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Its a simple but delicious recipe. In Tamilnadu,  smaller functions will have this dish for sure. Even a novice at kitchen can do it with ease. If you are diet conscious, its a good option. Nowadays I have started adding veggies in almost all things i prepare . Its reduces your intake of food at the same time provides you more intake of veggies. 

Coming to the recipe

Ingredients

Sooji/Rava - 2 cups

Cut Vegetables - 1 1/2 cups (I used carrot, beans, cauliflower, green peas, potato)

Onion - 2 big

Green Chillies - 5

Red Chillies - 2 

Ginger - 1/5 tsp finely chopped

Curry Leaves and Coriander Leaves

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste 

Ghee - 1 tsp

For Seasoning

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dhal broken - 1 tsp

Bengal Gram dhal - 1 tsp

Aesfoetida - 1 pinch

Method:

Roast the rava, till the aroma of roasted rava fills in air. 

Cut all the vegetables, onion and chillies. 

In the kadai, heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil and add the seasoning items. 

Then add the onion, chillies and curry leaves. Saute till translucent.

Add the veggies and saute till they become soft. 

Add 4 cups of water and close with a lid. 

When the water starts boiling, add the roasted rava and mix well without making any lumps. 

Smear 1 tsp of ghee and close with a lid. Cook in a lower flame for 5 more minutes. 

Delicious kichidi is ready, garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with Coconut chutney. 

Variation- 

Few people add 1 cinnamon stick and a clove while seasoning and a thick coconut paste while adding water. It also will be good, as I don't like masala much, I opted this way. 

If you want it little tangy, you can even add a tomato. 

I am sending this to the 15 minutes cooking event conducted by Mahimaa and also the WYF-Quick Meal event conducted by EC.

This also enters the FIC Favourite hosted by curry leaf, originated by Sunshinemom.

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This is a recipe learnt from my MIL. But still I didn't get any appreciation from my hubby dear. Every time I try it, he used to say "It doesn't match my mother's preparation". I don't know, i do the same way, as she tells. I liked, hence posting it here. You please try ti and let me know, whether its good or not ;)

Ingredients:

Fully Ripen Tomatoes - 4

Onion - 2 big

Green Chillies - 3 

Chilly Powder - 1 tsp

Jeera Powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon - 1 inch

Bay Leaf - 1

Curry Leaf - 1 

To Grind

Coconut - Half coconut

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Method:

Scrap the coconut, peel off the ginger. Grind them together to a very smooth paste with less water. 

In a kadai, heat1 tsp of oil and add the cinnamon and bay leaf. 

Add the onion, chillies and saute well. Then add the tomatoes and saute till they becomes soft and mashy. 

Then add all the powders, salt and 2 cups of water. 

Close it with a lid and bring it boil for 5 mins. 

Once the raw smell goes off, add the coconut paste and stir well. 

Before it starts boiling, switch off the stove.

Serve hot with idly or dosa. 

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This is my all time favourite. I think this is the simplest recipe which delivers a heavenly taste. I had a school time friend, who had a regular menu of this potato fry with curd rice. I have seen her taking this for the entire year, other than weekends. I am also a great fan of this dish, but for health reasons, I restrict from making this often. But this is the right time for my kid to enjoy the taste of this fry. He loved it a lot, when I gave him for the first time. Previously I used to give him only baked potato, with little salt and pepper. But after tasting this fry, he is not willing to take baked potatoes anymore. So nowadays I am giving potato in this form alone. 

Coming to the recipe, it doesn't involve complex procedure or ingredients. 

Potatoes - 3

Chilly Powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt - As per taste

Oil for cooking.

Method:

Peel off the skin of the potato with a peeler. Slice them into thin discs. 

In a kadai, heat some oil and add the mustard seeds. 

Add the potato and fry it for 5 mins. 

Add all the powder and salt. close with a lid and cook for 5 more mins. 

In simmer, fry it for some more time, until they become crisp. 

Serve hot with sambar rice or curd rice.
 

I am sending this potato fry to 15 minute cooking event conducted by Mahimaa

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