pongal(Rice with split green beans)

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Preparation Time:20 min.

Cooking Time: 20 min

Yield: makes 1lb of rice

Serves 4

Ingredients:
rice 1 cup
moong dal  1 cup
pepper corn 10
green chillies 2 cut lengthwise
for tempering : zeera 1/2 tsp.,mustard seeds 1/2 tsp and asfoedita a pinch
red chilly 1
ghee 1/2 tbp.
oil 1/2 tbsp.
ginger 1/4 inch piece grated
cashew nuts 10 fried in ghee  and powdered
salt to taste
curry leaves 10

Method:
wash the rice and moong dal  ,add 6 cups water and pressure cook for 3 whistles
let it cool down completely
heat a pan,put oil and ghee and add zeera and mustard seeds
let them splutter
add the asfoedita ,curry leaves and pepper corns
add the red and green chillies and fry them for a while
add the cooked rice and moong dal 
add salt and grated ginger
mix it all together

switch off the stove
 keep it covered for 5 min.
enjoy with chips and  mango pickle
 

Egg pulusu(boiled eggs in tamarind soup)

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Preparation Time:20 min.

Cooking Time: 20 min

Yield: makes about 1lb. of curry

Serves 6

Ingredients:
Eggs 6
tamarind size of a small lemon
tomato med. 1
onion large 1
green chillies 2
red chilly 1
oil 2 tbls.
zeera powder 1/2 tsp.
garam masala powder 1/4 tsp.
 for garnishing:cilantro 10 sprigs chopped,curry leaves 10
zeera 1/2 tsp.
mustard  seeds 1/4 tsp.
coriander powder 1/2 tsp.
ginger garlic paste 1 tsp.
chilli powder 1 tsp.
salt to taste

Method:
boil the eggs.let them cool.peel the eggs
cut the onion lengthwise and cut tomato into 8 pieces
in a pan put 2 tsp. of oil and add  the onions and fry them a little ,then add the tomatoes and cook them till they are soft
remove from the stove and take it in a separate bowl
after it cools ,make it into a fine paste

in a bowl sqeeze out the tamarind juice and filter it through a seive

in a pan take the remaining oil ,let it heat up then give the tempering of zeera and mustard seeds
add red chilly and green chillies and saute them
put eggs and fry them for a while

add the tomato-onion paste and ginger garlic paste

mix it well with the eggs
fry it for a 1/2 minute
add the salt and other spices
add the tamarind juice

let it boil for 7 min
switch off the stove
garnish with cilantro and curry leaves
enjoy with white rice and dal