Tofu Khadi

Ingridients:

1 pkt Extra Firm Tofu
Curd / Buttermilk 1 or 1 1/2 cup
Besan (Gram Flour) - 1/2 Cup
Curry Leaves
Ginger
Green Chilli - 4 to 6

Preparation:

Mix Besan in curd to make a paste. Don't add water while making this paste. If needed add more curd or butter milk. Cut Topfu into square pieces and keep aside.

Prepare seasoning in a flat pan with Curry leaves, jeera, sassme seeds, green chilli - put curry leaves and finely chopped ginger once the seasoning is almost done. mix well and add haldi and salt to this. Add the Besan+Curd paste you had prepared earlier to this. Add some water (1 cup) and boil for 10 mins. If it is too thick, add little (not too much) water or butter milk to make it thin. Besan has a property where the gravey becomes thick once it cools down. Add Tofu into this boiling gravey and cook for 15 mins.

Server hot with Chapati, Dosai or Rice etc.. It only takes 30-45 mins to cook this dish..

Tophu Burji

For vegitarians who don't eat egg !

Ingredients:

1 pkt Firm Tofu
1 Onion finely chopped
1/2 tomato finely chooped
1 tbs finely chopped ginger
2 green chilli finely chopped
some finely chopped curry leaves

Preparation:

Dry out the Tofu and make small pieces of it.
Fry onion with little oil and add ginger and green chilli to that, curry leaves
Add little hing, haldi (turmerric powder), tomato, black pepper powder
mix well with light heat
Add the finely chopped tofu into this and fry for 10 mins - untill tofu is completely dry.
Once cooked - add finely chopped coriander leaves.
Ready to serve hot with Chapati OR rice. This burji can be used for making chapati rolls OR bread sandwitch etc..

Watermelon crust palya (sbazi)

Ingridients:

Watermelon's outside crust.
Seasonings: Red chilling, urad dhal..etc

Preparation:

Peel off the skin of the watermelon crust and cur into very small pieces. Prepare seasoning in a frying pan and add watermelon pices into it. Don't add water to this. Add salt, haldi and chilli powder. Let it cook for 10-15 mins.
Ready to server it with chapati or rice.

Watermelon dosai

Ingridients:

Watermelon fruit
Rice soaked in water for 3-4 hours

Preparation:

Grind rice with watemeolon in to smooth batter. Donot add water, watermelon will have enough water to grid rice. Make crispy dosai and serve with chutney !

Papaya Halwa

Bappankai Halwa !!

Ingredients:

Papaya : 1
Ghee : 1/4th cup
Sugar : 1 Cup
Yelakki : 4

Preparation:

Peel off the skin of papaya. Skin should be removed very well.
Shred Papaya after removing its seeds. Cook Papaya without or very little water for 15-30 mins. Once it is cooked very well and water is completly dried up, ad sugar. Mix it very well for 5-10 mins. Add Ghee and cook for 5-10 mins. Add powdered yelakki and mix well.

Serve hot as desert..

Spicy Rice Dosai

Kharada Tellavu !

Ingredients:

Rice Soaked in water : 2Cup
Dhania (Kothambri seeds) :1/4th cup
Jeera (Jeerige seeds) : 1/8 Cup
Red Chilli : 10 in number

Grid all the above smoothly to prepare batter.

Preparation:

Add more water to make it very watery (like water dosai). You could add finely cut onion and kothambri soppu to the batter.

Pour in the same style as water dosai to make very thin and crispy dosai. serve with sambar or chutney or curd.

Capsicum/bell pepper Dosai

Ingridients:

Capsicum : 2-3
Wheat Flour : 2 Cup or Rice soaked in Water : 2 Cup
Green chilli : 3
Grated coconut : 1/2 Cup
Add salt for taste.
Grind smoothly, all the above in grinder with some water

Preparation:

Spread Dosai in the pan. Serve with Chutney.