Ambode

Ambode or Dal Vada (ಅಮ್ಬೋದೆ ) is yet another fritter variety made during festivals in South India. Easy to prepare. A lentil base with few greens making it healthy and tasty.

Ambode

Ingredients

• 1 cup Channa Dal
• Hing-pinch
• 9-10 Green Chillies 
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 cup coconut
• Coriander leaves
• Oil for deep frying
• Jeera-1tsp

Method: Soak Channa Dal for half an hour. Next grind soaked channa dal with jeera, salt, green chillies, hing very coarsely with very little water Next add grated coconut, chopped coriander leaves, and salt to the mixture and mix well. Make small balls and flatten it. 
Set it on a plate.In a kadai,heat oil, slowly slide in the ambodes, deep fry till golden brown on both sides. Drain on absorbent paper. 

Serve Ambode hot with chutney or sauce or enjoy just like that with hot cup of tea or coffee.

This is also prepared as part of festival platter. 

For normal tea time snacks you can add freshly cut onions.

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Navil Kosu Kosambri /Naval kol Salad

Navil Kosu Kosambri (Naval kol Salad) is simple and easy to prepare.A nice blend of raw Naval Kol with spices, coconut and seasonings. Salad is known as Kosambri in Kannada. Navil Kosu / Knol Knol or Naval kol is known as Kohlrabi in English.

Navil Kosu Kosambri /Naval kol Salad

Ingredients

• Navil Kosu 1 cup (De skinned & shredded)
• Coconut 3-4 tbsp
• oil 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
• Jeera 1/2tsp
• Hing pinch
• Chana dal-1/2 tsp
• Urad dal-1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves a few
• Green chillies 3-4 finely chopped
• Fresh coriander chopped
• Salt to taste

Method: 

In a bowl add the shredded Navil Kosu, add coconut and mix.

Meanwhile prepare the seasoning.

Heat oil in kadai ,add mustard, jeera,chana dal, urad dal,chillies, hing ,curry leaves.

Once done add to the kosambri mix.

Add salt and coriander leaves and mix.

Enjoy this healthy salad with chapati or Rasam rice.





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Chaprada Avare Palya/ ValPadi Bhaji

Chaprada Avare Palya or Flat Beans Stir fry/ ValPadi Bhaji is awesome combination to be enjoyed with Rasam (Tili Saaru ) rice or Indian Breads. 

Blended with spices and coconut it tastes delicious. Flat beans are known as Valpapdi in Maharashtra and Chapparada Avare in Bangalore.

Flat Beans Stir fry/ ValPadi Bhaji / Chapprada Avare Palya 

• Ingredients
• Indian Flat beans chopped 1 cup
• Bhath pwd-2-3 tsp
• Grated Coconut-3-4 tsp
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• Seasoning

• 1 tbsp. oil

• 1/2 tsp. mustard 

• 1 tsp. chana dal

• 1 tsp. urad dal

• 1/2 tsp  jeera

• Hing-pinch

• Turmeric-pinch

• curry leaves-few

• Salt to taste

Method: Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard, allow to splutter, add chana dal, urad dal,  hing.Fry till light brown, then add curry leaves, add the cut vegetables,  cover with a lid and cook till ಚಪ್ಪರದ ಅವರೆಕಾಯಿ/ Chapparada Avarekayi are soft. Add bhath pwd,salt and mix well.  Add grated coconut and mix. Serve ಚಪ್ಪರದ ಅವರೆಕಾಯಿ hot with Chapatis/Rasam Rice. "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."Walt Disney

Puffed rice upma / Kadle Puri Snack

Puffed Rice upma / Kadle Puri Snack or Bhadang is a quick and easy recipe. Spicy tangy and delicious too. Enjoy this murmura upma with your evening  cup of tea or coffee you will love it.

Ingredients: 

Puffed rice upma / Kadle Puri Snack

• 4 cups puffed rice/kadlepuri (kurmura)
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tomato chopped
• 1-2 tsp Rasam pwd
• 1/2 tsp Lemon juice
• salt 
• Seasoning
• Oil-1 tsp
• Few curry leaves
• Asafetida/hing- pinch
• Turmeric-pinch
• few-peanuts
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp Jeera
• 1 tsp urad dal
• 1 tsp chana dal

Method: 

Fry the peanuts and keep it aside. Clean and wash the Kadle puri in water and rinse it out. Keep it aside. Next in a big kadai,heat oil add the items mentioned in the seasoning.Once done add chopped onions,tomatoes, fry well. Next add the puffed rice, salt, rasam pwd, fried peanuts and mix well. Add coriander leaves,lemon juice and serve immediately.

The above recipe was published in the Indian Express of 4th Jan 2021.

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Avarekai Soppu Palya

Avarekai Soppu Palya  is a healthy combination of Lima beans/Surti Papdi with Greens. (Dantina soppu is  Amaranth leaves or red leaves commonly used in most houses ) Tempered with hing and chilies it is nutritious and tasty. Enjoy with rice or chapati.

Avarekai Soppu Palya

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiled Avarekai(lima beans)
• 1 cup finely chopped greens
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• Salt-taste
• Water
• Sambhar pwd-2 tbsp
• Coconut-1-2 tsp
• Tamrind paste-1/2 tsp

Seasoning:

• 1 tsp oil/ghee
• 1 tsp mustard seeds 
• 1/2 tsp jeera
• 1/2 tsp channa dal
• 1/2 tsp urad dal
• hing -pinch
• curry leaves-few
• Red chilly-1-2

• Method :  Cook the greens in water till done. Grind coconut with sambar pwd . Next Add greens, avarekai add the ground paste and mix. Add salt, tamrind paste and mix well. Cook on low heat for 5-10 mins. Heat oil in a pan, add the seasoning items, once done add to the sabzi. Serve hot with white rice or chapati.

(you can add little boiled avarekalu while grinding and then add to the gravy)


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Onion Chutney Ver II

Onion Chutney is spicy and makes a good combination with DOSA,IDLI OR CHAPATI.This one is the South Indian taste with ground red chillies and dry coconut.It is delicious.

Onion Chutney Ver II

Ingredients:
2-3  onions, chopped
6-7 dry red chillies 
Tamarind paste -2 tsp
Dry coconut grated-1/2 cup
Salt as per taste

Seasoning
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Chana dal-1tsp
Urad Dal-1 tsp
Curry leaves few
Menthya seeds-few
Hing-pinch
Oil-2 tsp


Method: Heat the oil,fry onions well .Keep it aside.Next fry red chillies,dry coconut .Grind these with tamarind paste into chutney with very less water Season with the items given.Serve it with hot dosa or idli.


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Avarekai Avalakki

Avarekai Avalakki (Avarekai Poha) is very simple and easy to prepare.Made from Lima Beans /Surti Papdi , it is yummy and flavorful.Poha (oggarane avalakki ) or seasoned rice flakes are healthy and easy to digest too, just right for all ages.

Avarekai Avalakki

Ingredients
1 cup poha (flaked rice /avalakki) 
1/2 cup Avarekai(boiled)
1 tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
1/2 tsp jeera
1/2 tsp. Chana dal
1/2 tsp. Urad Dal
1/2 tbsp Peanut
5-6 green chilies, finely chopped 
Few chopped coriander leaves
Few curry leaves
Hing-pinch
Tumeric-pinch
Salt to taste
1-2 tbsp. grated fresh coconut
1 tsp Lemon Juice

Method

Soak the poha in water for 5 minutes. Wash thoroughly and drain the water completely.Heat oil in a pan, fry peanuts and keep it aside then add mustard seeds, after it splutters, add chana dal/urad dal ,jeera, hing, turmeric and stir fry.Add green chillies, curry leaves.Add boiled avarekai, fry it for a while. Add soaked avalakki, salt and mix well.Add coconut ,coriander leaves , lemon juice , mix carefully.Serve hot.

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Balehannu Seekarne Ver II

Balehannu Seekarne or Banana Shikran in Marathi is delicious quick, fruit dessert that can be enjoyed chilled or as side dish with chapati for kids.This is with jaggery and coconut.

Ingredients :

• 1 cup of chopped banana
• Jaggery as per taste
• Badam pwd
• Grated coconut-1-2 tbsp
• Cardamom pwd-pinch

Method : Cut the banana into small pieces. In a wide bowl, combine the chopped banana, and cardamom powder ,jaggery and mix well.Top it up with grated coconut . You can enjoy it chilled or eat with chapati.

Vegetable Pattice

Vegetable Pattice is easy , healthy snack  you can relish it crispy hot or add some sev and enjoy too.

Vegetable Pattice

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Mix vegetable (boiled)
• (peas,carrot,beans)
• 2 Potatoes boiled and mashed
• 1 tsp pepper pwd
• Bread pieces (binding)
• 1-2 greenchilies finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp Red chili pwd
• 1 tsp dhania jeera pwd
• Coriander leaves
• Lemon juice
• Oil for shallow-frying
• Salt for taste

For Serving

• 1 chopped onion
• Sev
• Tomato Ketchup

Method: Mash the peas and boiled vegetables ,add the masala pwd and salt and mix it well add mashed potatoes,pepper pwd,bread pieces ,coriander leaves,lemon juice and mix well.Take small portion of mix ,flatten it ,pat it well.On a tava,add oil and place the pattice shallow fry till golden brown on low heat.Flip on the other side slowly.Drain on absorbent paper.Next apply some ketchup on the pattice.Add the chopped onions and sev.Enjoy hot.

Tomato Chutney Ver II

Tomato Chutney Ver II is quick and easy to prepare.One more variety of tangy chutney for the dosas,idlis or chapatis.

Tomato Chutney Ver II

Ingredients :
Tomatoes-2-3 chopped
Mustard+Menthya pwd-1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 6-8
Tamarind paste  - 1/2 tsp
Salt as required

Seasoning
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Hing pinch
Curry leaves few
Oil-2 tsp

Method:
Fry menthya,mustard well ,next add red chillies and fry well.Once done , grind it into fine powder.Next heat oil in kadai, add the chopped tomatoes and fry well ,once done add tamarind paste ,add the ground pwd ,salt and mix well.Fry well.Season with mustard seeds,hing,curry leaves.Enjoy with dosa , idlis or Indian Breads.



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Green Moong Paratha

Moong Paratha is very healthy and nutritious stuffing of Green Moong with spices , a delicious breakfast recipe.A perfect lunch box recipe for kids too.

Green Moong can be used to make Salads, Curry, Parathas.Try all these options.

Green Moong Paratha

Ingredients  

• Wheat flour  2 cups 
• cooked and mashed moong 1/2 cup 
• Red chilly pwd 1/2 Tsp
• Garam masala pwd 1/2 Tsp 
• Dhania jeera pwd-1/2 tsp
• Green chutney-1 tsp
• Salt to taste   
• oil  
• Jeera-few 
• Ajwain-few

    

Method

1.Knead the flour with water, a little salt,oil into a soft dough.Cover it for 4-5 hours.

2.In a Kadai heat oil, add  jeera.Then add the cooked moong,salt, masala powders, and fry for a while and mix well.Fry till dry set aside to cool. Divide the mixture into balls. 

3.Make parathas.Heat a skillet (tava) , gently put in the paratha, add oil ,turn on both sides till done. Serve very hot with ketchup , pickle or curds.

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Karibevu Chitranna / Curry Leaves Rice

Karibevu Chitranna or Curry Leaves Rice is a healthy and flavorful one pot meal made with Curry leaves blended with spices. Nutritious, flavorful and delicious. Enjoy!!

Ingredients

Karibevu Rice / Curry Leaves Rice

Cooked rice: 1 cup

Grinding
Grated coconut: 2-3 tbsp 

Jeera: 1-2 tsp

Red chili: 4-5 (according to taste)
Pepper:2-3

Salt:for taste
Curry leaves-handful

Seasoning-

peanuts: few
Cashews-few

Hing-Pinch
oil for frying 3-4 tsp
Mustard -1/2 tsp
Urad dal-1/2 tsp
Chana dal-1/2 tsp

Method-  Pressure cook rice and spread it on plate to cool. 

In a kadai,roast curry leaves,jeera,red chilies,pepper in little oil.

Next grind curry leaves, jeera,pepper,red chillies with coconut to a nice paste with little water.Take a kadai, heat oil and add peanuts /cashews and fry well.Keep it aside.Add mustard,chana dal urad dal,hing,and sauté. Add the coconut curry paste mixture and fry for1-2 mins.

Next add the rice, salt ,fried peanuts and mix well and serve Karibevu Chitranna / Curry Leaves Rice hot.

(you can add green chilies i/o of red if req)

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Paddu / Gundponglu

Paddu / Gundponglu or Appe is a yummy recipe made from Dosa Batter using the Paddu tava . A easy and delicious breakfast idea. You can send it for Kids tiffen box too. Try it out.

Paddu / Gundponglu 

Ingredients

Dosa Batter-1 cup

Salt as per taste

Few Coriander leaves

Green chillies-1-2 chopped

Onion-1 finely chopped

Fresh coconut-few finely chopped.

Oil as required

Method:  Mix the salt, onions, coriander leaves, chilies with dosa batter. Next apply oil to the paddu tava and pour the batter in the holes of tava and keep it on low flame. Cover. Once done turn it over and cook the other side. Serve hot with chutney or enjoy just like that.

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Idli fry / Masala Idlis

Idli Fry / Masala Idlis

Idli fry or Masala Idlis is a crispy and tasty snack variety. Easy to prepare from leftover idlis. Enjoy hot with chutney or sauce as evening snack.

Ingredients:

• Idlis    :     8 
• Salt     :  for taste
• Sambar  pwd    :   1-2 tsp
• Seasoning
• Mustard : 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves :   few
• Hing: pinch
• Turemic: pinch
• Oil :  2-3 tsp

Method: Chop idlis into small pieces. In a bowl add salt and sambar pwd and mix, add the idlis to it and mix them. Next heat oil in a kadai, add the items mentioned in the seasoning. Add the coated idlis and fry well. Add more oil if required. Fry till crisp. Serve hot with sauce or chutney of your choice.

(you can also add onion and capsicum (fried ) for additional taste)

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Seemebadnekai Kootu

Seemebadnekai Kootu (chowchow/Chayote) is a delicious and spicy gravy that can be enjoyed with rice or chapati. Blended with special spices, it tastes yummy. Mostly made as part of  traditional Madhwa food platter.

 Kootu is a lentil-vegetables based semi-gravy which is  nutritious, protein rich and  perfect with some hot rice and ghee and nice papads. The whole experience is just heavenly!

Seemebadnekayi Kootu

Ingredients:

Seemebadnekayi - 2 cups (diced and boiled)

Tamarind paste-1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 teaspoons

Seasoning

Curry Leaves -few

Mustard Seeds - 1 teaspoon

Hing-pinch

Turmeric-pinch

To grind
Urad dal-1-2 tsp

Dry Red Chillies -5-6

Rice-1/2 tsp

Pepper-10 

Coconut - 3-4 tbsp (shredded)

Method-In a kadai, heat oil add urad dal, rice, pepper corns and red chillies and fry well. Next add shredded coconut and fry for a 1-2 mins. Grind the mixture into a fine paste.

Next in a pan,boil the vegetables till done. Add tamarind paste and the ground mix. Mix well and simmer on low heat. Add salt and mix well. Next prepare the seasoning with all the items mentioned. Add it to the gravy. Enjoy this sihi kootu hot with rice or chapatis.

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Green Grapes Gojju

Green Grapes Gojju (gojju -Tangy gravy) is a yummy, tangy and tasty side dish / gravy for hot chapatis or rice.In case your grapes are sour you can try this recipe.

                Green Grapes Gojju

Ingredients

1. 1 cup green grapes
2. 1/2 tsp mustard
3. 1/2 tsp jeera
4. 1/2 tsp chana dal
5. 1/2 tsp urad dal
6. Hing-pinch
7. Turmeric-pinch
8. Curry leaves-few
9. 1-2 tbsp Rasam pwd (or Gojju pwd)
10. 1-2 tsp jaggery
11. 1-2 tsp Dry coconut
12. Salt to taste

Method- In a kadai, heat oil in a pan and add mustard,chana dal, urad dal, hing, turmeric pwd, curry leaves once done add grapes and let it cook for 2-3 mins. Next add Rasam (Saaru) powder or Gojju pwd ,jaggery, salt, water and mix well. Cook for 2 – 3 minutes till the gravy thickens. Add dry coconut and mix. 
Serve Green Grapes Gojju hot with chapati/ rotis or parathas.

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Aloo Beans Palya / Aloo Beans Sabzi

Aloo Beans Palya /  Aloo Beans Sabzi is a healthy combination of potatoes and Green Beans or Hurlikayi blended with spices.A great side dish for hot chapatis or rasam rice.Enjoy!

Aloo Beans Palya /  Aloo Beans Sabzi 

Ingredients

• French Beans/Hurlikayi – 1 cup(chopped)
• Potatoes – 2-3 (chopped)
• Bhath pwd-1-2 tsp
• Grated Coconut-2-3 tsp
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• Seasoning

• 1 tbsp. oil

• 1/2 tsp. mustard 

• 1 tsp. chana dal

• 1 tsp. urad dal

• 1/2 jeera

• Hing-pinch

• Turmeric-pinch

• curry leaves-few

• Salt to taste

Method: Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard, allow to splutter, add chana dal,urad dal,  hing.Fry till light brown, then add curry leaves, beans, little water,  cover with a lid and cook till beans ,potatoes are soft.Add bhath pwd,salt and mix well. Add grated coconut and mix.Serve hot with Chapatis/Rice. Thanks for stopping by.. Don't forget to check other interesting recipes from "Green Beans" under ingredients search. "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."Walt Disney

Seemebadnekai Upit / Chow Chow Upma

Seemebadnekai Upma or Upit is the simple upma blended with the green Chow Chow/Chayote Squash (in English).It is tasty , spicy and filling breakfast.A nice,hot breakfast for chilly winter mornings.

Seemebadnekai Upit

Ingredients:

Rava or sooji- 1cup

Water - 2 cups

Chow Chow/Seemebadnekai -1 cup chopped

Green chillies-6-7

Curry leaves-few

Oil-1-2 tbsp

Mustard-1/2tsp

Jeera-1/2tsp

Channa dal-1tsp

Urad dal-1tsp
Hing- a pinch
Turmeric-a pinch

Fresh coriander-few

Salt to taste

Freshly grated coconut-1/2 cup

Method:  Fry the rava well until slightly brown and aromatic and keep it aside.Boil water.Heat oil in a pan add musturd,jeera when they begin to splutter

add channa and urad dal fry about 2 minutes until light brown.Next add chopped vegetable,hing, curry leaves, green chillies and fry well.Once done add fried rava ,salt and mix well next add the boiling water slowly.Stir until all the water is gone.Close the lid and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes.Garnish with coriander leaves and coconut and serve hot.

You can also add Dhania-Jeera Powder/Kalamiri Powder for additional spicy flavor.

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Vegetable Sevai

Vegetable Sevai  is enjoyable healthy filling breakfast recipe mainly made in South Indian families.A good mix of vegetables for your busy day.

Vegetable Sevai

Ingredients:

· 2 cups vermicelli

· 1 cup simla mirch chopped

· 1 onion chopped 

. 1 carrot chopped

. 1/2 cup steamed peas

Seasoning

· 6-7 green chillies chopped

· few curry leaves

· 1 tbsp oil

· 1/2 tsp mustard seeds

.1/2 tsp jeera

· 1 tsp urad dal

· 1 tsp channa dal
 .Turmeric-pinch
. Hing-pinch

· Salt for taste
. few cashews fried (opt)

· Water

Garnishing

· 1-2 tbsp grated coconut

· Few coriander leaves

Method:

• Add little oil in a pan,roast the vermicelli well and keep it aside.Next add oil,fry the cashews and keep it aside.Next add mustard seeds, followed by urad dal, channa dal ,and jeera, hing, curry leaves, chopped chilies, turmeric and sauté well.Now, add vegetables and stir fry well .Next add the vermicelli,salt  and add boiled water.Cook till the water evaporates .Add the fried cashews and mix well.Garnish with coconut.Serve hot.
• (you can add pulao masala i/o of chilies)

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Seemebadnekai Palya / Chow Chow Sabzi

Seemebadnekai Palya(Chow Chow Sabzi) is the simple sabzi blended in South Indian style seasoning , with the flavor of coconut it tastes delicious.

Ingredients:
1  cup Seemebadnekai Chopped

Seemebadnekai Palya / Chow Chow Sabzi

3-4 Tbsp shredded Coconut
4-5 green chillies chopped
Salt to taste

Seasoning 
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp jeera
1/2 tsp chana dal
1/2 tsp urad dal
1 Tbsp Oil
Turmeric-pinch
Hing-pinch

Curry leaves-few

Method: Heat oil in a pan. Add the items in seasoning ,once done,add the chopped vegetables and fry for few mins Add salt. Cover and cook on low flame.Once done, add grated coconut . Mix well.Serve hot with rasam rice or chapati.

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