Medhu / Uluntha vada

Ingredients:

2 cup of Urad dal
1/2 cup Rice flour
1/4 cup Ginger grated
10-15 Pepper corns
10 Shallot onions or one big onion finely chopped
5-6 Curry leaves cut into small
Salt to taste
Oil to Fry

Method:

Wash and soak Urad dal in plenty of water overnight. Drain, grind to a soft
batter,do not add water and grind..if needed sprinkle a little while blending.
Do not make the batter thin. It should be thick enough to shape vadas.
Add all ingredients and beat well with hand to incorporate air.
Heat oil,take a banana leaf or a ziplock bag apply oil and take a lemon sized lump and press and make a hole in the middle with thumb.
then gently slip into hot oil. Fry the vadas in medium hot.
we can use a medhu vada press to get a neat shape vadas.

Serve hot with coconut chuntney and its a best side for Idli and Pongal.

Paruppu Vadai

Paruppu vadai or masaal vadai is street snack.its not just a street snack..its made specially during festivals and special occasions. Its yummy :)

Ingredients:

2 cup kadalai paruppu / channa dal
1 cup Shallots or red onions finely chopped
3 Dry red chilly
2 tsp Sombu / fennel seeds
1/2 cup Cilantro finely chopped.
Salt to taste
Oli for frying.

Method:

Soak the kadalai paruppu , dried red chilly and sombu in water for 5 hours. then drain the water and grind it coarsely in a blender.add the chopped onion, green chilly, Cilantro leaves and salt.
Shape into vadas and deep fry in the oil.
serve hot with coconut chutney.

Note:do not add water while grinding.

Peas pulav

Peas pulav is one my favorite dish and a easy to cook dish.

1 cup Basmati rice
1 cup Green peas fresh/frozen
1 onion
1 tspGinger garlic paste
2 tbs Ghee
1 no Bayleaf
1 stick cinnamon
1/4 cup cashew (optional)
4-5 Green chilly
Salt to taste.

Method:

Heat 1tbs ghee in a kadai add the cinnamon and bayleaf and onion and fry it for few mins then add the green peas , green chilly , ginger garlic paste and salt and cook for 10 mins.
Mean while wash and soak the basmathi rice.
In a rice cooker add the bastmati rice and add 1 1/2 cup water and add the above cooked ingredients and cook. while serving add a rest of ghee and mix it well. serve hot with any spicy gravy.

Omapodi

This is a Crispy & Crunchy snack and I made for my Thala Diwali :)

Ingredients:

1tbs of Omum powdered
1 1/2 cup of Kadalai/Besan flour
1/2 cup of Rice flour
1 tbs of Chilly powder or to taste
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:

Seive the besan flour , Rice flour and omum and add the salt and chilly powder. Add water and mix it into a dough. the dough should be not too thick bcos it will be hard to press.with a help of a murruku presser, change the die to idiyappam die and press the dough into hot oil and cook it exactly for 2 mins.

Fry few curry leaves in oil and add to it for an additional flavor and taste.