Appala koottu

1. Cook bengal gram dhall and one or two potatoes in a cooker.
2. Mash potatoes and mix it with the cooked dhall.
3. Add turmeric, chilly powder and salt and start cooking the mixture in a kadai.
4. Add some water as it cooks
5. When it comes to boil, add grated coconut 
6. Turn off the flame when the mixture is a bit watery and not too thick.
7. Fry mustard, black gram dhall and curry leaves with oil and add them to the mixture.
8. Fry a few puppets and break them.
9. Add the puppets to the mixture.
10. serve hot with boiled rice:)

Palasarakku kuzhambu

This is one of my favorite recipes. It is spicy and is very good for health especially when we are sick with common cold.

Ingredients

• Mustard
• Onion
• Curry leaves
• Garlic
• Oil
• Chilly powder
• Tamarind juice
• Turmeric powder
• Tomato puree
• salt
• Pepper
• Methi seeds
• Jeera

Step 1. Fry mustard, chopped onion, curry leaves and a few garlics  with oil.
Step 2. Add tamarind juice, chilly powder, turmeric powder, tomato paste and salt to it.
Step 3. Allow it to boil until it becomes thick in consistency and then turn off the flame.
Step 4. In a kadai fry mustard, pepper, jeeragam(jeera), and vendhayam (methi seeds) without oil and grind it.
Step 5. Add this powder to the already prepared kuzhambu.

Tasty palasarakku kuzhambu is ready :)