 Onam Recipes
Banana Halwa:
Ingredients:
| Nutmeg ground |
1/2 tsp |
| Pure Ghee |
1 tablespoon |
| Bananas (ripe, peeled and mashed) |
3 (medium) |
| Sugar |
1 cup |
Method of Preparation:
- In a pan put ghee.
- Fry the ripe bananas until they turn light brown in color, and note that they don't stick to the pan.
- Now, add sugar and wait until it dissolves completely.
- Remove from heat and add cardamom seeds and almonds.
- Allow it to cool.
- Cut into desired shapes and serve.
Tomato Rosam:
Ingredients:
| Red Gram Dal |
3-4 tbs |
| Tomatoes (finely chopped) |
4 large |
| Garlic paste |
1/2 tsp |
| Ginger (finely chopped) |
1-inch piece |
| Water |
21/2 cups |
| Garlic grated |
1tsp |
| Green chilies finely chopped |
1 or 2 |
| Coriander leaves |
finely chopped |
| Salt |
to taste |
| Chili or pepper powder |
to taste |
| Turmeric powder |
1/2tsp |
| Mustard seeds |
1tsp |
| Cumin seeds |
1tsp |
| Whole dried red chili (halved) |
1-2 |
| Asafetida |
a pinch |
| Curry leaves |
few |
| Oil |
2tbsp |
Method of Preparation:
- Wash the Dal and Put in the pressure cooker.
- Put oil in a pan.
- Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, dried chili and asafetida.
- Add garlic, ginger, tomatoes and green chilies, only after the mustard seeds start spattering.
- Now add water, chilly, turmeric powder.
- Boil the mixture on low flame for few (5-6) minutes...
- Now finally add cooked Dal and water to the mixture.
- To serve finally garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
Nipattuu:
Ingredients:
| Flour |
1 Kg tsp |
| Channa dal powder |
200 gms |
| dry coconut powder |
1 Cup |
| peanuts |
1 Cup |
| Red chilly powder |
1 tbsp |
| Oil |
1 tbsp |
| Salt |
To taste |
Method Of preparation:
- To start with roast the chana dal powder.
- Then, mix rice flour, roasted channa dal powder, coconut powder, chilly powder and oil, well.
- To the mixture add some peanuts.
- Then add water.
- Take a small portion of this mixture and pat it on a plastic sheet or foil.
- Finally, fry the pat till brown in color.
Parippu:
Ingredients:
| moong dal |
1 cup |
| turmeric powder |
1 teaspoon |
| cumin seeds, crushed |
1 teaspoon |
| garlic clove, crushed |
1 |
| desiccated coconut |
1/2 cup |
| curry leaves |
few |
Method of Preparation:
- Roast the moong dal without any oil.
- Now, using sufficient water and turmeric, cook it well.
- Using cumin seeds and water grind the coconut.
- Add the grinded coconut to the Dal, along with curry leaves and salt.
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