Akki-godhi(rice and whole wheat) dosa recipe

Akki godhi is the combination of rice and whole wheat.The dosa will be crispy and very tasty.This will be a very good breakfast dish.
Required ingredients
Rice:1 cup
Whole wheat:1 cup
Grated coconut:1/4 cup

Akki godhi dosa

Ginger:1 inch size
Salt:to taste
How to prepare rice-wheat dosa
Soak rice and wheat separately after washing.
Grind wheat first.When it is coarse,add rice,coconut and ginger and grind to form smooth paste.Add sufficient water.
Add salt to taste.
Take one spoon full of batter,pour it over preheated tava,spread evenly to form thin circle.
Cook both sides ,serve hot with ghee and coconut chutney.

Bariyakki (plain rice) dosa recipe

Bariyakki dosa is one of the popular Dakshina Kannada break fast.This dosa will be crispy when served hot.In this both white rice and boiled rice are used along with coconut.
Required ingredients
White rice:1 cup

Bariyakki dosa

Boiled rice:3/4 cup
Grated coconut:1/4 cup
Salt:to taste
How to prepare bariyakki dosa

• Wash and soak rice for 5-6 hours
• Grind with grated coconut by adding water.The batter should be little coarse.Add salt to taste and mix well.
• Take one spoon of batter pour it over pre heated tava.Spread evenly to form thin circle.Cook both sides.Serve hot with ghee and chutney.

Amaranth(Harive soppu) dosa recipe

Amaranth dosa  is very tasty break fast with the good ness of amaranth.This dosa contains all masalas,so no chutney is required here.
Required ingredients
Rice:2 cups
Grated coconut:1
Jaggery :25 grams
coriander seeds:2 tsp
Cumin seeds:1 tsp

cooking amaranth dosa

 Red chilly:1
Salt:to taste
Tamarind:size of peanut
Amaranth leaves chopped
Onion:2(chopped)
Ghee/butter:4 tsp
How to prepare amaranth dosa

• Soak rice for 2-3 hours
• Grind rice with above said ingredients except amaranth and onion to form smooth paste by adding water.The batter should be little thick like idly batter.
• Now add chopped onion and amaranth leaves,and mix well.
• Now heat tava on low medium flame.Take one spoon full of batter ,pour it  over tava and spread it.Cook it with closed lid.
• Because of thickness it takes little more time to cook than other dosas.When it is cooked put one spoon of ghee or butter over it and cook the other side.
• When both sides are well cooked serve hot with butter or ghee.

Easy break fast rice upma(Akki uppittu) recipe

Rice upma is one of the easy to prepare break fast dish.It is healthy and staple food.
Required ingredients
Rice:1 cup
Oil/ghee:3-4 tsp
Mustard seeds:1 tsp
Black gram dal :1 tsp
Red chilly: broken 1 piece
Curry leaves :2 twigs
Onion(finely chopped):2
Ginger:1/2 inch size
Turmeric powder:1/4 tsp
Salt:to taste
Jaggery(optional):to taste
Coconut gratings:4 tsp
How to prepare Rice upma

• Take oil/ghee in a pressure cooker.Heat it.
• Add mustard seeds,black gram dal,red chilly.When  mustard seeds starts popping add curry leaves followed by chopped onion.
• Fry till onion well cooked.
• Add 2 cups of water.Add salt,jaggery,,turmeric powder,finely chopped ginger,grated coconut.(We can add chopped vegetables like carrot,beans,or green peas).
• Wash rice and put it in the cooker.Close the lid and cook for 2 signals.
• When the pressure goes off open the lid ,mix well and serve hot.

Home remedy for cold-Herbal tea

When there is cold,cough, or throat irritation or cloudy weather you will refresh with this herbal tea.
Required ingredients
Lemon grass leaves:2
Tulasi or basil leaves:10-12
Pepper:3-4 grains
Ginger:1/2 inch size
Jaggery:to taste
How to prepare herbal tea

• Take one cup of water in a vessel.Add lemon grass leaves,tulasi leaves,jaggery,crushed pepper and ginger.
• Make it to boil for 1-2 minutes.Strain it through a strainer and drink hot.

Kidney stone crusher Hoarse gram rasam(Kudu/huruli saru) recipe

Hoarse gram is known for its stone crushing property.We can prepare a very delicious  and healthy rasam out of it.Daily intake of this rasam reduces the size of kidney stone and expels the small ones with urine.For healthy person ,this can be used as side dish with rice.
Required ingredients
Hoarse gram:200 grams
Salt:to taste
Jaggery:50 grams
Tamarind:a pinch
Turmeric powder:1/4 tsp
Pepper powder:1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds:2 tsp
Cumin seeds:1/2 tsp
Methi(fenugeek):1/4 tsp
Asafoetida:size of peanut
Oil:2 tsp
curry leaves
How to prepare hoarse gram rasam
Wash and soak hoarse gram over night.
Cook the hoarse gram dal by adding sufficient water to make it soft.
Add salt,jaggery, tamarind,pepper powder and boil it.
In a pan fry coriander,cumin,fenugreek seeds with oil.Make it powder and add to the boiling rasam.
Lastly add asafoetida,and curry leaves and put off the fire.
This rasam suits best with rice.

Tender coconut(bonda/bannangayi/elaneeru) Dosa Recipe

Tender coconut is the purest natural food.It is rich source of minerals,good diuretic.We can prepare a very delicious breakfast by using tender coconut.
Required ingredients
Rice:2 cups

Tender coconut dosa

Tender coconut:1
Salt:to taste
How to prepare tender coconut dosa

• Soak rice for 2-3 hours
• Take inner part of tender coconut.
• Grind rice with tender coconut by adding coconut water  Or water to form smooth paste.
• Add salt to taste.
• Take one spoon full of batter and pour it over pre heated tava,spread it into thin circle by using the back side of spoon.
• Cook for few seconds by closing the lid.Turn upside down and cook for few seconds.
• Serve hot with chutney or any side dish.

Coriander leaves dry chutney recipe.

Coriander leaves attracts with its good smell.It is also a rich source of vita mines and minerals.This chutney can be preserved for a week out side refrigerator.This suits best with rice,/ganji.
Required ingredients
Coriander leaves:2oo grams
Dry coconut:1
Salt:to taste
Jaggery:5 tsp
Tamarind:size of peanut
Red chilly:4
Oil:1 tsp
How to prepare coriander leaves dry chutney

• Fry grated coconut till it becomes brown.Keep it aside.
• Fry red chilly by adding oil till it becomes crispy.
• Grind all the ingredients with out adding water to form smooth paste.
• Coriander leaves dry chutney is ready.

Steam cooked breakfast dish oggarane mudde(rice ball) recipe

We have already discussed regarding akki mudde or rice ball.This is the another version of rice ball with vegetables and dal.Children will like this .

Rice balls in steamer

oggarane mudde

Required ingredients
Rice: 2 cups
Salt:to taste
Oil/butter/ghee:2 tsp
Mustard seeds:1 tsp
Channa dal:2 tsp
Carrot(grated) small:1
Curry leaves(finely chopped):2 twigs
Small onion(finely chopped):1
Grated coconut:3 tsp
How to prepare oggarane mudde(rice ball)

• Wash and keep the rice for drying.When it  is 95% dry make it coarse powder.
• Heat oil/butter/ghee in a pan.Add mustard seeds,when they start popping add curry leaves,channa dal,onion and fry it.
• Add 2 cups of water,salt to it.Add grated coconut and grated carrots.
• When the water is about to boil,slowly add rice powder to it and stirr continuously till it forms a lump and start separating from the sides of the pan.
• Allow it yo cool for few minutes.Make small balls of the size of lemon.
• Put it in a steamer/pressure cooker without weight  and cook for 20 minutes.
• Soft and delicious oggararane muddde is ready for your break fast.

Bottle gourd peel (Sorekai sippe) chutney recipe

Bottle gourd is one of the best vegetable for all age group.Usually we use the inner part of it for preparing dishes and discard the outer skin.We can prepare a very delicious and healthy chutney out of it.That can be used as side dish for rice, dosa, chapati,idly, roti.
Required ingredients
Bottle gourd peel:1 cup
Grated coconut; 1 cup
Black gram dal:2 tsp
Red chilly:1 Or Pepper:1 tsp
Salt:to taste
Jaggery:1 tsp
Tamarind:size of peanut
For tempering:Oil:1 tsp
              Mustard seeds:1 tsp
              Curry leaves:5-6
How to prepare bottle gourd peel chutney

• Gently peel the outer skin f bottle gourd with a peeler or knife.
• Cut them in to small pieces.Add little water ,salt jaggery and tamarind and cook it to make soft.
• In a pan fry dal and chilly or pepper by adding little oil till the dal turns to golden colour.
• Grind cooked peel, grated coconut,fried dal& chilly to form smooth paste by adding water.
• Adjust salt if required.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when they start popping add curry leaves and pour it over the chutney.

Banana stem Dosa recipe

We can prepare a very delicious dosa using banana stem.This is also very simple and easy to prepare dosa.This dosa will have all the goodness of banana stem along with good taste.If you want crispy dosa you can reduce banana stem,if you want more soft dosa then add more banana stem pieces accordingly.

cooking dosa on fire wood oven

Required ingredients
Rice:1 cup
Chopped banana stem:1 cup
Salt:to taste

Banana stem dosa

How to prepare banana stem dosa
Soak rice for 2-3 hours
Grind rice with banana stem pieces by adding sufficient water to form smooth paste.
Add salt and mix well.
Pour one spoon full of batter over pre heated tava and spread it to form thin circle with the back side of spoon.
Cook for few seconds ,turn upside down and cook for few minutes.Serve hot with ghee ,chutney.

Home made Baby's first solid food

After 6 months we have to give solid food to baby.That is called weaning.Slowly we have to adjust baby's digestive system.Here is home made preparation which your baby may like!!Easily digestible and with good taste.
Required ingredients
Whole wheat grains:500grams
Millet:500 grams
How to prepare baby's first food

• Wash and soak wheat and millet separately for 1-3 hours.
• Grind them separately one by one by adding sufficient water.
• Filter it through a clean cloth.
• Again grind the solid portion collected in the cloth by adding water and filter it.Repeat this procedure till you get full amount of pulp,On the cloth only husk remains.
• Collect the filtered liquid in a big vessel.Allow it to sediment for 6-8hours.
• Solid portion will collect at the bottom of the vessel and clear water on the top.
• Discard the water content.Collect the solid portion,spread it on a clean cotton cloth and dry under hot sun for 6-8 days.
• Collect it in a airtight container.
• When you want  to prepare baby's food,take required amount of powder dissolve in cold water ,cook for 2 minutes.Add jaggery or salt or milk accordingly.

Basale soppu(Malbar spinach) sambar Recipe

Malbar spinach is known as basale in Kannada.Like all other green leafy vegetables this is also a rich source of iron.Sambar or bendi prepared out of it will be very tasty.It suits good with rice,roti,chapati,dosa etc
Required ingredients

Basale(Malbar spinach) sambar

Basale soppu or Malbar spinach:5-6 twigs
Thoor dal:50 grams
Onion:1
Grated coconut:1/2
Salt:As per taste
Jaggery :(optional)As per taste
Tamarind:size of almond
Coriander:4 tsp
Cumin seeds:1 tsp
Red chilly:2
Turmeric powder:1/4 tsp
For seasoning:oil:1 tsp
             Mustard seeds:1 tsp
             broken red chilly:1/2
How to prepare Basale soppu(Malbar spinach) sambar
Wash and separate leaves from the twig.Finely chop leaves and onion .Cook them by adding salt and jaggery.
cut the stem portion of the size of 3 inch.Put them in a container.Add washed thoor dal to it.Cook them in a pressure cooker  by adding sufficient water.
Fry Coriander seeds,cumin seeds ,chilly and turmeric in a pan with out adding oil.
Grind them with grated coconut,tamarind by adding sufficient water to form a smooth paste.
Put cooked dal and stem to the vessel containing cooked leaves and boil for few minutes.
Add grind coconut masala to it ,add sufficient water to get the consistency of sambar.
Add salt or jaggery if required.
Boil for few minutes.
Heat oil in a pan.put mustard seeds,chilly.When they start popping pour it over sambar.
Basale sambar is ready to serve.

Curry leaves chutney

Curry leaves are known for their good taste and smell.They have many medicinal value too.So Indian cooking will not complete with out curry leaves.  This chutney suits best with dosa,iddly,chapati and rice
Required ingredients

curry leaves chutney

Grated coconut:1 cup
Curry leaves fresh:5-10
Red chilly:1 OR pepper :1 tsp
Salt:as per taste
Tamarind :a pinch
For tempering-Oil:1 tsp
             Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp

How to prepare curry leaves chutney

• Put all the ingredients and grind with little water to form smooth paste.
• Transfer the content in to serving bowl. 
• Heat oil in a pan.Put mustard seeds,when they start popping pour it over the chutney.
• Curry leaves chutney is ready.