BEETROOT POORI

INGREDIENTS:

• Wheat flour - 2cups

• Beet root (shredded) - 1

• cumin seed - 1 teaspoon

• chilli powder-1/2teaspoon

• Cooking oil

• salt -Required amount

PREPARATION:

• Mix all the ingredients together.(Avoid adding more water)
• Make the dough into poori balls.
• Fry it in a oil.

MINI GHEE OOTHAPPAM.(Vegetable oothappam)

 I never say no to dosas....I love to eat dosa in any form like raagi,kal dosa, oothappam, rava dosa and masal dosas...... Often i prepare dosa at home..This time i prepared little bit with vegetables to make a oothappam.Children likes to eat colorful foods..If you feed dosa with vegetables. its healthy too..

INGREDIENTS:

• Idly batter fermented
•  Onion
• Carrot
• Peas
• Red pepper
• Cabbage (optional)
• Ghee

PREPARATION:

1. In a non stick dosa pan pour the flour and spread the vegetable
2. Sprinkle some ghee on top.
3. Roast it in both sides. Serve hot with your favorite chutneys.

VEGETABLE BREAD UPMA

Ingredients:

cut the bread into small pieces

onions Chopped

1 tomato chopped
1/2 cup vegetables (carrot,beans,peas,bell pepper)

 green chilies and  curry leaves

ginger minced, mustard and chana dhal

Add salt to taste

masala powder

Method:

1. cut the bread into minced pieces. keep it aside.

2. Fry the mustard,chana dhal,green chilli,tomato,curry leaves and ginger in ghee.

3. after fry this add all the vegetables into that with curry masala powder..then keep a lid for sometime to cook the vegetables

4. Next add the bread slices into that with salt and mix peoperly.cook it for few minutes.

5.garnish with coriander leaves. serve hot with onion raitha.

RAVA PONGAL

Ingredients
 Rava - 1 cup 
Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Ginger - minced pieces
Green chilli - 3 ( you can add more if u need spicy)
cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon
pepper corn - as you require
cashew nuts - 5
Curry leaves
Procedure:
Cook the green gram dal separately but take care not to overcook. Roast the rava till a nice aroma appears.
Heat ghee in a pan. Add the curry leaves, cumin seeds, black pepper, chilli and ginger to it. Add the 2 cups of water to it. Bring the water to boil. Add salt at this step. Add the rava to it and mix well so that there are no lumps.Close and leave it for a few mins. Add the cooked green gram(mashed a little) to it and mix well thoroughly.Add some ghee with roasted cashewnuts. serve hot with coconut chutney.