Dhal / Uppu Paruppu

Ingredients :
Toor dhal - 1cup
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Garlic - 2 pieces
Red chillies - 2 nos
Curry leaves - few
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
Oil- 1 tbsp
Salt to taste.
Method:

• Cook dal in water, with Tumeric powder and a drop of cooking oil.
• In the cooked dal, add Salt, crushed garlic and cumin seeds. Smash it.
• Seasoned with mustard seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.
• This is best eaten with steamed rice, topped With ghee.

Keerai Kootu

Ingredients :

Keerai - 1 bunch (washed, cleaned and chopped finely)
Small Onion - 3
Green Chillies - 3 split
Tomato - 1/2 ( chopped into medium pieces )
Garlic - 2 pieces
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Green Gram Dhal (Paasiparuppu) - 1 cup
Salt to taste.
For Seasoning:
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Red Chillies - 2
Curry leaves - few.
Method:

• Pressure cook dal and keerai along with onion,tomato,garlic,green chilli, turmeric powder and salt in the cooker and allow 1 or 2 whistles.
• In a kadai pour 2 tsps of oil and season with mustard,cumin,methi seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.
• Now add the cooked dal - spinach mixture.
• Let it cook for five minutes.
• Kootu Ready. Serve with Rice.

You can use any Greens. I used Water Cress.

Arisi-Paruppu Sadham / Dal Rice

Ingredients :
Rice - 1 1/2 cups ( boiled rice )
Toor dhal - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 ( chopped )
Red chillis - 4
Gren chillies - 2
Curry leaves - few
Tomato - 1

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Garlic - 4 pieces ( crushed )
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp ( crushed )
Pepper corn - 1/2 tsp ( crushed )
Turmeric powder -1 tsp
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt to taste.
Method:

• Wash and Soak the rice & dhal for 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a pressure pan, add mustard seeds when it starts to pop, add onion,chillies and curry leaves.
• Fry till onion turn slightly brown.Now add tomato.saute 2 minutes.
• Then add crushed cumin,pepper, garlic and turmeric powder.saute them 1 minute.
• Add 5 cups of water and salt.
• When the water starts to boil add rice and dhal.
• Mix well and close the lid.
• Cook for 2 to 3 whistles.
  Serve with ghee for 1st round. Serve with curd for 2 nd round.