Ragi Dosai, Finger Millet Crepes

          On weekdays, our morning breakfast is mostly idlis and dosas, I always have the idli/ dosa batter, and on those days that I don't have it, I make these instant dosas with ragi or bajra flours, which are not only healthy, but very easy to make too. They come out very crispy and yummy and go very well with both chutneys and sambar and I have added some coarsely powdered cumin and pepper and some curry leaves which gives a nice flavor to the dosa..

Mango Salad, Mampazha Salad

          Last week I had bought some mangoes, as much as I enjoy eating them as such, I wanted to try out something different with it. I had tasted chopped ripe mangoes with chat masala and I had liked it, so thought of trying out something like that, a salad with it. This is a very simple salad, needs no special salad dressing, just regular ingredients in the kitchen, I tried it with only half a mango but it turned out really good, so I made it with the other half too. A perfect side to any meal, rice or rotis or you can even have it with some tortilla ( corn ) chips..

Date Filled Semolina ( Rava ) Paniyarams, Aebelskivers

          This month for the 'Shhhhhhhhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge ', I was paired with Priya of Priya's Versatile Recipes. For those who are not familiar with it, this is an event initiated by Priya, we have a facebook group, where we are paired with another blogger each month. Between the two bloggers, we give each other a couple of ingredients and using one or both of it, we are supposed to make a dish and post it. The fun part is the guessing, we post our completed dishes in the group, a little before the reveal date without letting out the secret ingredients. Priya had given me semolina and dates as the secret ingredients, initially, I was thinking about doing a cake, pudding, pancakes, but finally settled down with these paniyarams/ aebelskivers. I have used semolina/sooji/rava for the batter and dates and walnuts for the filling. The paniyarams tasted really good, semolina gives a nice crispy texture to the paniyarams, we loved it, perfect evening/ after school snack for the kids and Priya, thanks a lot for giving me these delicious ingredients..

Radish Dal, Radish And Lentils

          Radish, though I buy this vegetable, almost every week, I have posted only a few dishes with it, the reason being, I use it only in a couple of dishes, most of the time, in a sambar, stir fry or parathas. For a change, I wanted to try out a dal with this vegetable. I have used split moong dal ( green gram ) with skin, it's a very simple dish, using basic ingredients in the Indian kitchen, goes very well with rotis and rice and a nice way to sneak in the vegetable, the kids would never be able to pick it out..