Soya Curry

SOYA CURRY

Ingredients:
Soya - 1 cup
onions - 2
tomatoes - 2
tamarind - size of 1 small lemon
red chillie powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
salt to taste
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
cloves -2
cinnamon - 1"
bay leaf - 1
cardamom - 2
corriander leaves - 2 - 3 tsp
oil for seasoning
grated coconut - 1/2 cup
green chillie - 2

Method:
- soak the soya over night
- grind the coconut into a fine paste
- make a paste out of tamrind and water
- in a pan add oil
- add the spices - cardamom, cinnamom, bay leaf and cloves
- to it add the chopped onions
- fry til golden brown
- add the chopped tomatoes and fry
- add salt to taste
- add ginger garlic paste
- to this add the green chillies and fry till the raw smell goes off
- now add the red chilie powder, coriander powder, turmeric
- fry well
- to this add the tamarind water and the soaked soya
- leave it to boil for 2 - 3 mins
- to this add the coriander leaves and the coconut paste
- fry well
- close the pan with a lid and then leave it to steam for 2 whistles.Good combination with:- rice
- ragi balls
- chappathi
- dosa/ idli
- puttu

Beetroot Palya

BEETROOT PALYA

This is a Karnataka Dish. Most suitable for rice and chappathi's. When I was looking out for a recipe with beets for chappathi I found this recipe in one of the website. This came out realy awesome and I have just added the same recipe that I found in the site.
Ingredients:Beetroot - 3
Onion - 1
Water - 1 - 2 cups
salt to taste
tamarind juice - 3 - 4 tsbp
Seasoning:
oil - 1 tsp
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
red chillie - 1
channa dal - 2 tbsp
turmeric - 1/2 tsp

For powder:
coriander seeds - 2tbsp
cumin seeds - 2 tsp
red chillies - 4
pepper - 4 - 6
fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
urad dal - 2tsp
channa dal - 2 tsp
cinamon - 1"
cloves - 2
hing - 2 pinches

To grind:
coconut - 1/4 cup
poppy seeds (khus khus) - 1 tbsp
channa dal - 1 tbsp
corriander leaves - a handful
curry leaves - 10 - 12
garlic - 1 pod
Method:
- peel and chop beetroot into small cubes
- boil that in water until its soft
- chop onion finely
- dry roast the ingredients to make powder each seperately.
- grind them into a smooth powder
- grind the ingredients to grind into a fine paste and leave it aside
- in a pan add oil
- then when the oil is hot add the mustard seeds, red chillie, channa dal and turmeric.
- to this add the cooked beetroot.
- add the powder and the finely ground paste
- add the salt and add the tamarind water and leave it to simmer and until it forms to a thick consistancy.

Cucumber (Velarikai) Pachadi

CUCUMBER PACHADI

Ingredients:
Cucumber - 1
red chillies - 4
salt to taste
curd - 1 cup
coconut - 1/2 cup

Method:
- peel the skin of the cucumber and remove the seeds
- grind that along with red chillies, salt, curd and coconut
- grind them into a fine paste
- Serve


This goes well with rice and can also be used as a side dish for vegetable rices.