A PINCH OF HING

Ingredients: 2 ripe guava 2 fried red chilly 2 garlic cloves 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp sugar(optional) salt to taste 1 pinch hing 1/2 tsp cumin and mustard seeds Preparations: Remove the seed and cut into cubed. In mixer jar add guava,red chilly, garlic,lemon juice salt and sugar. Grind to a smooth paste. For tempering, heat the oil, add cumin seeds ,mustard,  curry leaves and pinch of hing.  Add this tempering guava chutney.  Chutney is ready to serve with dosa or idli.

Ingredients:     Bread slice chopped in small peieces-1cup     corn flour-2 tbsp     Kashmiri red chilly powder- 1 tsp     Ginger-garlic paste- ½ tbsp     Salt- to taste     Water- 3 to 4 tbsp     Oil- enough for deep frying Preparations 1: Toast the bread slices in a toaster or in a  hot pan till it gets crispy and golden. Using a sharp knife, cut the bread to small cubed pieces. In a bowl, add the bread pieces along with all the above mentioned ingredients except oil. Add only very little water to bind the bread and corn flour, don’t make it watery.     Make small balls out of the bread-flour mixture,keep aside. Place a frying pan over medium heat, add enough oil for deep frying. Drop the bread mix balls into the hot oil, fry till it turns little brown.      Transfer to a kitchen paper towel. Ingredients 2: rice-1 cup mix vegies-1/2 cup small chopped soy sauce-1 teaspoon pepper-1 teaspoon oil salt          Preparations 2:    soak rice in water for 30

Ingredients: 1 cucumber, sliced 1 tomato, sliced salt/pepper 4 white bread slices butter Preparations: Spread a thin layer of butter on the bread slices. This helps seal the bread to ensure no moisture from the cucumber or tomatoes seeps into it. Add the cucumber and tomato slices to cover the slice of bread, sprinkle some salt and pepper, add the top slice. Cut the sandwiches diagonally to form 2 triangles.

Ingredients:     Bottle Gourd -cut in cubed - 2 cups     Milk - 1/2cup     Oil - 1 tbsp     Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp     Zeera seeds -1/2 tsp     Urad Dal - 1 tsp     Curry Leaves - 1 spring     Hing - a pinch     Whole green Chili - 1 or 2     Salt - to taste Preparation: Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard and zeera seeds. Add urad dal , hing, curry leaves and whole green chili and cook for a few seconds till the urad dal starts to change in brown color. Now add cubed lauki and salt. Mix well . Cook covered for 7-10 minutes till lauki is tender.No need to add water. Add milk to the curry and cook on low-medium flame until all the milk is evaporated. Serve hot with rice or chapati.