Dal Kichdi

 Ingredients:
1.5 cups Basmati Rice
11/4 cup Yellow Lentils / Togari Bele / Toor Dal
2 tsp Bengal Gram seeds / Kadle bele
3 large Tomatoes
3 medium sized Onion
4 cloves of Garlic
1/2 inch sized Ginger
1.5 tsp Turmeric powder
1.5 tsp Kasuri Methi / Dried Fenugreek leaves
3 - 4 Green Chillies
1 - 2 broken Red Chillies
1 tsp Mustard seeds
3/4 tsp Cumin seeds
Big pinch of Asafoetida powder
3 - 4 strand of Curry leaves
6 - 8 strands of  Coriander leaves
Salt to taste
1 tsp fresh Lime Juice
1 tsp Butter (Optional)
3 - 4 tsp Ghee

Recipe:

Soak yellow lentils, bengal gram seeds rice in wanter for about 15- 20 mins. Wash them properly in water for about 3-4 times and put them in a pressure cooker. Add 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, salt, around 10 cups of water and cook them well(3-4 whistles).

Chop onion, tomato, green chillies, coriander leaves into small pieces as shown in the picture below. Grate the ginger and garlic as shown in the picture below.

Put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, broken red chillies and ghee in a thick bottomed vessel/pan. Once it starts spluttering, add ginger garlic paste and fry them for about 1-2 mins. Add curry leaves, chopped green chillies, asafoetida powder, chopped onion, kasuri methi and 1 tsp of turmeric powder. Fry them for about 3-4 mins in medium flame, until onion becomes light golden in colour.

Add chopped tomato, salt and cook them well by covering the lid.

Add cooked rice and lentils, add required amount of water, salt and bring them to boil.

Add chopped coriander leaves, 1 tsp fresh lime juice, butter(optional) and mix them well.

Keep this in low flame for about 2 mins and serve hot.

Baale Dindu(Banana Stem) Rotti Type - 3

Ingredients:
1.5 cups White Rice
1.5 cups Boiled Rice /Brown Rice / Kucchulakki
3 cups chopped Banana Stem
2.5 - 3 tsp Coriander seeds

4 - 5 Red Chillies

3 medium sized Onion
Grape sized Ginger
15 - 20 strands of Curry leaves
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder / Big pinch of Asafoetida
1 cup grated Coconut
Salt to taste
Oil/Ghee

Recipe:
Remove the fibre content from banana stem and chop them into medium sized pieces as shown in the picture below.

Soak white rice and boiled rice together in water for about 6-7 hrs. Wash soaked rice 2-3 times and keep it aside. Grind soaked rice along with red chillies, salt, coriander seeds, chopped banana stem, into medium smooth paste as shown in the picture below.

Chop the onion into thin pieces.

Put grated coconut, ginger, turmeric powder, asafoetida in a mixer and crush them. Add chopped onion and crush them together for few seconds as shown in the picture below.

Put this to ground batter, add required amount of water and mix them well. (The consistency of the batter should be like that of milkshake.)

Heat the Tava(Iron Tava preferred). Pour a spoonful of batter at the centre, spread it with the back of the flat spoon to a thin round.

Add 1 tsp of oil/ghee on top of dosa, cover it in a lid and cook it for a minute in medium flame.

Cook other side of the dosa as well for about 1 min.

Serve hot with any chutney or sambar. It also goes well with curd and chutney powder. The ingredients mentioned above will serve 13-15 Rottis.