Moong Dal Halwa

Ingredients:

Moong Dal-----------------------1cup
Milk------------------------------2 n 1/2 cup
Water-----------------------------2 n 1/2 cip
Ghee------------------------------Accordingly(1 n 1/2 to 2 cup)
Sugar----------------------------- 2 n 1/2 cup
Fried Cashew---------------------as per taste
Elachi powder--------------------as per taste

Prcedure:
1)Fry moong dal till the colour changes to brown.
2)In that add 21/2 cup water and cook it in a pressure cooker
3)After it cools add milk to it and grind it to a fine paste
4)Add suagr and stir well,when it start to become thick add ghee and stir
5)When it become in the form of halwa,add fried cashews and elachi powder.

Vankaya pappu/Eggplant dal

Recipe:

½ cup of toor dal 

 1½ cups of water

6 small size purple or green young, firm and white fleshed brinjals - cut to small pieces

1 onion - cut to cubes

½ tsp each - red chilli flakes

1//4 tsp methi seeds/fenugreek seeds

 turmeric and salt as per taste

2 medium size tomatoes chopped in chunks

Seasoning:

1 tsp of oil and
½ tsp each - crushed garlic, curry leaves, cumin and mustard seeds

Method:

Heat oil in a pressure cooker. 

Do the seasoing the usual way. Add seasoning ingredients in the order mentioned above starting with crushed garlic and the final item would be toasting the mustard seeds. 

When mustard seeds start to jump around, add the mashed dal to this seasoning 

.To this seasoning, add washed dal with one and half cups of water. 

Also the brinjal, onion, red chilli flakes, turmeric powder,fenugreek seeds and chopped tomatoes . Mix with a spoon.

 Cover and pressure-cook to two or three whistles until the dal is cooked to fall-apart stage.

Once all the valve pressure is released, remove the lid. Add salt. With a wood masher or whisk, mash the dal to smooth consistency. Have a taste and adjust the salt level to your liking.

Instant tomato chutney

This spicy pachadi goes well with rice, rotis, idlis, and dosas.

Ingredients

Tomatoes chopped big size 4no

Red chillies powder as per your taste

Roasted Methi or Fenugreek seeds  powder 1/4 tsp

Salt as per taste

Garlic crushed 2 pods (optional)

Cooking oil 2tbsp

Tempering:

1 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

5 fresh curry leaves

2 dry red chillis

1 tbsps oil

Method

Pour oil in a heavy bottomed pan and fry the chopped tomato on high for 2 mins and then cook on medium heat till the tomatoes gets mushy.The main indication is the oil leaves the side of the pan.

 Remove from flame. Allow to cool and add red chillie powder,methi seeds powder,salt,crushed garlic  paste  mix well. Transfer to a serving bowl.