Ingredients:

• 1 bunch fresh mint leaves
• 1/2 cup grated coconut
• 5 or 6 small onions
• 2 or 3 Red chillies

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Ingredients:

• Moong dal 1 cup
• Whole Black pepper 2 tsp
• Whole cumin seeds 2 tsp
• Red Chillies 5 nos
• Coconut 1/2 cup
• Ghee to saute.
• Some oil to saute.
• Mustard 
• Cumin for sauting
• Onions 1 large sized
• Tomatoes 2 medium sized
• Green Chillies 3 small
• Brinjal 1/4kg
• Turmeric powder for taste.
• Garlic paste 1 tsp
• coriander powder for taste (optional)
• Salt

Method:

• Boil the moongdal in a pressure cooker with enough water so much so that its a thick syrup when beaten. While that cooks…..

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Ingredients:

• Carrot – 1/4 kg
• Onion – 1 big (chopped)
• green chillies – 2 or 3
• Grated Coconut – 1/2 cup
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Curry Leaves Few
• Urad dal – 1 tsp
• Oil
• Salt

Method:

• Peel and grate the carrots in a big grater.
• Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter the mustard seeds and urad dal.
• Add curry leaves. Add onion and green chillies and saute till the onions become translucent.
• Add the carrot and salt and bring to boil for some time.if necessary add some water and cook for about 2 min.
• Then Add the grated coconut and mix well.
• Serve hot with rice

Ingredients:

• Gongura leaves a bunch
• 1/2 Medium Sized Onion
• 2 Red Chillies
• 3/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/4 fenugreek seeds
• a pinch asafoetida
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 2 brinjal
• 1 tomato
• Salt to taste
• Oil

Method:

• Dry roast 2 Red Chillies, 3/4 tsp cumin seeds, 1/4 fenugreek seeds,
• a pinch asafoetida and set aside

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Ingredients:

• 2 Cups Rice
• 1 Cup Toor Dal (Red Gram split)
• 2 Onions
• 1 tsp Jeeram (Cumin Seeds)
• 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tsp Red Chili powder
• 1 tsp Ginger and Garlic paste
• 1 tsp Green chili paste
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 1 Tomato
• 1 Potato cubed and deep fried(can be substituted with fried bread pieces)
• Salt
• 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
• Coriander Leaves, Chopped
• Mint Leaves, Chopped
• 1 tbsp Ghee

Method:

• Soak Rice for an hour and cook till half done.
• Soak dal for 2 hrs and half cook with a pinch of turmeric powder.
• Heat ghee and add a tsp of jeeram.
• Add the chopped onions and fry for sometime.
• Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, ginger paste, garlic paste and green chilly paste, and fry.
• Add chopped tomatoes and fry until the moisture evaporates.
• Now add the cooked toor dal, fried onions, garam masala powder, potatoes/bread, salt, chopped mint leaves and mix well.
• In a kadai spread half of this mixture and spread a layer of cooked rice on top of that.
• Add some butter, sprinkle garam masala and chopped pudina leaves.
• Over this spread the other half of the mixture and on it spread the rice and add butter, garam masala.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg of tuna, including bones and head well cleaned and prepared
• 1 cup grated coconut
• 2 hot chillies, or depending how spicy you like your dish
• 10 pieces of baby shallots, keep a few shallots aside for frying
• 1 inch fresh ginger
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 green mango cut into chunks
• 2 drumsticks cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces
• a few curry leaves
• 1/2 a teaspoon of mustard seeds
• salt, as needed

Method:

• Put the grated coconut, chillies, shallots, ginger, garlic and the tumeric powder along with 1/2 a cup of water and blend once.
• Put this mixture in a heavy bottomed pan along with the mango and drumsticks, add a cup more of water and cook until the vegetables are cooked through.
• Add the fish and season with salt cover and cook till the fish is cooked,.
• Heat in a pan some oil put the mustard seeds and the curry leaves and shallots and fry until slightly brown and add to the avial.
• heck the seasonings and add more salt according to your taste