Ingredients:

Cabbage                        : 1/2
Shredded coconut         : 1/2 cup
Green chillies                : 2
Cumin seeds                 : 1/4 tsp
Salt                           
Mustard seeds               : 1/2 tsp
Red chiilies                   : 2 split into 2
Oil                                 : 1 tbsp
Curry leaves



Method:

Shred cabbage, wash and keep aside.  Crush green chillies, coconut and cumin seeds together and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai add mustard seeds, when it splutters add red chillies, curry leaves,  and  finally cabbage, and salt, don't add water.  Cover and cook in a low flame stirring in the middle till the cabbage become soft.  When cooked add the crushed coconut and mix well.  Serve with rice.

  We can make this thoran even without crushing the coconut. Just fry the mustard seeds, cumin seeds,  red chillies and add the shredded cabbage, salt and sprinkle little water. When it cooked add the  grated coconut to this and mix well.

Ingredients:

Rava(sooji)                   : 1 cup
Onion                            : 1 medium size
Green chillies                : 2
Ginger                           : a small piece  
Mustard seeds               : 1/2tsp
Urad dal                        : 1/2tsp
Chenna dal                    : 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves
Oil                                 : 2 tbsp
Ghee                              : 1tbsp
Water                             : 2 cups
Salt


Method:

Dry roast rava in a kadai till it changes the colour slightly and keep aside.
Chop onion, green chillies and ginger and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urad dal, chenna dal till light brown and now add curry leaves, onion, ginger and green chillies. saute till the onions become translucent. Add water and salt, let it boil. When it boils slowly add rava while stirring continously, so that no lumps are formed. When the water gets absorbed switch off the flame and add ghee to this. Tasty upma is ready , have it with coconut chutney!!

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Ingredients:

Shallots(cheriya ulli)                : 10
Red chillies                               : 4   
Salt  to taste
Coconut oil                               : 2 tbsp

Method:

Grind all the ingredients to a smooth paste. If you want it spicy you can increase the no. of chillies.  Add raw coconut oil to this and have it with idli, dosa etc.
The only drawback is the smell of raw onions. To avoid that you can fry red chillies and onions in a tspn of oil and grind it.





variation: You can fry tomatoes also with chillies and onion and grind it. It will be a different taste.

Ingredients:

Raw rice                    : 1 cup
Urad dal                    : 1/4cup          
Chenna dal                : 1/4cup
Red chillies               : 15 nos
Asafoetida                 : a small piece
Peppercorns              : 1tbsp
Cumin seeds             : 1/2 tsp
sesame seeds(ellu)   : 1/4 tsp
Salt
Oil                            :1/2tsp                



Method:

Dry roast all the ingredients one by one. Take 1/2 tsp of oil and add asafoetida and fry that also. Mix all the ingredients and salt and grind it in a mixie to a coarse powder. Have it with idly or dosa mixing ghee or coconut oil.
You can increase or reduce the amount of red chillies according to your taste.






Idli podi without rice

Some wont use rice for making podi.
In that case take
1 cup of urad dal
1/2 cup of chana dal
15 nos of red chillies  
1tsp of sesame seeds
Salt
Asafoetida a small pc

 Dry roast all except asafoetida. Take half a teaspoon of oil and fry the asafoetida. Mix this with the roasted dals, add salt and grind it coarsely.   That too will be tasty!
Store it in an airtight container.

Ingredients:

Tomatoes                      : 3 medium size
Tur dal                          : 2 tbsp
Tamarind                      : small lemon size
Chilli pdr                      : 1tsp
Coriander pdr               : 1tsp                 
Turmeric pdr                : a pinch
Jaggery                        : a small piece
Ghee                            : 1tsp
Mustard seeds              : 1tsp
Cumin seeds                : a pinch
Asafoetida powder       : a pinch
Red chillies                  : 2 split into 2
Coriander leaves          : for garnishing

Method:

Pressure cook tur dal ( When you cook tur dal for sambhar, just take 2 tbsps of cooked dal along with  water). Mash 1 tomato and and mix it with the dal and keep aside.

Soak tamarind  in 3 cups of water for 30 mins and take the extract. Now add  chopped tomatoes(2),salt, turmeric pdr, chilli pdr, coriander pdr,  asafoetida and jaggery  to this and let it boil for 5 mins.   Finally add the dal and tomato mix to this and boil for 1 more min and remove from fire.  Heat ghee in a kadai and mustard seeds, red chillies and cumin seeds. when it splutters add this to the rasam and garnish with coriander leaves.