Mixed Batter Paniyaram

     As a routine work, will start banging my head to find out the dinner dish. I should day that was a BIG banging day. Yes, i was running out of Idly/Dosai Batter and even the wheat flour. I got a cup of idly batter, another cup of Adai batter and a cup of wheat flour. As my DH is not lover of Upma varieties so am totally clueless on what to prepare for our dinner having with the leftovers alone. Suddenly i called my friend and was asking her to suggest something for dinner. As my savior, she gave this idea and am totally relieved. Here comes my new excavated recipe.

ALL YOU NEED:

Idly Batter	1 cup
Adai Batter	1 cup
Wheat Flour	1 cup
Chopped Onion	1 No.
Chopped Ginger	2 spoons
Bengal Gram	3 spoons
Green Chilly	2 Nos.
Cumin Seeds	1 spoon
Curry Leaf	2 Twigs
Urad Dhall	4 spoons
Mustard	1/2 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	4 spoons

METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, mix wheat flour with water by adding pinch of salt. Make sure there is no lumps. Now add both left over batters i.e. idly and adai batter, Mix well. Let it sit for a while. Heat 2 spoons of oil in a pan, add mustard, when it cracks, add urad dhall, bengal gram. When it turns golden brown, add chopped ginger, green chilly and curry leaf. Saute for 1 min. Now add fine chopped onion and pinch of salt. Saute until it becomes translucent. Once done, add cumin seeds, give quick stir and put off the flame. Let it cool. Meantime, heat paniyaram pan by adding some oil in each holes. Now add onion mixture to the batter and give hard stir. Adjust with salt. When the paniyaram pan, gets heated, pour the batter to the each holes occupying 3/4 of the holes. Cover it with a lid for 2 mins. Now toss it carefully to the other side. Let it be in medium flame until it gets cooked. Once done take out from the pan and serve hot with chutney.

♬ 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 ♬

Mushroom Peanut Gravy

     It was a dinner time, thought of making chapati for dinner but what to do for sidedish. Asual opened the fridge and was standing infront of time for long time. Finally, got some 5 mushrooms, half capsicum and some fresh groundnut. Decided to do some dish using those leftovers. Added all the inhouse and in hand masalas and here come the outcome, which had heavenly taste.

ALL YOU NEED:

Mushroom	5 Nos.
Peanut	1/2 cup
Ginger Garlic Paste	1 spoon
Coriander Powder	1 spoon
Chopped Coriander	3 spoons
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Chilly Powder	To Taste
Chopped Tomato	1 No.
Chopped Onion	2 Nos.
Garam Masala	1/2 spoon
Curry Leaf	6 Nos.
Cumin Seeds	1/2 spoon
Capsicum	1/2 cup
Mustard	1/2 spoon
Salt	To taste
Oil	2 spoons

To Grind:

Coconut	1/4 cup
Fennel Seeds	1 spoon
Cardamon	1 No.

METHOD:
     Grind the items listed under "To Grind" in a mixer by adding few amount of water. Now heat a spoon of oil in a pan, add mustard, cumin seeds. Now add curry leaf, chopped onion, saute it by adding pich of salt. Once done, add ginger garlic paste, when the raw smell goes off, add chopped tomato, saute for 5 mins, now add peanut and mushroom, saute for 2 mins. Now add turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder and garam masala, keep on sauting until raw smell goes off. Once done, pour the grinded mixture, add 1/4 cup of water, adjust with salt. Allow it boil until it reached semi gravy consistency, now add diced capsicum, saute for 5 mins. All done, put off the flame and garnish with chopped fresh coriander leaf. Now serve with some roti or chapathi.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Oats Idly

     Only me being a oats lover in my family, i don't feel like trying variations using oats. But still one day, i was totally blank on what to try for dinner. Suddenly this strikes my mind. Without asking my husband opinion, i started my preparation which is same as Rava Idly and every at home including my lil one enjoyed thoroughly.

ALL YOU NEED:

Instant Oats	1 cup
Wheat Rava	1/2 cup
Sour Curd	1 cup
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Coriander Leaf	2 Twigs
Grated Ginger	1 spoon
Broken Cashews	1/4 cup
Green Chilly	1 No.
Baking Soda	Pinch
Urad Dhall	1 spoon
Mustard	1/2 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 spoon

METHOD:
     Heat a pan, dry roast instant oats (i used Quaker Oats) for 3 mins and set it aside. In the same pan, dry roast wheat rava for 3 mins again. Let it sit for a while. Now powder the roasted oats in a blender and put it in the wide bowl and also mix the roasted wheat rava too. Now heat a spoon of oil in a pan. Once done, add mustard, urad dhall, chopped green chilly, chopped coriander leaf, grated ginger, turmeric powder and broken cashew too. Do fine sauting until it all mixed up and put off the flame. Let it cool down.

    Once done, mix it with oats and wheat rava mixture. Mix well by adding 1 cup of sour curd and required salt. Give hard stir. Let it sit for a a while. If the batter is too thick, add required water. Now add pinch of baking soda, just before you steam the idly. Now grease the idly pan with ghee or oil, pour the batter in the mould and steam it for 10 to 15 mins in simmer. Enjoy hot with Chutneys.

Note: You can also add grated carrot while tempering.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬