Sorakaya pullusu Kura

Ingredients:

1 medium Sorakaya peeled cut into pieces

2-Onions pieces

              4-Green chillies slightly cut

Tamarind -1 lemon size

¼ SP Turmeric pwd

1 SP Red chillie pwd

Salt to tast

½ SP Sugar

1/8 SP Menthe pwd

For seasoning:

Oil 2 spoons

One red chillies

Mustard seeds- 1/2 spoon

Channa dal-1/2 spoon

Cumin seeds -1/2spoon

Urad dal -1/4 spoon

curry leaves-few

Hing-1/8 spoon.

Preparation:

1.Heat oil in a pan, add red chillies, urad dal, cumin seeds mustard seeds and curry leaves.

2.Now add chopped onions, green chillies and fry them until golden brown color.

3.Add the chopped sorakaya pieces, turmeric, and red chilli pwd, salt. Cover the pan and cook for 5 min under medium flame.

4.Add the juice extracted from tamarind juice and some water. Cover and cook until the pieces are soft.

5.Add sugar, and menthe powder and mix them well, turn off the heat. And garnish with coriander leaves.

6.Serve hot with rice and papad.

Aratikaya kootu

Ingredients:

1 small cup toordal
1 no raw banana Pieces
2 no green chillies
1 pinch Turmeric Powder
1/2 SP Coriander Seeds
1/2 SP Channa Dal

¼ SP black pepper

¼ SP rice

¼ SP cumin seeds

2 Red Chillies
2 SP Grated Coconut

 For seasoning:
1/2 SP Mustard Seeds

1/2 SP cumin seeds
1/2 SP Urad Dal
1 Red Chillies crocked
1 Pinch Inguva
2 SP Oil
Curry Leaves

Preparation:

1.Heat 1 SP oil in a pan add coriander seeds, chanadals, red chillies, cumin seeds, black pepper, rice and then fry.
2.Remove from fire and grind into a coarse paste along with grated coconut.
3.Wash toor dal and cook on stovetop.
When it 3/4 done add chopped raw banana, green chillis and cook.
4.Add turmeric powder, ground paste, salt and mix well.
Let it cook for couple of mins and turn off the flame.
5.Heat 1 SP oil in frying pan add seasong ingredients and fry.
When they get splitted add this to cooked dal mixture & mix it well.
6.Aratikkaya kutu is ready and transfer into a serving bowl.
Serve with plain boiled rice and papad.