Side dishes for Chappati/Dosa etc.,

Dear Teju,

Thank you so much for your feed back. Good to hear that you and your husband both liked the recipe.:hiya

 

Butter Panner Masala with No Onion No Garlic

Ingredients:

200 gms paneer
10 -12 cashew nuts
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 big tomato
2 cloves
Small piece of cinnamon
2 cardamoms
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste
2 - 3 tbsp cream
2 - 4 tbsp butter
2 - 4 sp oil or ghee

Method:

Cut the paneer into medium size pieces.
Grind the cashew nuts, tomato, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
Heat oil, add cumin seeds.
Add the ground paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt.
Mix well and allow it to cook for a while.
Add the paneer pieces, cream and butter and cook for 2 minutes.
Cook for another minute and the gravy will start getting thick.
Add more butter if your wish.
without onion or garlic this will be very very mild.
Serve with hot pulkas or chapatis.

Note: If you want you can add boiled and diced potato in that. If you want you can fry and put paneer pieces.

 

Mango Ketchup

Ingredients:

2 tbsp. olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp. garlic, finely chopped
3 spring onions, green parts only, coarsely chopped
2 tbsp. fresh ginger
1/4 tsp. chopped coriander leaves
1 tbsp. garlic, finely chopped
1 ripe mango, coarsely chopped
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. hot sauce made from Scotch bonnet peppers
1/2 tsp. salt

Method:

Keep a medium size pan and pour oil.
Add the onion, spring onions, garlic and ginger.
Cook, stirring regularly, until the onion begins to soften about 2 – 3 min. Now add garlic, coriander leaves and mango.
Cook for a while.
Add lemon juice, hot sauce and salt.
Stir well.
Your ‘Mango ketchup’ is ready.
If you want smooth ketchup, then put it for a min. in a mixer grinder or use blender.
Use as per your wish.
With bread or chappati.

 

Kadalai Curry

This Kadala Curry is for "Kuzha Puttu"

Brown chick peas-1 cup (soaked overnight)
Onion-1
Tomato-1
Green chilli-2
Grated coconut-3 spoons
Mustard
Curry leaves
Salt
Oil to make seasoning

Method:

Take one hand full of soaked (kuthu kadalai) chick peas, coconut and one green chilly.
Grind them like a paste and keep aside.
Heat oil in kadai, add mustard.
Now add cut green chilli’s and curry leaves.
Then add and fry onion and next add sliced tomato and fry.
Now add chick peas,salt, a pinch of turmeric powder.
Now add the ground paste to kadai.
Mix well and transfer it to cooker.
Add water and salt.
Pressure cook it for 3 whistles.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with 'kuzhaputtu'

 

Palak Panner 2

Ingredients:

1 bunch fresh spinach
2 to 3 sp sour cream (optional)
2 tbs ghee or vegetable oil
2 tsp ground coriander
1 cup paneer, cubed
½ tsp tumeric
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
½ tsp sugar
1 pinch asafoetida

Method:

Chop the washed and drained spinach leaves into small pieces.
Heat the ghee in a saucepan over medium heat and fry the powdered spices.
Put the chopped spinach into the saucepan with the 3 tablespoons of water.
Cover and cook gently until the spinach is tender.
Now put the cream and the cubes of paneer.
Add the salt and sugar, stir well, and continue cooking over the same low heat for 5 more minutes.
Serve 'Palak Panner' as a main dish with rice or hot chapatis or both.

Note: Instead of panner cubes you can put cut potato. And if you want you can add red chilly powder instead of black pepper.

 

Vada Curry

We can use this Vada Curry for idly, dosa, puri and chapatti as side dish.

Ingredients:

200 Gms. Channa dal
250 Gms. Tomato
500 Gms. Onion
250 Gms. Vegetable Shortening
50 Gms. Garlic
25 Gms. Fennel Seeds (sonf)
50 Gms. Processed Channa dal
25 Gms. Ginger
25 Gms. Poppy Seeds (kas kas)
1/2 Coconut
2 Clove
2 Cardamom
5 Green chilly
2 Pieces Cinnamon
Salt
1 Spoon Turmeric powder

Method:

Soak Channa dal for 1/2 an hour and grind it cores with salt and fennel seeds
Make all the dough as pakodas and keep aside
Grind all the other items in a mixer grinder
Pour some veg. shortening in a deep pan and make seasoning with fennel seeds
Pour all the masala in the pan and fry well and add salt
While the oil comes out of the masala add the pakodas in that and pour 2 to 3 cups of water and smash all the pakodas i.e. vada well
Other wise cut all the vadas in to two pieces and add with boiling masala
Let it cook for a while and let it become like a thick gravy.
Now remove from the fire and serve with your favorite tiffen.​

 

Yes Anu,

if you plan correctly, you can make very nice side dishes for dosa. I have given many recipes here. go through them. Also I gave lots of dosa varities. Please visit all the threads. Thanksfor your feed back.

Try some recipes and give your feed back for that also.

 

Kaaju Paneer Masala

This is a tasty recipe. try once.

Ingredients:

150 gms paneer cube them.
150 gm cashew nuts
2 tab sp Khuskhus
3 onion
3 tomatoes
3 – 4 garlic
1” ginger piece
½ to 1 sp red chilly powder
½ cup fully cream milk
1/2 tsp garam masala
Salt
Oil to fry

Method:

Soak khus khus for 10 min.
Fry cubed Paneer till golden.
Keep aside.
Remove, paneer and fry kajus and keep aside.
Deep fry onions till brown.
Cool and grind into a paste with soaked kuskus and 10 – 12 cashew nuts.
Boil chopped tomatoes, chopped garlic, chopped ginger with 1cup water, till tomatoes are soft.
Cool and then puree.
Heat 2 tbsp oil and fry onion and khus-khus paste till brown.
Add chilly powder.
Add tomato puree and cook till oil separates.
Add milk gradually, stirring constantly, and cook for 3-4 mins.
Add garam masala and salt.
Add enough hot water to get a thick gravy.
Boil and then simmer for 10-12 mins.
Add paneer and kaju.
Bring it to a boil once more; simmer for 5-mins till paneer is heated through.
Stir well.
Now it is ready to serve.
Serve with naan or chappati.

 

Chut pat Pudina Paneer

Ingredients:

250 gms paneer – cube them
¼ cup dried pudina
3 tomatoes
3 onions
½ turmeric powder
½ to 1 sp red chilly powder
½ sp garam masala powder
4 sp oil

Method:

Heat oil and fry sliced onions till brown.
Add turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt.
Make pulp of 2 tomatoes and add it. Cook till dry.
Add Paneer, dried pudina and cut 1 tomato and add the pieces.
Add garam masala.
Cook for 2 mins and remove from fire.
Serve warm with chappati.