Sambar

Preparation time- 5 mins

Cooking time-  10 mins  

Total time- 15 mins

Ingredients :

• Vegetables in square pieces - 250 gm ( in total, you can take 2-3 pieces of vegetables from any category).
• Drumstick - 5-6 pieces
• Ladies finger - 5-6 pieces
• Toor dal - 150 gm
• Salt - as needed
• Water - 3 glasses
• Oil - 4 tsp
• Mustard - 1 tsp
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp
• Shallots - 7-8 no.
• Dried chilly - 4 pieces
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
• Sambar powder - 4 tsp
• Tomatoes - 3 no./ mango pieces - 6-7 no. or you can use tamarind pulp as needed.
• Garlic - 3 no. (helps to prevent gaseous problems in the stomach)
• Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp (helps to get  taste and prevents gaseous problems in the stomach).
• Curry leaves -10 no.
• Coriander leaves - as needed 

Method:

Step 1: Take pressure cooker, put all vegetables, dal, water and salt and cook it till one whistle blows.
Step 2: Take a pan, add oil, mustard, jeera, fenugreek, curry leaves and dried chilly.
Step 3: Add onion, saute it well till it becomes golden brown color.
Step 4: Add turmeric, chilly and sambar powder, saute it for 30 seconds on low flame.
Step 5: Add tomato pieces or mango pieces and allow it to get cooked. If you are using tamarind pulp, add it last.
Step 6: Add ladies finger, drumsticks with 1/2 glass of water and allow it to boil. Cook it for 5 minutes by covering with a lid.
Step 7: Add the mixture to pressure cooker, add asafoetida and stir it well. Allow it to boil for 3 minutes and regulate the salt as required.
Step 8:Finally, you might use coriander leaves if needed.                         

Now, warm sambar is ready

Fruit cake salad

Preparation time- 10 mins

Cooking time-  10 mins  

Total time- 20 mins

Ingredients :

• Sponge Cake (Visit Vanilla Sponge Cake)
• Custard Milk (Visit Custard Milk)
• Sliced fruits
• Whipped Cream/ Powder
• Cooled water

Method:

Step 1: Keep Sponge cake piece on a bowl.

Step 2: Pour custard milk.

Step 3: Then, keep sliced fruits.

Step 4: Beat whipped cream in cooled water and keep it fridge for 10 minutes. After repeating four times in the same method, you will get a creamy texture like an ice cream and keep on top of it.

                                                                     

Now, tasty fruit cake salad is ready

Dal Curry

Dal Curry                                                      

Dal Curry

Preparation time- 5 mins

Cooking time-  10 mins  

Total time- 15 mins

Ingredients : 

1. Toor dal - 200 gm
2. Salt - as needed
3. Oil -3 tsp
4. Mustard - 1 tsp
5. Jeera -1/2 tsp
6. Dried chilly - 3 no.
7. Curry leaves -10 no.
8. Sliced shallots - 5 no.
9. Green chilly - 2 no.
10. Garlic - 3 no.
11. Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
12. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Methods:

Step 1: Soak the dal in the water for 1 hour. Boil it in one glass of water with salt in pressure cooker for two whistles. Smash the toor dhal well and keep it aside.

Step 2: Take a pan, add oil, mustard, jeera, dried chilly and curry leaves.

Step 3: Then, add shallots and green chilly and saute it well till it becomes golden brown color.

Step 4: Add asafoetida and turmeric powder, saute it for 30 seconds on low flame.

Step 5: Add cooked toor dal and boil it for three minutes.

                                                                                                    

Now, warm dal curry is ready

Jackfruit cooked / Chakka vevichathu / Chakka puzhukku

Jack fruit cooked

Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time-  7 mins  
Total time- 12 mins

Ingredients : 

1. Jack fruit -1/2 kg
2. Curry leaves -20 no.
3. Coconut-1/2 cup
4. Onion -5no.
5. Green chilly - 3 no.
6. Garlic - 3 no.
7. Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
8. Salt - as needed

Methods:

Step 1: Crush the coconut, onion, green chilly, garlic and turmeric powder into a moderate paste. If you are using mixer grinder, crush it in pulse mode 2-3 times.                     

Step 2: Take a pan with jackfruit, curry leaves. Add crushed mixture and one glass of water. Add salt as needed.                         

Step 3: Cook it on moderate flame for 5-7 minutes.                            

Step 4: With the wooden stick or spoon, mix the cooked jack fruit well.                                   

Step 5: Serve it with fish, mutton, chicken, beef or egg curry.                                                  

Tips: Cover the pan with lid, only after the water gets boiled.

          Adding garlic helps to prevent gaseous problems in the stomach.

                          Now, warm chakka vevichathu is ready