Upma Kozhakattai - Pacharisi Kozhakattai Recipe

(Recipe by Lakshmi)

1. Wash 3 cup Raw rice and drain the water. Spread it in towel and allow to dry completely. Grind it to Rava like texture.

2. Take 1 cup coconut, 7-8 red chillies and grind without adding water.

3. Add coconut oil, mustard seed, urad dhal, turmeric powder,  asafoetida in kadai and fry.

4. Add 7.5 cup water (1:2.5 ratio) to it and allow to boil well. Add the powdered rice and allow to cook. Then add the ground coconut-chilly to it and mix well.

5.Now make Oval balls out of the mixture and cook in Idli cooker for 10 minutes

Rava Laadu Recipe

(Recipe by Krithika)

1. Add ghee, 1 cup Rava and roast till it turns aromatic. Allow to cool and grind to coarse powder

2. Take 1 cup sugar, cardamom (optional) and grind to fine powder. Mix it with Rava powder.

3. Fry cashew nuts in ghee and add to the mixture. Slightly heat the remaining ghee and pour to the mixture.

4. Adjust to the right consistency to make small ball.

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.

Thattai - With Instant Rice Flour

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

2. Mix 1 cup instant rice flour, 1 tablespoon Urad dal powder, salt, chilly powder, ghee/butter, asafoetida,  water, roasted gram dal (optional)and add hot oil. The dough should be thick .

3. Take a plastic paper/white cloth and coat with oil. Make small balls of dough and flatten using hand greased with oil. Prick holes using fork or toothpick

4. Fry them in medium heat oil and cook till bubble ceases

Senai Vazhakkai Erissery - Raw Banana Yam Erissery

1. Cut Senai, Vazhaikkai in to small cubes. Cook in Pressure cooker for 5 whistles adding turmeric powder, salt and water

2. Fry 1/2 teaspoon Pepper, redchilly in oil and add coconut in the end and saute for 2 minutes. Grind to coarse mixture. Add it to the cooked vegetables and allow to boil.

3. Tempering - use coconut oil - mustard seed, urad dal, grated coconut (saute till light brown colour). 

Rava Dosai

1. Take 1 cup rava, 1 cup rice flour and 1/2 cup all purpose flour, salt and mix well without lumps adding water. Keep aside for 30 minutes

2. Tempering -with oil- mustard seeds, Jeera, crushed pepper, ginger, green chilly, cashew nut 

3. Add all to the batter. Adjust it to flowing consistency by adding water. Mix well and Pour the batter using cup from edges to center.

Ragi Dosai

1. Add 1 cup ragi flour, 1/2 cup rice flour, 1/2cup rava, 2 teaspoon curd, mix with water and prepare batter with flowing consistency. Keep it aside for 15 minutes 

2. Tempering - mustard seeds, Jeera, ginger, green chilly, coriander leaves

3. Pour the batter in hot tawa

Arisi Upma in Pressure cooker

1. Grind 1cup Raw rice to coarse powder like Rava and rinse

2. In Pressure cooker, add oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, asfoetida, red chillies and saute

3. Add the coarse powder , salt and 3 cups of water. Cook for 3 whistles 

4. Add coconut and mix

Lemon Rice

1. Fry seperately in oil- Cashew nut, Groundnut, Roasted gram

2. Saute Mustard seeds, Urad dal,Channa dal with oil and then add turmeric powder. Add the already fried nuts.

3. Add the above to precooked Rice, salt , lemon juice , a teaspoon of ghee and mix well. 

Bourbon Biscuit Cake - With Kadai

1. Grind a packet of Bourbon biscuit with sugar to fine powder.

2. Add 1/2 cup boiled milk slowly and mix well without lumps. Add a pinch of Eno/baking soda/ baking powder and mix.

3. Coat a vessel with generous amount of oil/butter and pour the mixture to the vessel. Add any desired nuts/ dry fruits.

4.Place a seperator in heavy bottom kadai, add little amount of water and preheat for 5 min closing with lid.

5. Place the vessel having the mixture on the seperator. Cover and cook in low flame for 30 minutes. Check by inserting a toothpick or knife  and it should come out clean.

6. Take the vessel out and allow to cool completely before unmolding.

Onion Samosa

Filling  - Saute chopped onions adding oil, salt, ndturmeric powder, chilly powder, garam masala ( of your choice),  small quantity of rice flour 

Samosa Pastry -  all purpose flour, salt, water, hot oil and knead to smooth dough. Leave aside for 15 minutes.

• Make very thin circular roti using the dough. Cut it to two halves.
• Take a half , keep the filling at the center and bring one end covering the filling. The other  side  will end in the middle forming triangular shape.
• Seal the ends well. You can also use water + all purpose flour paste to seal. Cut excess dough if any
• Deep fry in oil with low heat