Mangalore Buns

Ingredients:  
                                                                       
2 cup maida
3 tbsp curd
1 cup sugar
1 tspn baking soda
1 tspn salt
1 tbsp wheat flour
Oil for deep frying

Method:

In a mix bowl add curd & add 50 ml water (only if the curd is too thick) add sugar , baking soda & salt. Mix it well till sugar gets dissolved.
Add maida, wheat flour & 1 tbsp oil. Make it into a nice dough (similar to a poori dough)
Keep it out over night. (atleast takes 8-10 hours to ferment)
Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Take around lemon sized dough & roll it. Make sure that the flat dough is a little thick.
Deep fry till it turns golden brown on both sides & serve it hot for breakfast.

PS: Few prefer to add Bananas while making buns. Gives it a different taste & color. If adding banana reduce the sugar quantity & add smash bananas to the dough. I prefer without the bananas. :)

Kadgi Chakko

Ingredients:

1 cup Kadgi

6-7 red chilies
1/2 cup coconut
1 tspn haldi
1 tspn mustard seed
1 tbsp coriander seeds
2 tspn urad dal
1 tspn methi seeds
Small piece of jaggery
1 tspn tamarind paste
4-5 curry leaves
2 tbsp oil
Salt as per taste

Method:

Heat 1/2 tbsp oil fry coriander seeds, methi seeds, urad dal, red chilies.
Grind coconut, fried ingredients, tamarind, jaggery, haldi,salt. Grind into coarse paste.
Beat kadgi with a stone or rolling pin ( if using tinned kadgi squeeze the water out properly & smash it with hand)
Heat remaining oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, then add kadgi fry for about 2 mins, add ground masala mix it well, sprinkle some water & close lid for around 15 mins. Serve it hot as a side dish. Goes best with dhali thoy & rice :)

Cabbage bhajo/ cabbage pakoda

 Ingredients :

1 cup finely chopped cabbage
3-4 green chilies
4 tbsp besan
2 tbsp rice flour
1 tspn hing water
1 tbsp red chili powder
Salt as per taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:

In a bowl add cabbage, besan, rice flour, chili powder, finely chopped green chilies, hing water & salt.
Mix it well, add some water to make solid dough.
Heat oil add these pakodas & enjoy it hot.

Chettinad Pepper Chicken

Ingredients :

500 gms chicken
1 big onion
1 medium sized tomato                  
5-6 green chilies

4-5 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon stick, 2-3 elachi, 2 bay leaves 
1 tbpn mustard seeds
1 tbpn cumin seeds
1 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp coriander powder
1 tbsp cumin powder
1 tspn haldi
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
3 tbsp oil
5-6 curry leaves
7-8 peppercorns
Salt to taste

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, all the spices mentioned above. When mustard crackles add onion.
Saute onion till they are golden brown, then add ginger garlic paste, fry till the raw flavor is gone.
Now add haldi, curry leaves, chopped tomato.
Add coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder & salt & fry till oil separates the gravy.
Add salt & then add chicken mix them well & close the lid & let it cook for 10-15 mins.
Meanwhile crush all the pepper corns.
When the chicken is cooked & you have a nice gravy, add the pepper corns.
Garnish with coriander leaves & serve it hot with rice or chapati.

Urad Methi

Ingredients :

1 Raw Mango                                                                          
1 cup coconut
1 tbsp urad dal
1tbsp methi seeds
3-4 curry leaves
1 tspn mustard seeds
1 tspn haldi
5-6 red chilies
Lemon sized jaggery
1 tspn hing
Salt to taste

Method:

Heat oil, add 1/2 tbsp urad dal, 1/2 tbsp methi seeds & red chilies fry them.
Grind coconut, fried urad dal, methi seeds, red chilies, haldi, salt, hing.
Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, urad dal when they crackle add curry leaves then add raw mango & add some water & close the lid for about 5 mins.
Add ground mixture, jaggery & mix it well, fry for another 5 mins. Check the salt & serve it hot. :)

Ridge gourd sabzi/palya

Ingredients :

2 ridge gourd
1 small onion
1 tbsp oil
1 tspn mustard seeds
1 tspn urad dal
4 curry leaves
1 tspn haldi
1 tbsp red chili powder
1 tbsp rasam powder ( sambar powder is a good substitute)
Salt as per taste

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves once they crackle add onion & fry till golden brown.
Peel the skin of the gourd & chop into cubes.
Once onions are cooked add haldi, chili powder, rasam powder (or sambar powder) & saute for a min then add ridge gourd, salt & sprinkle some water.
Saute for around 5 mins. Serve hot with chapathis.

Bread Omelette

Ingredients:

Eggs                                                                                                     
Bread
1 small onion

1/4 bunch of coriander leaves                                               
2-3 green chilies
Pepper
Salt
1 tspn Oil

Method:

Beat an egg with 1 tbsp of chopped onions, coriander leaves, 1 tspn pepper, 1 tspn salt, 1 tspn chopped green chilies.
Heat a non stick pan, add 1 tspn oil & place a bread.
Before turning the bread pour the beaten egg on the cooked part of bread add 1 tspn oil & then flip the bread.
Fry for around 2-3 mins & serve it hot with ketchup.