Cucumber Dosa, Vellarikkai Dosai, Southekayi Dose

          After making cucumber idlis, the next in line was dosas using cucumber/vellarikkai/southekayi. I had tasted cucumber dosas long time back and in fact I had tried making it at home but they didn't turn out that good. Then this summer again, when browsing for some other recipe, I came across them here, and so I tried it out one more time and this time the dosas came out really good. I made the dosas using the ' appam pan ' ( you can use any shallow non-stick pan ) and they came out paper thin and so soft, like thin crepes. Serve the Cucumber Dosas warm, with any coconut based chutney or peanut chutney, I served them with Coriander Peanut Chutney ( will post recipe soon ) and they tasted too good..

Cucumber Cooler

           Though it is not yet summer here officially, the weather has become a little warmer. You feel like having something cold now, be it juices, salads or ice creams. In my family, all of us like buttermilk, and my daughter likes the cucumber raitha, so I put the two together and  added some cucumber to the regular buttermilk. It's very simple to make, very healthy cooler and tasted really good..

Quinoa With Cucumber And An Award

          Quinoa, it's a grain or a pseudograin, high in fiber, protein, manganese, well, the list goes on, but I am not going to bore you, copying everything from wikipedia here. Couple of years back, never heard of it, but now I simply love it. It's so easy to cook and can be had as a salad, can be used instead of couscous in Mediterranean dishes and also tastes great in pulaos, in the place of rice. This dish is very simple, needs very few ingredients, no masalas to grind, it gets it flavor from the sauteed cucumber. I added some black beans and roasted peanuts for the extra crunch and munch..