Ragi Semiya Upma

     Its an another add on to my new addiction Millets. Yes, today its going to be our longtime traditional ragi/foxtail millets semiya upma. I should say this is my chilldhood favorite dish which i can gobble anytime both either in sweet or savory form. Today’s post is going to be my first attempt on savory Upma.

ALL YOU NEED:

Ragi Semiya	2 cups
Chopped Onion	1 No.
Chopped Tomato	1/2 No.
Coriander Leaf	To Garnish
Grated Coconut	1/4 cup
Green Chilly	3 Nos.
Curry Leaf	5 Nos.
Bengal Gram	1 spoon
Cumin Seeds	1/4 spoon
Urad Dhall	1 spoon
Salt	To Taste

METHOD:
     Take 2 cups of ragi semiya in a wide bowl. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of water and mix well. Cover it and let it sit for 5 minutes. When time is up, take a wide idly plate, cover the upper portion of the plate by wet cloth. Transfer the ragi semiya on to it. Place the plate into the idly pan and steam it for 10 to 15 minutes.

     Meantime, heat a spoon of oil in a pan, add mustard. When it splutters, add a spoon of both urad dhall and channa dhall. When it turns golden brown, add chopped onion, slited green chilli, curry leaf, saute it by adding pinch of salt. Add chopped tomato, saute it for 5 mins. Now add the steamed semiya, mix well with the mixture. Adjust with salt. As a final touch, add grated coconut and chopped coriander leaf.

Note: You can also add veggies as per your choice. I added only carrots.

- Sangeetha Nambi

Quinoa Tomatobath

     Before start telling about my recipe. Since it been more than 2 years, I would like to say my very BIG Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii to you. Hope you all doing good and enjoy blogging ! It was a bit multitasking time for past 2 years, totally engaged with kids, travelling, functions and sooo onnnn. Finally got settled down (hopefully) and planned to resume my most favorite work BLOGGING. As a final note another big thanks to all my friends, who were keep on asking resume blogging. Once again Thanks and Sorry to all of you ! :)
     Before starting with my today's recipe, actually i must say this as "come back" recipe. Ok, Can you guess my recent craze ??!! Can u ??!! No !! How do u know, if i came back after very big 2 years gap. True, let myself tell. Its MILLETS. Yes, just started with quinoa (actually its not a millet though) and barnyard millet. Ofcourse, lot more millets in queue. With this note, tried a very quick, tasty dish - QUINOA TOMATOBATH.

ALL YOU NEED:

Quinoa	1 cup
Water	3 cups
Chopped Onion	1 No.
Chopped Tomato	2 Nos.
Chopped Garlic	5 Nos.
Chopped Ginger	1 inch
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Coriander Leaf	1/2 cup
Chilly Powder	1 sp
Green Chilly	2 Nos.
Mint Leaf	1/2 cup
All Spices*	1 sp
Mustard	1 sp
Salt	To taste
Ghee	1 sp
Oil	3 sps

*All Spices includes Cinnamon, Cardamon, Fennel seeds, Cumin seeds and Cloves.

METHOD:
     Soak Quinoa for more than 30 to 35 mins. Wash and drain the water. Take a pan, as i have taken 1 cup of quinoa, pour 3 cups of water (1:3 ratio) and pinch of salt. Cover it with lid. Let it cook until it absorbs all the water, which will take approximately 15 to 18 mins.
     Keep a wide pan, add a spoon of ghee and 3 spoons of oil. Once it gets heated, add mustard. When it splutters, add all spices, slited green chilly, coriander leaf, mint leaf, chopped garlic and ginger. Saute for 3 mins. Now add chopped onions, saute for 4 mins. Now add chopped tomato, turmeric powder, red chilly and required salt. Saute well until it oil oozes out. Simmer the flame. Now add the cooked quinoa, mix well with the mixture. Adjust with salt. Garmish with coriander leaf as a final touch.

Note: You can substitute Quinoa with any kind of cooked millets and rice.

♬ Sangeetha Nambi ♬

Easy Kadai Vegetable

     It was a dinner night, was struggling and banging my head to prepare a very SIMPLE but tasty sidedish for roti. Literally surfed net for more than 30 mins. I couldn't find any which suits my tag word "SIMPLE and TASTY". Suddenly an idea flashed and concluded on this tasty crunchy Kadai Vegetable. Luckily had all veggies in stock and even the masalas. To be frank, it was a super dooper hit for roti. Here comes my SIMPLE & TASTY dish for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Mixed Veggies	2 cups
Chopped Onion	2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato	1 No.
Garam Masala Powder	1/2 spoon
Ginger Garlic Paste	1/2 spoon
Coriander Powder	1 spoon
Coriander Leaf	To garnish
Chilly Powder	3/4 spoon
Cumin Powder	1/2 spoon
Cumin Seeds	1/4 spoon
Red Chilly	1 No.
Mustard	1/2 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	2 spoons

METHOD:
     Clean the chopped veggies( i used beans, carrot, mushroom, potato and finally capsicum). Heat 2 spoons of oil in pan, add mustard, cumin seeds and red chilly. Saute. Now add chopped onion, saute by adding pinch of salt. Once it becomes translucent, add ginger garlic paste, once the raw smell goes off, add all the powders (coriander, red chilly, garam masala and cumin powder). add all veggies except capsicum, saute well by sprinkling some water. Cover the pan with lid. Let it be in medium flame, until all the veggies gets cook. Once done, open the lid, saute it by adding diced capsicum and let the excess water goes off. As a final touch, garnsih with coriander leaf and serve hot with roti.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬