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Tomato dal

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Ingredients : Tuvar dal  - 1 Bowl Tomatoes - 1/4 kg Salt as per taste, Chilli powder - 2 Teaspoons Tamarind pulp one teaspoon Turmeric powder one pinch Seasoning -  Mustard seeds, urad dal, jeera, methi seeds, chana dal each of one teaspoon, dry red chillies - 3, asoefitida one pinch Curry leaves few Oil for seasoning Green chillies slotted into two -2 Coriander leaves one small bunch Method of preparation : 1. Clean the tuvar dal with water. 2. Add tomato pieces , green chillies ,dal keep in a pressure cooker. 3. Make seasoning with above given ingredients 4. After the dal is cooked well,  add some water if needed , mash it till it become soft cook it. 5. Add turmeric powder, salt, tamarind pulp, chilli powder. 6. Add the seasoning to the dal, and add curry leaves and coriander leaves too , cook till all the ingredients mix up well for few secs. Tip for tasty dal - Add more coriander leaves to get good taste.

Usiri kaya aavakaya ( Amla pickle)

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Ingredients : Amla - 1 kg Salt -  200 g ms Chilli powder -  200 gms Mustard powder - 150 gms Turmeric powder - 1 Tablespoon Oil - 300 gms Method of preparation : 1. Wipe the Amla with a damp cloth. 2. Add oil to a pan and let it get warm , add the Amla to it and cook for few mins until it gets cooked. 3. Then add salt, turmeric powder, mustard powder. 4. Switch off the stove and add  chilli powder to the pickle. 5. Let it  cool , then shift it to a glass jar. 6. You can prepare and add seasoning also tamarind pulp if you choose to.

Panda mirapa ( red chilli) chutney

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Red chillies  - 1kg Salt - 200 gms Tamarind - 200gms Fenugreek powder - 1 Tablespoon Seasoning - Urad dal, chana dal, mustard seeds, jeera each one tablespoon, dry red chillies 5, asoefitida one teaspoon Oil for seasoning Method of preparation : 1. Clean the red chillies with dry cloth. Take out the stems of the mirchi. 2. Cut the mirchi into pieces. 3. Add mirchi, salt, fenugreek powder, tamarind,  grind all the ingredients. 4. Make a seasoning with the above given ingredients. 5. You can add little lemon juice too. 6.You can make seasoning when ever you want to eat the pickle., it will give fresh taste than adding seasoning to the whole pickle.

Pesarakattu :

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Ingredients : Moong dal - 1Cup Salt as per taste Turmeric powder one teaspoon Curry leavers  few Coriander leaves few Chilli powder one teaspoon Seasoning - Mustard seeds , jeera , urad dal one teaspoon each, dry red chillies - 2, asoefitida, garlic two cloves( Optional ). Oil for seasoning Method of preparation : 1. Cook dal in a pressure cooker for three whistles. 2. Add water to the dal ,  make it into pouring consistency, add  turmeric powder , salt,  curry leaves and let it boil for few mins. 3. Make seasoning with above given ingredients and add to the dal. 4.  Lastly add coriander leaves and serve it hot with cooked rice.

Dosakaya pachadi ( Roasted Cucumber chutney)

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Ingredients : Yellow cucumber - 1 Salt as per taste Turmeric powder one teaspoon Seasoning - Urad dal,chana dal, mustard seeds, jeera, methi seeds one teaspoon each, dry red chillies - 3, asoefitida Tamarind pulp one teaspoon Coriander leaves few Oil for seasoning Method of preparation : 1. Put the cucumber directly on the stove. 2. Let the outer layer of cucumber gets fully roasted. 3. Take out the skin of the cucumber. 4. Make seasoning with the above given ingredients with little oil. 5. Put the cucumber, salt , turmeric powder, tamarind pulp, coriander leaves, Hal of the seasoning and grind it coarsely. 6. Add remaining seasoning to the chutney.

Pindi pulihora or ravva pulihora

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Ingredients : Rice ravva  - 1 Glass Salt as per taste Turmeric powder one pinch Lemon juice  - One lemon full Curry leaves few Green chillies splitter three Seasoning - Mustard seeds, jeera, urad dal, chana dal one teaspoon each, red dry chillies - 3, asoefitida one teaspoon, groundnut one tablespoon. Oil for seasoning. Method of preparation  : 1. Boil rice ravva in two glasses of water by adding one teaspoon of oil in it. 2. Let it get cooked fully till water gets evaporated. 3. Make seasoning with above given ingredients . 4. Take a plate or big bowl put the cooked ravva in it. 5. Add curry leaves , seasoning, turmeric powder, salt. 6. Fry the splitted green chillies with seasoning, add it to the cooked ravva. 7. Lastly add lemon juice to the pulihora and serve it hot with some chutney.