Melon Shake

Ingredients:
Melon (cubed) – 1 cup
Milk – 2 cups
Sugar to taste
Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp

Method:
Blend everything in a blender, serve chill.

Ragi Dosa

Ingredients:
Ragi flour – 2 cup
Urad dal – 1 cup
Methi seeds – 1 tsp
Onion – 1
Green chillies – 2
Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
Fresh coriander – 2 tbsp
Soda bicarbonate – ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for making dosas

Method:
1. Soak urad dal and methi seeds for 4 hours, grind to a fine paste.
2. Add ragi flour, salt and soda in urad-methi seeds paste mix well, leave to ferment
overnight.
3. Add finely chopped onion, green chillies, coriander and coconut to the batter, mix well
4. Heat tawa, take a ladle full of batter and spread evenly, sprinkle little oil over dosa.
5. Roast both sides of the dosa, serve with tomato chutney and ghee

Mosaaranna/Curd Rice

Ingredients:
Cooked rice (cooled) – 1 cup
Oil – 1 tbsp
Mustard – ½ tsp
Jeera – ½ tsp
Channa dal – ½ tsp
Urad dal – ½ tsp
Crushed ginger – ½ tsp
Curry leaves – 8 to 10
Green chillies – 2 t o 3
Pomegranate / seedless grapes – ½ cup
Yoghurt – 1cup
Fresh coriander – 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Prepare the rice and keep aside
2. Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard and jeera
3. When it begins to splutter add dals
4. Add green chillies, crushed ginger and curry leaves, fry but don’t burn
5. Add salt to taste. Leave it to cool
6. Add above seasoning, coriander and yoghurt to the rice, mix well
7. Garnish with pomegranate seeds or grapes.

Serve with pickles.

Carrot and celery sandwich

Ingredients:
Carrot (grated) – 1
Celery stick (grated) – 1
Cheddar cheese (grated) – 1 cup
Bread slices – 6

Method:
1. Mix grated carrot, celery, cheese, salt and pepper
2. Toast the bread slices slightly
3. Spread the mixture on the bread slice evenly
4. Close the other slice
5. Toast the bread in a toaster or bake in a oven at 1800 C until cheese melts

Chocolate Banana Shake

Ingredients:
Banana – 2
Chocolate sauce – 2 tbsp
Milk – 2 tbsp
Sugar – 2 tbsp

Method:
1. First blend the banana, chocolate sauce and sugar into smooth consistency
2. Add milk and blend well
3. Serve chilled

Neer Dosa

Ingredients:
Rice – 2 cups
Fresh grated coconut – 4 tbps
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Soak rice for 3 – 4 hours.
2. Grind soaked rice along with grated coconut to fine paste.
3. Add water to make thin as buttermilk consistency.
4. Add salt to taste, mix well.No need to ferment.
5. Heat tawa, take a ladle full of batter and sprinkle evenly, sprinkle little oil over dosa.
6. No need to cook both sides of the dosa, serve with vegetable saagu and ghee.