Onions in Coconut Gravy/Piyuvu Tambli

Tambli doesnt need cooking and is mainly prepared with grated coconut and buttermilk. I love Tambli because it is prepared with buttermilk. My lunch and dinner are not complete without atleast 2 spoons of curd or buttermilk. Also these tambli comes very handy on a busy day. Most of them are so easily prepared and doesnt need much time.


Ingredients:
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup grated coconut
3 red chillies
1/4 teaspoon tamarind extract
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup water
Salt

Method:
Grind grated coconut, red chillies and tamarind extract into a smooth paste.
Chop onion into very small pieces. Smaller the better.
In a bowl mix coconut paste, chopped onion with pinch of salt.
Add buttermilk and stir it. Add water according to your desired consistency.
Serve with rice.

Serve: 3
Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Note: As mentioned above this dish does not need cooking. So I always use chilled buttermilk and this tastes divine.

Daal/ Dalitoy

Dalitoy is liked by almost everyone at our home. People always have some twist in preparing this and so far I have liked everyone's version. I have mentioned my sister-in-law's (vhanni's) style of preparing dalitoy. Today I prepared differently with red chillies. This is a tip from my husband.


Ingredients:
1 cup toor dal
3 green chillies, slit
3 red chillies
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
1/4 tea spoon asafoetida
6-7 curry leaves
1 table spoon ghee
salt

Method:
Pressure cook toor dal upto 3 whistles.
In a pan boil cooked toor dal by adding green chillies and salt for 8-10 minutes.
Heat ghee in a small skillet and add mustard seeds. When it starts spluttering add curry leaves, red chillies and asafoetida and fry for 1 minute.
Pour this seasoning onto dal.
Serve hot with rice or chapathi.

Serves:2
Preparation Time: 25 minutes

Horse Gram Soup/Kulitha Kadi

Couple of months back I posted a recipe for Kulitha Koddel. Whenver I cook horse gram I do not throw the excess water. Instead I store it for few days and prepare this kulitha kadi. Both me and Pr just loves this simple kadi.

My uncle was an agriculturist and my aunt used to cook a lot of horse gram to feed the cattle. My grandma never used to throw the water of this and had a beautiful idea of re-heating this until the water really gets very thick like a paste. Store it for more than a month and prepare this yummy kadi whenever we want.


Ingredients:
1 cup horse gram
2-3 cup water
3-4 green chillies, slit
4-5 red chillies
4-5 garlic pods
1 table spoon oil
salt

Method:
Soak horse gram for few hours. This will help cook horse gram faster.
Pressure cook horse gram for 5-6 whistles and then again simmer it for atleast 5-7 minutes.
Drain all the water from cooked lenthils.
Bring this kadi to boil by adding green slit chillies and salt.
In a skillet heat oil, add red chillies and garlic pods. Fry this until garlic turns slightly brownish.
Pour this seasoning into kadi.
Serve hot with rice.

Serves:5-6
Preparation Time: 30 mins (excludes soaking time)

Note: I soaked horse gram for more than a day changing water intermittently. You can also use chopped onions instead of garlic. Prepare kulitha koddel or kulitha upkari with cooked horse gram.