Instant Nellikai Oorukai/Gooseberry Pickle

 Gooseberry has lots of health benefits.My friend Uma has a gooseberry tree on her street but they are little gooseberries.They taste sour and sweet and we can eat it just like that or with some salt.I am writing this and my mouth is watering thinking even about it.If you are reading I am sure you are feeling the same too.This pickle is my dad's recipe.He makes it and keeps it in glass jars.We usually have it for lunch with rasam,sambar.Whatever you name it, it comes as our favorite next to homemade narthangai pickle.

Here goes the wonderful mouth watery recipe...

        

INGREDIENTS:
Gingelly oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Fenugreek -1/2 tsp
Red Chilly -2
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Goose Berry - 12
Red Chilli powder -1/2 tsp
Hing-1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder  -1/4 tsp
Salt

METHOD:

1)Wash gooseberry and steam it in idly plates for 7 minutes or microwave for 8 minutes.

2)Remove seed from gooseberry and chop them into pieces.

3)Heat gingelly oil in kadai and fry fenugreek seeds separately.Keep it aside.

4)In the same oil, fry dry red chilli and keep it aside.

5)Powder fenugreek and red chilli into coarse powder.

6)In the same oil,add mustard seeds,curry leaves and chopped gooseberry.

7)Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder,Hing,ground powder.

8)Add ground powder.

9)Add salt.

10)Mix well and saute for another 3 minutes.

11)Serve with rice.Keep it in a glass bottle in fridge for 2 weeks.

Masala Kuli Paniyaram/Kara Paniyaram/Vegetable Kuli Paniyaram

INGREDIENTS:

Idly/Dosa Batter -3 Cups

Vegetables (Carrot,Beans, Capsicum)- 1 Cup

Onion - 1

Green Chilly - 2

Sesame Oil -2 Tbsp

Mustard -1/2 tsp

Urad Dal - 2 tsp

Jeera -1 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Ginger grated - 2 tsp

Onion,medium -1

Red Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp

METHOD:

1.Heat sesame oil in a pan.Add mustard, jeera,urad dal, curry leaves and green chilly.

2.Add grated ginger and Onion.

3.Add choppy beans and saute well.

4.Add carrots and capsicum and saute well.

5.Add sauted vegetables to idly/dosa batter and saute well.

6. Add red chilli powder and mix well.

7.Heat Kuliyam pan and add oil.

8.Add the mixed vegetables batter and cook for 1 minute or until the batter gets cooked.

9.When one side is cooked,flip to the other side with a Paniyaram stick or a spoon.

10.When Paniyaram gets cooked on both sides,serve them with sambar,voconut chutney or tomato garlic chutney.