Oats vegetable  idly 

This is a very healthy and tasty recipe .I wanted to try this recipe a long time ago but dint find time to do so ,but when i find this recipe in raks kitchen i couldn't stop myself trying this recipe .I got great comments from my parents for this oats idly ,they never thought that i can cook this much .I should thank raks kitchen for posting such a healthy recipe .


Ingrediants

Oats	1 cup
Wheat  rava /Godumai rava	½ cup
Curd	½ cup
Mixed vegetables	1 cup
Water	Till u reach idly batter consistency
Salt	As per your taste
Eno fruit salt	½ tsp
Lemon juice	Few drops
Green chilly	3 finely chopped
Coriander	½ cup
Ginger	½ tsp

To temper

Oil	5 tbs
Mustard	1 tsp
Urad dal	1 tsp
Channa dal	½  tsp
Curry leaves	Few leaves

Method 

1.  Roast Oats for few minutes in medium flame until nice aroma comes.Cool it and Powder  them  finely. 
2. Heat a pan with oil and temper the items in the to temper table ,and add the veggiesand ginger,green chillies,coriander leaves. Fry them for few mts and add the wheat rava and fry for  3 minutes in medium flame.
3. Transfer to mixing bowl,add salt,curd,lemon juice,water as required and make a batter till you get a idly batter consistency. Add Eno fruit salt just before making idly and mix well. This will give you a airy batter which gives a soft spongy idly.
4. Pour the batter in a greased idly plate and cook just like you cook the regular idly but for more time,say 10-15 minutes,until done.
5. Serve hot with Pudina or tomato chutny

Aval Vegetable Biriyani or Flat rice Veg Biriyani 

This is a very simple and tasty recipe done with minimal ingredients which is readily available  at home . 

Ingredients :

Aval or Flat rice	2 cups
Potato	1 medium size
Carrot	1 medium size
Cauliflower	1 cup
Onion	1 big
Green chilli	3 medium
Ginger garlic paste	1 tbs
Sombu	1 tsp
Kus kus	½ tsp
Bay leaf	2 small
Oil	As needed

Method

1. Take a vessel and wash the aval and drain them immediately .
2. Cut all the vegetable in equal size .
3. Take a pan add oil when its hot add sombu,bay leaf and kus kus let them splutter for a minute.
4. Then add ginger garlic paste saute them until the raw smell vanishes.
5. Then add chopped onion and saute them until golden brown.
6. Add chopped vegetable ,salt and close the lid .
7. When the vegetables are cooked add the drained aval and saute them for a minute and garnish them with corriander leaves.

serve them hot.................................................

Vegetable kurma

This is a very nutritious recipe because it includes carrots,beans, peas and cabbage  and i simply love this recipe with chapati as well as poori . If you wish you can also add potato and beetroot , which will give good aroma and the beetroot color will be very nice .

Ingredients

Carrots	2 medium size
Cabbage	1 cup
Beans	12 nos
Potato	2
Peas	½ cup
Turmeric	¼ tsp
Red chilly powder	1 tsp
Garam masala	1 tsp
Coriander leaves	½ cup
Salt	As per taste

To temper

Elachi	1 no
Bay leaf	2 no
Jeera	1 tsp
Oil	3 tblsp

To grind

Coconut	¼ cup
Onion	2 big sized
Tomato	2 medium size
Ginger garlic paste	2tsp
Green chilly	1 medium sized
Sombu	1tsp

Method

1. Chop the vegetables in equal squares and in a cooker add all the vegetables and pour enough water to cook the vegetables.
2. To the vegetables add chilly power,turmeric and salt .Close the cooker lid and cook for 3 whistles.
3. Take a pan  add little oil fry onion,tomato,ginger, garlic ,sombu and green chilli for 5 to 10 mts.Cool it and grind it to a soft paste
4. separately grind the coconut by adding half a tumbler of water .
5. To the cooked vegetables add the ground paste, garam masala and cook in medium flame for 5 to 10 mts.
6. Then add the coconut paste cook for 5 to 7 mts or until the raw smell vanishes
7. In a pan add little oil add bay leaf,elaichi and jeera let it splutter, then add this to the vegetables.
8. Atlast garnish it with chopped corriander leaves.

serve hot with chapathi or poori................................