Showing posts with label Pachadi / Salads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pachadi / Salads. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Quick and Easy Masala Plain Raitha



Ingredients:

  • Curd - 1 cup
  • Salt - to taste
  • Red chilli powder - 1/4 tspn or 2 pinch
  • Jeera powder - 2 pinch
  • Chaat masala - 2 pinch or 1/4 tspn
  • Garam masala - a pinch 
  • Coriander leaves - for garnish

Method:

  • In a bowl take all the ingredients except coriander and mix well
  • Check for the taste, if you want you can increase or decrease the quantity of any ingredients
  • Garnish with coriander leaves and serve as side dish


Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Green Chilli Pachadi



Ingredients:

  • Green chillies - 20 nos (7to 8 small ones)
  • Tamarind - small lemon size
  • Jaggery - small amount 
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tspn
  • Asafoetida powder - 1/4 tspn
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn
  • Salt - to taste
  • Gingelly oil - 3 to 4 tblspn



Method:

  • Wash and chop the green chillies finely
  • Soak the tamarind in 1/2 to 3/4 cup of warm water and take thick juice from it
  • Heat oil in a pan add mustard after it splutters add asafoedita powder, turmeric powder and add the chopped green chillies
  • Mix it well and cook by closing the lid and stir inbetween
  • After the chillies cooked add tamarind juice, salt and keep in low flame for few minutes till the raw smell of the tamarind goes and becomes thick 
  • Now check for the salt and add jaggery
  • After a minute switch off the stove
  • Serve the tasty green chilli pachadi along with dosai, idli or with curd rice

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Vazhaithandu (Banana Stem) Thayir Pachadi



Ingredients:

  • Vazhaithandu  - 1 no (20 cm)
  • Curd - as required
  • Green chilli - 1 no ( large)
  • Salt - to taste
  • Coriander leaves - few nos

For seasonings:

  • Oil - 1 tspn
  • Mustard - 1/2 tspn
  • Asafoetida powder - a pinch

Method:

  • Take out the hard part ( pattai ) from vazhaithandu and chop only the inner tender part in to pieces
  • In a bowl take chopped vazhaithandu, green chilli, coriander and mix them well to this add curd according to your consistency
  • Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard after it pops out switch off the stove in the heat add asafoetida powder and pour this on to the pachadi
  • Add salt and mix every thing well
  • Serve this tasty vazhaithandu pachadi along with meals or you can also take at summer on afternoon
Note:
  • If you are preparing this for large quantity then keep the chopped vazhaithandu in water to avoid colour change
  • While chopping since it is rich in fibre naaru will come take it out properly otherwise while chewing it will disturb and it won't break down easily



Raddish Salad



Ingredients:

  • Raddish - 3nos 
  • Onion - 1 no (big)
  • Green chilli - 2 nos
  • Coriander leaves - few 
  • Pepper powder or crushed - 1 to 11/2 tspn
  • Lime juice - 1 to 2 tspn 
  • Salt - to taste

Method:

  • Wash peel the skin and chop the raddish any shape
  • Chopp the onion and green chillies
  • In a bowl take raddish, onion, to this add coriander leaves, green chillies, lime juice salt and pepper and mix them well
  • Serve this immediately otherwise onion and raddish will ooze water

Note:

  • In a airtight bowl take chopped raddish, onion,green chilli, coriander leaves and keep in fridge, at  the time of serving add salt, pepper,lime juice and serve
  • You can increase or decrease the ingredients according to your taste