Jeera Rasam /Milagu Jeera Rasam with Paruppu Thogayal

Today's recipe is a comforting and ultimate combo,quiet popular in most of the households.Usually this combo is made,the day after a heavy or  party meals as it aids digestion.Also it is considered as a home remedy for cold and cough.Though rasam is a part of everyday meal in South India,this rasam and paruupu thogayal is a divine combo.

This combo is my all time favorite and I make it when no vegetables in stock.In olden days during the monsoon its often made as there were no veggies available.

Coming to the recipe,this simple rasam has so many variations in each households.Some use tomato and rasam powder along with the pepper and cumin powder.This one is my grand mothers version and she used freshly ground spices and a small tomato.In the original recipe,no coriander leaves are used,but for the picture sake I used it.As my kids prefer potato fry with rasam,I served their meal with it.

                                                                      

                                                                                     

                                                                           Jeera Rasam/Milagu Jeera Rasam

                                                              

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15 minutes
   Cooking time 6-7 minutes

   Serves 3

   

  Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Tamarind/puli	big gooseberry size
Tomato(optional)	1 (small size)
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/4 tsp
Salt	1.5 tsp
Oil	1 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	(optional)

   Soak in water and grind coarsely

Ingredient	Quantity
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1.5 tsp
Pepper/milagu	1 tsp
Red chilly/varamilagai	1
Toor dhal/Thuvaram paruppu	1.5 tsp
Coriander seeds/dhaniya	1/4 tsp

   For the tempering

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2 tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch
Curry leaves	few

  Method

• Soak the tamarind in water and extract it.
• Soak the given ingredients in water for 10-15 minutes.Grind it to a coarse paste.In a bowl take tamarind water,add in tomato,salt and squeeze it with hand.Keep it aside

• Take the tamarind water mixture in a pan and put on the flame.Add in turmeric powder and few curry leaves to it.Let it cook for one boil.Now add in the ground paste.

• Let it boil till boil for couple of minutes or till the raw smell disappears.Put off the flame. Heat a separate pan with oil and do the tempering.

• Add in the curry leaves and asafoetida.Add it to the rasam and mix it well.Transfer it to a bowl and close it with lid.

• Serve it with white rice and paruppu thagayal, potato fry along with pappad.

• If you want to add garlic,crush 2 cloves of garlic and add it while the rasam is boiling.
• The rasam should not boil for too long after adding ground paste,otherwise the rasam will be bitter.
• While serving the rasam mix it well and serve.

Enjoy................

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Udupi Tomato Rasam/Tomato Saaru

Starting the 4th and final week of Blogging Marathon #66 with Regional recipes.For the regional theme I chose to share some of the Karnataka dishes.Today's recipe is a simple yet comforting rasam.We make rasam in a slightly different way and the rasam powder uses lot of black pepper.Also we grind the the rasma powder to a bit coarse consistency.
But this rasam powder doesn't need any black pepper and the flavor and taste comes from the red chilly and coriander seeds.And the powder needs to be powdered to a fine powder.Lets move on to the recipe................

                                                 

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15 -20minutes
   Cooking time 10 minutes

   Serves 3

   

  Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Tomato	2 (medium size)
Toor dhla/thuvaram paruppu	2 tbs
Tamarind/puli	big gooseberry size
Saaru podi	2 tbs
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/4 tsp
Salt	1.5 tsp
Oil	1 tbs
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	roughly chopped

   To make Saaru podi/rasam powder

Ingredient	Quantity
Coriander seeds/dhaniya	4 tbs
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1.5 tbs
Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam	1.5 tsp
Dried red chilly/varamilagai	7-8
Curry leaves/karivepillai	2-3 sprigs
Asafoetida/perungayam	1/4 tsp
Desiccated coconut powder	1 tbs(optional)
Oil	few drops

   For the tempering

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch
Dried red chilly/varamilagai	1(broken)

  Method

• Cook the toor dhal in a pressure cooker for 4-5 whistles with enough water.After cooking mash the dhal with 1/2 cup of water and keep it aside.f the tomatoes are not soft and mushy,pulse it in a blender and keep it aside.
• Heat a pan with few drops of oil and roast the coriander seeds,cumin seeds,red chilly,fenugreek seeds and dried coconut till a nice aroma comes out.Add in the curry leaves and fry it till it becomes crisp.Add in the asafoetida and put off the flame.After cooling grind it to fine powder.

• In a bowl take the crushed or blended tomatoes and to this add the tamarind paste,mashed toor dhal,saaru podi and salt .Then add in the some water mix it well.

• Add coriander leaves and green chilly,keep it on the stove top and allow it to boil.Meanwhile do the tempering with the ingredients and add it to the boiling rasam.Let it cook for a minute,add some chopped coriander leaves and put off the flame. 

• Serve it with white rice along with some veggie fry and pappad.

• While serving the rasam mix it well and serve as it tends to settle.
• The saaru podi can be made in bulk and store it in an air tight container.

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Simple Everyday South Indian Thali - Egg Pepper Fry /Muttai Milagu Varuval

Starting the second week of blogging marathon #91 with mini thali as theme.Today's version of thali is an interesting one and make it whenever I  have no stock of veggies except onion and tomato.

The thali has
1.Steamed basmathi rice
2.Whole moong dhal fry
3.Rasam
4.Egg pepper fry (recipe follows)
5.Homemade vathal (fryums)
6.Onion Pakora
7.Curd
8.Pickle

Egg pepper fry is a semi dry and quick dish,you can make in it less than 15 minutes,if the eggs are boiled.This fry tastes excellent with simple rasam or dhal rice.

                                                          

                                                           

                                         Egg Pepper Fry / Muttai Milagu Varuval

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15 minutes
   Cooking time 15 minutes

   Serves 3

   

 Ingredients

 

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Boiled eggs	4-5
Onion(finely chopped)	1 (medium size)
Tomato(finely chopped)	1 tbs
Ginger&Garlic paste	1 tsp
Coriander powder/dhaniya podi	1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder/milagi podi	1/4 tsp
Garam masala powder	a pinch
Turmeric powder	1/4 tsp
Green chilly/pachamilagai	1(slit lengthy)
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Red chilly/varamilagai(optional)	1(broken)
Salt	1.5 tsp
Oil	2 - 3 tsp
Coriander leaves(finely chopped)	2 tbs

   

 For Dry roast and powder

Ingredient	Quantity
Fennel  seeds/sombu	1 tsp
Black pepper/milagu	1 tsp

 Method 

• Boil the eggs in boiled water with a pinch of salt.One its done remove the shell and make some slits on the egg and keep it aside.

• Heat a pan on a stove top and dry roast the fennel seeds and black pepper till a rice aroma comes out.After cooling coarsely powder it and keep it aside.

• In a  pan,heat the oil ,add in the chopped onion,green chilly,red chilly and curry leaves.Saute it with a pinch of  salt until translucent.

• Add in the ginger& garlic paste and fry it for a minute.Add in the chopped tomato and mix it well.Cook it until mushy,add in all the spice powders and salt.Give it a mix and sprinkle a tbs of water.Cook it for a minute.

• Now add in the boiled eggs and mix it well,now add in the freshly ground fennel and pepper powder.Mix it well and keep it on the flame  for 2 minutes.Add in the chopped coriander leaves and put off the flame.

• Serve it warm with rasam rice or dhal rice.

• The eggs can be halved and added.
• The spices given is for a medium spice level.Alter it according to personal preference.
• Here I used,just a tbs of chopped tomato as i wanted the fry to be semi dry.If you want gravy then add a tomato to get the desired consistency.

Enjoy...............................

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No Onion and Garlic Thali /Festive Thali

Third day thali is a special auspicious day or festival thali made in special occasions in our households.Mostly this thali is made on amavasay,karthigai and other special occasions and no onion,garlic is used.Also some of the specific type of country vegetables are only supposed to cook.Freshly ground masala powders are used to make sambar and other dishes.


The thali has
1.White rice
2.Avarakkai(broad beans) arachivitta samabar
3.Rasam
4.Vazhakkai Podimas(recipe follows)
5.Mochaikkai Masala curry(recipe follows)
6.Paasiparuppu/moong dhal payasam
7.Ulundu/urad dhal Vada
8.Thayir/yogurt

Vazhakkai Podimas

Coming to the vazhakkai podimas,its a dry curry and a great accompaniment for spicy kuzhambhu and sambar.This podimas can be made with or without onion also turmeric powder is added in some house holds,we don't add it and keep it in white color.Use a well matured raw banana/vazhakkai for this podimas.The tender ones will turned out mushy and it won't taste good.

                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                    

                    Vazhakkai /Raw Banana Podimas

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 20 minutes
   Cooking time 10-12 minutes

   Serves 3(generously)

  Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Vazhakkai/raw banana	2 (medium size)
Green chilly/pacahamilagai	2-3(finely chopped)
Ginger/inji	1 tsp(finely chopped)
Coconut(grated)	3-4 tbs
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Salt	1 tsp
Oil	2 tsp

 For the tempering

Ingredient	Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1 tsp
Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu	1.5 tsp
Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu	1 tbs
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch

  

   Method 

• Cut the raw banana into two and cook it in a boiling water till it becomes tender.Remove it from the water immediately.After cooling peel the skin and grate it with a grater and keep it aside.

• Heat the oil in a pan,once it becomes hot do the tempering with the ingredients.Add in the chopped ginger,green chilly and curry leaves.Add in the grated coconut and mix it well.Add in the grated vazhakkai/raw banana and mix it well.Simmer it for couple of minutes and stir in between.Put off the flame.

• Serve it along with rice and kulambhu or sambar

Mochai Masala Curry/Mochai Curry

Fresh mochai curry is often made during the season ans here frozen ones are available in the market and often I make it for our lunch.This curry tastes awesome with simple rasam and curd rice.Here I made it in a dry version,if you want a semi dry version add one more tomato and increase the amount of coconut while grinding.

     

                                                                      

                                                            

                             Mochai /Field beans Masala Curry

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 20 minutes
   Cooking time 12-15 minutes

   Serves 3(generously)

  Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Mochai/field beans/sruti papdi lilva	1.5 cups(fresh /frozen)
Tomato(finely chopped)	1(small size)
Cumin seeds	1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/8 tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Salt	1 tsp
Oil	2 tsp

 Grind to a fine paste

Ingredient	Quantity
Coconut	3- 4 tbs
Red chilly/varamilagai	3-4
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1 tsp
Ginger/inji	1/2 inch piece

  

   Method 

• Pressure cook the mochai with a pinch of salt for 2 whistles in a pressure cooker.Drain the excess water after the pressure subsides and keep it aside.Grind the given ingredients to a fine paste and set it aside.

• Heat the oil in a pan,crackle the cumin seeds and add in the chopped tomato and curry leaves.Saute it until the tomato is mushy.Add in the cooked mochai and give it a mix.Now to this add the ground paste,salt and turmeric powder.

• Mix it well,cook it covered in a medium flame for 5 minutes.Mix it well and simmer it for 2-3 minutes or until the desired consistency is reached.Put off the flame and sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves if needed.

                                                                                                         

                                                                                    

             

Enjoy...............................

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Chicken Uppu Varuval/Kozhi Uppu Varuval

Uppu Varuval is a Chettinadu delicacy that can be made with either chicken or mutton.A simple dry preparation uses only dried red chillies and some basic spices.

Shallots and the red chillies enhances the taste and flavor of the recipe.Shallots tastes best for this preparation but regular onion also makes wonder.

This spicy curry couples up great with simple rasam or curd rice but with pulao too.This fry takes only 30 minutes to cook and tastes better when it is served hot.Also the red chilly in the fry goes very well with curd rice.

                                                                    

                                                           
                                        Chicken Uppu Varuval/Kozhi Uppu Varuval

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 20 minutes
   Marination time 30 minutes

   Cooking time 30-35 minutes

   Serves 4(generously)

   

  Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Chicken( boneless)	1.5 lbs
Shallots(thinly sliced)	10-15
Tomato(finely chopped)	1 medium size
Garlic/poondu(finely chopped)	7-8 cloves
Ginger/inji (pounded)	2 tsp
Red chilly/varamilagi	8-9(broken)
Turmeric powder	1/4 tsp
Garam Masala powder	1/4 tsp
Fennel seeds/sombu	1/2 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai	2-3 sprigs
Lemon juice	2 tsp
Salt	1.5 tsp
Oil	2 tbs
Coriander leaves(chopped)	2 tbs

 Roast and Grind

Ingredient	Quantity
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2 tsp
Black pepper/milagu	1/2 tsp

 For the marination

Ingredient	Quantity
Red chilly powder	1/4 tsp
Ginger&garlic paste	1 tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/8 tsp
Salt	1/4 tsp

  Method 

• Wash and clean the chicken and cut into bite size pieces.Add the ingredients given for marination to the chicken and mix it well.Keep it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

• Dry roast the cumin and pepper in a medium flame till nice aroma comes out.Put off the flame and powder it coarsely.

• Now in a pan heat the oil and crackle the fennel seeds.Add the chopped onion/shallots,garlic,pounded ginger and curry leaves.Saute it with a pinch of salt till transparent.Add in the broken red chillies and fry it for a minute.

• Add the chopped tomato and cook it until soft.Add in the marinate chicken.

• Saute it for 4-5 minutes or till the chicken is half cooked.Now goes in the salt and garam masala powder,give it a mix.

• Add around a cup of water and cook it covered for 5-6 minutes or till the chicken is tender.

• Once the chicken is completely cooked remove the lid and cook it uncovered till all the moisture evaporates.Now add in the ground cumin and pepper powder,coriander leaves,lemon juice.Mix it well and put off the flame.

• Serve it warm with rasam or curd rice.

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Enjoy.............

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