Shunti Saaru / Ginger Rasam

Ingredients:
3/4 - 1 inch sized Ginger
Large lemon sized Jaggary
Large grape sized Tamarind
2 Green Chillies
8 - 10 Curry leaves
1 - 2 pieces of Red Chillies
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
Big pinch of Asafetida powder
Salt to taste

1 tsp Ghee

5 - 6 cups Water

Recipe:
Cut the green chillies vertically into two long halves as shown in the picture below. Mash the ginger as shown in the picture below.

Put tamarind in a bowl and add little amount of water. Squeeze it and keep it aside.

Put tamarind water, jaggary, water, salt, mashed ginger, green chillies and bring them to boil. Keep the rasam in medium flame for about 3-4 mins.
Put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilly pieces and ghee in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add asafetida powder, curry leaves and keep it for few seconds and then add it to rasam. Mix well before serving. It goes well with Rice. It can also be served as soup.

Sweet Corn Vada / Jolada Vade

Ingredients:
2.5 - 3 cups Sweet Corn seeds/ Jola
7-8 Green Chillies
1/4 inch sized Ginger
15 - 20 Curry leaves
1 medium sized Onion
10-15 strands of Coriander leaves
2 - 3 strands of Mint Leaves or  Dill leaves
4 - 5 tsp Rice flour
2 - 3 tsp Bengal Gram flour /  Besan / Kadle hudi
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:
Remove the outer cover of sweet corns and separate the seeds as shown in the picture below.

Grind green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, little amount of sweet corn into smooth paste without adding water. Grind remaining sweet corns coarsely without adding water.

Chop onion, mint leaves and coriander leaves into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Add rice flour, bengal gram flour, chopped ingredients, salt to the vada batter and mix well.

Make lemon sized balls from the mixture and pat them on oil applied plastic sheet as shown in the picture below.

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Put patted vadas in oil and deep fry until they turn golden in color.

Serve hot along with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup. The above mentioned ingredients will serve 15-18 Vadas.