Ingredients:

Pudhina -2 cups

Ginger – small piece

Green chilli – 2

Jaggery – a small piece

Salt – to taste

Thick tamarind juice – 3 tsp or lemon juice – 1 table spoon

Method:

1. Grind pudhina,ginger, green chilli, jaggery and salt to a fine paste.

2. Mix the lemon juice or tamarind juice to the green chutney and mix well.

This chutney will taste sweet and sour and goes well with stuffed chapaties and parathas.

Ingredients:

Roasted Groundnut – 1 cup

Red Chilli – 4 -5

Tamarind – a 2 inch piece

Garlic – 2

Oil – 1 tsp

Salt – to taste

Mustard – 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves – to garnish

Method:

1. Grind roasted groundnut, chilli, garlic and tamarind along with salt.

2. Heat oil in a tawa, add mustard and curry leaves and garnish over the grinded chutney.

Note: If you want, you can add coconut scrapings. Coconut has to be grinded along with the grinding ingredients.

This chutney can be served with idli and dosa.

Ingredients:

Ridge Gourd or Peerkangai or Beera Kaaya or dodka – 2

Onion – 2

Garlic – 4

Oil – 2 tsp

Mustard – 1 tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp (depending on taste)

Turmeric- a pinch

Salt – to taste

Water – as required

Method:

1. Take a pan, add oil, mustard and allow it to pop.

2. Add onion and garlic, cook till it becomes pink.

3. Now add chopped ridge gourd(peel off the skin),turmeric and sprinkle water and keep it closed fow few minutes.

4. Add chilli powder, coriander powder and salt .

5. Mix well and allow it for some time.

Spicy and delicious ridge gourd subji is ready. Goes well with chapatis.

Note: Do check the taste of the ridge gourd while cutting them. Some ridge gourd might taste bitter. In that case, please do not use them.

Ingredients:

Drumstick – 2 cups

Brinjal Sliced – 2 cups

Onion Sliced – 2

Garlic – 2

Chilli Powder – 2 tsp

Coriander Powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric – 1/4 tsp

Mustard – 1/2 tsp

Oil – 3 tsp

Salt – to taste

Water – as required

Method:

1. Take a tawa, heat oil and add mustard, onion and garlic.

2. Leave for few mins until raw flavor fades.

3. Now add brinjal and drumstick and sprinkle water and leave it to cook.

4. Once vegetables are cooked, add turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder and salt.

5. Mix well and leave it for 5 mins.

This spicy masala can be served with rice.

Ingredients:

Egg – 1

Madras Onion/small onions – 2

Green Chilli – 2

Pepper Powder – a pinch

Ginger Garlic paste – 1/4 tsp

Turmeric – a pinch

garam masala – a pinch

Oil – little

Salt – to taste

Method:

1. Take a pan, add little oil, fry green chilli and onion and make it to a fine paste.

2. Now add pepper powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, salt, garam masala and mix well.

3. Beat the egg and add that to the above mixture.

4. Now take a flat pan, add little oil and spread the above mixture into a small dosa and allow it to cook.

5. Roll the dosa and serve hot with tomato sauce.

Note: If you make this in dosa pan, you wont need much oil and which is good for dieting people.