Egg Fried Rice

Ingredients:
Rice - 3 Cups
Eggs - 6
Onion - 1 (Big)
Ginger Garlic paste

Procedure:
1. Cook Rice with lil less water.
2. Boil eggs in salted water.
3. In a pan, put 3tbspn of Oil. Add Chopped onions to heated oil.
4.After onions are lil fried, add 1tspn of ginger garlic paste. Allow it to fry lil.
5.Add salt(req), masala kaaran, pasupu (turmeric) and garam masala (pinch). Mix all of them .
6.Cut only the white part of boiled egg into small parts and leave the yellow as it is.
7.Mix these chopped boiled egg pieces into pan of Step 5.
8.Mix the rice into this, and mix thoroughly.
9.Taste for salt and kaaram. Add accordingly.

Servings:
Serves 3-4 ppl. Serve with Onion raita.

Tomato Chutney

Ingredients
Tomatos 6 medium cut to small pieces
onions - 1 medium size, cut to small pieces
Green chillis - 6
dhanilyalu/Dhaniya - 1/2 tsp
jeera - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp,
Tamarind - 2 small flakes
Dry cocunut powder - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste.

Method

1)Take a pan, add oil, fry mirchi, dhaniya and jeera. for a min. Keep it aside.
2)With 1 tsp oil, fry onions till slight brown, do not fry too much. Keep it aside.
3) In the same pan without any oil, put the tomotas, tamarind and a 1/2 cup water.
keep frying till the water is evaporated. keep it aside to cool.
4) In mixy/grinder, put cocunut powder and grind a little, then add the mirchi+dhaniya+jeera mixture and salt grind a little till it is soft. Then add the tomato paste to this and grind.
Then add onions and grind for couple of seconds. Once onions are added do not grind for long.

Thats it!

This can be stored for couple of days.

Vegetable Pakoras with Idli Batter

When there is leftover idli batter and bored of making another batch of idlis or uthappam, try making these pakoras. These are so quick to prepare and taste delicious too! Did I mention healthy (with the addition of vegetables) too? Any combination of vegetables can be added to these pakoras to make them healthier.

Ingredients:
3 cups Idli Batter
1 ½ cups Chickpea Flour (Besan, Senagapindi)
2 cups mixed Vegetables (I used frozen)
1 small Onion
1 Tomato
4 green Chilies
A hand full of Cilantro
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
Oil to deep fry
Salt as required

Preparation:
Add besan to the idli batter and mix well. Keep aside.
Cut onion + tomato + green chilies into fine pieces and add these to the batter along with the mixed vegetables + Cilantro + cumin seeds. Add salt as required and mix well. With the addition of besan the batter becomes little thick.
Heat the oil in a deep-bottomed pan. Then carefully drop the batter into the hot oil with a spoon or hand.
When the pakoras turn golden brown in color take them out of the oil and place on a paper towel to drain excess oil. Repeat the same process with rest of the batter.
Enjoy these hot pakoras with desired chutney and a cup of tea/coffee. These are perfect for the evening snack.