Churmuri

Ingredients:
Puffed rice (kadle puri in kannada) – 2 cups

Carrot ,grated – ½ cup

Onion,chopped-1/2cup
Cucumber, chopped – ½ cup
Tomato, chopped – ½ cup
Coriander ,chopped – 1 tbsp
Fried peanuts (congress kadlebeeja in kannada)-1tbsp
Coconut , grated- 1tbsp
Oil-1tsp
Sev-1/2cup
Chillipowder-1tsp
Lemon juice-1tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:
In a large bowl mix all the ingredients gently.
Serve immediately.

Rasayana

Ingredients:
Ripe bananas – 5 to 6
Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
Jaggery powder – 2 tbsp
Sugar/ honey – 1 tsp
Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp
Ghee (melted) – 1tsp

Method:
1. Cut bananas in to roundels
2. Add all the ingredients with bananas and mix well.

Chakli

Ingredients:
Rice flour – 2 cup
Urad dal – ½ cup
Jeera – 2 tsp
Butter – 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chilli powder to taste

Method:
1. Pressure cook the dal and leave it to cool
2. Mix butter and rice flour until they turn to bread crumbs
3. Add chilli powder, jeera and salt , mix well
4. Add cooked urad dal to the rice flour
5. Heat 2 tbsp of hot oil and add to above mixture, mix everything in to soft dough.
6. Take a handful of dough and insert into chakli presser, gently press into Spiral round and round chaklis.
7. Deep fry in medium hot oil.

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.