Karela Dal

You Need
1 bittergourd/karela
1 huge onion
1 tbsp GGP
1 tbsp green chillies
2 cups tur dal
1 tsp haldi
salt
3 tbsp oil
1 tbsp mc seeds

Soak dal atleast 30 mins.
Pressure cook with half of the haldi and a tbsp of salt.
Finely chop onions and karela.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add mc seeds and let splutter.
Add onions, GGP, green chillies, karela. Add rest of haldi and 1 tbsp salt.
Saute till brown.
Mix with the cooked daal and bring to boil.
Be sure to saute the karela till its brown else the whole dal will turn bitter instead of those occasional pieces.
Serve hot with rice and ghee.

Veggie Swirl Bread

Bread Dough:
1cup Luke warm milk
4tsp Active dry yeast
3cups All purpose flour
1tsp Salt
2tsp Sugar
1tsp Melted butter r vegetable margarine
Flour for dusting

For veggie filling:
1/2tsp Mustard seeds n cumin seeds
1 Onion chopped
2 Potatoes(big) chopped
2 Carrots chopped
10 beans chopped
2 Green chillies chopped
2tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
Salt
Oil

Mix the luke warm milk, salt, sugar n yeast in a bowl.
Keep aside for 5 minutes, the yeast will turn foamy.
Take the flour in a large bowl, add the foamy yeast to the flour n knead them as dough, they will extremely sticky, but after kneading them for few minutes they will turn elastic.
Meanwhile prepare the veggie filling.
Heat oil in a kadai,add the mustard seeds n cumin seeds n let them crack, add the chopped onion n stir them until they turns transculent.
Now add the chopped green chillies followed by the rest of veggies with enough salt
Cook until the veggies get well cooked, add the chopped coriander leaves n switch off the stove.
Keep aside n let them cool.
Now we need to shape the dough.Roll them into thick square like disc, dusting if required.

Just spread the veggie filling as shown in picture n roll them into a roll n place them in a greased loaf pan.
Keep the dough again in a warm place for around 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350F. Now brush the doubled dough with melted butter or vegetable margarine.
Bake them for 25-30minutes r else until they turn golden brown.
Remove from the oven n keep aside for 5 minutes, remove the bread from the loaf pan let them cool atleast for 30 minutes before serving.

Onion Rings

You Need
•3 large onions
•1/2 cup flour
1 cup bread crumbs
•3/4 teaspoon salt
•1/8 teaspoon pepper
•1/2 cup corn starch
•1 egg, well beaten
•1/2 cup milk
•cooking oil for deep frying

Heat oil on medium for frying.
Wash and peel onions, cut into 1/4-inch thick rounds.Separate rounds into rings.
In a bowl, combine flour, seasonings, and baking powder.
In a measuring cup, whisk together egg and milk.
Add milk mixture to dry ingredients, blending well.
Dip onion rings into batter, coat with bread crumbs and then drip into oil.
Fry until golden brown, turning to brown both sides.
Remove to paper towels to drain thoroughly.

My Tip:
Add a tablespoon soy sauce to the batter and taste the flavor.....

Ragi Idli

Very healthy alternative to regular rice idli.

You Need
1/2 cup urad dal
1 1/4 cups ragi flour
salt to taste

Soak urad dal overnight or 5 hours.
Grind and mix ragi flour.
Let ferment for atleast 8 hours.
Cook in idli cooker for 20 mins.
Serve with coconut chutney or sambar. It even tastes great with just ghee and salt.