Ragi and Oats Roti

In kongunadu, only ragi roti is eaten by most. So i planned to add oats to add more nutrients to the roti. It is healthy too as it is given here to post delivered women for milk as well as for weight reduction.

Here comes the recipe:

Ingredients:

Ragi flour/ Finger millet flour - 2 cup

Oats  - 1 cup ( powder it )

Onion - 2 medium - chop fine

Carrots - 2 medium - grate it

Red chilli powder - 2 tsp

Curry leaves - few - chop fine

Coriander leaves - few - chop fine

Oil

Salt

Method:

1. Mi all these to form a not stiff but not soft dough using water.

2. Heat a tava, sprinkle some oil, spread it and lower the flame.

3. Take a medium ball and place in the hot tava and spread as a thin roti.

4. Apply oil on both sides and cook.

5. Serve with coconut chutney or raitha or else it can be eaten without any side dish.

Variations:

1. You can add green chillies instead of red chilli powder.

2. You can also add grated cucumber.

Arisimparuppu sadam/ Lentil Rice

Arisimparuppu Sadam is a famous dish in kongunadu areas. Whenever there is no vegetables in home, they will cook this dish which is quite easy and can be prepared in jiffy manner.

Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:

Ponni Pulungalarisi/ Ponni boiled rice - 1 cup

Tuvar dhal - 1/2 cup

Small onion - 2 cups - slit into 2 each

Green chillies - 4 - slit into 2

Curry leaves - few

Tomatoes - 2 - chop fine

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt

To grind:

Garlic - 10 - 12 flakes

Cinnamon - 1"

Cloves - 2

Sombhu - 1 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - few

To temper: 

Oil - 3 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Gram dhal - 1/2 tsp

Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Wash and soak rice and dhal together  for 15 min.

2. In a pressure cooker, heat oil and temper with the given ingredients.

3. Add onions, green chillies and curry leaves and fry till onion is well cooked.

4. Add tomatoes and fry till mashy.

5. Add turmeric powder, salt and required water and rice, salt.

6. Close the cooker and keep weight.

7. Pressure cook for 2 whistles.

8. Cool, Open and then serve with Brinjal Potato Poriyal. A perfect combo of both.

Variation:

1). If you want to omit spices ( cinnamon, cloves and sombhu), then while grinding add pepper ( 1 tsp) and add them. This gives rice a different taste.

2). Instead of tuvar dhal, you can also add green gram dhal and thatta payiru ( red choli beans/ cow beans).
If using cow beans either pressure cook it 4 whistles instantly and add or soak it overnight.

3). You can also omit tomatoes and cook.