Healthy and simple kozhukatta with brown rice

Ingredients:
Brown rice:2 cups
Grated Coconut:1 cup
Salt to taste

Soak brown rice overnight.Grind it coarsely adding enough water (dosa batter consistency).Transfer it into a cooking pan.Add coconut and salt to taste.Heat the pan and stir the batter continuously.Cook till the batter becomes thick to make it into balls.Remove from the pan and keep aside for cooling.Once the thick batter gets cooled make into medium sized balls and steam cook until done.It will be sticky while hot but the stickiness after sometime.Serve with onion chutney.


ONION CHUTNEY
Ingredients:
Onion:2 medium sized(sliced)
Red chilli:2 to 3
Tamarind:small piece
Salt to taste
Oil

Heat oil in a pan.Add the sliced onion.Saute till it becomes slightly brown.Add salt to taste,red chillies and tamarind and saute for some time.Remove from the stove and let it cool.Grind it coarsely or into a paste as desired.Onion chutney is ready to be served with kozhukatta.

Aval Upma (Poha)

Ingredients:
Onion:1 medium(thinly sliced)
Green chillies:3 nos(split into half)
curry leaves
mustard:1tspn
Urad dal:2 tspn
Aval(rice flakes):250gm
Salt to taste
Oil 2 tspn
Coconut:1/2 cup(grated)

Dissolve the salt required in 1/2 cup of water and spray evenly to the rice flakes and mix thoroughly and keep it aside..Heat oil in a deep pan.Add mustard seeds and let it break.Add urad dal and curry leaves.Then add onion and green chilly.when onion changes slightly brown add the rice flakes.Saute for some time until onion and the rice flakes get mixed well.Switch off the flame and add the coconutand Serve hot.

Veggie Cheese Omelet

Ingredients:

• Eggs 2 no.s
• Chopped onion 2 tbsp
• Chopped tomato 2 tbsp
• Chopped bell pepper 2tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Pepper powder 1tsp.
• Shredded cheddar cheese ¼ cup
• Oil 2 tbsp

Beat the eggs with salt and keep it aside. In a pan, sauté onion, bell pepper and tomato in 1 tbsp oil for 2 minutes. Transfer it to a plate. In the same pan add the remaining oil. Pour the beaten egg into it and cook till it is done. Sprinkle pepper powder and salt on top of it.

Then add the sauted vegetables and the cheddar cheese to it. Fold the egg. Cover and let stand till the cheese is melted. Serve hot.