മുരിങ്ങകായ ഉപ്പേരി 

Drumsticks
(muringakaya)                      :  2no
Chilli pdr                              : 2 tsp
Shallots(ulli)                        : 5
Turmeric pdr                        : a pinch
Salt
Oil as required
Curry leaves

Method:

Wash and peel the skin of the drumstick and cut into 3" pieces.  Crush onions with chilli pdr and turmeric pdr.You can add more chilli pdr if you want it spicy.  Heat a kadai add 1tbsp of oil and put the cushed onions and saute for a while. Add the drumstick pieces to this and 1/2 cup of water, salt and mix well. cover it and cook till the water gets absorbed and the drumstick becomes  soft. Add some more oil again and stir well.Saute for some more time until the masala covered the drumsticks. Garnish with curry leaves.

We can make different types of dosas with the same batter using raw rice. adding tomato, palak, chilli etc etc.

1.Tomato dosa:

തക്കാളി ദോശ

Ingredients:

Raw rice                               :  2 cups
Tomato (chopped)                : 1 medium
                                                  size
oil as required
Salt



Method:


Soak raw rice for 1 hour and grind it with tomato  and salt to a smooth paste, like usual dosa batter.
Heat a tawa and make thin dosas, grease it with  oil  and serve it  hot with coconut chutney!




2. Coconut dosa: 
                         
തേങ്ങ ദോശ 

Ingredients:

Raw rice                            : 2 cups
Grated coconut                  : 1 cup
Salt
Coconut oil as required



Method:

Soak rice for 1 hour. Grind it along with coconut and salt  to a paste,  like dosa batter. Heat tawa and make dosas, greasing with coconut oil. Ulii(shallots) sammanthi goes well with that.
Sometimes its hard to spread the batter in the tawa with the spoon, if so just pour the batter in the middle of the tawa and turn around it to spread it evenly.





3. Chilli dosa:

Ingredients:

Raw rice                            : 2 cups
Red chillies                       : 4 (or 1tsp chilli pdr)
Onion(shallots)                  : 8
Salt
Coconut oil   as required  




Method:

Soak rice and grind it along with chillies and onions. Add salt and mix well and make thin  crispy dosas greasing with coconut oil.The batter should be thin  then only you'll get crispy dosa.  This goes well with coconut chutney!
 





4.  Drumstick leaves dosa ( muringayila dosa)

മുരിങ്ങയില ദോശ

Ingredients:

Raw rice                                  : 2 cups
Drumstick leaves                    : 1/2 cup
Salt
Coconut oil as required


Method:

Soak rice and grind it smoothly adding salt. Clean drumstick leaves and add this to the batter and mix well.  Make thin dosas, greasing  with coconut oil .  Serve hot with ulli sammanthi or coconut chutney!

Or you can use the regular dosa batter for making this. You can add the drumstick leaves into 2 cups of regular dosa batter and make this dosa. 



5. Palak dosa

Ingredients:

Raw rice                        : 2 cups
Palak leaves                  :  1/4th of a bunch
Salt
Oil


Method:

Blanch palak leaves. (put palak leaves in boiled water and wash it with cold water)
Grind soaked rice with blanched palak leaves and salt to a smooth batter.  Make thin dosas with that applying oil to the sides of the dosa and serve it hot with coconut chutney!



6.  Coriander dosa

Ingredients:

Method:

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!!

ഉള്ളി സമ്മന്തി

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.