Boondi Raitha

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Boondi

2 cups Curd / Yogurt

1/4 tsp Chilly powder

Pinch of Chat Masala

Pinch of Pepper powder

2 Coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Recipe:

Prepare plain boondi as shown in Khara Boondi link.

Put 1/2 cup of boondi, 2 cups of curd, salt, chilly powder in a bowl and mix well.(You can add little amount of milk if curd is too thick or it is sour.) Keep it in a refrigerator for about 20-30 mins. Sprinkle chat masala and pepper powder. Garnish chopped coriander leaves, little amount of boondi and serve. It goes well with rice/ chapathis/paratas.

Sweet Potato Masala / Genasina Oggarane

Ingredients:
1 medium sized Sweet Potato / Genasu
1/2 medium sized Onion
1 Green Chilly
1/4 tsp Chilly Powder
2-3 Coriander leaves
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Black Gram seeds
2 tsp Oil
2 Curry leaves
2- 3 tsp grated Coconut
Salt to taste

Recipe:
Peel sweet potato and chop it into medium sized thin pieces as shown in the picture below. Put it in a bowl containing water for about 5 mins.
Chop onion into medium sized thin pieces, cut green chilly into small pieces as shown in the picture below. Chop the coriander leaves into small pieces as shown in the picture below.
Put mustard seeds, black gram seeds and oil in a thick bottomed vessel/pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves, chopped onion and chopped green chilly. Fry them for about 4-5 mins in medium flame until onion turns golden in color. Add chopped sweet potatoes, chilly powder, salt, 1/2 cup of water and cook. Once the water content is almost dried, add grated coconut and keep the masala in low flame for about 2-3 mins.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.