Recipes by Geeta Sami

 Milagu Kuzhambu

Poricha Kuzhambu

Podalanga poricha kozhambu by Geeta Sami

Pathiya Samayal contest entry by Geeta Sami

Ingredients:
Pudalangai- 2 medium
Moong dal- 1/4 cup
Pepper -1 tbsp
Jeera -1 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- few sprigs
Asafoetida- little
Turmeric- little
Salt- 1 tsp or to taste

Method:
Dry roast pepper and jeer and keep aside. cook moong dhal in pressure cooker or directly in a pan.
Wash the vegetable and cut to small pieces. steam them in microwave steamer and keep aside.
In a pan add water, then add the pepper and jeera powder and bring it to boil. Add the cooked vegetable and add salt to taste. let it cook for few minutes till you get the right consistency. then add hing and dried and roasted curry leaves.

Milagu Kuzhambu by Geeta Sami

Pathiya Samayal contest entry by Geeta Sami

Ingredients:
Urad dhal -2 tbsp
Black pepper- 2tsp
Red chillies -3 nos
Asafoetida -small katti
Curry leaves - handful washed and rinsed
Tamarind - small lemon size (seedless)
Turmeric powder- 1/4tsp
Salt - 1 tsp or as req,
vegetables- Brinjals/ladies'finger /drumstick

Method:
In a pan, add little gingelly oil and fry the asafoetida. Then add urad dal and pepper. when the dhal turns brown add red chillies, tamarind and curry leaves. Let it cool. Then grind them to fine paste. Add turmeric powder and salt.

In a pan, boil water and add any veges like drumstick or ladies'finger or brinjals -cut into medium sized pieces and add little turmeric and a pinch of salt. When done, add the ground paste and add water and let it boil for about 5 min or so till you get the desired consistency. Adjust salt according to taste.

Eggless French Toast

Ingredients:

Bread (wholemeal pref)              - 4 slices  

Besan                                          - 3 tsp

Rice flour                                    - 1 tsp

Semolina (rava)                          - 1 tsp

Onion (small)                             -1 tsp

chat masala                               - 1/4tsp 

Paneer cubes                             - 4 or 5 small

Salt                                            - little

pepper                                       - little

Method : 

Mix the  flour, rava, salt ,pepper,chat masala and finely cut onions in a bowl. Keep  paneer cubes in 3 or 4 tbsp of water in a bowl and heat it for about 2 min in microwave to make it soft. Take it out and squeeze the water from the paneer and crumble them and add to the flour mixture. Add the water squeezed from paneer to this to make a thick paste.  Heat a  tawa .Take a bread slice and spread the paste on one side and put it on the hot tawa and put little butter on the sides and roast it. Just flip over and roast the other side too.. Do the same for the other slices too. 

This is a very good evening snack for the kids who raid the kitchen otherwise !

Theeyal

Ingredients:

Raw rice                                  2 tbsp

Coriander seeds (dhania)        1 1/2 tbsp

Coconut (shredded)                 1 cup                  

Red chillies                               6 or 7

Pepper                                      1/2 tsp

Curry leaves                             one handful

Vegetables                              Onions, drumstick and raddish (white)

(can use all or any)

Tamarind                                small lemon sized

Turmeric                                  a pinch

Salt                                           1 1/2 tsp (to suit your taste)   

Method :

In a pan add a tsp of cooking oil and fry raw rice first , then add red chillies ,pepper (adjust according to taste) and keep aside. Then in little oil, fry coconut till slightly browned and add curry leaves . let it cool. Then grind everything together in the blender  by adding water to make a coarse paste.

Next ,in  a pan, add tamarind extract, turmeric and salt . when it starts  boiling, add the cooked vegetables ( i steam in microwave) and after a few minutes, add the ground paste and  let it boil till the raw tamarind smell goes off. Season with mustard and curry leaves.