Daliya Upma / Broken Wheat Upma / Daliya Kichdi

Ingredients:

• Daliya /Broken wheat/Sooji/Godumai Ravai - 1 cup
• Broken Bengal gram / yellow split moong dal / Paasi paruppu - 1 tbsp
• Tempering - Oil, Chana dal/kadala paruppu - 1 tsp, Urad dal/Ulundu paruppu - 1 tsp, Mustard seeds/Rai/Kadugu, Cumin seeds/Jeera/Jeeragam, Curry leaves, Dry Red Chilies, Roasted peanuts (optional)
• Thinely Sliced Potato - 1 (optional, can also add other finely chopped veggies like carrot and peas)
• Chopped Onion 
• Chopped Tomato
• Haldi/Turmeric powder/Manjal thool, Chili powder and Salt to taste
• Water to cook
• Coriander leaves - chopped

Instructions:

• Heat oil in a small pressure cooker and add all the tempering ingredients one by one in medium flame and let them fry for a minute
• Add chopped potato, onion and other veggies - saute for few minutes
• Add the turmeric, chili powder, salt - mix well
• Add the Daliya and moong dal - mix and saute for few minutes 
• Now add 2 to 3 cups water and pressure cook in slow medium flame for 3 minutes
• Turn off the heat, let the pressure be off and open the lid
• The upma should be in a slightly watery consistency like kichdi
• garnish with chopped coriander leaves and 1 tbsp ghee/neiy - serve hot

Simple Curd Rice / Thayir Sadham

Ingredients:

• Homemade Curd (sour) - 1 cup
• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Steamed Rice - Cooled or Use leftover Rice
• Tadka/Tempering:- 
• Oil, Mustard seeds
• Hing/Perungaya thool
• Urad dal/ulunthu paruppu - 1 tsp
• Chana dal/Kadala paruppu - 1 tsp
• Peanuts, Cashew nuts (optional)
• Curry leaves
• Dry Red chilies / Chopped Green chilies 
• Finely chopped Ginger pieces of 1/2 inch ginger
• Chopped Coriander leaves
• Salt to taste

Instructions:

• Heat oil in a kadai and add tempering ingredients one by one in medium flame and make sure doesnt get burnt. It will be ready in a minute or 2 so keep all the ingredients ready before heating the oil
• Turn off the heat and let it cool
• Mix chilled curd and milk - pour into the tempering in the kadai after its back to normal temperature
• Add Salt, Coriander leaves and the cold steamed rice only few minutes before serving. otherwise the rice might soak all the curd and milk and become dry to eat
• I prefer it chilled and spicy so dont like to add pomegranate. This is the simple and easy normal homemade curd rice for summers

Mushroom Pepperfry

Ingredients:

Mushrooms 5-6 nos, diced into small pieces

Onion – 2 big, finely chopped

Green Chilies – chopped

Ginger-garlic paste

Salt, Pepper powder and Mixed Herbs

Mustard seeds

oil

Instructions:

• ·         Heat 1 or 2 tbsp oil in a saucepan and add mustard seeds
• ·         When it splitters add the chopped onion and green chilies – sauté
• ·         Add ginger-garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell vanishes
• ·         Add chopped mushrooms along with Salt and Pepper powder – stir fry for 5 mins
• ·         Add mixed herbs and let it cook for few mins
• ·         Quick mushroom dish is ready to relish with Roti
• ·         Also mix it with steamed rice / leftover rice to make mushroom fried rice in minutes