Achu's Recipes

A simple recipe with left over idly....... Ingredients Idly - 4-5 nos: Onion -  2nos: (finely chopped) Ginger - 1/2 tsp  (finely chopped) Garlic  - 1/2 tsp  (finely chopped) Tomato - 1 no: (finely chopped) Carrot - 2nos: (grated) Beans -  4-5 nos: (finely chopped) Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Tomato Sauce - 2 tbsp Oil - 3 tbsp Curry Leaves - as required Salt  - as required Preparation Method Cut idly into small pieces and keep aside. In a wok bring oil to heat and add onion, ginger, garlic and tomatoes and saute well. Once the onion become slightly golden brown add carrot and beans and mix well. Add salt and cook in low flame for 3-4 mins: keeping the lid closed. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, curry leaves and saute well. Add idly pieces and tomato sauce and mix well and cook for 4-5 mins: in low flame. Hot Idly Roast is ready to serve with tomato sauce.

A simple recipe with left over Chappathi or Porotta....... Ingredients Chappathi or Porotta - 3-4 nos: Onion -  2 nos: (finely chopped) Ginger - 1/2 tsp  (finely chopped) Garlic  - 1/2 tsp  (finely chopped) Tomato - 1 no: (finely chopped) Carrot - 2 nos: (grated) Beans -  4-5 nos: (finely chopped) Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Egg - 2 nos: Oil - 3 tbsp Ghee - 1 tbsp Curry Leaves - as required Salt  - as required Preparation Method Cut chappathi or porotta into small pieces, saute in ghee for 2-3 mins:  and keep aside. Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt and keep aside. In a wok bring oil to heat and add onion, ginger, garlic and tomatoes and saute well. Once the onion become slightly golden brown add carrot and beans and mix well. Add salt and cook in low flame for 3-4 mins: keeping the lid closed. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, curry leaves and saute well. Make a space in the middle of the wok and p...

Ingredients Idly - 2 nos: Egg - 1 no: Corn Flour - 1 tbsp Rice Flour - 2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp Chili Powder - 1 tsp Garam Masala - 1 tsp Onion - 1 medium (chopped) Ginger - 1/2 tsp (chopped) Garlic -  1/2 tsp (chopped) Tomato  Sauce - 3 tbsp Oil - to fry Mustard - 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves - 2-3 stems Salt - as required Preparation Method Cut idly into square/rectangle/triangle pieces. Beat the egg and keep aside. Mix corn flour, rice flour, ginger-garlic paste, 1/2 tsp chili powder, 1/2 tsp garam masala and salt. Make a thick batter by adding egg to the above mix. (If you are a vegetarian you can use water to make batter). In a frying pan bring oil to heat. Dip idly pieces to the batter and deep fry. Remove idly pieces from oil and keep in a kitchen tissue to drain the excess oil. In a non-stick pan bring 1 tbsp of oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds. Add chopped ginger, garlic, onion and curry leaves and saute well in medium flame. O...