Paruppu Boli

PARUPPU BOLI

Ingredients:

For Dough:

Maida - 1 cup

water 

salt to taste

turmeric powder - 1/4 Tsp

oil

For Stuffing:

Channa dal - 1 cup

Jaggery - 3/4th cup

Cardamom powder - 1  tsp

grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Ghee to fry

Method:

- Mix maida, salt and turmeric powder well

- add water to make a dough

- add a handful of oil and make the dough to be in soft elastic texture

- allow that to rest for 2 hours

For Stuffing:

- prepare a syrup by adding little water to jaggery and make a thick syrup

- strain teh syrup to remove the dust and leave it aside

- boil channa dal in a pressure pan for 3 whistles

- using a hand blender smash the channa dal to make a course paste

-  to this add the coconut, cardamom powder and mix well

- add this mixture to the jaggery syrup and allow that to boil  till  they are thick to form balls

To Make Boli:

- take a ball of maida and press that agaist a plate / Roti maker

- now place a ball of the stuffing mixture and cover the mixture to make a ball again

- using your hand roll the boli to as thin as possible ensuring that the stuffing doesnt come out.

Heat a tava

add ghee to it and put one prepared boli

allow it to cook on both the sides until  they are crisp and golden brown

while removing smear them with little ghee.

Ulundu Vadai

URAD DAL VADAI

Ingredients:

urad dal - 1 cup

onions - 2 (finely chopped)

green chillies - 3 (finely chopped)

curry leaves - 10 - 12(finely chopped)

salt to taste

rice flour - 2 tsp

oil - to deep fry

Method:

- soak urad dal for 1 hr

- grind the dal into a fine paste, make sure that not too much of water is added

- add the onions, rice flour, salt, curry leaves and green chillies to the urad dal mixture

- mix well

- heat oil in a kadai

- drop in the vada's and deep fry until crisp, golden brown and cooked

- serve!!

Podi Ammini Urundai

PODI AMMINI URUNDAI

Ingredients:

Rice flour - 1 cup

salt to taste

idli podi - 4 - 5 tsp

onion - 1 chopped

curry leaves - 10 -15

oil - 3 tsp

mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

urad dal - 1 tsp

Method:

- mix rice flour with some salt evenly

- boil water with a tsp of oil 

- add the hot water to the rice flour and mix well until it forms a dough

- make small balls of the rice flour dough and steam it till they are well cooked

- in a pan add oil

- add mustard seeds and urad dal when oil is hot

- add the onions and curry leaves and fry

- when onions are transparent add the rice balls and the podi with some more salt

- fry well

- serve hot!