Simple Groundnut/Peanut Chutney - Verkadalai chutney - Recipe

1. Roast groundnut with oil, salt. Then add roasted gram dal, red chillies and roast.

2. Add tamarind, little amount of coconut and grind.

3. Tempering - mustard seed, urad dhal

Thenkuzhal Muruku - with Instant rice flour

1. Dry roast Urad dal slightly and grind to a fine powder

2. Mix 2 cup instant rice flour, 1 tablespoon Urad dal powder, Asafoetida, salt, chilly powder, Butter, water to make the dough. Add hot oil.

3. Grease the thenkuzhal Press with oil and fill with dough. Make the desired shape with Press and deep fry in medium flame till bubble ceases.

4. For elders and toddlers, take out the thenkuzhal before it turns crispy for easy chewing - known as Vegaatha muruku

Vegaatha murukku

Pattanam Pakoda Recipe

(Recipe by Priya)

1. Gram flour/Kadalai maavu - 1 cup, Rice flour - 1 cup, Roasted Gram flour (grind roasted gram to fine powder) - 1 cup, Onion, Green chilly, Ginger, Coriander leaves, curry leaves, red chilly powder, ghee,fennel, cumin seeds, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, salt

2. Add little water and mix the above ingredients to make dough. 

3. Make it into small balls and fry in oil.