likes very much. For preparing this simple snack, we need very less time, we can prepare quickly.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	5 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

Onion	:	1 No
Chiil powder	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	As per taste
Besan	:	1 Cup
Oil	:	For fry
Baking soda	:	1 Pinch
Curry leaves	:	Few

Method :

Slice the onion as string. Take 1 bowl, mix well besan, chilly powder, salt, baking soda with water. Add the onion strings in the besan mixer.

Mix well onion and besan mixer.

Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the besan mixed onions.

Fry well and transfer to the serving dish. Fry some curry leaves in same oil and add in the serving dish and serve hot.

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How to prepare Alu bonda (Potato bonda)

Alu bonda is a spicy snack and it is prepared with potatoes and besan coating. It is the best combination with evening tea. When i was prepared at my home, all of my family members liked very much. This snack is not need any side dish or we can have with tomato sauce. Let's we prepare the tasty and spicy "Alu bonda'".

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	20 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients : 

Potatoes	:	5 Nos
Onion	:	1 No
Chopped ginger	:	1/2 Tsp
Chopped garlic	:	1/2 Tsp
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chiil powder	:	2 Tsp
Garam masala powder	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	As per taste
Besan	:	1 Cup
Oil	:	For fry

Method :

Boil the potatoes, peel off and smash it. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onion, ginger, garlic, curry leaves and fry well. Add turmeric powder, 1 Tsp of chilly powder, garam masala powder, salt and fry a little.

Take 1 bowl, add besan, 1 tsp of chilly powder, salt, baking soda and mix well with water. Add the fried onion in the smashed potatoes, mix well and make small balls. Dip the potato balls in the besan mixer.

Heat oil in a pan, fry the besan dipped potato balls.

After frying all the sides, transfer to the serving dish and serve hot.

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How to prepare Dal vada

Dal vada is also called as masal vada, parupu vada and it is prepared with chana dal. This vada is a South Indian snack and it is best snack with evening tea. In this, i am adding more onions to make more tastier. It can be have with coconut chutney, puthina chutney and tomato sauce. It is one of the favorite snack for all of us. It is very simple, tasty and healthy snack. Let's prepare Dal vada.

Basic information :

Soaking time	:	1 Hr
Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	5 Persons

Ingredients : 

Chana dal	:	1 Cup
Fennel seeds	:	2 Tsp
Garlic	:	5 Nos
Red chilly	:	6 Nos
Chopped onion	:	1/2 Cup
Chopped chilly	:	2 Tsp
Ginger	:	Small piece
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Salt	:	As per taste
Oil	:	For fry

Method :

Soak the chana dal for 1 hour.

Add fennel seeds, red chilly, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, 1 tsp of chopped onion, salt with the soaked chana dal in a mixer grinder.

Grind all with the smooth paste and add all choped onion, green chilly amd mix well.

Make small balls with the dal mixer.

Press it smoothly and as round shape as vada.

Fry the vada in both the sides till golden brown color comes.

After the vada fully cooked, transfer to the serving dish and serve hot with tea.

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How to prepare Chana dal balls gravy (Parupu urundai kuzhambu)

Chana dal balls gravy or parupu urundai kuzhambu is prepared with chana dal mixing with some ingredients to make the balls and adding to the gravy. It is very tasty recipe. Chana dal is one of the healthy dal. It is a spicy gravy and my mother-in-law likes very much. It is goes with rice, chapathi.  Let's see how we can prepare the tasty Chana dal balls gravy.

Basic information :

Soaking time	:	1 Hr
Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Cooking time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	5 Persons

Ingredients :
For balls

Chana dal	:	1 Cup
Fennel seeds	:	2 Tsp
Garlic	:	5 Nos
Red chilly	:	6 Nos
Chopped onion	:	1/2 Cup
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coconut pieces	:	1/2 Cup
Salt	:	As per taste

For gravy

Mustard	:	1/4 Tsp
Cumin seeds	:	1/4 Tsp
Dry methy	:	1/4 Tsp
Garlic	:	4 Nos
Chopped onion	:	1/2 Cup
Green chilly	:	1 No
Curry leaves	:	Few
Tomato	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	2 Tsp
Tamarind juice	:	1 Cup
Salt	:	As per taste

grind for gravy

Coconut pieces	:	1/2 Cup
Sambar onion	:	3 Nos
Garlic	:	3 Nos

Method :

Soak chana dal for 1 hour.

Add fennel seeds, garlic, red chilly, curry leaves, salt with the soaked chana dal and grind as a smooth paste. Add chopped onion, coconut pieces and mix with the chana paste and make balls in lemon size.

Make coconut paste with the grind for gravy ingredients. Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard, dry methi, cumin seeds. Add onion, garlic green chilly, curry leaves and fry. Add tomatoes and fry well.

Add ground paste, tamarind juice, masala powders, salt and mix well. Add water to make the gravy watery.

When the gravy started boiling, add the chana dal balls one by one slowly and close the kadai.

After some time, turn the balls slowly without braking it. By this time, the gravy becomes thick. Keep the gravy in low flame till the oil comes out and transfer to the serving dish and serve hot.

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How to prepare Rava paniyaram

Rava paniyaram is a sweet dish prepared with rava (suji), maida and sugar. All 3 ingredients should be taken in same quantity. It is a tasty sweet and we can prepare quickly. If we have the sudden guest, we can make this sweet and definitely they will like very much. It can be make as shallow fried. But it's name is being rava paniyaram, i am making in paniyaram thava.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	3 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Rava(suji)	:	1 Cup
Maida	:	1 Cup
Sugar	:	1 Cup
Cardamon powder	:	1 Tsp
Soda salt	:	1 Pinch

Method :

Take Rava, maida and sugar in same quantity, add cardamon powder, soda salt and mix with little water.

Heat paniyaram thava and pore 1/2 Tsp of oil in the thava and pore the batter.

After baking one side, turn the paniyarm.

After baking both the sides, transfer to the serving dish and serve hot with tea.

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How to prepare Onion tomato fried chutney

Onion tomato chutney is a simple and usual chutney. I am going to fry all the ingredients before grind the chutney. In this chutney, i am adding small piece of ginger. It is optional one. If you don't like the ginger smell, we need not to add it. But adding ginger, gives more taste to this chutney. It goes with South Indian breakfast like idly, dosa. Let's prepare the tasty onion tomato fried chutney.

Basic information :

preparation time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

Oil	:	3 Tsp
Urad dal	:	1 Tsp
Mustard	:	1/4 Tsp
Chopped onion	:	1 Cup
Chopped ginger	:	1 Tsp
Garlic	:	4 Nos
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Red chiily	:	6 Nos
Chopped tomato	:	1 Cup
Salt	:	As per taste

Method :

Heat oil in a pan, add urad dal. After urad dal became golden brown, add mustard. After the mustard pops, add chopped onion, ginger, garlic, red chilly, curry leaves, coriander leaves and fry well. Add salt for quick fry.

Add chopped tomatoes and fry well and allow it to cool.

After gets cool, grind as chutney. If we want, we can add water. otherwise, we can have as thick chutney.

Transfer to the serving dish and serve with idly or dosa.

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How to prepare Lady finger tamarind curry (Vendakai pulikuzhambu)

Lady finger with tamarind curry or vendakai pulikuzhambu is very tasty recipe and it is a best combination with rice. It is a typical South Indian recipe. Some persons will add coconut paste in it. But i am not adding coconut paste and it is spicy and tasty curry. My husband will have as a side dish for idly. Instead of lady finger, we can add brinjal also. Let's we can prepare the tasty vendakai puli.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	20 Mins
Serve	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Lady finger	:	200 Gm
Mustard	:	1/4 Tsp
Cumin seeds	:	1/4 Tsp
Dry methi	:	1/4 Tsp
Sambar onion	:	1/2 Cup
Green chilly	:	1 No
Curry leaves	:	Few
Tomato	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	2 Tsp
Tamarind juice	:	1 Cup
Gingaly oil	:	4 Tsp
Salt	:	As pre taste

Garlic                     :  6 Pcs
Method :

Wash the lady finger, make it dry and cut into medium pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add lady finger pieces and fry well and keep it aside.

Heat oil in same pan, add mustard, cumin seeds, dry methi. Add chopped onion, garlic, green chilly,curry leaves and fry well. Add tomato and fry well.

Add fried lady finger, turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder, salt, stir and add tamarind juice and water and close the pan. Keep it in low flame.

After the vegetable is fully cooked, keep it in low flame till the oil comes out.

After 5-8 minutes, transfer to the serving dish and serve hot with rice.

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