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Colour of Tomatoes always attracts me. Here they meet the unripe one's for Click Natural.

Last Sunday i tasted this Green Tomato Dal in Anjappar Restaurant nearby. So it tempted me a lot to try so fast. here the recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Chana Dal-1/4 cup
2. Green Tomatoes-4
3. Red chilli-3
4. Onion-1
5. Salt
6. Turmeric powder

Method:

Pressure Cook the Chana Dall for upto 4 whistles and keep it aside. now in a kadai, heat a spoon of oil, add mustard, curry leaves and dry red chilli's. on frying it, add sliced onions and fry well. now add the pieces of green tomatoes and fry, add salt and saute for a minute. now add the boiled chana dall and mix well. add a cup of water and let the green tomatoes to get cooked. add little salt and turmeric powder and mix well. after they are cooked, garnish it with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

It has been long since i wrote a post. It's because we were all affected by Flu. And before the Flu, i was busy in organising summer Event's at our apartment among our apartment kid's. It was really fun in organising those events for those budding one's. They are all so intrested in cooking..so as a part of the event, we celebrate tuesday's as Treat Tuesday's. Kid's will be helping me in cooking and we all eat it togeather. so iam just going back to my chidhood by these event's.

So Far we have tried
1.Chinese Style Idly Upma
2.Paneer Cheese Sandwitch
3.Rava Poli
4.Butter Milk

Iam Just Sharing the Rava Poli Recipe Here.

Required Items for Rava Kesari(Stuffing):
1. Rava- 1 Cup
2. Sugar- 1 Cup
3. Ghee- 1/4 Cup
4. Water- 1 1/4 cup

Ghee roasted Chashew pieces and Raisins.

Required Items for Poli:
1. Maida- 1 CUP
2. Atta- 1/4 cup
3. Salt- a pinch

Knead the dough with hot water and a spoon of oil and keep it seperate. Prepare rava kesari in your own way. i roasted the rava and i added sugar and hot boiling water to the rava and i mixed well. now make a thick basket like shape out of the kneaded dough and place the rava kesari ball's. place fried cashew's and raisin's before placing rava kesari and also above the rava kesari. close the basket and roll it as we do for paratha's. fry it in hot pan. use ghee to fry.

Kid's thouroughly enjoyed preparing these..what happened is..they started to finish the rava kesari very fast..i could only save a little for the stuffing:)

the cashews and raisins certainly add up the taste. this poli can be prepared within 15 minutes. so ideal for sudden guests. try it and let me know.

East or West.....South or North..every where there are dosa's rushing for Srivalli's Dosa Mela.. http://cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com/2008/03/announcing-dosa-mela-with-celebration.html
my dosa's are also on the track..

This dosa is based on a green leaf called as Mudakatraan/Mudakathaan. It is rich in calcium,Vitamin A and Vitamin C. Since this generates body heat. it should not be consumed often..as we do with other leafs. It helps in aiding joint aches on our knees,hips and backaches. its just a medicine in the form of dosa's. it also cures constipation problems. this Leaf tastes very bitter..when i tasted..it was bitter than neem leaves. it can be cooked either in the form of dosa's or in the form of vada's. but on these forms..you cannot feel the bitterness. Now coming to the method of preparing..Just the leafs has to be grinded well into a thick paste and then it should be mixed well with the dosa batter. allow it ferment and prepare dosa's normally.


Mudakatraan dosa with Tomato Kara chutney. chutney recipe from Nirmala's blog..
http://passionatetrials.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/mudakathaan-keerai-dosai-for-srivallis-dosa-mela/
absolute match for the dosa..thanks Niramala for sharing.


Other Mudakatraan Keerai Dosa post by kamalahttp://adupankarai.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post_28.html

How it Tasted?
It was so00 tasty. if you get a chance of trying this..please don't miss. According to me the taste was little similar to pesarat.

Just try these paneer stuffed paratha's..and fall in love with their taste. Grate the paneer, add little salt and finely chopped green chilli's. mix well and form as small ball's. Now in Chapathi flour ball's , place the paneer ball in the centre and close all the side's and roll them. fry it on dosa tava.

Serve it with Raitha or with Pickle.

A simple yet a delicious paratha.

These Bitter Gourd Baskets in White Thick gravy goes to creative pooja's Vegetable of the week(Bitter Gourd) http://creativepooja.blogspot.com/2008/02/vegetable-of-week-with-some-revised.html#rules

These Bitter guards Needed a gravy for a company. Thus I gave a Rich White Gravy to my BGB(Bitter Gourd Baskets).

Grated Coconut-5 spoons
Poppy seeds-1 spoon
Cashews-6
Pattai/Cinnamon-1 small piece
Cloves-2
Cardamon-1
Fennel-1/4 spoon
Green Chilli-1
Salt

Grind the above into a paste. Heat a spoon of oil in a kadai.when heated, add 1/4 spoon mustard..when it pops..add curry leaves and 2 vertically slitted green chillis. Now add a onion and fry them well.. after frying add the grinded paste and mix well. let it boil and add the Bitter Guard baskets. Serve it with Rice/Chapathi.

Note: Just Follow Your Kuruma Recipe here.
a small recap...

Bitter Gourds are cut into cubical shapes. they are de-seeded leaving the botton most seeds..so that it will be in basket form to hold the stuffing. Boiled Potatoes are mashed well. Green Chilli(finely chopped) and cumin powder can be added to the mashed potato. with a help of small spoon..the mashed potato is filled inside the basked. now they are fried in the oil. first the bottom part of the basket is fried, then on sides and on the top. Now these baskets can be put on the gravy on the whole or by cutting into slices.

How it Tasted: It tasted So Different and Nice. It was lightly bitter,where the potato came as a relief. and it was so heavy too..Normally we can't eat more than 3 baskets.

Thank You all for suggesting me the stuffing combo's. I will pick the best idea's from every one. soon you can see me posting bitter gourd stuffs.

When I want to prepare a stuffing..Nothing Came to my mind except potatoes. I boiled them..peeled the skin..mashed well..i added chilli powder and jeera powder. mashed it well. With the help of small spoon i kept the filling inside the Bitter Gourd Basket.


Then i had two choices before me..one is boiling the stuffed Bitter Gourd Baskets(BGB) and the another is frying them in the oil.
If BGB is let to boil in water..it may loose its colour and the filling may split. so i preferred to fry them.


First i made those BGB sit in the oil kadai. so that the basement gets fried first. and then on the sides..Did you notice that..one basket went missing.
yes..one basket was dipped in besan flour+rice flour(bajji maavu/Fritter flour) for a trial. it came out very crispy and tasty.this basket can be cut into slices of Ring and made as fritters..but here i did not want them as a Starter..i wanted to prepare a side-dish for Rice using this BGB. Thus the remaining were Fried.

What kind of gravy will suit best for this Baskets to sit?

Bitterness in life.."who would like to prefer?" You know only if you go through such bittery times you will know the value of life and the value of sweet. I have realized, after bitterness there is going to be some Nice things that are to occur.

Coming To the Topic..I enjoyed playing with these Bitter Gourd's last Sunday. I have tasted this Dish in a restaurant in Bangalore. From then i was thinking to try..but i could'nt. when pooja announced Bitter Gourd as the Vegetable of the Week..i Jumped into the pool.

Here Displaying with what I played and had a Good Time and Good Lunch:)

2 Bitter Gourd's Cutted into pieces

With a knife i deseeded them leaving the bottom part to look like a basket..

One more view of my Bitter Gourd Basket(BGB)

Now I want you all to participate in the game..what all could be stuffed inside this Bitter Gourd Basket?