South Indian Masala Appa

Ingredients:

1. Rava- 2 cups
2. Curd- 3/4 cup
3. Curry leaves- 10
4. Mustard seeds- 1tsp
5. Chat Masala- 1 tsp
6. Coconut Oil- 2 tsp
7. Eno- 1/4 tsp
8. Salt- 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. In a bowl add rava, curd, 1/2 cup of water, salt and mix well 
2. Now place the appa maker on slow flame and put one drop of oil in each circle.
3. Put the rava mixture in each circle of appa maker and cover the vessel with a lid.
4. Cook each side for 3-4 minutes so that each side turns to golden colour
5. Do the same process with the rest of mixture
6. Now in a fry pan add oil, as the oil warms up, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, as the mustard seeds crackle add appas and mix well then add chat masala and mix well here is the yummy Appa ready to serve with green chutney or peanut chutney

All ingredients are available at localbanya.com

South Indian Sambhar

Time taken-45 minutes

Ingredients:

1. Arhar Daal-1 cup
2. 1 tsp of mustard seeds
3. 7-8 curry leaves
4. Chopped oinion- 2 cups
5. One tomato chopped
6. 1 carrot chopped
7. 5-6 tsp of tamarind paste
8. 1 boiled potato mashed.
9. Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
10. Sambhar Masala- 2 tbsp
11. Coconut oil- 4 spoon

Method:

1. In a cooker, boil arhar daal and keep it aside for cooling, then blend daal to smoothie.
2. In a fry pan, add coconut oil when the oil turns warm, add mustard seeds, curry leaves and leave it till mustard seeds start to crackle, then add onions and cook them till they turn to transparent in colour.
3. Now add chopped carrot, tomato and cook it with covered lid for 5-6 minutes on slow flame.
4. After 5 minutes and check whether carrot is cooked, if not then cook it again for 2-3 minutes if yes then add mashed potatoes, turmeric powder, sambhar masala, and mix well
5. After 2 minutes, add blended daal , tamarind paste, 1 cup of water and salt to the cooking mixture
6. Cook the sambhar for around 5 minutes till it comes to boil.
7. Here your sambhar is ready to serve with idli, dosa, roti, paratha, rice etc

You can buy the ingredients online in India at local banya or big basket 

Dosa Podi Masala

Time taken 15 minutes

Serving- cool and store in air tight container

Ingredients

1. Arhar daal-1/4 cup
2. Chana Daal-1/4 cup
3. Coriander seeds-1/3 cup
4. Sesame seeds- ½ cup
5. Red Dried chillies- 20-25

Method:

1. Roast all the ingredients one by one so that moisture leaves the ingredients
2. As all the ingredients cools down, grind them and your podi masala is ready which you can spinkle on Dosa, curry, dry vegetable.