Pesarattu(moongdal dosa)

pesarattu is one of the andhra speciality breakfast.Mostly it is served along with upma.But today i have made dosa alone....I never use to like much when my mom make back in india .But now i donot know i started liking it and i questioned myself.........is it because im making it or i really like it.Hmm may be it is because i made..............what to do one has to like their own cooking:D

Ingredients:

Whole moondal-2cups

Rice-1/2cup

Green chillis-2nos

Gringer-1inch

Finely chopped onion -1cup

oil

salt

Procedure:

soak moondal&rice for 8-10 hours.grind it in to fine paste along with ginger and chillis.

Batter should not be too thin or thick.

Heat a griddle on medium heat and pour the batter with laddle and spread it out with the bootm of the laddle in to thin layer.sprinkle oil on top.

Cook pesarattu till it becomes goldenbrown and serve it with ginger or groundnut chutney.

Quote:

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion--Samuel Johnson

Snake gourd chutney

Quote of the day:Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha

Now for the recipe....

Ingredients:

Snake gourd-1 med
Onion-small
Green chillis-7nos
Tamarind-1/2inch ball
Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
Oil-1/2 tbsp

Procedure:

Peel the skin of snake gourd and cut in to pieces.
Heat oil in a pan and add snakegourd pieces,green chillis,tamarind.
Let it cook till raw smell disappears.kepp it aside and let it cool.
Grind it along with cumin seeds and add cut onions and mix.
Serve it with rice and ghee.

Tomato Rice

Ingredients:

Rice-2cups

Onion-1med

Tomato-3med

Green chillies-3nos

Gingergarlic paste-1/2 tbsp

Curry leaves-6nos

Coriander powder-1/2 tbsp

Jeera powder-1/2 tbsp

Turmeric powder-a pinch

Garammasala-1/3tbsp&whole garammasala(cinamminon,cloves,cardamom)

Bay leaf-1

Red chilli powder-1/4 tbsp(depends on your spice level)

Oil-2tbsp

Ghee(clarified butter)-1tbsp

Mint leaves(optional)-3stems

Salt to taste

Procedure:

cook rice and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan and add whole garammasala and bayleaf&curryleaves.Add onion andgingergarlic paste to if and fry.

Now add coriander,jeera,turmeric,garammasala powders to it.And add tomatos to it cook until tomatos are soft .now add mint leaves to it .

Mix it with rice and add ghee.

serve it with raitha or plain yoghurt.

Quotes

Starting from today i have want to post a qoute before every recipe i upload.so i choose first topic as "LIFE".So here is the quote of today
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.carl sandburg