KOTHU IDLI - A LEFT OVER MAGIC



We went to a restaurant called Dosa Calling in Adyar. They have wonderful varieties of dosas. We enjoyed having all kinds of dosas. I love their Manchurian dosa so.. much. They had this kothu idli in their starters. All of us enjoyed having this, and tried this in home it came out well , nowadays i make idlis in excess for making this as a evening snack.

Ingredients

idli - 7 to 8

Onion - 1 big size

tomato - 2

Sambhar powder - 1 tbsp

salt to taste

garam masala - 1/2 tbsp

Oil, mustard seeds , urad dhall, curry leaves for tempering

Method

Chop the idlis in to small cubes.

Heat a kadai with oil and pop up mustard seeds add urad dhall and curry leaves. Add onions and saute till they turn pink.

Add  tomatoes and saute.

Add Sambhar powder and salt and saute 

Saute till the raw smell goes and it leaves oil.

Add the chopped idlis and add little water and close with the lid.

After 2 minutes the yummy kothu lidi is ready

SATHUMAVU KANCHI / MULTIGRAIN PORRIDGE

A healthy drink which I give to my kids when they turned one. when my daughter was one-year-old pediasure came into the market when i asked my paediatrician he told me i can give sathumavu kanchi it is equivalent to that. my mom makes it for me all the time. This time when she came i learnt how to prepare this. Only thing which takes time is this dry roasting all the ingredients.

When I am fasting and i take this , my daughter love this.

Ingredients

WHEAT - 500 GMS

GREEN MOONG DHALL - 500 GRAMS

  

CHANNA/ CHICKPEA - 100 GMS


KAMBHU / PEAR MILLET - 100 GMS

RAGI / FINGER MILLET - 100 GMS

MAIZE/CORN - 100 GMS

CHOLAM/SORHUM - 100 GMS

SOYA BEAN - 100 GMS

CASHEW

ALMOND

SEASAME SEEDS





Method



•  Dry roast all the ingredients separately. (except cashew and Almond)
• I forgot to take the picture of the roasted one.
• Ground to powder by giving it to a flour mill. (Except cashew, almond and sesame seeds)
• Powder seasme seeds and cashew, almond in mixie.
• You can store it in a air tight container.
• Take 1 tbsp (required qty) add milk and make a mix( you can use water also).
• boil it , keep stirring.
• Add milk to make a thin consistency.







Note

• You can add peanuts also in this, my mom says the kanchi mavu will spoil quickly.

This is taking part in Srivalli's Breakfast mela

SUKHAM AYU FOR ICC

This reciepe is very new to me and tried this for ICC for this month. It came out well and it is delicious. I will post the recipe later.

This is how i served my kids.

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