Kezhvaraghu adai (Easy ragi adai)

Kezhvaraghu adai (Easy ragi adai) - Preparation time 10 to 15 mins
Yesterday evening I felt very hungry. I don't want to eat any oily stuff so thought of trying some easy, simple to make and healthy recipe. Mom gave me ragi flour for making dosai or kanch which i stored in my refrigerator now i want to try new recipe using it.

I tried making in small quantity. When i tasted after making it was so tasty to me so finished eating the 2 to 3 adai by myself left 2 for my husband to taste. It will be very tasty when consumed hot and tasty when cold. You can try this and provide you feedback or input.

I actually flattened the ragi adai flour directly over the hot tawa which might not be possible for some so you can oil a silver foil or plantain leaf to flatten and put in the hot tawa. Remove the sheet or leaf from the flattened adai.

Ingredients:-
Ragi flour (Kezhvarghu maavu) - 1 cup
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp (or to your spice level)
Curry leaved - 10 (finely chopped)
Carrot - 2 tbsp (grated or finely chopped) optional
Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
Water to make the dough
Salt - to taste
Ginger - 1 tsp (finely chopped)
Green chili - 1 (finely chopped) optional
Oil - to cook

Preparation method:-
Take a vessel add ragi flour, salt, chili powder, salt, curry leaves, carrot, onion, ginger,green chili.

Mix well all the above ingredients and sprinkle  water to make dough .
The dough should not be tight for puri or chappathi. Let it be slight loose so a small ball can be made using the dough.

Heat a tawa (i use iron tawa for making dosa/adai so that dish will be much more tasty than non stick) and coat with little oil.
In a bowl take water. Dip your hand in the water (to avoid the dough sticking to your hand) and then make small ball from the dough.
When tawa is hot keep the dough ball in the middle and slowly flatten the ball and make a circle.

Make small ball so the flattening process will be easy. Spread little oil around the ragi adai. After few mins turn the adai and cook. The color will become dark when it is completely cooked.

You serve ragi adai hot to all your family members.They will be waiting behind you, before you start cooking the next one. Happy and healthy cooking for you.

Vendaiya keerai puli sundal (Rice with fenugreek leaves and tamarind)

Vendaiya keerai pulisundal (Rice with fenugreek leaves and tamarind extract) - Preparation time 15 mins
Mom used to make pulisundal occasionally. She used to tell me to take when it is not very hot because it will taste good only when in is warm. I like only the taste of hot pulisundal. I made slight twist in the usual pulisundal and tried. It came out well so i am sharing that recipe to you.

Ingredients:-
Raw rice - 1 cup (roast rice till it become slightly puffed and the colour is changed)
Tamarind paste - 1/2 tsp (or tamarind juice from goose berry sized tamarind ball )
Salt - to taste
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Bengal gram dhal - 1 tsp
Red chili - 4 (split into 1 inch pieces)
Fenugreek leaves - 1 cup (cleaned and chopped)
Water - 2.5 cup (same cup which you used to measure rice)
Sesame oil - 1 tbsp
Sambhar powder - 1/2 tsp

Preparation method:-
In a kadai roast the raw rice till the rice becomes white and slightly puffed. Keep this aside.
Heat kadai. Add sesame oil, mustard to splutter, Urad dhal and bengal gram dhal and roast to golden color, add red chili.
When chili is brown add fresh fenugreek leaves and roast.
Add the sambhar powder, turmeric, salt and sortae for few seconds. Add tamarind water extracted from the tamarind with the measured water (2.5 cup)
When it comes to boil, wash the roasted raw rice and add to the boiling puli thani or tamarind spice juice.
Now remove the kadai and transfer the content to a vessel.
Pressure cook this for 4 whistle and simmer for 5 to 10 mins.
Switch off the flame and leave pressure cooker to cool. When pressure is released transfer to a serving bowl.
This will be hot and tasty dish. It will be tasty even when it is not hot. You can take this when you travel because it won't get spoiled for more hours.
Surely you will like this easy, healthy as we added fresh fenugreek leaves  and tasty dish when you try in your kitchen. 
Hope you all like my innovative dish.