South Indian Dishes For Senior Group

Day 1

Ingredients:

200 gms rice 100 gms broken black gram ½ tsp salt Oil to fry Filling (Masala) : 125 gms onion shred 200 gms boiled, peeled and mashed potato 2 chopped green chilli 1 pinch asafoetida 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 tbsp oil,1/2 tsp salt 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves ½ tbsp tamarind juice,8-10 curry leaves

MASALA DOSA

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Method:

Wash rice and gram and soak them separately. After 6 hours,grind them separately to a fine paste Add salt,mix and beat. Keep the batter aside in a warm place. Use it after 8-10 hours when the batter is doubled. For filling, heat the oil in a frying pan, add asafetida, mustard seeds and curry leaves, when it splutters, add onion and green chilli, fry for a minute. Add potato, salt, coriander leaves and tamarind juice. Mix and remove from flame. Heat the

tawa.

Grease

tawa

with oil. Pour a cup or tbsp of batter, spread in round shape. If batter is thick then add some water.

• Cook till the

dosa

gets a little cooked. Pour oil on the sides.

Gently loosen the sides and the bottom. Change the side, put filling in the centre and spread a little. Fold over from both sides. Remove from

tawa.

• Serve with coconut chutney and

sambhar.

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Ingredients:

1 chopped fresh coconut 2 chopped green chilli 1 tbsp roasted and peeled gram 8-10 curry leaves ½ tsp mustard seeds ½ cup tamarind juice 2 whole red chilli 1¼ tsp slat 1 tbsp oil

COCONUT CHUTNEY

•

Method:

Grind coconut, green chilli, gram and red chilli with tamarind juice to a fine paste.

• Heat oil in a frying pan. Add mustard seeds, fry to golden and add curry leaves.

• When curry leaves are golden, temper the chutney (paste of coconut). Mix • Serve with

idli, dosa

etc.

(

Note:

To prepare tamarind juice, soak ripe tamarind for 15-20 minutes in water. Mash with hands and separate pulp by straining).

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Day 2

Ingredients:

150 gms rice 75 gms peeled broken black gram 1 fresh coconut ½ tsp salt, oil to fry

COCONUT DOSA

•

Method:

Soak rice and gram separately in water for 4-5 hours and grind them separately. Mix well and keep the batter aside for 4-5 hours in a warm place.

• Grind the coconut with coconut water finely and prepare coconut milk.

• Add coconut milk with salt in rice-gram batter and beat well. If batter is thick add some more water. Batter should neither be very thick nor be thin

.

• Heat the flat

tawa

and grease it with oil. Spread half cup of batter on

tawa

in thin but round shape quickly but lightly.

Pour some oil on the sides of

dosa

and fry it. When it is cooked from one side roll it and remove from

tawa.

• Serve hot with coconut chutney and

sambhar.

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GREEN CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

50 gms cleaned and chopped coriander leaves.

8 chopped green chilli ½ tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp tamarind juice 1 tsp lemon juice 1 tbsp ground

jaggery

or sugar 1 tsp oil •

Method:

Grind finely coriander leaves, green chilli, salt, tamarind juice, lemon juice and

jaggery

or sugar.

• Heat oil in a frying pan. Fry mustard seeds and add chutney. Fry for 2 minutes.

• Remove chutney from fire and cool it down. Once again grind and use.

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Day 3

Ingredients:

1 cup rice ¾ cup peeled broken black gram 1 pinch sodium-bi-carbonate 1 tsp salt, oil to fry

For Filling:

½ cup boiled green peas ½ boiled, peeled and mashed potato ½ tsp red chilli powder ½ tsp salt ½ tsp garam masala

STUFFED IDLI

•

Method:

Mix the filling well and keep aside.

• Soak rice and gram separately for 5-6 hours. Grind finely, mix and blend well. Cover batter and keep in a warm place for 10-12 hours.

• Add salt and sodium-bi-carbonate. Add water to make the batter of medium consistency.

• Grease

idli

moulds and pour some batter. Add some again pour some batter moulds. Cook in steam.

on it.

Similarly, fill filling, all the • Serve hot with coconut chutney and

sambhar.

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Ingredients:

TAMARIND CHUTNEY

1 cup thick tamarind juice 1 tsp roasted and ground cumin 1 tsp coarse ground mustard seeds 3 chopped green chilli ½ tsp ginger powder ½ tsp

garam masala

½ tsp red chilli powder 2 ground cloves 1 pinch ground cardamom 8-10 curry leaves 1 tbsp sugar, 1¼ tsp salt • • •

Method:

Grind all the ingredients except tamarind juice with little quantity of water.

Add tamarind juice to ground mixture.

Delicious chutney is ready to serve with

idli, uthapam

.

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Day 4

Ingredients:

2 cup vermicelli 1 tsp peeled broken black gram 1 tsp mustard seeds 2 chopped green chilli ¾ tsp salt 3 tbsp

ghee

1 tbsp condensed tamarind juice 6-8 chopped curry leaves

VERMICELLI UPMA

•

Method:

Heat half

ghee

in a frying pan and add vermicelli. Roast to golden colour and keep aside.

• Heat remaining

ghee

and fry mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add gram and fry to golden colour.

• Add green chilli, salt, tamarind juice and 1 ½ cup water.

Add vermicelli after it boils.

• Remove from flame after water is dried.

• Serve hot with coconut chutney.

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Day 5

Ingredients:

VEGETABLE UTHAPAM

2 cup batter of ground rice 1½ cup batter of broken black gram 1½ tsp salt 1 tbsp chopped onion 1 tbsp boiled green peas 1 large boiled, peeled and chopped potato 1 large chopped tomato 2 chopped green chilli 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves 10-12 chopped curry leaves salt as per taste, oil to fry. • • • • • •

Method:

Mix rice and gram batter. Add salt and beat. Keep aside for 10-12 hours for fermentation.

Add onion, green peas, potato, tomato, green chilli, coriander leaves, curry leaves and salt as per taste in a bowl and mix.

Heat

tawa

and grease it with oil.

Spread half cup of batter on

tawa

. Spread some oil on the sides.

When

uthapam

is slightly cooked from the lower side, sprinkle some vegetable and press gently to set the vegetable on

uthapam.

When one side is cooked to golden, turn the side and cook to golden colour.

• Serve hot with chutney

.

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KHAJOOR KI CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

200 gms chopped and seedless dates 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp raisin ½ tsp

garam masala

1 tbsp ground ginger 1¼ tsp salt 1 tsp cumin powder ½ tsp red chilli powder •

Method:

Grind date and raisin in half cup water to fine puree.

• Keep aside in a bowl. Add lemon juice, ginger, salt, cumin and black pepper. Mix well.

garam masala,

• Serve with

idli, upma

,

uthapam

etc.

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Day 6

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup broken black gram 1 finely chopped green chilli ½ tsp black pepper powder ¼ tsp sodium-bi-carbonate 1 tsp salt 8-10 finely chopped curry leaves ½ tsp cumin powder, oil to fry

SAMBHAR VADA

•

Method:

Soak gram for 4 hours. Grind gram to make a fine paste (

patthi

). Keep aside in a warm place. Add green chilli, black pepper, sodium-bi-carbonate, salt, curry leaves and cumin powder, beat for 2-3 minutes.

• Heat oil in a frying pan. Reduce to medium flame.

• Make

vadas

from paste and make a hole by inserting a wet finger. Fry golden brown.

• Serve hot with coconut chutney and sambhar.

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Day 7 WIPATTU

Ingredients:

1 cup rice flour ½ tsp ginger powder 2 tbsp roasted, peeled and ground bengal gram 1 tsp ground sugar 1 tbsp ground and roasted peanut shells ½ tsp salt, oil to fry ½ tsp black pepper powder •

Method:

Mix ground gram and peanuts in a flat plate, keep aside.

• Add ginger powder, sugar, salt and black pepper to rice flour. Knead the flour with water to tender dough.

• Make small flattened balls from the dough. Warp these flattened balls in gram-peanut powder and keep aside.

• Heat oil and fry all the flattened balls to brownish colour.

• Serve hot with coffee-tea

.

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Day 8

Ingredients:

1 cup rice ½ cup ground fresh coconut 50 gms small pieces of jaggery ½ tsp black pepper powder 1 pinch salt ½ cup milk ½ cup rice flour Oil/

ghee

to fry

APPAM

•

Method:

Soak rice for 2 hours. Strain and grind finely.

• Add jaggery, black pepper powder, salt and coconut to ground rice.

• Sprinkle milk on mixture and knead to hard dough.

Prepare small balls from dough.

• Heat oil/ colour.

ghee

and reduce the flame. Fry balls to golden • Serve hot with coffee-tea

.

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Day 9

Ingredients:

1 cup semolina ¼ cup rice flour 1 tsp grated coconut ½ tsp

garam masala

½ tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp salt 2½ cup sour whey Oil to fry hg

SUJI ADAI

•

Method:

Add semolina, rice flour, grated coconut, red chilli powder and salt in a bowl. Mix well.

garam masala

, • Add whey (as required) and prepared thick batter. Cover and keep aside for half an hour.

• Heat a flat

tawa

. Grease

tawa

with oil and spread half cup of batter in round shape.

• Spread oil to the edges and cook to golden from both the sides.

• Serve hot with sambhar and chutney hg

PEANUT CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

1 cup roasted and peeled peanut shells 1 small chopped onion ½ tbsp chopped ginger 4 chopped green chilli 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves ½ tsp red chilli powder 1 tbsp oil 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 tbsp tamarind juice 8-10 curry leaves • Grind well

Method:

– peanut, onion, ginger, green chilli and coriander leaves with tamarind juice and little quantity of water. Keep aside in a bowl.

• Heat oil in a frying pan and fry mustard seeds to golden colour. Add curry leaves and red chilli. Temper chutney immediately. Red chilli should not be burnt.

• Mix temper in chutney and serve.

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Day 10

Ingredients:

HYDERABADI KABAB

•

Method:

Soak bengal gram for 4-6 hours in water. Grind finely.

125 gms bengal gram flour, 4 cloves 1 tsp red chilli powder 1 tbsp poppy seeds, 50 gms cashewnuts 1 finely chopped onion 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves 1 chopped green chilli, ¾ tsp salt 2 ground cardamoms 4 crumbs of bread slices, oil to fry • • • Grind clove, red chilli, poppy seeds, cashewnuts and cardamom finely by adding some water.

Mix both the ground mixtures. Add Onion, coriander leaves, green chilli and salt. Mix Boil green banana for 2 minutes. Peel banana and add green chilli, coriander leaves, fresh mint and salt. Grind to coarse paste. Filling is ready.

For Filling:

2 green banana, 2 chopped green chilli 1 tbsp chopped coriander and mint leaves ¼ tsp salt hg • • • Take equal part of gram mixture and prepare small balls. Fill banana mixture in gram mixture ball and press them with palms to make flattened balls.

Heat oil in frying pan and fry

tikki

to golden colour.

Serve hot with chutney.

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Day 11 RASAM

Ingredients:

¾ cup tuvar

dal

½ cup tamarind juice 1 tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp mustard seeds 6-8 curry leaves 1 pinch asafoetida ½ tsp black pepper powder ½ tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp turmeric ½ tbsp

ghee

or oil (as per choice) salt as per taste. •

Method:

Wash Heat

dal dal

nicely. Soak in 6 cup water for 15-20 minutes.

with same water in cooker, add black pepper, turmeric and salt. After three whistle remove from flame.

• Allow the pressure to release.

Stir heavily while mashing with wooden ladle. Add tamarind juice and kook for 5 minutes. Remove from fire.

• Heat

ghee

or oil in a frying pan and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida. Remove from flame. After cooling add red chilli and temper

rasam

. Mix well.

• Serve hot with

rice etc.

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Day 12

Ingredients:

VEBETABLE SAMBHAR

•

Method:

Add salt, turnmeric and 8 cup of water of tuvar dal. Cook in a sauce pan.

1 cup tuvar dal 150 gms chopped

lauki

150 gms chopped brinjal 2 chopped green chilli 2 peeled and chopped drumsticks 1 chopped potato 1 tsp mustard seeds ½ cup thick tamarind juice 8-10 curry leaves 2 whole red chilli ½ tsp turmeric, salt as per taste 2 tbsp oil, 1 ½ tbsp

sambhar

powder • • • • When

dal

the flame.

is semi cooked and lauki, brinjal, drumsticks, potato, green chilli, salt and

sambhar

powder. Increase After a boil, reduce flame and allow the vegetables and

dal

to cook properly. Add tamarind juice and remove lame after 2 minutes.

from Heat oil in a frying pan and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and whole red chilli to fry to golden colour. Temper and mix well.

sambhar

Serve hot

sambhar

with

idli, dosa

etc.

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Day 13

Ingredients:

200 gms basmati rice, 1½ tbsp

ghee

150 gms fine onion shreds 200 gms chopped potato 1 tsp cumin seeds 2 cup water, ¾ cup green peas shells

HYDERABADI BIRYANI

• • •

Method:

Heat

ghee

in a large frying pan. Add onion and potato, stir and fry to golden.

Add rice and peas, stir for 2 minutes.

• Grind finely pan .

pudina masala

ingredients and mix in a sauce Add water. Cover after a boil.

Pudina Masala:

15 gms fresh mint 2 chopped green chilli ½ tsp garam masala, 1 tsp salt ½ cup finely ground fresh coconut ¼ cup water hg • • • Cook on low flame for 8-10 minuets or till rice is cooked and water is dried.

Switch off the stove. Cover the lid.

Serve after 10 minutes.

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Day 14

Ingredients:

300 gms sugar 1 tsp rose water 1½ cup rice flour 1 cup lukewarm milk, oil to fry ½ tsp small cardamom seeds

NARIAL KE PEETHE

•

Method:

Heat sugar, cardamom seeds Reduce flame after a boil. Make 3 and

tar

2 glass sugar syrup and remove from heat. Add rose water.

water.

(thread strength ) • Knead rice flour with milk. Cover with moist cloth. After half an hour knead the dough for another 10-15 minutes so that the dough is soft.

• Make small balls from dough and make longitudinal

peethe

.

• Heat oil and fry

peethe

to golden colour. Dip in sugar syrup for 10 minutes. Extract and keep aside in air. Store in a jar when it becomes dry.

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Day 15 BHUTTE KI KHEER

Ingredients:

1½ cup corn seeds (

makka ke dane

) 5 cup milk 2 cup coconut milk 1 tbsp chopped almonds ½ cardamom powder 1 tsp rose water 100 gms water 1 tsp raisin • •

Method:

Grind corn seeds coarsely.

Boil milk and add coarse corn seeds.

• Allow milk to thicken. Add coconut milk and sugar. Cook • When sugar is dissolved, wait for 5 minutes and then add almonds, cardamom powder, raisin and rose water.

• Remove from flame after 2 minutes.

• Serve hot or chilled.

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