Dosa (Crepes)

Dosa is served in all south Indian restaurants and is a  dish of south India.It is traditionally  made with  rice and lentils but today I have used rice flour and urad  (lentil flour ). This is tasty and healthy.

Ingredients
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup lentil (urad dhal) flour
1 finely chopped Serrano peppers
salt to taste
4 leaves of mint finely chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 1/2 cup water
oil or ghee

Method
1. Place everything in a bowl ,mix and then add water to make a batter.
2.Heat a non stick skillet and spray it with a non stick spray and drop a 1/4cup of the batter in the skillet making it in circles.
3.  When bubbles start to appear than take 1 teaspoon of oil and spread it around the edges of the dosa and then all over.then turn it over and repeat on the other side.
4.Cook dosa until golden brown on both sides and cook through.
5 Serve with either mint chutney, coconut chutney or any other  chutney of your choice.

Chass ( yogurt drink)

Chass is a drink that is really good for  hot weather because is refreshing and it also helps in digestion.Chass is very easy to prepare and is really gives yogurt a different level in taste.

Ingredients
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
salt to taste
1 cup water
1 teaspoon ground ginger
 4 mint leaves

Method
1. Place everything in the blender and blend it until smooth.
2. Serve  it with a meal or just enjoy as drink for hot months

Broccoli patties

Broccoli is a vegetable that people does not like to eat because it does not taste good and sometimes it has a very different smell. Broccoli  has number of health benefits such as it helps in prevention of cancer , it helps in lowering cholesterol,and also it helps in digestion since it is rich in fiber. I made this patties for my daughters friends when they came over during their summer break. They  really loved it .





Ingredients

1/2 bag of defrosted broccoli
1/4 cup of onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 Serrano pepper
1 teaspoon of pepper flakes
1 tablespoon panko brad crumbs
2 tablespoon of besan (chick pea flour)
salt to taste
oil to shallow fry the patties

Preparation
 Place broccoli in the ninja chopper  with onion,Serrano pepper, garlic and chop everything  to a fine paste.

Method
1.Place broccoli in a bowel and add in the rest of the ingredients and mix it well.
 2.Heat oil in a non stick skillet
3.Take a little bit of the mixture and form into patties.
4.Fry the patties until golden brown on both sides and is cook through.
5.Serve it with any sauce of your choice and enjoy.