Ingredients:

Cauliflower – 1 medium (clean and break into big florettes)

Spring onion -1 small bunch finely chopped

Ginger finely chopped – 2 tsp

Garlic finely chopped – 1 tsp

Basin/gram flour – 1/4 cup

Corn flour – 3 tablespoon

Red chilli powder – 1/4 tsp

Dry red chillies – 2

Oil – 3 tablespoon

Water – 1 1/2 cup

Milk – 1 tablespoon

Salt-to taste

Method:

1. Boil the florettes for 3-4 minutes in plenty of water, to which add tablespoon of milk.

2. Drain and pat dry on a clean cloth.

3. Make thin batter out of basin flour and 2 tbsp cornflour, adding 1/4 tsp each of ginger and garlic and red chilli powder and salt to taste.

4. Dip the florettes in the batter one by one and deep fry in hot oil. Keep aside.

Fried Gobi or Cauliflower

5. In the remaining oil, add remaining ginger, garlic and crushed red chilli and fry for a minute.

6. Add the salt and spring onions.

7. Stir fry for a minute. Add 1 1/2 cups water and allow it to  boil.

8. Add 1 tbsp cornflour to 1/4 cup water and dissolve well.

9. Gradually add to the gravy and stir continuously till it resumes boiling.

10. Boil till the gravy becomes transparent. Add the fried florettes and add soya sauce.

11. Boil for two minutes.

Gobi Manchurian

Serve hot with noodles or rice.

Ingredients:

String bean or kaaramani kai – 250 gms

Green Chilli – 2

Grated coconut – 3 tsp

Oil – 1 tsp

Mustard – 1/2 tsp

Urad dhal – 1 tsp

Turmeric – a pinch

Water – to cook

Salt – to taste

Method:

1. Wash and chop the string bean and keep it ready.

2. Take a tawa, heat oil and add mustard and urad dhal.

3. After mustard pops, add the sliced green chilli.

4. Now add the chopped string bean and add turmeric and sprinkle little water.

5. Close with a lid and allow it to cook for 5 mins and add salt.

6. Finally add grated coconut, mix well and serve.

String Bean poriyal or curry

Ingredients:

Pudhina -2 cups

Ginger – small piece

Green chilli – 2

Jaggery – a small piece

Salt – to taste

Thick tamarind juice – 3 tsp or lemon juice – 1 table spoon

Ingredients for hot n sweet mint chutney

Method:

1. Grind pudhina,ginger, green chilli, jaggery and salt to a fine paste.

2. Mix the lemon juice or tamarind juice to the green chutney and mix well.

Hot n Sweet Mint Chutney

This chutney will taste sweet and sour and goes well with stuffed chapaties and parathas.

Ingredients:

Roasted Groundnut – 1 cup

Red Chilli – 4 -5

Tamarind – a 2 inch piece

Garlic – 2

Oil – 1 tsp

Salt – to taste

Mustard – 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves – to garnish

Method:

1. Grind roasted groundnut, chilli, garlic and tamarind along with salt.

2. Heat oil in a tawa, add mustard and curry leaves and garnish over the grinded chutney.

Groundnut Chutney

Note: If you want, you can add coconut scrapings. Coconut has to be grinded along with the grinding ingredients.

This chutney can be served with idli and dosa.

Ingredients:

Ridge Gourd or Peerkangai or Beera Kaaya or dodka – 2

Onion – 2

Garlic – 4

Oil – 2 tsp

Mustard – 1 tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp (depending on taste)

Turmeric- a pinch

Salt – to taste

Water – as required

Method:

1. Take a pan, add oil, mustard and allow it to pop.

2. Add onion and garlic, cook till it becomes pink.

3. Now add chopped ridge gourd(peel off the skin),turmeric and sprinkle water and keep it closed fow few minutes.

4. Add chilli powder, coriander powder and salt .

5. Mix well and allow it for some time.

Ridge Gourd or Peerkangai Sabji

Spicy and delicious ridge gourd subji is ready. Goes well with chapatis.

Note: Do check the taste of the ridge gourd while cutting them. Some ridge gourd might taste bitter. In that case, please do not use them.