Eggless coconut Macaroons

I had left over coconut flakes so i tried this with sour cream it came out well. It will be crunchy outside and soft inside. If you don't have sour cream you can add thick curd too... If you want rich version heavy cream can also be added.

Sodhi

Sodhi is a Tirunelveli traditional recipe. They call it as 'Mapilai sodhi' too because they serve in groom house for the bride family.

Whoever likes Thai food will sure like this. This can be served with plain white rice or appam. This can be done without adding moong dal too but it will not go together well. If you like to be little watery you can avoid dal.

Black bean patty burger

If patties are ready even the kids can play around in arranging their own burger.  Do it in your own creative way to arrange the burger. Basil pesto sauce can also be added, The tangy yogurt sauce gives a wonderful rich taste for burgers. Since the patties are baked , it suits for dietary needs which has good source of fiber.

Radish and greens stir fry

Many of them doesn't like radish, but if you try this stir  fry, for sure everyone will eat and the kids will also love it. It can be taken with Roti's or rice. I love buying root vegetables with the leaves on top. Most of the leaves can be used for food and some we don't cook. The greens in the radish really tastes good. To reduce the strong flavor of radish onions and lemon juice can be added. White radishes can be replaced with red one too.

Celery rice

The whole world is celebrating valentines day. All the shops have wonderful roses and choclates, I love those colors but somehow i am not fond of valentines day. Ok, Let's move to food.

Celery when combined with rice gives a mild flavor of the sticks. The coconut milk gives a nice white color and tastes great. In India we get celery in Nilgris. Since the rice has less spice and flavors you can have a spicy side dish or with Brinjal curry.

Thakali(tomato) thokku

I never get thokku properly, its because i don't add much oil. My SIL will always do thokku very nicely. I will ask her the recipe and follow the same way, but i won't get it. This time it turned out very good. If you are a regular reader you would know i like getting oil on top, but this time also I didnt't get. So I heated a tbsp of oil and poured on top :) . This was also her idea.

For thooku the oil should me more otherwise it will be very dry. But if you are not going to do more quantity you can reduce the oil and refrigerate it and consume within 2 days.

Peerkangai (Ridge gourd) paal kootu

This is a simple kootu that can be done with vegetable like cucumber and zucchini. Since we are adding milk for grinding the color of kootu will be white. Tempering with coconut oil for kootu's really taste very nice.

Crispy and soft adai

On every Fridays i will have the idli and dosa batter ready for weekends. That will be very handy when i come home. This type of adai need not be fermented, so just grind and do it. You have to work these kind of adai's in wok, for the shape and softness. If we put in dosa pan you will have crispier dosa but inside it will not be soft.  It can be served with chutney or sambhar.