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Capsicum Pasta Fry

Ingredients

Red capsicum -1big
Pasta  -1/2 cup
Onion-1big
Tomato-1big
Salt -2tespoon
Oil-3tespoon

Method

1. Boil water and add pasta and a pinch of salt
2. Drain the water and put aside the cooked pasta
3. Add oil to a tava, add sesoning, onion, tomato, and red capsicum.
4. Once the vegetables are almost cooked, add cooked pasta.
5. Add salt and mix it well
6. Yummy pasta is ready!

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Carrot Salad

Ingredients:
baby carrot  -1/2 lb
green chilly -1 (small chopped)
salt  -1/4 teaspoon
lemon juice  -3 teaspoon

Method:
1 . Grate the carrots in a bowl
2 . add green chilli, salt and lemon juice
3.  mix well. Yummy salad ready.

Cabbage Fry

Ingredients
Lavender color cabbage  -1.5 lb
Onion-1big
Tomato-1big
Chili Powder - 1 teaspoon
Dhaniya Powder - 1 tespoon
Oil - 3 tespoon
Salt-1/2 tespoon

Method
1. Pour oil in pan and season with musterd and urdu dall in stove
2. Saute onion and add salt
3. Add cut cabbage and tomato
4. Add the appropriate amount of chili powder, dhaniya powder and salt (as needed)
5. Close the pan and let it cook for few minutes or until the cabbage is cooked well
6. Yummy cabbage fry is ready to be served

Radish Sambhar

Ingredients:
Radish-1/2 lb
onion -1 small
tomato -1small
toor dhal -1/2 cup
tamarind -1 (small lemon size) or paste 1 teaspoon
sambar powder -2 teaspoon
salt -1 teaspoon

Method:
1. Cut the radish ,onion ,tomato
2. Soak the tamarind in little water
3. Boil the toor dhal and set aside
4. Take the pan and add mustard seeds and urad dhal in two spoons of oil
5. Then add onion, tomato, and radish one by one.
6. Mash the dhal and add to the above mixture.
7. Add sambhar powder and salt
8. Pour the tamarind water or paste.
9. Add water and let it boil. Taste the sambar and add more salt if needed.

Your sambhar is ready and it goes well with with rice.

Mango pickle

Ingredients:
Mango-1 big
chilly powder-1/4 tespoon
salt -1/2 tespoon
musterd-1/4 tespoon
oil-1 tespoon

Method:
1.cut the mango in small pices
2.then add chilly powder and  salt
3 mix alltogether in a bowl
4.take the pan  and seasoning the oil in musterd turn off the stove
5.put the mango pickle it is tasty.

Quick Eggplant Fry

Ingredients:
Eggplant - 1 1/2 Lb
Onion - 1 big
Tomato - 1 big
Chilli powder
Dhaniya powder (or Sambhar powder) - 3 spoons
Salt to taste

Preparation:
1. Take a pan and add two spoons of oil. Add mustard seeds, urad daal and cumin seeds for seasoning.
2. Add the cut onion and stir till the onion turns light brown
3. Then add the eggplant and stir for a few minutes
4. Add the tomato at the end and stir in medium heat.
5. Add chillipowder, salt and dhaniya powder
6. Stir till the eggplant becomes soft.

Paruppu payasam

   Paruppu payasam is one of my quick to make sweet that my family loves to have on a special occassion or even on any sundays. It is simple to make and hope you enjoy :)

Ingredients:
Moong daal - 1 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup (I generally use half-and-half or regular milk is okay too)
Jaggery - 1 cup
Cardomom - a few
Cashew - a few
Ghee - 3 tsps

Preparation:
1. Boil the moong daal in water for about 15 minutes (when I use pressure cooker, I let it go for 1 whistle),
2. Add jaggery powder to the boiling daal,
3. Add cardomom powder and milk to the above
4. Take a pan and fry the cashew in the ghee,
5. Add the fried cashew to the moong daal mixture above
    
Serve hot and add sugar if you need more sweet. Yummy payasam is ready !!