BENGAL GRAM KAARA BOLI

This kaara boli with lots of bengal gram in it tastes divinely with the accompaniment of all the vegetables nicely blended in it. Instead of oil, pure ghee enhances the flavour when cooking this boli. Drumstick leaves which are chopped finely can be mixed to get a very delicious taste!

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Ingredients:

Plain flour- 1/2 kilo

Bengal gram- 1/4 kilo

Carrot-1

Radish [small]-1

Onion-1

Coriander chopped-4 tbsp

Shredded coconut- half cup

Chilli powder- 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Procedure:

Cook the bengal gram to soft a texture and mash finely.

Sieve the flour.

Shred the vegetables finely.

Mix all the ingredients with salt and make a smooth dough mixing in enough water.

Make chappathies and cook on a hot tawa on both sides.

The delicious bengal kaara boli is ready!

Paruppu Keerai / Dal Spinach

Spinach is one of the nutritious vegetables. Tender Spinach is consumed in raw form in many westen countries because of its high vitamin and mineral content. Most of the time, I prepare this dal without onion, tomato and garlic and I am giving the recipe for it. You can do this dal in a jiffy and if you have time, feel free to add onion, tomato and garlic if you like to add. All the other methods are same.

Ingredients:



Spinach (Keerai) - 1 bunch

Toor Dal - 1/2 cup

Dry red chillies - 5 nos

Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Urid dal - 1/2 teaspoon

Oil - 3 teaspoon

Salt - To taste

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon

Asafoetida - a pinch



Method:



1) Wash spinach twice in water and chop it finely.

2) Wash Toor dal twice or thrice in water until the water becomes clear.

3) Add Toor dal along with a cup of water in a pressure cooker and allow it to boil. However don't close the lid.

4) When the dal is half boiled(remove the foam using ladle that foams on the top of water), add spinach, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, salt and some water.

5) Close the lid of the cooker and wait for 3 whistles.

6) Allow the steam to subside. Then open the lid and mash the spinach dal mixture well with a masher.

7) Take a kadai (frying pan) and heat oil.

8) Add mustard seeds and urid dal. When they seeds start to splutter, add curry leaves and dry red chillies,asafoetida to it.

9) Add this to spinach dal mixture and stir well.

10) Dal Spinach (Parruppu Keerai) is now ready to be served with rice.

Note:

1) Add onion, tomato and garlic to get additional taste and flavor.

Orange Smoothie

If you don't like to have orange in its natural form, then try this smoothie. It might suit you well. It retains both the characteristics of the orange fruit - it is sweet as well as tangy. Moreover it's a hit among kids.

Ingredients:



Orange - 1

Milk - 1/2 cup

Curd / Yogurt - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 2 tablespoon



Method:



1) Peel the orange and remove the seeds.

2) Boil the milk and make it to cool. You can also add fresh milk if you don't intend to use boiled milk.

3) Blend / Mix the Orange slices, add milk until they get mixed well.

4) Add sugar to suit your taste and blend for few seconds.

5) Add yogurt and blend the mixture again until it becomes smooth and creamy.

6) Transfer the contents to a jar and your Orange smoothie is now ready to be served.