Ridge Gourd/Beerakaya Curry

Ingredients: 

1. 2 Long Ridge Gourd/ Beerakaya finely chopped
2. 1 Red Chilie
3. 1/4 tbsp Cumin Seeds
4. 1/4 tbsp Mustard Seeds
5. 1 Onion finely chopped
6. 1/2 tbsp Chana Dal/ split chickpeas
7. 4 Slit Green Chili
8. 3-6 Curry Leaves
9. 1/2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
10. 1/4 tbsp Turmeric Powder
11. 1/4 tbsp Chili Powder
12. 3 tbsp Oil
13. 1/2 Cup Water
14. Salt

Method :

Heat the oil in a vessel.
Add red chili, Mustard seeds, Cumin Seeds after popping add chana dal stir it until they become light brown then add green chilies, onions and stir until they turn soft and transparent, now add ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and turmeric powder and stir.
Then add ridge gourd/Beerakaya pieces stir for 2 minutes add 1/2 cup water cover the lid and leave it  for 10-15 minutes on low heat. once the pieces become soft and cooked, add the salt and chilie powder and stir for 2 minutes and turn off the heat.

Tomato Dal (tomato papu)

Ingredients :

1. 1 Cup Toor dal (kandi papu)
2. 3 Cups Water
3. 1 Onion finely chopped
4. 4 Slit Green Chilies
5. 1 Big Tomato finely chopped
6. 1 Cup Tamarind juice
7. 1/4 tbsp Turmeric powder
8. 1 tbsp chili powder
9. 2 red chilies
10. 1/4 tbsp Cumin seeds
11.1/4 tbsp Mustard seeds
12. 1 smashed garlic clove
13. 6-8 Curry Leaves
14. 4 tbsp Oil
15. Salt

Method :

Take 1 cup of toor dal in pressure cooker and wash it.
Add 3 cup of water, turmeric powder, chili powder, salt and sliced onions, chilies, tomatos, cover the lid and keep it for 3 pressures whistles and turn off the heat.
Remove the lid and mix everything.
Now take another vessel for seasoning.
Heat the oil, add the red chilies, mustard seeds, cumin seeds once after popping add the smashed garlic and stir until they turn light brown and then add the curry leaves.
Just transfer the cooked dal in it, and boil it for 10 mins on medium heat.stir in between while boiling.

Turn off the heat once its is boiled.

Cucumber / Dosakaya Curry

Ingredients :
1. 2 big Cucumber/ Dosakaya-(peel it and cut into small pieces)
2. 1 Onion finely chopped
3. 4 slit Green Chilies
4. 1 Big Tomato finely chopped
5. 6-8Curry Leaves
7. 1 Red chili
8. 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Past
9. 1/4 tbsp Cumin Seeds
10. 1/4 tbsp Mustard Seeds
11. 2 pinches of Turmeric Powder
12. 1 tbsp Chili Powder
13. Salt

Method :

Heat the Oil in a vessel.
Add red chili, cumin seeds, mustard seeds after popping add green chilies, onions and stir until they turn soft and transparent, now add ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and turmeric powder and stir.
Then add the cucumber(dosakaya) pieces and tomato pieces then stir and cover the lid for 10-15 minutes until they boil and become soft and well cooked.
Remove the lid, add chili powder and salt stir for 1 minute and turn off the heat.

Upma



Ingredients :

1. 1 Cup Upma Rava/ Sooji
2. 1/2 tbsp chana dal/ split chickpeas
3. 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
4. 1 Slit Green Chili
5. 1/2 Onion finely chopped
6. Ginger (1/8 th tbsp chopped)
7. 6-8 Curry Leaves
8. 2 Cups Water
9. 2 tbsp Oil
10. Salt

Method

Heat the oil in vessel
Add Mustard seeds once they pop, add chana dal/ split chickpeas. once the chana dal turns light brown then add the sliced green chilies, onions, ginger and curry leaves and stir until the onion become soft and transparent.
Now add 2 cups of water, then add salt and leave it for boiling on medium heat.
Add upma Rava/ sooji into the boiling water slowly while stirring it with cooking stick.
After adding Upma rava/ sooji reduce the heat and cover the lid for 2 mins and then turn off the heat and mix the upma up & down.

*Note : When you add salt in water see to it water should taste little salty.

Fish fry

Ingredients :

1. 2 lbs Cat fish
2. 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
3. 2 tbsp Chilli powder
4. 1/8 th tbspTurmeric powder
5. oil for deep fry
6. Salt 
7. 1/2 tbsp Cumin Seeds
8. Few Curry Leaves
9. 2 Garlic cloves (chopped vry small)
10. 3 Slit Green Chilies

Method :

Clean the cat fish properly and marinate with turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, chili powder and salt and keep it a side for 30 mins.
Heat the oil in a vessel for deep frying.
Fry the marinated fish in the oil until they turn brown. remove it and place it on a tissue.

Now take another pan and heat 1 tbsp oil.
Add cumin seeds, chopped garlic, green chilies and curry leaves and fry for a min and then add the fried fish and stir it.
Turn of the heat and garnish with coriander leaves if you want.

Rice Omlet

To prepare Rice Omlet we need to prepare Tomato Rice first and then omlet.

Tomato Rice

Ingredients :

1. 2 Cups Rice
2. 2 big Tomato's boiled
3. 1 big onlion finely chopped
4. 5 Slit green chilies
5. 8-10 Curry Leaves
6. 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds
7. spices (2 cardamom, 2 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick)
8.1/4 tbsp Turmeric Powder
9. Salt
10. 4 tbsp of Oil
11. coriander leaves(for garnishing)

Method :

Boil the tomato's in a small vessel directly. after boiling peel the skin and keep it a side.
Soak the rice in water for 10 mins.

Now take another vessel and heat the oil.
Add the spices, cumin seeds after popping add green chilis, sliced onlions, curry leaves and then add turmeric powder and stir until they become soft.
Now add the soaked rice in the seasoning and stir for 2 mins on low heat, now put the boiled tomato's in it directly and cut the big tomoto's to 2-3 pieces with the spoon or with cooking stick.
Now add 4 cups of water and mix everything and add the salt, see to that it should be little salty.
Leave everything for 10-15 minutes on stove. or the best thing i would prefer is to transfer everything to rice cooker and leave it for cooking.
Garnish the rice with coriander leaves.

Omlet :

Ingredients :

1. 2 Eggs
2. 1/2 Onion finely chopped
3. 1/2 Green chili finely chopped
4. 1/4 of Tomato finely chopped
5. Curry leaves finely chopped
6. Coriander leaves
7. 1/4 tsp ginger garlic paste
8. Pinch Pepper Powder
9. 2 Pinch chili powder
10. salt

Method :

Break the eggs into a bowl and beat them, now add onions, chilis, tomato,curry leaves, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, pepper powder and salt. again beat everything to be mixed well.

Now heat the oil in non stick pan.
Add the egg mixture and spead it all over the pan and leave it for sometime and then turn omlet to other side and leave it.
Turn off the heat.

Now Place the omlet on a plate.
Add rice in it and role the omlet with the rice in it.
Mark the cuts just as seen in the picture.
Now garnish the rice omlet with the coriander leaves.

Egg Curry

Ingredients :

1 .3 Eggs 

2. 1 Red chilie

3. 2 Onions finely chopped

4. 3 slit Green chilies

5. 6-8 curry leaves

6. Pinch Turmeric powder

7. 1/2 tbsp chili powder

8. salt

9. 1 Big Tomato finely chopped

10. 3 tbsp Oil

11. 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds

12. 1/2 tbsp Cumin seeds

13. 1/2 tbsp Garam masala (mixture of clove, cinnamon & cardamom)

Method :

Boil the 3 eggs and remove the outer shell , make the cuts or slits on the eggs and keep a side. 

Heat the oil in a pan.

Add 1 red chilie, mustard seeds, cumin seeds stir until they pop.

Add green chilies, sliced onions, stir it until it turn to soft & transparent, 

Add turmeric powder, then add curry leaves & sliced tomato's cover the pan with lid and leave for sometime until tomoto is cooked well.

after tomoto is cooked, add chili powder, garam masala and stir for 2- 3 mins. 

Now add slit eggs and reduce the heat to low and cover the pan with lid for 5 mins. 

Turn off the heat and  transfer the curry into serving bowl.

Semiya Upma

Ingredients:

1. 1 Cup Semiya (Bambino Vermicelli)
2. 2 Cups water
3. 1/2 Onion finely chopped
4. 1 Slit Green chili
5. 4-6 Curry leaves
6. 1/2 tbsp Ginger finely chopped
7. 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
8.  Few Ghee Fried Cashew nuts
9. 2 tbsp Oil
10. Salt

Method :

Heat the oil in a small vessel.

Add 1/2 Tbsp mustard seeds, wait for popping, add 1/4 sliced ginger. then add chilles and sliced onions.

Once the onions become soft and transparent then add curry leaves.

Immediately add water in it and leave it until it boils. also add salt to taste. and see to that its little salty as we are going to add semiya in it. so that the semiya will be equalized with the salt by the time its cooked.

Maintain the same heat and then add the Bambino vermicelli slowly while stirring.

After adding vermicelli cover the vessel with lid and reduce the heat to low. leave it for 2 mins and the mix it. once it is cooked turn off the heat.

Take everything in serving bowl. Now add fried cashew nuts on top and ganish it..

You can serve it as breakfast and also can eat it as evening snack.