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Green Moong Daal Dosa (Pesarattu)

Green moong daal (Pesarattu) dosa  is a popular breakfast dish of Andhra Pradesh.  This recipe does not require overnight fermentation. Just soak the moong daal overnight, grind it and make a healthy dosa for breakfast. Adding Oats and Quinoa makes it more delicious and nutrient. Usually this dosa is served with rava upma and Allam Pachadi (ginger chutney). Goes well with tomato or coconut chutney and sambhar.

Amaranth (Ramdana) Oats Idli

Amaranth is also known as Rajgira or Ramdana grain. It’s a very tiny grain and has a sticky texture. Puffed Amaranth can also be used for breakfast cereal as well as chikki or ladoo. The grain called fasting grain, which is used during the fasting, is a low-fat grain and loaded with nutrition and dietary fiber. Amaranth oats idli is a very healthy breakfast dish. Adding zucchini, carrot and ginger makes it more delicious. The preparation is the same as normal idli and easy to make.

Avocado Hummus Rolls

Lavash is a soft, thin, flat bread popular in the middle East countries which is perfect for making sandwich wraps. It is easily available in super markets. Avocado hummus with roasted vegetables roll-up makes a delicious and awesome roll. You can add your kids favorite veggies in it. It can be made in advance and served at a later time. Also pack as lunch for your kids.

Avocado Hummus

Hummus is a Middle Eastern side dish.  There are variety of Hummus recipes. Avocado Hummus is one of them which has Avocado creamy texture without tahini sauce. Adding all spices and Garbanzo beans (chick peas) gives a awesome taste to hummus. Avocado hummus is a nice dip or sauces for many recipes and is a healthy and easy to make side dish.

Chana Poori Masala Paani

Pani poori is a most popular mouthwatering street food.This recipe is a slight variation from the normal pani poori. The poori is made using chana for this recipe (see the Chana poori recipe) and have tried two varieties of pani one regular and other one with beetroot. The taste of this pani poori is different than regular however it’s awesome. If you like a little different taste in your pani poori, just try this out.

Red Rice Cucumber Roll

Red rice cucumber roll is inspired by Masterchef TV program. I was intrigued by the recipe and wanted to try it myself. I changed the original recipe a bit by making it a different rice mix, and it came out really well. It tasted awesome and presented am entirely new taste to your taste buds. Rolling the cucumber slices is a little tricky part may require some practice.

Tomato Chutney

Tomato chutney is among the various chutneys available as part of the Indian cuisine like a coconut chutney, peanut chutney, onion chutney, garlic chutney, ridge gourd chutney and so on. South Indian dishes are incomplete without chutney. The tangy and slightly spicy chutney goes very well with Idli, dosa, vada or any south Indian dishes and its really easy to prepare.

Quinoa & Oats Uttapam

Uttapam is a popular south Indian breakfast dish. Traditionally uttapam is made from rice and urad daal. This recipe is a derived version of the uttapam recipe however uses quinoa and oats. Instant quinoa & oats uttapam with pineapple salsa is a quite easy and healthy breakfast dish and tastes awesome. Pineapple salsa gives a unique taste to quinoa & oats uttapam.