Aloo Soya Muttor

      Soya chunks are colourless and tasteless food item, but this unique food is highly nutritional and fully rich in protein. For vegetarians, soya chunks replaces the protein content equal to that of meat. This recipe is easy to cook. It can be used as sidedish for chappathi or roti and also for curd rice.

Ingredients
Onion	1 chopped
Potato	2 chopped
Peas	1/4 cup
Soya chunks	1/4 cup
Ginger garlic paste	1 tsp
Tomato	1/2 Optional
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Cumin powder	1/2 tsp
Coriander powder	1 tsp
Chilli powder	1 tbsp
Turmeric powder	1/2 tsp
Garam masala	1 tsp
Salt	to taste

   Add soya chunks in boiling salt water for 10-12 minutes. Drain the water and cut them into small pieces. Keep it aside.

   Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadai. Add cumin seeds and allow to splutter. Add onion and fry till it gets complete. Add ginger-garlic paste and stir for a minute.Add potatoes and also add cumin powder, coriander powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder and necessary amount of salt and cook on low flame for 5-7 minutes. In between give a stir. If needed sprinkle little water.

   Add soya chunks and peas.Cook for another 10 minutes. (Masala has to get incorporated in soya and potato). Add garam masala and give a stir and remove from stove.

   Serve with chappathi or roti or with curd rice.

Note:
 
   Red chilli powder can be replaced with 2 green chillies. Green chillies has to be added before adding potatoes.

Arisi Paruppu Satham

       Arisi paruppu satham is very easy to prepare. It is one of the popular South Indian thoor dhal rice especially in Kongu areana. This is very tasty, popular and easy to prepare one pot meal. If you are in hurry, then you can go for making this rice either for lunch or dinner because I used to do that. Normally I used to prepare this rice once in a week.

Ingredients
Rice	1 cup
Thoor Dhal	1/2 cup
Onion	1
Tomato	1
Mustard seeds	1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Pepper corns	1 tsp
Garlic	3 pods
Green chilli	3
Turmeric powder	3/4 tsp
Coriander leaves	2 tbsp(chopped)
Oil or Butter	1 tbsp
Salt	to taste

 
   Soak rice and dhal together for 1/2 an hour. Grind cumin seeds, pepper corns and garlic together and keep aside.    In pressure cooker, heat butter and add mustard seeds and  green chillies. When it starts frying, add sliced onion and saute till onion becomes soft.

   Add garlic-cumin paste, turmeric powder and saute till raw smell of garlic disappears. Add tomato and little salt and cook till tomato gets cooked. Add soaked rice and dhal and fry for 2 minutes.

   Add soaked rice and dhal and fry for 2 minutes. Add 1 3/4 cup of water and necessary amount of salt. When the water starts to boil, close the lid and allow 3 whistles.

   Switch off the stove and leaves for 5 minutes in the stove. Release the pressure and add coriander leaves to it.

   You can serve this with ghee and curd. For sidedish, egg, brinjal curry and pappadams are the best combiation.

Note:

• If the rice is mashy, it will give more taste to this recipe.
• You can also add 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp sambhar powder while adding tomato.

Carrot / Gajar ka Halwa

      A very easy preparation is expected by everyone which is simple and fast to make. Most of the people will have carrot at anytime in their refrigerator. Whenever we like to have a sweet, this halwa gives a hand for you.

Ingredients
Carrot	2 Cup (Grated)
Sugar	3/4 Cup
Milk	2 Cup
Cardamom Powder	1/2 tsp
Almonds	2 tbsp(fried in ghee)
Cashew paste	2 tbsp
Ghee	3 tbsp

      

      Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan, and fry grated carrot for 3 minutes. When raw smell separates, add milk and cashew paste and cook till milk is fully absorbed by carrot.

      Add sugar to it and give continuous stir. Once the sugar gets incorporated, add fried almonds, ghee and cardamom powder. Mix all together and cook for 2 more minutes.

      Serve hot or cold as evening tiffin or dessert.