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Ingredients: rice, cillantro, green chillies, cardamom, cinnamon sticks, cloves, turmeric, oil, salt Method: 1. Cook 1.5 cups of rice with 3 cups of water in rice cooker  2. Blend the following in a mixer into a smooth paste: - whole bunch of thoroughly washed cillantro (coriander leaves) - 5 green chillies - 3 cardamon (elakki) seeds only, 3 cloves (lavanga), and half inch cinnamon sticks (chakke) - add water just enough to blend 3. On the non-stick pan, heat 3-4 tbsp of oil  4. Put mustard. Once it splutters, add the paste and half teaspoon of turmeric. You can also add the cardamom pods (elakki sippe) 6. Add salt and keep stirring the paste for 5 mins till the mixture is thick and oil separates from mixture 7. Add cooked rice and mix well 

Ingredients:  Rice, tamarind, oil, mustard, turmeric, chana daal, urad daal, peanuts, sesame seeds, asafoetida, dry coconut, jaggery powder, rasam powder, methi powder, red chillies, green chillies, curry leaves Method: 1. Cook 1 cup of rice in rice cooker with 2 cups of water 2. Slit one green chillies into half 3. On a thick pan, add 3 tbsp of oil and turn on stove to med-high heat 4. When oil is hot, add mustard. After it splutters, turn heat setting to low and add these. Keep stirring: - 1 tsp chana daal - 1 tsp urad daal - 1 tsp turmeric - handful of peanuts - 1/2 tsp asafoetida - 1 tsp sesame seeds - green chillies - curry leaves **close lid when you add this because it splutters** - 2 red chillies - Add 1 tbsp of jaggery powder - 1/4 tsp of methi powder - 1.5 tsp of rasam powder - 1/2 cup of water 5. Keep stirring in low-med heat till the consistency becomes thick liquid 6. Add cooked rice to it, little at a time, and keep mixing ...

Ingredients: Rice, cracked wheat, moong dal (hesaru bele), ginger, green chillies, coconut, lemon, black pepper, jeera (cumin seeds), cut cashews, oil, ghee, salt For Raita : mix yogurt, grated carrot, cut onion, cut tomato, cillantro, and butter milk and bring to right consistency  Method: 1. Place 1 tsp of ghee in a non-stick pan and roast half cup of moong daal till you can smell the flavor  2. Add quarter cup of rice and quarter cup of cracked wheat to it and stir for a minute 3. Transfer it to a cooker (Indian small cooker) and add 3 cups of water 4. Place cooker on stove set to medium-high heat, close lid. When it whistles 3 times, turn the stove off.  5. Chop 2 green chillies and grate 1 inch of ginger 6. On a non-stick pan, add few drops of oil and 1 tsp black pepper and 1 tsp of jeera and roast till the black pepper starts to splutter 7. Powder the roasted black pepper and jeera using mortar and pestle 8. On the non-stick pan, add 2 tbsp...

Ingredients:  Rice flour OR Ragi (millet) flour, green chillies, cillantro, curry leaves, coconut, jeera (cumin seeds), yogurt, onion, salt Method: 1. Cut one large onion into small pieces 2. Slice and cut 3 green chillies, cut handful of cillantro and curry leaves into small pieces 3. Mix these ingredients in a bowl: - one cup of rice flour or ragi flour - one tsp of jeera - cut onion, green chillies, curry leaves, cillanto - 1 tbsp coconut and 1tbsp of yogurt - salt  4. Add water little by little and mix till you get the right consistency to make a ball 5. Make many small balls out of the mixture - approx 2" diameter sphere 6. On a non-stick pan, place 1 tsp of oil and place the ball on it. Flatten using your fingers to make a round shape. Make 5-6 holes on them and put little bit of oil on it. 7. Close the lid and turn on stove to med-high heat setting 8. After 1-2 mins, flip it to other side to check if it is done properly. Cook till the ro...

Ingredients: Upma Rava (roasted), green chillies, cillantro, curry leaves, mustard, turmeric, chana daal and urad dal, coconut, oil, and vegetables These are varieties of upma based on combinations of veggies that can be used. Use 1 cup of any of these: 1) onion only   2) bell pepper, carrot, tomato, 1 tbsp grated ginger - add lemon juice at the end 3) semebadnekayi, carrot, and 1 tbsp grated ginger - add lemon juice at the end 4) methi leaves, bell pepper, peas OR just methi leaves - add lemon juice at the end Method: - Cut vegetables, green chillies, and cillantro into small pieces - Place thick non-stick pan on stove (medium heat) and add 2 tbsp of oil - When the oil is hot, add mustard - After mustard sputters, add chana daal, urad daal, turmeric, green chillies - Add vegetables, curry leaves, and stir for sometime  - Add 2 cups of water and close the lid - Once waters starts to boil, add 1 cup of rava - Mix and close the lid for one mi...

Ingredients: potatoes, onion, green chillies, ginger, cillantro, curry leaves, mint leaves, oil, mustard, turmeric, chana daal and urad daal, salt Method: Wash 4 medium sized potatoes and cut each into 4 pieces Boil potatoes in water till it is soft and the skin starts to peel  When cooled, peel the potato skin and mash potatoes in a bowl Chop one onion into small pieces Chop cillantro and mint leaves  Grate one inch of ginger Cut 3 green chillies; first slit in half and then cut to small pieces Place non-stick pan on stove with 2 tablespoons of oil When the oil is hot, add : - half tsp mustard - one tsp of chana and urad daal combined - half tsp turmeric - add onion, ginger, 6-7 curry leaves and chopped mint leaves  Stir till onion is transparent Add salt Add mashed potatoes and mix well  Add cillantro

Ingredients: Thick avalakki (poha), green chillies, cillantro, curry leaves, coconut, oil, salt, mustard, turmeric, cucumber OR (onion, carrot, tomato, bell pepper) Method: Chop 3 green chillies Chop cillantro Grate 1 full cucumber (no need to peel skin) OR cut onion, tomato and bellpepper; and grate carrot Wash and soak 2 cups of avalakki in water Place 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and when hot add the following: - 1/2 tsp mustard - pinch of turmeric - 3 chopped green chillies - curry leaves 6-7 - grated cucumber OR cut onion, bell pepper, carrot and then tomato in this order - stir till the veggies are soft - add salt Now squeeze out any water from avalakki and add to the pan Add 1 tbsp coconut and cillantro

Ingredients: Green chillies, curry leaves, cillantro, ginger, hing, tamarind, coconut, hurgadle, peanuts, salt Method: Roast a handful of peanuts and peel the skin Grind these ingredients: 5 green chillies 1 inch ginger (grated) half bunch cillantro few curry leaves roasted peanuts 1 tbsp hurgadle 2 tbsp coconut 1/2 tsp hing 1/4 tsp tamarind salt

Ingredients : Idli rava Urad daal Method: Wash and soak 1 cup of urad daal for 4 hours Soak 1 and 3/4 cups of idli rava Grind the urad daal first with very less water and make a smooth paste When it is smooth, add idli rava to the mixer and let it grind for 5 minutes Place the paste in a container and add 1 tsp of salt Cover the container and place in warmer Takes 12 hours to ferment