Adai is a traditional South Indian recipe. Its similar to dosa, but the ingredients used for making it has a good combination of rice and lentil varieties. Its served with tomato chutney, Jaggery or Avial. Out of these, Avial makes a great combo. A perfect Kerala Delight!

For Adai

Ingredients:

How to make it:

Wash and soak rice, channa dhal, toor dhal and urad dhal for about 2 1/2 hours. Grind it coarsely with red chillies, ginger, asafoetida powder and salt. Add very little water while grinding. The batter should be thick. Divide the batter into two. To one part of the batter, add the onions, fennel seeds and few curry leaves. To the second portion add the spinach and few curry leaves. Heat a dosa griddle or a non-stick pan, add some spinach batter and spread like a semicircle. Pour the onion batter and make the other half of the circle. Add enough oil around the adai. Once it turns light brown, turn to the other side and cook until done. Serve with Avial.
Can i name this 2-in-1 adai? The adai came out nice and crisp, the taste was wonderful and trying two varieties at once always makes the meal satisfying.

For Avial

Ingredients:

How to make it:

Chop the vegetables lengthwise and steam in an idli cooker until half done. Grind coconut, green chillies and jeera into a paste. Add it with the yogurt and mix it well. In a pan, add the steamed vegetables, yogurt mix, salt and 1/2 cup water and bring it to a boil. Add coconut oil and curry leaves and cook until the gravy thickens. Serve hot.

A nice and easy to make chocolate cookies minus eggs. I usually make butter cookies with just 4 ingredients in them - flour, sugar, butter and Baking soda. This time thought of making something different from the usual and tried adding some chocolate to it. The result - These colourful and tasty chocolateee cookies. Makes a colourful Holiday treat!

Mix All purpose flour, Sugar and baking soda together. Now add butter and vanilla essence and mix well to form a dough. If it doesn't form a soft dough, add milk in drops. Do not add too much as the dough might become sticky. Now add the shredded chocolate and mix it evenly. Dust a flat surface with some flour and roll the cookie dough flat with a rolling pin. Cut out the required shape and decorate with M&M's by slightly pressing it on the dough. Bake at 350 degree Fahrenheit for about 12-15 minutes or until done. Enjoy! .....

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Making flowers... For those who think making flowers is not so easy... Here it is! A step by step instruction for making a lovely Rose flower with fabric. I'm sending this craft idea for Illatharasi's Flowers with Fabric- November event.

How to make it:

Cut some square bits out of the cloth (approx 2 in * 2 in) for making petals. Use little more for bigger flowers. Follow the direction in fig. A, fig. B and fig. C for making the petals.

Keep one petal without folding for making the center bud. Now take the string and cut the required length. Fold one end of the string as shown in fig. D. Using the reserved square bit, cover the top of the string completely and tie with a thread.

Now take the petals and arrange one by one surrounding the center bud, tying with the thread as in fig. F. Usually the rose is made with 7 or 9 petals. Roll the green sticky tape over the metal string as in fig. G and attach the leaves. For the bud, Take some cloth and roll around the top of the string 2 or 3 times and tie it with a thread as in fig. E. The rose flower is now ready to decorate any place.

An easy, crispy, crunchy and spicy evening snack with home made croutons.


Ingredients:

How to make it:

Mix softened butter, garlic paste and dried parsley in a small bowl. Spread the butter on the bread slices evenly. Now cut the bread into small cubes with a scissors and bake it at 300 degrees until it turns light brown. In a pan, heat oil and fry the onions until golden brown. Then add green peppers and fry until the peppers are half done. Add the corriander leaves, Ginger, crushed red hot pepper or green chillies and salt. Add little garam masala if preferred. Add the croutons and mix it well. I kept some of the croutons without mixing with the veggies just to eat it as such. I arranged it in a cabbage bowl and decorated it with some shredded carrots. To my surprise, just the bowl is left out! It tasted so good that we all loved it, especially My kid !

I'm sending this recipe to Pallavi for her event Sunday Snacks- Fix it


Also I'm sending in my Eggless Carrot cake recipe for JFI: Carrots hosted by The cooker.
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Brussels sprouts are leafy green buds which looks like miniature of cabbage. They are rich in Folic acid, Dietary fiber, Vitamin A and Vitamin C. Brussels sprouts usually grow during winter and so they always have a special part in holiday recipes in the form of salads, Stir-fry and roasted. Coming to cooking Brussels sprouts in indian style, Its always delicious when made as a gravy and can be served with any type of indian bread or rice. The purpose of making it as a gravy is to avoid the distinctive smell which most of us feel unpleasant. I'm sending this recipe to Vegan Ventures, Round 2 hosted by Suganya of Tasty palettes.

Wash the Brussels sprouts in running water and slit open the bulb ends like "X". This helps in steaming the bulbs evenly. Steam the Brussels sprouts for about 7 minutes in a idli cooker until half done. Meanwhile, puree tomatoes, red chillies and cashew in a blender. Add little water if required. Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, Fennel seeds and onions. Fry for a while and then add Ginger garlic paste. When onion turns light brown, add the tomato puree, sabji masala, sugar and salt and cook until raw smell goes off. Add the brussels sprouts and cook until the oil separates. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with your choice of bread or rice.










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A colourful and easy to make side dish for rotis and parathas. Even goes good with dosa, idlis and upma.

How to make it:

Heat oil in a pan, add fennel seeds, jeera, cardamom and onions and fry until onion turns golden brown. Now add the tomatoes and bell pepper and cook for a minute. The capsicum gets cooked usually in the juice of tomatoes, if not add a little of water. Add chilli powder, corriander powder, garam masala, salt and sugar and cook until the oil separates. Garnish with chopped corriander leaves.