Vitamin(Elegurige/Elevarige) Soppu Tambli

Ingredients:
1 cup Vitamin leaves / Elegurige(Elevarige) Soppu
3/4 cup grated Coconut
5 Black Pepper
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds (1/4 for Masala + 1/4 for Seasoning)
1.5 - 2 cups Buttermilk
1.5 tsp Ghee
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
Salt to taste
4 - 5 Curry leaves
1 - 2 broken Red Chillies

Recipe:

Separate the leaves, wash the leaves properly and keep it aside.

Put 1 tsp ghee, 1/4 tsp cumin seeds, black pepper in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Once it turns golden in colour, add Vitamin leaves and fry them for about 4-5 mins in medium flame.

Grind grated coconut, fried Vitamin leaves into smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water. (If it is frozen coconut, use hot water while grinding.) Add this ground coconut to a vessel. Add buttermilk, salt to the same vessel and mix them well. (If it is yogurt/curd, put it in a mixer for few seconds before adding it to Tambli.)

Put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilly pieces and 1/2 tsp ghee in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and add it to Tambli. Mix well before serving. It goes well with Rice.

Papaya Halwa

Ingredients:
14 - 15 cups grated Ripen Raw Papaya
8 - 9 cups Sugar
Pinch of Saffron
1/4 cup Milk
2 Tbs Ghee
10 - 12 Cardamom

Recipe:

Cut the papayas, remove the seeds, skin, wash them properly and grate them as shown in the picture below. Put the grated papaya in a pressure cooker container and cook them without adding any water.(1-2 whistles)

Put the saffron in 1/4 cup of warm milk and keep it aside.

Once the pressure goes off, pour the cooked papaya in a thick bottomed vessel. Add sugar and bring it to boil.

Keep the halwa in medium flame and stir this mixture once in 2-3 mins until almost all the water content gets dried up.

Add 2 Tbs of ghee, saffron milk and stir the halwa continuously in medium flame until ghee starts separating.  Add mashed cardamom and mix well.

Apply little amount of ghee to the plate/vessel, pour this halwa and spread it using one flat spoon as shown in the picture below.

This can be preserved in refrigerator for longer shelf life.