Idli and Chutney

 Idli is favorite morning breakfast in South India.

Idli

Boiled Rice                                    3cups

Urad Dhal                                     1cup

Method

Wash nicely and soak them for 5 hours.

Grind them separately in wet grinder.

#0 minutes for urad dhal and 20 minutes  for rice.

Remove the batter add  and keep for fermenting

Next day prepare idli in idli moulid. Steam them.

remove when they are cooled down.

Coconut Chutney

Grated coconut                    1cup

Green Chili                          6/7

Tamarind                         small piece

Ginger                             small piece

Curry leaves                   few

Salt to taste 

Mustard seeds                    1 tsp

Method 

Grind all together into a paste.

Heat a tawa with little oil add mustard seeds. when it splutters add to the chutney.

Arachuvitta Sambar

This recipe is from Kerala Brahmin's home. very tasty and serve with rice, chapati and dosa/idli.

Prepare time           15 minutes
Cook Time              30 minutes
Serve                       5

Arachuvitta sambar

Ingredients
Dhal (Cooked)                     2 cups
Okra                                    3
Drum Stick                          1             
Pumpkin                              100 gm
Green Pepper                      1
Tamarind paste                   1 tsp
Asafetida                          1/2 tsp
Mustard Seeds                  1 tsp           
Turmeric Powder              1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves                     few
Coriander leaves              few
Salt to Taste

To Fry

Red Chili                            6
Coriander leaves              3 tsp
Chana Dhal                       2 tsp
Methi seeds                      1/2 tsp
Grated Coconut                 1/2 cup

Method

First fry the above ingredients and grind them into a paste and keep.
Wash and cut the vegetable into cubes.
Cut the drumstick into 2 ' pieces.
Boil the vegetables in 3 cups of water.
Add turmeric, tamarind asafetida and salt.
When the vegetables are cooked add the cooked dhal and ground paste.
Mix well and boil and remove from the flame..
Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds ad half tsp methi seeds.
When it splutters add to the sambar. 
Add chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves.