Easy Appam without yeast

Ingredients

• Kochbeutel rice or white rice  - 2 cup
• Urid dal - 1  1/2 tbsp
• Cooked rice - 1/2 cup
• Coconut raspel - 1/4 cup

Method

1. Wash the rice and urid dal.
2. Mix the cleaned rice,urid dal in a bowl. 
3. Soak these for 4 hours minimum.
4. Drain the water and mix the soak rice, urida dal with coconut raspel and cooked rice.
5. Blend together in mixer.
6. Keep the batter in a warm place for fermentation like idli, Dosa batter.(Preferaby for overnight)
7. Next day, prepare the appam in a wide pan or Dosakallu or Crepe pan.
8. Take one big spoon batter to an oiled pan and slowly make it a round and cover with the lid.
9. No need to turn the appam and cook again. Take it out slowly.
10. Enjoy the appam with Egg roast or any type of stews(chicken, mutton, fish,vegetable ...).  

Sammanthi podi

Ingredients

• Coconut raspel - 2 1/2 cups
• Shallots  - 6 Nos
• Ginger - 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds - 1 Tbsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 Tbsp
• Dried red chilly - 20 OR Red chilly powder - 1 1/2 tbsp
• Peppercorns -1/4tsp
• Tamarind - small lemon size
• curry leaves - a handful
• salt -  according to taste 

Method

1. Roast everything EXCEPT tamarind and salt in a pan.
2. After cooling down, grind the roasted mixture with tamarind and salt together in a mixie.
3. Store in airtight bottles or containers.
4. Enjoy it with rice. 

Meat balls (Beef)

Ingredients

• Minced beef : 500g
• Onion : 1
• Egg :1
• Breadcrumbs: 2tbsp
• Salt & pepper: as needed
• Garam masala : 2tsp (optional)
• Coriander leaves : few ( optional)

Method

1. Chop the onion into small pieces. Saute a little in a little oil.

• Mix all the ingredients well with hand or a spoon.

• Make small balls of it.
• Fry each side of these balls in a pan, approximately 7 - 10 min

• Enjoy when it is cooled down..or make it a tomato- meatball sauce for pasta

Banana Cake without Egg

Ingredients 

• Banana - 3
• Sugar - 3/4 cup
• Curd - 1/4 cup
• Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
• Olive oil - 1/2 cup
• All-purpose flour - 2 cup
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
• Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - a pinch

Method

1. Preheat the oven at 180° C .
2. Smash the bananas with a spoon or fork.
3. Sift the dry ingredients (Flour, Baking powder, Baking soda, Cinnamon powder) together.
4. Mix the smashed bananas ,sugar in a food processor.
5. Add slowly the curd, vanilla essence, olive oil and salt and mix.
6. Slowly add in the dry ingredients mixture.
7. Pour the batter into a 24cm /9 inch cake pan.
8. Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
9. Let it cool before removing from the pan.
10. Enjoy it with a cup of coffee or Tea.

Crispy and crunchy Salad

Yield: Serves about 2

Ingredients:

• 2 Romain lettuce
• 100g green grapes
• 100g French soft Cheese
• 50g Walnuts (halves)

Dressing:

• 8Tbs Orange juice
• 3Tbs Olive oil
• 3Tbs White wine vinegar
• Sugar(optional), Salt  'N' Pepper

Preparation:
Rinse the lettuce under cold running water, tear into bite-sized pieces, and let stand in the ice water to crisp for 10-15 minutes. Drain well and dry very thoroughly in a salad spinner. Half washed the grapes and remove the seeds if needed. Roast the walnuts(without any fat or oil) in a pan.
Mix the orangejuice, oliveoil and vineger. Add salt , pepper and a little bit of sugar .
Toss the salad with grapes, nuts. Add soft cheese . Drizzle over the dressing and combine. Serve immediately. Enjoy!

Beans mezhukkupuratti

Ingredients

• Beans - 500g
• Shallots/ small onion - few / 1
• Garlic - 3 cloves
• Red chilly powder - 1tsp
• Coriander powder - 1tsp
• Salt
• Oil - 2tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp

Method

1. Take oil in a pan and splutter the mustards.
2. Add beans and rest of the ingredients and mix together.
3. Close the pan and cook these in a medium heat until it is done.

15 minutes brownies

Ingredients

• Nutella - 1 cup
• Flour     -  1/2  cup
• Egg       -  2

Method

1.  Grease a 9 x9 baking pan and preheat oven to 150°C.
2.  Mix all ingredients into a large bowl with a large wooden spoon until batter is smooth. 
3. Pour into baking pan and smooth top with spatula.
4. Bake for about 15 minutes until toothpick inserted comes out clean.