South Indian Dinner/Lunch/Breakfast

yeah true, these can b had as any meal of the day..never get bored of 'em.Today's menu consists of Dosa, Idly, chutney and Sambar.

You Need-
For Dosa
3 cups Rice
1 cup urad dal
1 tbsp each poha,tur dal,chana dal,methi seeds
1 tbsp salt

For Idly
3 cups idly rava
1 cup urad dal
1 tbsp salt

Chutney
2 cups roasted peanuts
1/2 cup tamarind extract
2 garlic cloves
3 green chillies
2 tsp salt

Sambar
1 cup tur dal
1 cup mixed veggies cubed fine of your choice - i prefer - green beans, carrots, potatoes.
1 huge onion
2 tomatoes
2 tbsp sambar powder
2 tbsp GGP
1 tbsp salt
1/2 cup tamarind extract
1 tbsp grated coconut

If you want to prepare these for Saturday's breakfast, you need to do some home work on Friday.
In the morning, soak rice and dals for dosa and idly.You can mix all ingredients for dosa and keep idly urad dal separate.
Evening or 8 hours later,
Grind the mix for dosa.Add salt and mix well.
Grind urad dal for idly.Now mix idly rava to this paste and add salt.
Cover well and keep in a warm place.Let these ferment overnight.

Sambar :-
Come saturday morning, soak tur dal for sambar about 30 minutes.
Add mix veggies to dal and pressure cook.
In a deep pan, add 2 tbsp oil.
Splutter MC seed and add onions.Saute till golden brown.
Add GGP and few secs later add tomato puree.
Saute till oil leaves the mix.
Now add the cooked dal and veggies.
Add sambar powder,tamarind extract and salt.
Let cook well for 30 minutes on sim, add plenty of water to achieve desired consistency. I prefer it more towards the fluid side as dosa makes you feel very thirsty and sambar helps.

Peanut Chutney :-
Mix all ingredients and grind adding water to fine paste.Isn't that simple?
you could top some olive oil on it to give some flavor.

Idly :-
Heat water in idly cooker.
Place the batter in idly plates and steam cook in idly cooker.
If you have traditional idly cooker - it would take 20 mins.Remember not to place whistle.
Microwave version will take 4 mins for 2 plates.

Dosa :-
Heat tava and oil it properly.
Take a serving spoon full dosa batter and spread rapidly starting from the center towards the edges. Do not touch any area twice to get good crispy dosa.
Let cook till golden brown, optionally turn the sides.