Sweet Aval Puttu

Ingredients: Aval (pounded rice) - 1 cup, jaggery - 1/4 cup, cashewnut, elachchi, as required.

Method: Clean the pounded rice, whip in mixer to smaller pieces. Soak this quantity in 1 cup lukewarm water. It absorbs and swells. Dissolve jaggery in water and filter. Now heat the jaggery water in a vessel for thick consistency. (Test the consistency by pouring a drop of it in water. It has to roll and settle at the bottom). In a kadai, pour the soaked Aval, add jaggery syrup and constantly stir it on fire. To this add ghee roasted cashew, raisin and elachchi.

Sesame-Chilly-Dhal Powder for Idly /Dosa

Sesame-Chilly-Dhal powder Ingredients: Red chilly - 250 gm Urad dhal - 200 gm Gram dhal - 2 table spoon Asafoetida - very small piece Sesame - 100 gm Rock salt - 1 table spoon jaggery - small piece (Many people may not add sesame (ellu) to powder. This is also okay.)

Method Separately dry roast sesame. Add little oil, fry asafoetida, red chilly, urad dhal, gram dhal. Keep aside and cool. Add a measure of rock salt, jaggery. Grind the mixture well in to coarse powder. Your Idly /Dosa chilly powder is ready. While taking Dosa/Idly, pour a spoon of oil to required quantity, mix and have. Other utility: This powder can be sprinkled while preparing dry curry like potato, brinjal, plantain, cabbage, and other sabjis.