PANCAKES WITH MAPLE SYRUP

1cup flour
1cup milk
1egg
2tbsp sugar
2tbsp melted butter or oil
maple syrup as an accompaniment

make a smooth batter with flour,milk,eggs, sugar and water. keep aside for 10mins.
heat a frying pan.add a ladleful of butter.swirl the pan around to make large round out of the batter.( the batter spreads all over the pan).
add a tbsp of butter or oil from the sides.fry on both sides till golden brown.
make similar pancakes using the whole batter.
drizzle maple syrup and serve

BLINI-RUSSIAN

1cup flour
7g yeast
1/2cup milk
a pinch of sugar
salt to taste
make a smooth batter with all the above ingredients using water. keep aside for 30mins to let the batter rise.
heat a pan.add a ladleful of batter and fry on both sides like a pancake.
serve hot best with sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon

RAAGI ADAI + POOSANI THUVAYAL(PUMPKIN SIDE DISH)

RAAGI ADAI

raagi flour 2cup
tamarind extract as needed
green chilli 5 or 6
asafoetida a little

boil tamarind extract and add asafoetida and salt.
finely chop chillies and add to the extract
add the ragi flour without forming lumps and mix well.
make flat dosas with this batter and cook on tawa on both sides.
optionally can add chopped onions to the ragi batter.

POOSANI THUVAYAL(PUMKIN SIDE DISH)

pumpkin 1 pc,
urad dhal 1/4 cup
long chilli 4 or 5
salt, oil as needed
asafoetida, tamarind a little

cut the pumpkin slice into small pcs and saute till it is dehydrated,
roast the urad dal and chilli till golden brown.
when cool add salt and tamarind extract and asafoetida and pumpkin pcs and saute well and grind coarsely.

tip:
pumpkin helps to reduce body fat
ragi prevents fate deposition

PARUPPU KEERAI ADAI

arisi 2 alakku
ulutham paruppu 1/2alakku
kadali paruppu 1/2alakku
vatral 10
thengai 1/2moodi
uppu, malli ilai, karuveppilai
paruppu keerai 1kattu
peria vengayam 2

mudhalil arisi, paruppugalai nangu kalaindhu 1 mani neram oora vaikkavum
pin adhudan thengai, vatral serthu kora korapaga araikavum
araitha mavil podiyaga arindha vengayam,parupu keerai, karu vepilai, malli elai, uppu serthu nangu kalakavum
pin thosai kallil ennai ootri satru kanamana thosaigalaga ootri edukavum
ellu milagai podi thottu saapidalam

AKKI ROTI

rice flour 1 cup
fried ground nut 1 tbsp
pottu kadala 1tbsp
green chilli 2
curry leaves a little
oil and salt as needed
seeragam 1/4tsp
finely chop chillies and curry leaves
break the ground nuts
dry roast chillies, curry leaves, both the kadala and make a batter with water.
rub some oil on a banana leaf and pat a little of the dough on it like roti.
then put it on the tawa along with the banana leaf and cook on both sides

ADAI

pachai arisi + pulungal arisi 2 handfuls
sambha godhumai,thuvaram paruppu, kadala paruppu ,ulutham paruppu, kezhlviragu, pachai payiru - 1 handful each
dry chilli 5 or 6
green chilli 4 or 5
salt as needed
curry leaf 2 aarku
oil to make adai
small onion peeled 1 handful
drumstick leaf 1 handful

of the above, except the curry leaf and salt soak the remaining ingredients for 4hrs and coarsely grind it to a paste.
sambar vengayam serthal innum vasanaiyaga irkkum
murungai ilai serthal innum murugalaga varum
make dosas with this batter