Dal Fry -1

This recipe is from my friend Chandrika Kini.  She uses just tuar dal , i added a spoon of moong dal and masoor dal each, along with 2 spoons of chana dal.

Cook the dals ( i cup tuar dal and the other dals if u so wish), with haldi jeera kadi patta and salt.

then prepare a tadka of onions, jeera green chillies, hing chilli powder. add salt and simmer.
 finally add lime juice and dhania  ! ( she has said that tomatoes can be added but i have not added).

Lauki with chana dal

This recipe is from Suphala Shenoy !  Simple and delicious !

Cook chana dal with haldi and green chilli and lauki separately.  Take oil add jeera and then hing.

Add tomatoes,  dhania pwd and red chilli pwd,  then the cooked dal and lauki. 

Add a spoon of sugar and salt to taste.  Then add garam masala.

Cook till thick and garnish with dhania leaves. 

I used sambhar pwd instead of garam masala and curry leaves in place of coriander leaves.

Khal Khal Phanna upkari with baby corn

This recipe is by Sandhya Nayak Kamath.  it is simple gravy which goes well with dosa (esp neer dosa) and simple rice like jeera rice or lemon rice.

Grind about 10 -12 fried Kashmiri chillies along with some guntur chillies and 2-3 flakes of garlic, salt and tamarind.  grind to a fine paste.
in a kadai take some coconut oil, add 6-7 flakes of peeled garlic, when it turns pink add 2 finely cut tomatoes and fry till it turns pulpy.  add 1 tbsp of tomato puree.  add the ground paste and fry for a minute or so.
add the baby corn ( or paneer ) and check the seasoning. and simmer till done. adjust the thickness to your taste and requirement.