Riya's Samayal

Ingredients: 1.Wheat flour-2 cups. 2.Palak/Pasala keerai-1 cup. 3.Salt-as req. 4.Seerakam/Jeera-1 tbsp. 5.Pepper-1 tbsp. 6.Water-As req. Method: 1.Wash and add palak greens and saute till it shrinks  ,  Grind Paalak leaves in a mixie  and make it as a paste. 2.Add Wheat flour,Palak paste,salt,Pepper and tampered jeera(Cumin) in a bowl. 3.Add required water little by little and knead it to a soft dough. 4.Then divide the dough into equal lemon sized balls. 5.Then start rolling it gently to a thin chapathi. 6.Heat a dosa tawa , transfer the chapathi's, drizzle little oil and cook till brown spots appear. 7. Then turn over to other side and cook. 8. Serve hot with  your favourite sidedish.

Ingredients: 1.Boiled Rice/Idly Rice-4 Cups. 2.Oorid Dhal-1 cup. 3.Salt-As req. Method: 1.Soak rice and Oorid dhal  overnight or 5 to 6 hours Seperately. 2.Softness of Idly Purely depends on the Oorid dhal. 3.Grind Rice with water in a Grinder until it becomes corase.about 15  mins approx. 4.Then Grind Oorid dhal until fine dough (about 20 mins). 5.Then mix Rice Batter and oorid Batter with salt. 6.Keep it aside for 10 to 12 hours for fermentation.

Ingredients: 1.Vazhaipoo(Chopped)-1 cup. 2.Onion-1 Cup. 3.Tomato-1 Cup. 4.Ginger-1/2 inch Piece. 5.Garlic-3 piece. 6.Red chilly-2 or 3. 7.Pepper-4. 8.Tamrind-Small ball. 9.Oil-as req. 10.Salt-As req. Method: 1.Fry Vazhaipoo seperately in a Pan and set aside. 2.Fry onion,Ginger,Garlic,Chilly,Tomato,Pepper. 3.Mix everything with salt and Grind it in a mixie. 4.Tastes good with hot Rice.

Ingredients: 1.Ginger-3 inch piece 2.Tamrind-mini lemon sized ball 3.Red chilly-4 to 5 4.Oorid dhal-1 handfull/1 cup. 5.Salt -as req. 6.Oil-2 tsp. Inji Thuvayal Method : 1.Peel the skin of the ginger and cut into small pieces. 2.In a pan add 2 tsp oil ,add red chilly and then add Oorid dhal . 3.Fry till the dhal turns golden color. 4.Fry ginger until the raw smell goes. 5.Then Grind Ginger,Oorid Dhal,Chilly, tamrindand salt. 6.Ingi thuvayal is ready. 7.Tastes good with hot rice and ghee.

Ingredients: 1.Apple-1 2.Dates-4 to 5. 3.Almond-4 4.Cashew-3 5.Honey 6.Sugar-2 tsp 7.Milk-200ml. Apple Dates Milkshake Method: 1.Soak almonds and cashew for 15 mins . 2.S oak dates in milk for 30 mins. 3.Peel the skin of apple and cut into cubes. 4.Grind all ingredients in a juicer mixer. 5.Finally add honey. 6.Serve chill.

Ingredients: 1.Patta milagaai/Red chilly-15 nos 2.Gram Dhal/kadalai Parupu-2 Cups. 3.Oorid dhal/Ulutham parupu-1 Cup. 4.Asefotida/Perungayam-1/2 tsp. 5.Salt-As reuired. 6.Oil-For frying. Method: 1.In a fry pan add 1 tsp oil and fry Gram dhal,Oorid dhal and red chilly seperately. 2.And then allow it to cool to room temperature. 3.Then add asefotida,salt and Grind it to a corase powder. 4.Idly chilly powder is ready.

Ingredients: 1.Bread slices-10. 2.Green chutney-2 tsp 3.Bread crumbs 4.Milk-2 tsp 5.chilly pwd-1tsp. 6.chat masala-1 tsp. 7.Raisins-8 to 10. 8.Cashew nuts-10 9.Corn flour-5 tsp. Paneer Bread Croquettes Method: 1.Trim the edges of bread slices. 2.Mash  Panner,green chutney in a bowl. 3.Grind raisins and cashew nuts coarsely and add to the bowl along with red chilly powder,     chat masala,salt,2 tsp corn flour and bread slices .Mix well 4.Divide bread mixture into lemon sized Portions and shape them    into croquettes. 5.Mix the remaining cornflour in little water to make a thick batter. 6.Place the bread crumbs in a cup. 7.Dip the croquettes in the cornflour batter and roll in the breadcrumbs. 8.Heat oil  in a kadai. 9.Deep fry croquettes until crisp and golden brown. 10.Drain on absorbent paper. 11.Serve croquettes with Green chutney.