Dual subji - Thakalikai kootu( Green tomato dal)

Lunch is a leftover for me rather than fresh food.I always cook fresh dinner like any other home, for my husband.Unfortunately, yesterday I didn't have leftover.So,having a fresh food other side, wanted to cook something fresh and nice.Since my husband eats only chapati, so I should think of a subji that goes with it and rice as well.I am rice fan so, I prepared Thakalikai kootu(Green tomato dal).

You see, it goes with both and as per I say, its Easy and simple too.

Green tomato dal/Thakalikai kootu:

Green tomatoes- 7-8
Moong dal - 3/4 cup
Grated coconut - 4 tsp
Green chillies - 3
Jeera- 1 tsp
Ginger- a small piece
Mustard - 1 spn
Ural dal -1spn
Long red chillies/Molagavathal- 1
Salt & oil

Method:

1) Cook moong dal with turmeric in cooker for about 3 whistles.
2)Side-by-side in a kadai with water, boil all the tomatoes chopped in to big chunks with turmeric for about 8 mts.
( You can boil tomatoes in microwave for about 10 mts)
3)Also, in a blender ,just put Coconut,green chillies,jeera and ginger and blend it in to smooth consistency.
4) Now mix all three together and boil for about 5 mts.
5) In a small kadai with oil, pour little bit ghee or oil and put the mustard and wait till it splutters.Then add ,urad dal and Long red chillies.

Garnish with coriander and curry leaves.

P.S: If you want it much more simpler version of this, instead of grinding all those coconut,greenchillies and jeera, just add 1 spoon of sambar powder in to the dal and boil it.It tastes different but sure its yummy.

Unfortunately, the picture taken didn't come out well..:( Will add it after I make it again:)

Dal and Curry - Methi dal, Cauliflower peas aloo curry with Chapati

Yeah its a midday of the week. Having a kid is bit of work and wonder what will I make for dinner... Suddenly struck to make it simple and yummy. Everyday except weekends, my husband does take only chapatis in the night. So only one dish doesn't make tummy full. Thats why I planned to do Dal and Curry combination, which will be easy to take it for chapatis.

Methi dal is one of my favourite dish and its healthy too. Ofcourse, the curry will be delicious cauliflower , peas & aloo !!! Yummy isn't? It just took 1/2 hour to cook and finish off the both. Makes my job easier and lots of time to spend with my daughter.

Methi Dal

Ingredients:

3/4 cup- Methi
1/2 cup - Toor dal
Tomatoes- 1
Chillipowder - 1 spn
Long red chillies - 2-3
Mustard & Jeera - 1 spn
Garlic - 2-3
Salt & oil

Method:

Wash methi nicely in water so all the mud in the methi just goes off away.

1) Put methi leaves & toor dal in vessel in cooker for about 3-4 whistles.
2) Once it is done, put back in the kadai and let it boil with salt, chillipowder & tomatoes.
3) once it is boiling for about 5- 10 mts in high flame, keep it in low flame
4) Take a small kadai,and add 1 spn of ghee( here it is where, taste becomes so yummmy) ,and little bit of oil .
5) Put mustard,Jeera. Once it splutters add garlic and long red chillies.

Pour it back to the dal!

Methi Dal is readyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

Photos to be added shortly.

A Simple Dal

Don't you think its not enough to end up with one main dish. So here's the extra dish to go with Chapati. A Simple dal. This is nutrious and healthy for everybody.Didn't I tell how good it tastes..How dumb of me!!!



Here is the recipe :

Ingredients:

1/2 cup - 3/4 cup of Moong dal (Paitham parupu)
1- small onion chopped finely
1- small tomoto chopped finely
1/2 tsp - Ginger Garlic paste
1-2 Green chillies (According to the hot )
1/2 tsp - Garam Masala
1/2 tsp - Mustard & Jeera seeds
salt & Oil

1) Cook the moong dal separately in the cooker or in the microwave,as you wish.
2) Take a Kadai with oil, add
Mustard , Jeera Seeds (Wait till it sputters),
Onion,
Ginger-garlic
Green chillies(Finely chopped),
and fry till it become light brown.
3) Add Tomotoes and cook till it get smashed well.
4) Add Dal with salt and Garnish with coriander.

Wow..A simple 4 steps with yummy taste. Its so simple ,no one can believe it so. It goes well with all the main dishes with chapati.

Baigan Bartha and Dal with Chapati

Its a celebration !!! Yuppy...How do I celebrate the end of the Second trimester.? A small simple delicious dinner today. Its all a simple reason to enjoy the food at this time. And believe me , I have got so much time to think about food. Infact only about that...hehehe.

So its special simple dinner to enjoy. Its Baigan Bartha & Dal with Chapati.






The recipe is so simple, and its just takes few minutes to get ready with all those following ingredients:

Baigan Bartha

Ingredients :

1 - Eggplant

1/4- 1/2 cup - cooked peas
1 - Onion ( Medium sized or if small, take 2)
1 - Tomoto (Mediyum Size)
1 tsp Ginger -Garlic paste (or a piece of fresh ginger and 2 garlic cloves)
a pinch of Cinnamon
1 - Elaichi
1 - Krambu
1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
1 tsp - Chilli powder
1 tsp - Garam masala
salt

1) peel the eggplant:

Coat the eggplant with oil and keep it in the microwave for 15- 20 minutes. By that time, it gets over the outer skin shrinks and it will be easy to peel the eggplant.Take the inside stuff out and remove the skin.Smash the inside stuff and keep it aside.

2)Take a kadai.Fry the following things:

Ginger-Garlic, Cinnamom, Cardoman ,Krambu and grind them together to make a paste.

3) In the same kadai, heat oil, Add

Jeera,
finely chopped onions,
and the grinded stuff,

Let it cook for few minutes, then add
Turmeric powder,
Chilli powder,
Tomatoes
and cook for few minutes.(Till the tomatoes are cooked)

Add Peas and smashed eggplant with salt. Let it cook for 10-15 minutes and atlast add a pinch of garam masala. Garnish with coriander leaves.