Green Lentil and Spinach Soup

Ingredients:


Green lentils-1cup
Spinach,chopped -1cup
Onions,chopped-1
Garlic cloves-2-3
Paprika/Chillipowder-1/2tsp
Cumin powder-1/2tsp
Black pepper powder-1/2tsp
Salt to taste
Olive oil-2tsp
Extra virgin olive oil-2tsp
Reserve 1tbsp of lentils for garnishing

Method:


Wash and boil the lentils  in pressure cooker upto 2-3 whistles.
Heat a olive oil in a pan,add chopped  garlic and onions,saute until
onions become  soft.
Add chopped spinach and fry until the raw odour of the spinach is gone.
Add boiled lentils,chilli powder,cumin powder,black pepper and salt to
taste.Allow to cook on a medium flame for 3-4 minutes and leave to cool.
Then blend all the lentils and spinach mixture in a blender until smooth
and creamy.
Before serving drizzle EVOO on top and sprinkle lentils.
Serve with any crusty bread. 

Recipes goes to Healthy Snack Event

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Badanekaayi/Brinjal/Aubergine Pachadi

Ingredients:
Aubergine-1 big
Corianderseeds/dhaniya-2tbsp
cumin seeds/jeera-1tsp
Green chillies-3-4
Ginger-one inch piece
Garlic-2 cloves
Turmeric-pinch
Tamarind juice-1tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil-1tsp


Tempering:
Oil-1tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Jeera-1/2tsp
Dry red chillies-2
Curry leaves-4-5


Method:
Wash and chop the aubergine into medium pieces.
Heat a oil in a pan, add dhaniya,jeera, greenchillies,ginger,garlic,fry until
they are light brown in colour,take out and leave to cool.
In the same oil fry Aubergine with turmeric unti soft,and leave to cool.
Grind aubergine,fried ingredients along with tamarind and salt into fine paste using little water.

Heat a oil in a pan,add mustard,cumin,dry chillies and curry leaves, when they begin to splutter,add to the pachadi.
Serve with steaming rice and ghee or chappatis.

Note:You can mix this with yoghurt and serve.

This chutney is being sent to CWS-Coriander Seeds event ! hosted by Radhika and Started by Priya'

Paddu/Gundpongalu

Paddu or Gundpongalu or Appe as it is called in Kannada,these are in between version of  dosa and idli',they have a shape of small idli's but  crispy and taste's like dosa.You will forget the count when eating with thick  coconut chutney for sure...:).This  is my mother's recipe,you can also add grated carrots and other veggies to make it more tasty and colourful...ENJOY!

Ingredients:

Rice-2cups

uraddal-1/2cup

Avallaki/riceflakes-fistful

Fenugreek seeds/methi-1tsp

Salt to taste

Soda bicarb-1/2tsp

Onion,finely chopped-1

Green chillies-2 or 3

Coriander,finely chopped

Cumin seeds-1tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Oil-1tsp

Method:

Wash and soak rice and dal seperately for 5-6 hours,soak avallaki only an hour before grinding.

Grind rice, dal and avallaki seperatley into a fine paste and with hands mix nicely and keep 

the batter in the warm place to ferment for 7-8 hours(overnight is better).

Heat a oil in a pan add mustard seeds and cumin seeds wait until it splutters,add this tempering

to the batter along with chopped onions,green chillies,coriander,soda and salt mix well.

Heat a poddu tawa,smear oil in each holes,pour tbsp of batter into each hole,cook on both sides

until golden brown,add little oil if it is sticking.

serve with coconut chutney.

Heerekaayi/Ridgegourd Chutney

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Ingredients:

Heerekaayi/ridgegourd-2medium sized

Coriander-1/2cup,chopped
Greenchillies-3
Channadal-1tbsp
Uraddal-1tsp
Coriander seeds-1tsp
Cumin seeds-1/4tsp
Sesame seeds-1/2tsp
Lemon juice-11/2tbsp

Oil-2tsp

For tempering:
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Cumin seeds-1/4tsp
Dry red chillies-1 or 2
Asafoetida/hing-big pinch
Curry leaves-1sprig
Oil-2tsp

Method:

Wash and chop the ridgegourd into small pieces with skin.
Fry dals with little oil and keep it aside,in the same pan fry coriander seeds
and sesame seeds.
In the same pan  add little oil and fry ridge gourd pieces until all the rawness
of the vegetable is gone.remove from the flame and leave it to cool.
Now grind all the above ingredients along with fried ridgegourd into coarse paste.
Heat a oil in a pan,add mustard,cumin,curryleaves and dry chillies followed by hing
wait until they begin to pop, then mix this tempering to chutney.
Serve with steaming rice or chappatis.


This Chutney is sent to CWS Coriander seeds Event! hosted by Radhika,started by Priya

Beetroot chutney

Ingredients:

Beetroot-1 medium sized ,grated

Dry red chillies-2-3

Coriander seeds/dhaniya-1tsp

Cumin seeds-1/2tsp

Turmeric-pinch

Tamarind-chickpea size

Salt to taste

For tempering:

Oil-1tsp

Mustard-1/2tsp

Channadal-1/2tsp

Uraddal-1/2tsp

Hing-pinch

Curryleaves-few

Method:

1.Fry dry red chillies,coriander seeds and cumin seeds take out,in the

same pan add pinch of turmeric and grated beetroot until all the raw smell of

the beetroot is gone.

2.Now grind,fried beetroot,fried seeds and chillies along with tamarind and salt

using little water into fine thick paste.

3.Heat a oil in a pan,add mustard,dals,hing and curry leaves,when they begin to

splutter add to chutney.

4.Serve with chappati or akki rotti.

 

This chutney went CWS Coriander Seeds Event! hosted by Radhika,started by Priya