Methu vadai | Urad dal Vada

Methu/ Urad dal vada with step by step pictures.

Methu vada is one of the famous street food in south India. You can find this vada is all hotels, tea shops and eat outs. It tastes delicious when served hot with sambar and chutney. Pongal with this methu vada is an unbeatable combo.
 Let us see how to make this.

Poori with potato curry

Ingredients:

1.wheat flour

2.salt-1 tsp

3.oil to fry.

4.water

Method:

mix salt into the wheat flour well.then add water little by little and make a soft dough.in end add little oil to dough and keep covered for 1 hrs.

In a platform take a small portion& spread with the roti maker.

if u wish to get perfect circle cut using a lid of a vessel else make roll small circles with it.

heat oil in pan & fry ur poori on both side.

the best side dish is potato curry.

Ingredients:

potato

tomato small

green chilli

ginger garlic paste- 1tsp

onion

fennel seed-little

mustard to temper

coriander leaf,oil,turmeric pwdr-little.

salt.

method:

boil potato,remove the skin  and smash well

in a kadai add oil,followed by mustard,fennel seed, onion,ginger garlic paste,tomato.saute little then add smashed potato.

Then add little turmeric,salt & sprinkle some water and cook.

ur potato curry is ready.

Easy evening snack with sooji

 

The things needed for this is very simple and it is sure in all house.

Ingredients:

sooji/rava- 1cup
sugar to taste
water
oil to fry

Method:

Mix sooji with sugar.add little water and make a dough equivalent to that of vadai's.

heat oil,make small ball ,press between palm and fry it.

Your evening snack is ready.hope u will try.

Aappam without yeast( with a small video)

Apart from  idli / dosai ,appam takes third place in the order of our breakfast.We can have it with any spicy veg or non-veg curry or simply with  sweetened coconut milk.

Horsegram dosai/ idli

Horsegram is a grain which is very healthy. For people who want to reduce weight consume this grain more often. It makes you filling with its fiber content and gives more power. It is fed to horse and I don't need to say its strength. This recipe I tried from dishesfrommykitchen. it came out well. Here I have not used urad dal as the original recipe didn't/ But I will try with dal and post later if I do.

Urad dal porridge/Uzlluntha kangee

Ingredients:

1.urad dall with black skin-1/2 cup
2.rice- 1/2 cup
3.moong dal-2 tbsp
4.fenugreek-1 tsp
5 garlic- 1 full one
6.salt to taste

Method.

Peel the skin of all garlic.
wash all the thing well and cook in pressure cooker with 3 cup water for 4-5 whistle.open ,if it smash well  pour hot water to the required thickness u need.put salt for ur taste.
ur kanchee is ready.serve with thoviyal

FOR THOVIYAL

dry roast 2 red chilli with coconut,2 garlic pods,curry leaf.grind to coarse with little tamarind and salt.

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