Avarekayi Kadabu

Ingredients:

• Rice-rava (akki tari) or Idli rava - 1.5 cups
• Avarekayi (Val Lilva) - 3 cups
• Water - 5 cups
• Coconut - 2 cups
• Ghee - 5 tbsp
• Hing - Less than 1/4 tsp
• Jeera - 1.2 to 2 tsp
• Salt - 1.25 tsp

Method:

1. Pressure cook avarekayi with 5 cups water and salt for abour 5 whistles till it becomes soft.
2. Roast rice-rava till it starts to emit a nice aroma.
3. Place a vessel with a thick base (you can continue to use the pressure cooker, but without lid) on medium flame. 
4. Add roasted rice-rava to the cooked avarekayi in the cooker, along with jeera, coconut, ghee and hing.
5. Keep stirring the mixture till it becomes thick with a consistency like upma.
6. Now place the lid on the vessel and leave for 5 minutes. Then remove from stove.
7. After a few minutes, make medium sized balls of the cooked mixture.
8. Serve with jaggery or pickle and ghee. 

Rava Idli

Ingredients:

• Rava - 2 cups
• Coconut - 1.5 cups
• Cashewnut (broken into small pieces) - 1.5 tbsp
• Curd - 4 cups
• Mustard - 1/4 tsp
• Channa Dhal - 1.25 tsp
• Urad Dhal - 1.25 tsp
• Coriander Leaves (finely chopped) - 1/2 cup
• Curry Leaves (finely chopped) - 1 tbsp
• Hing - 1 pinch
• Turmeric Powder - 1 pinch
• Ginger (grated) - 1/2 tsp 
• Ghee or oil - 2 tbsp
• Salt - to taste

Method:

1. Put ghee in kadai, and after it is heated, splutter mustard seeds. 
2. Add channa dhal, cashews and urad dhal and saute till it becomes golden brown.
3. Now add turmeric, hing and curry leaves.
4. Add rava and roast along with the other ingredients in the pan on medium flame.
5. Transfer the contents to a larger vessel and add coconut, curd, coriander leaves and salt.
6. Place aside for an hour.
7. Test the consistency of the batter. If it is too thick, you can add some water. Do not make the batter too thin either.
8. Grease the idli plate with ghee. Add the batter into the idli cups and steam for about 10 to 15 minutes.
9. Serve hot with ghee and chutney/chutney powder.
10. Optional: You can add grated carrot on the top of the idlis before serving.

Aloo Bonda - Stuffed Potato Snack

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 4 big
• Gram flour (besan) - 3 cups
• Rice flour - 1 cup
• Peas - 3/4 cup
• Coriander Leaves (chopped) - 1/2 cup
• Ginger (grated) - 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 4 tbsp
• Chilli powder - 3/4 tsp 
• Garam Masala - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - A pinch
• Salt - To taste

Method:

1. Cut potatoes into half and pressure cook with salt. 
2. Cook peas separately with salt.
3. Peel the skin of the potatoes and mash well. Transfer mashed potatoes into a mixing bowl.
4. Add peas, coriander leaves, ginger and garam masala to the potatoes, and mix well. Place it aside.
5. Take another bowl and add besan, rice flour, chilli powder, asafoetida, oil and salt. Mix well.
6. Now add water to this mixture and mix well till it forms a flowy and sticky consistency.
7. Make lemon-sized balls of the potato-peas mixture.
8. Add oil into a deep frying pan and once heated, dip the potato-peas balls into the flour and deep fry.
9. Serve hot with tomato ketchup or chutney.