Cabbage & Carrot Thoran

Ingredients

1)Cabbage and Carrot - 250 gm each

2)Green Chilly - 4

3)Small Onion - 2

4)Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

5)Mustard - 1/2 tsp

6)Salt

7)Curry Leaves

8)Coconut Oil

Method

1)Chop finely the cabbage,carrot,onion and green chillies.

2)Add turmeric powder,salt with the above chopped items and mix it well.

3)Heat oil in a pan or kadai and splutter mustard seeds.

4)Add curry leaves and cabbage-carrot mixture.sprinkle around 1 tsp water and cover it.Cook it on low flame till its done.

                     

Carrot Payasam / Carrot Kheer

Carrot payasam is a very simple and easy to prepare.Carrot and milk are used to make this payasam.It is very healthy payasam.

Ingredients:

Carrot - 1/2 kg

Milk - 1 litre

Sugar - 1/2 cup-3/4 cup

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Cashew nuts - 10 nos.

Raisins - 15 nos.

Almonds - 5 nos.

Ghee -1- 2 tbsp 

Method:

1) Wash and peel the skin of the carrots and chopped it.Grind chopped carrots in a blender into a smooth paste(add milk).Keep aside.

2) Heat ghee in a pan, add cashews,raisins and almonds,fry it.Keep aside.In the same pan,saute carrot paste until the raw smell completely leaves.

3) Then add sugar and let it dissolve.Keep stirring.Then add milk,cardamom powder and mix well.Cook for a few more minutes.

4)  Finally add fried nuts and serve hot.

Sambar(Malabar special Varutharacha Sambar)

Sambar is a very famous South Indian dish.It is a vegetarian dish and healthy.Sambar is served with rice,idli and dosa.It is an unavoidable part of the Kerala sadya.Malabar style sambar is very tasty.Fried coconut is used in Malabar style sambar.

Ingredients

1)Toor dal-1 cup

2)Vegetables

  Tomato-2 no. 

  Onion-1

  Drumstick-1 or 2

  Lady's finger-6 no.

  Carrot-2

  Potato-1

  Raw plantain-1

  Elephant foot yam-small piece

  Brinjal-1

  Green chilli-3 no.

3)For grinding

  Greated coconut-2 cups

  Cumin seeds(jeerakam)-1 pinch

  methi seeds(Uluva)-1 pinch

  Shallots(Cherya ulli)-2 no.

  Garlic-4 no.

  Curry leaves-1 sprig

  Asafoetida(Kayam)-1 pinch

  Oil-as needed

4)Tamarind(puli)-gooseberry sized

5)Chilli Powder-11/2 tsp

6)Turmeric powder-1 tsp

7)Coriander powder-3 tsp

8)Salt-to taste

9)Water- as needed

10)For seasoning

  Oil-1 tsp

  Dry red chilli-2 or 3 no.

  Mustard-1 tsp

  Curry leaves-2 sprig

Method

1)Soak tamarind in half a cup of water for 8 minutes.

2)Wash and cut all vegetables.

3)Fry coconut with all ingredients listed for grinding section.

  

4)Then grind this to a fine paste adding enough water.

5)Wash toor dal and pressure cook with enough water until half cooked.

6)Add vegetables one bye one according to their cooking time into the dal.

7)When the vegetables are cooked and mixed well with dal,add chilli powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder,salt and tamarind juice.Then boil it.

8)When vegetables starts boiling,add the coconut mixture and cook it in a medium flame.

9)Heat oil in a pan,splutter mustard seeds and fry dry red chillies and curry leaves.Add it to the sambar.

Aviyal

Aviyal is a traditional Kerala dish.It is a tasty vegetarian recipe.Aviyal is a part of Kerala onam sadya.

Ingredients

(1) Drumstick-1

     Carrot-2

     Cucumber-1 piece

     Beans-5 nos.

     Elephant foot yam-1 piece

     Raw plantain-2

(2)  Turmeric Powder-1/2 tsp
       Chilli Powder-1/2 tsp
       Salt-To taste

For the grinding

(3) Green Chilli-5
     Cumin Seeds(jeeraka)-1 tsp
     Greated coconut-11/2 cups
(4) Yogurt-1/2 cup
(5)  Curry leaves-3 sprigs
       Coconut oil-3tsp

Method

1) Wash all vegetables and cut in to 2 inch long piece.Cook all the vegetables with turmeric ,red chilli powder and salt.
2)Coarsely grind coconut,green chillies and cumin seeds.Mix it with cooked vegetables and cook for a few minutes.Remove from flame.
3)Add yogurt and mix well.Finally add coconut oil and curry leaves.Serve with  rice.