Pottu Kadalai Maavu Urundai /Pottu Kadalai Urundai /பொட்டு கடலை மாவு உருண்டை

Ingredients:

1 cup	Pottu Kadalai/ Split roasted gram
1 cup	Powdered sugar / Jaggery
¼ cup	Ghee
¼ tsp	Cardomom powder (optional)
Few	cashews (Optional)

Method: 

1. Roast Split roasted gram in a pan till light brown and let it cool.
2. Grind Split roasted gram into fine powder and sieve it.
3. Mix the powdered sugar, Split roasted gram powder and Cardomom powder.
4. Fry the cashews with a tsp of ghee.
5. Heat 2 tbsp of ghee and add little by little to the mixed powder and make them as balls immediately. 
6. Add one piece of cashew to each ball. 
7. Store it in a air tight container.

Paasi Paruppu Urundai /Payatham Urundai / Moong dhal balls/ பாசி பருப்பு உருண்டை

Ingredients:

1 cup	Moong dhal/ Paasi Paruppu
1 cup	Powdered sugar / Jaggery
¼ cup	Ghee
¼ tsp	Cardomom powder (optional)
Few	cashews (Optional)

 

Method: 

1. Roast moong dhal in a pan till light brown and let it cool.
2. Grind moong dhal into fine powder and sieve it.
3. Mix the powdered sugar, moong dhal powder and Cardomom powder.
4. Fry the cashews with a tsp of ghee.
5. Heat 2 tbsp of ghee and add little by little to the mixed powder and make them as balls immediately. 
6. Add one piece of cashew to each ball.
7. Store it in a air tight container.

Poori masal / பூரி மசால்

Ingredients:

2 nos	Potato - medium
1 tbsp	Oil
1/4 tsp	Mustard
1 tsp	Urad dhal
1 tsp	Channa dhal
3	Green Chili
Few	Curry Leaves
a pinch	Asafoetida
1	Big Onion
Few Pieces	Tomato
1 inch	Fresh Ginger
1/2 tsp	Turmeric
to taste	Salt
Few	coriander Leaves
1tbsp	Gram Flour

Method:

1. Cook the potatoes and peel the skin and mash it.
2. Cut the onion lengthwise.
3. In a pan, add Oil.
4. Add Mustard seeds and as soon as,it starts spluttering, add Urad dhal and Channa dhal.
5. As they turn golden brown, add Green Chili, Curry Leaves and Asafoetida.
6. Add the Onion immediately and fry till it turns golden brown.
7. Add chopped ginger and the tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are soft.
8. Add Turmeric and Salt.
9. Mix the gram flour with little water.
10. Add the mashed potatoes along with the water, gram flour paste and cook for 5 mins.
11. Add the chopped coriander leaves.

Paasi paruppu Payasam/ Moong dal payasam /பாசி பருப்பு பாயசம்

Ingredients:

1 cups - cooked	Moong dal / Paasi paruppu
1 cup	Jaggery
1/2 cup	Milk
1/2 tsp	Cardamom powder
8 nos	Cashews
Few	Raisins
2 tsp	Ghee
2 tbsp	Coconut grated
1 tbsp	Raw rice (soaked)

Method:

1. Mash the cooked dhal well.
2. Grind the soaked raw rice, grated coconut and Cashews.
3. Add the paste to the mashed dhal and cook it for 5 to 7 mins.
4. Add the jaggery and let it melt.
5. Add the milk and cook it for sometime.
6. Fry the cashew and the raisins and add it to the payasam.

 

Lemon Rice / Lemon Sadham /எலுமிச்சை சாதம்

Ingredients :

2 cups - cooked	Basmati Rice
1	Lemon
Few	Curry leaves
1 tsp	Mustard seeds
1 tsp	Urad dhal
1 tsp	Channa dhal
1/2 tsp	Turmeric powder
2	Green chillies
few	Groundnuts and cashewnuts(optional)
1 tbsp	Cooking oil

  Method:

1. Take a pan and add tbsp of cooking oil.
2. Add mustard seeds.
3. As soon as the mustard seeds start spluttering, add Urad dhal and Channa dhal.
4. As it turns golden brown, add green chillies, and  curry leaves and saute for 1 minute.
5. Take the squeezed lemon juice and add it with little water (3 or 4 tbsp).
6. Now add turmeric and salt.
7. Let it cook for 5 mins on medium heat till the raw smell goes.
8. Switch off and mix this with rice.