Monday, 4 October 2010

Rice Flour Chapathi or Pachi Pindi Rottai

One of my favourite breakfast recipes :) We made them yesterday at our place and we enjoyed it a lot :) Best cominations with this would be Groundnut Chutney or Mint Chutney(Pudina Chutney)


Ingredients Required :

Rice Flour - 1 cup
Water - 2 cups
Cumin Seeds - 3 to 4 spoons ( Make sure you get few in every piece that you eat )
Oil - 2 spoons
Salt - as reqd
Coconut or Desicated coconut (Grated) - 2 spoons

Procedure : 

  • Add oil, cumin seeds,salt and coconut to the water and bring it to a boil.
  • Once it is boiling add the rice flour and cook while stirring for 3 to 4 minutes
  • Switch off the gas and leave till for a while so that it gets the dough like consistency as shown in the picture below
  • Mix well and make it into small pieces just as you make for chapathis
  • Press these into thin spheres just as shown in the below image
  • Fry it in a non-stick tawa as you do for chapathis and serve hot 

Groundnut Chutney Preparation : 


  • Fry groundnuts and red chillis with very little oil and keep aside till it cools down.
  • Grind groundnuts and red chillis along with little tamarind and water.
Your Groundnut Chutney is ready :)

Hope you liked the recipe. Its very easy to prepare and also tastes very good  :) 
Try it and let me know your valuable comments :)

Thanks a lot Friends :)





Friday, 1 October 2010

Thavila Billa

This is a typical our side breakfast or dinner item. It tastes really well. Best combination for this would be Onion chutney or Paruppu thogayal also known as pappu pachadi.


Ingredients Required : 

Rice - 1 and 1/2 cup
Toor Dal Powder - 1 ladle (heap full) 
Water - as reqd
Coconut - 5 pieces
Oil - 2 spoons

Procedure : 

  • Soak the rice for 30 mintues in water.
  • Dry it totally and dry grind it in a mixer
  • Measure exactly 1 cup of this ground rice 
  • Mix this ground rice and the toor dal powder together
  • Boil 2 and 1/2 cups water along with little salt
  • Mix the grated coconut in this water
  • Add one spoon oil to this water and allow it to boil
  • When the water comes to a boil add the rice and toor dal mixture to this and stir well
  • Cook this in simmer for 3-4 minutes
  • Make this into small balls and flatten them 
  • Take a frying pan and fry it like dosas but with little extra oil so that it becomes crispy just as it looks in the picture above
  • Serve hot with paruppu thogayal or pappu pachadi :) 
Thanks friends... Will get back with more interesting recipes :) 
Take care and have a nice weekend :)

Javairisi Upma or Sabhiyam Upindi

One of the best breakfast menus ever tasted is Javarisi upma. Let me go directly to the recipe.


Ingredients Required : 

Sagu - 1 Cup
Moong Dal - 1/4 cup
Mustard - for seasoning
Urid Dal - for seasoning
Turmeric - as reqd
Channa Dal - for seasoning
Cashews - 8 or 9
Curry leaves - few
Chilli - 1 big
Salt - as reqd

Procedure : 

  • Soak the sagu in water for 5 hours before making the upma
  • Cook the moong dal (3 Whistles in pressure cooker should do)
  • Take a frying pan
  • Add some oil
  • Saute the mustard seeds, channa dal, urid dal ,cashews,chilli and curry leaves
  • Drain the water completely from the sagu
  • Add this sagu in the frying pan
  • Add little turmeric powder
  • Add the cooked moong dal
  • Add salt as much as required and mix well for 2 minutes
  • Remove from pan when it feels dry and serve
Tip : 

You can add a pinch of lemon if required.

Hope you liked the recipe. Do let me know your comments :) 

Thanks for all your support :)