Lemon Pickle

Ingredients

Lemons.................10

Chili Powder.........4 tbsp

Asafoetida.............1 tsp

Sesame Oil..............3 tbsp

Methi  Powder........1tsp  

Mustard Seeds.........1tsp 

Salt to Taste



Lemon Pickle

Method

Take the lemon juice from five lemons. 

Cut the lemons into pieces.

Add salt, lemon juice, chili powder, asafoetida and methi powder and mix well. 

Heat a pan and add mustard seeds and oil. 

When it splutters add to the pickle...Mix well and keep in a airtight bottle.

Medu Vada

Medu Vada

Medu Vada

Ingredients

• Urad Dhal............................2 cups
• Rice.....................................2 tbsp
• Chopped Curry Leaves..........few
• Asafoetida.............................1 tsp
• Pepper Corns.........................1 tsp
• Chopped Ginger ....................1 stsp
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Soak the dhal and rice for about 5 hours. 
• Drain all the water grind it with pepper  and salt in food processor or wet grinder.
• If needed add very little water.The dough should be fluffy.
• Dip your hand in water, take little dough, spread it, and make a hole in the middle and drop them into the hot oil. let it fry one side and turn the other side.
• You can add chopped onions and coconut pieces in the batter and make vada.

Ulundhu Kozhakattai

Ulundu Kozhakattai

Ingredients

Urad Dhal…………….. 1 cup

Green Chilies………….3

Grated Coconut………. half cup

Ginger………………. 1 piece

Curry Leaves…………. few

Mustard Seeds……… 1tsp

Rice Flour………… ..1 cup

Water………………..1/2 cup

Oil ………………… 1 tsp

Salt ………………….1 tsp

Asafoetida……………half tsp

Green Chili...................2

Method

Ulundhu Kozhakattai

Soak the dhal for an hour and grind coarsely with chili and salt. 

Steam this mixture for 10 minutes.

Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds,curry leaves,chopped ginger asafoetida and when mustard crackle add the steamed mixture and stir well.. 

Add coconut,chili and curry leaves and make small balls and keep. 

Boil the water in a pan and add oil, salt and rice flour,. 

Stir well with out forming lumps. 

When it becomes thick dough,cover and keep.

Knead the dough with little oil till it becomes smooth.

Make cups and place this dhal pournam and cover them. 

Steam all the kozhakattais for 10 minutes.