Pathrode Gashi

 

Pathrode Gashi is a semi thick gravy dish made with left over pathrodo cooked in freshly ground coconut masala paste. Pathrodo is a Konkani style steamed colocasia leaves stuffed with spicy rice coconut masala batter. Pathrode Gashi recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Pathrode Gashi.

Ingredients:-

Left over Pathrodo. - a small piece
Grated coconut.       - 1cup
Dry red chillies.       - 3
Turmeric powder.    - 1/4 tsp
Tamarind.                 - a small piece
Urad dal.                   - 1tsp
Mustard seeds.          - 1tsp
Coconut oil.              - 1tbsp
Salt.                           - to taste

Instructions:-

1). Chop the left over pathrodo into medium thick pieces and keep aside.(you can add the quantity of left over pathrode pieces  in the curry according to your choice)

2). Grind grated coconut, dry red chillies, turmeric powder and tamarind to a smooth paste adding very little water. Keep aside the freshly ground coconut masala paste.

 

Method:-

1). Heat coconut oil in a pan and add urad dal and saute well.Splutter mustard seeds and saute well.

2). Add ground coconut masala paste into the pan.

3). Add required salt and 1and 1/2 cup of water into the pan and mix well.The consistency of the gravy is semi thick. Gravy will thicken as it cools.So add water according to the consistency. Boil the coconut masala gravy for 2 minutes on low flame.

4). Add chopped pathrode pieces into the pan.

 

5). Mix the pathrode pieces in coconut masala gravy.

6). Boil and cook the pathrode pieces in coconut masala gravy for 2 minutes on low flame and switch off the flame.

7). Pour the pathrode coconut masala gravy /pathrode gashi to a serving bowl.

A very tasty Pathrode Gashi is ready to serve with rice.

Green Turkey berry Dal Curry/Chundanga Parippu Curry

Turkey berry dal curry/Chundanga parippu curry is a delicious semi thick gravy dish made with green turkey berries and tur dal goes well with rice, chapati etc.Green turkey berry dal curry recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare for Green Turkey berry Dal Curry.

Ingredients:-

Green Turkey berry.    - 3/4 cup
Tur dal.                        -1/2 cup
Shallots (small onion). - 5 chopped
Tomato.                        -1or 2 chopped
Tamarind.                     - a marble size
Turmeric powder.         -1/4 tsp
Sambar powder.            -1tbsp
Hing powder.                -1/4 tsp
Dry red chilly.               -1broken
Cumin seeds.                 -1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds.               -1/2 tsp
Curry leaves.                  -1 spring
Oil.                                 - 2 tbsp
Salt.                                 - to taste

1). Wash and chop turkey berries into halves and keep them in water to prevent darkening.

2). Wash tur dal and pressure cook adding sufficient water for 2 whistles and keep aside.

3). Soak tamarind in little water and make tamarind juice and keep aside.

Preparation Method With Step by Step Photos:-

1). Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wide bottom pan and splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Add broken dry red chilly, chopped shallots and curry leaves into the pan and saute well. Add chopped turkey berry halves without water and saute well in oil for few minutes on low flame.

2). Add chopped tomato and required salt into the pan and saute well till tomato becomes mushy.

3). Add tamarind juice, turmeric powder and sambar powder into the pan and saute well.

4). Add cooked tur dal into the pan and mix well.

5). Add hing powder and 1/4 cup of water into the pan. Mix well and make a semi thick gravy consistency.

 

6). Boil and cook the turkey berry dal curry for 2 minutes on low flame and switch off the flame.

Green Turkey berry Dal Curry /Chundanga Parippu Curry is ready to serve with rice, chapathi etc.

Undi With Piyava Gojju

Undi is a Konkani style steamed rice ball served with a spicy, tangy and crunchy dip known as piyava gojju. Undi With Piyava Gojju recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Undi With Piyava Gojju.

Ingredients:-

Idli Rava.          -1 cup
Grated coconut.-1/2 cup
Green chillies.   -2
Curry leaves.     -1 spring
Urad dal.            -1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds.   -1tsp
Methi seeds.       -1/4 tsp
Coconut oil.        -1tbsp
Salt.                    - to taste

Instructions:-

1). Wash idli rava and soak it in water in a bowl for 20 minutes.Then drain the soaked water completely from idli rava. Add grated coconut, required salt and 1cup of water into the bowl and mix with the soaked idli rava.

  2). Mix well and keep aside the idli rava coconut salt mixture.

3). Wash and finely chop green chillies and curry leaves and keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat coconut oil in a wide bottom kadai and add urad dal and saute well. When urad dal starts to change its colour splutter mustard seeds and methi seeds. Add finely chopped green chillies and finely chopped curry leaves into the kadai and saute well.

2). Add idli rava coconut salt mixture into the kadai and stir well.

3). Keep stirring the rava coconut mixture in the kadai till the water is evaporated and the mixture becomes a thick dough.Switch off the flame.

4). When the thick dough becomes little warm make small balls and flatten it a little and make a dent in the middle and keep them on a plate.

5). Boil sufficient water in a steamer with steamer plate. Keep the plate with flatten undi on the steamer plate and close the steamer with lid.

6). Steam cook the undi in the steamer for 20 minutes.After 20 minutes open the steamer lid.

7). Remove the steamed undi from the steamer and transfer to a serving plate and serve with piyava gojju.

8). For Piyava Gojju - Roast 5 dry red chillies in little oil.In a mixer grinder grind the roasted red chillies along with a marble size tamarind and required salt to a fine paste.Transfer the ground paste in a bowl. Add required water and mix well. Add finely chopped 1 large onion into the bowl and mix well.Add 1tsp coconut oil over the onion gojju in the bowl and mix well.Piyava gojju is ready to serve.

Try the recipe and enjoy the breakfast dish.

Rava Roti/ Sooji Roti

Rava Roti/ Rava Rotti/ Sooji Roti is an easy to make tasty and delicious breakfast dish made with sooji rava. Rava Roti recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Rava Roti / Sooji Roti.

Ingredients:-

Sooji Rava.         - 1 cup
Curd.                   - 1 cup
Onion.                 - 1
Green chilly.        - 2
Curry leaves.       - 1 spring
Black Pepper.      - 10 corns
Grated Coconut.  - 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves. - few
Salt.                      - to taste

Instructions:-

Finely chop onion, chop green chillies into thin round pieces, roughly crush pepper corn, finely chop coriander leaves, freshly grate coconut, finely chop curry leaves and keep aside on a plate.

Method:-

1). In a mixing bowl add 1cup sooji rava.

2). Add 1cup curd into the bowl.

3). Mix the curd with sooji rava adding 2 tbsp of water using your hands and keep aside the rava curd mixture for 30 minutes to rest.

4). Add thinly chopped green chillies, roughly crushed pepper corns, finely chopped curry leaves, freshly grated coconut, finely chopped coriander leaves, finely chopped onion and required salt into the bowl.

5). Mix well all the ingredients in the bowl and make a little thick sooji rava batter.

6). Apply little oil on a plastic sheet and keep it on a plate.Take a ladle of sooji rava batter and put it on the greased plastic sheet.

7). Wet your hands and pat on the rava batter to spread it thinly on the plastic sheet and make a circular shape roti.

8). Heat a non stick tawa on medium heat.Lower the flame and transfer the thin roti from plastic sheet to tawa upside down and gently press on all its sides.

9). Pour little oil on all sides of the roti and roast on medium flame.

10). When one side is roasted well flip the rava roti to cook the other side.

11). Remove the well roasted rava roti from tawa and transfer to a serving plate.

12). Repeat the same process and make rava roti with the remaining batter.

Rava Roti is ready to serve as such or with chutney or any side dish of your choice.

 

Try the recipe and enjoy the dish.

Ginger Rasam / Inji Rasam

 

Inji rasam / Ginger rasam is a healthy side dish goes well with rice and is very good for digestion. Ginger rasam recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Ginger Rasam / Inji Rasam

Ingredients:-

Ginger.              - 1 inch piece
Garlic cloves.    - 4 chopped
Tomato.             - 2
Tamarind.          - a gooseberry size
Chana dal.          - 1tsp
Toor dal.             - 1tsp
Dry red chillies.  - 2
Pepper corn.        - 1tsp
Cumin seeds.       - 1tsp
Coriander seeds.  - 1tsp
Turmeric powder. - 1/4 tsp
Hing powder.        - 1/4 tsp
Salt.                       - to taste

For Seasoning:-

Mustard seeds.- 1tsp
Dry red chilly. - 1 broken into bits
Garlic cloves.   - 2 chopped
Curry leaves.    - 1spring
Oil.                    - 1tbsp

Instructions:-

1). Heat a pan and dry roast chana dal, toor dal, dry red chillies, pepper corn, cumin seeds and coriander seeds till nice aroma comes out on medium flame and transfer to a plate to cool.

2). Peel and chop ginger into small pieces. In the same pan dry roast the chopped ginger pieces for 2 minutes on low flame and transfer to the same plate to cool.

3). In a mixer grinder grind the roasted ginger pieces along with all the other roasted ingredients and garlic cloves to a smooth powder without adding water. Transfer the ground rasam powder to a plate.Add hing powder and mix with the ground rasam powder.

4). Soak tamarind in 1cup of water for 5 minutes and grind along with chopped tomato to a smooth paste.Keep aside the ground tomato tamarind paste.

Method:-

1). Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add broken dry red chilly bits, chopped garlic and curry leaves into the pan and saute well.

2). Add ground rasam powder into the pan and saute well.

3). Add ground tomato tamarind paste and required salt into the pan and saute well.

4). Add 1cup of water or more into the pan to get a rasam consistency.Mix well and boil the ginger rasam.

5). Once the rasam starts to boil add finely chopped coriander leaves into the pan.

6). Mix well and boil the ginger rasam for 2 minutes and switch of the flame.

Transfer the ginger rasam to a serving bowl. A tasty and healthy Ginger Rassm/Inji Rasam is ready to serve hot with rice.

Try the recipe and enjoy the very tasty ginger rasam with rice.