Simple Broccoli Poriyal

I am not a great fan of broccoli. I was familiar with only one dish using dal. And my hubby used to say me to change the recipe. So I was wondering what to do with it other way. So decided to make poriyal just like any other poriyals. And did few alteration to remove the smell that broccoli gives off. So no more blah blah. Here comes the recipe.

Ingredients:
To temper:
Mustard seeds and curry leaves

Onion	1 chopped
Broccoli	1 finely chopped
Coconut	2 tbsp
Jeera	1 tbsp
Garlic	Diced or chopped
Red chillies	2 or 3
Salt	To taste
Turmeric powder	A pinch

Method:

1.       Heat oil in a pan and sauté the onion until it turns transparent. Add the chopped garlic and fry till the raw smell goes off.

2.       Then add the chopped broccoli and fry for a while. Broccoli gets cooked faster.

3.       At the same time, grind coconut, jeera and red chillies to a coarse mixture.

4.       Then add the mixture along with turmeric powder to broccoli that is getting cooked. If the broccoli is not cooked you can sprinkle some water and keep it frying till its done.Enjoy with rice or chapathi.

Brinjal Potato Masala

This particular recipe tasted awesome than what I expected. I don’t know if there is any recipe like this. But did it in a guess. And to my surprise it came very well. It goes well with both chapathi and rice.

Ingredients:

Onion	1 thinly sliced
Tomato	1 thinly sliced
Brinjal	2 small variety thinly sliced
Onion	1 or 2 sliced
Garlic	3 or 4 sliced
Ginger	½ inch thinly sliced
Chilli powder	2 tbsp
Coriander powder	1 tbsp
Garam masala	¼ tbsp
Jeera	1 tbsp
Turmeric powder	A pinch
Salt	To taste
Mustard seeds and curry leaves

Method:

1.       Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds. Add jeera and curry leaves and fry for a sec.Add the chopped garlic and ginger and fry for a min

2.       Then add the sliced onions and sauté till it becomes transparent. Then add the sliced tomatoes and fry till it turns mushy. Allow it to cook very well. The onion and tomatoes should blend well.

3.       Add in all the masala powders and fry till the raw smell goes off. Then add the cut brinjal and potato and fry well till the masala coats them.

4.       Then add about half a cup water and cook it closed till everything gets cooked. You can also pressure cook for a single whistle. Check for salt.

5.       Enjoy with rice or chapathi.

 

Pooran Poli / Sweet poli

Poli is my all time favourite. Love it with paal payasam. I came across this recipe ingredient at the back of a pack we got in shop today. Then came home and was looking for the recipe online. I saw a few recipes, mixed up everything and final outcome was a modified one. And I got a thumps up from my hubby for the taste.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour/Maida	1 cup
Salt	A pinch
Water	Enough to make the dough
Channa dal	1 cup
Sugar	¾ cup
Elaichi powder	2 tbsp

Method:

1.       First step is to prepare the stuffing. Pressure cook the channa dal with a pinch of salt. Once the pressure is released. Mash it well. Keep it on low flame and add the sugar and elaichi powder. It might become a little watery as the sugar melts. Keep stirring on low flame so that it becomes like chapathi dough. Allow it to cool.

2.       Next make a dough with maida and water along with a pinch of salt like that of chapathi dough.

3.       Next take a small ball of the dough and spread it like chapathi. Take a small ball of the stuffing and place it in middle. Cover it with the dough and make a ball again.

4.       Again spread it like chapathi. Put on tawa and allow it to cook. You can spray oil or a little ghee. It tasted awesome and was all over within 10 mins

5.       The above measurement makes 4 to 5 poli.