Curd Rice ( Daddojanam)

Ingredients:

Rice - 2 cups
Green chillies - 5 (chopped finely)
Yogurt - 1 and 1/2 cups
Ginger - 1 inch piece (chopped finely)
Curry leaves - 10
Salt - as per taste
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
Urad dal - 2 tbsp
Chana dal - 2 tbsp
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
Dried red chillies - 2 ( broken)
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Cilantro - For garnishing

Procedure:

1. Cook the rice and let it cool.
2. In a pan take oil and add mustard seeds. Once they start to splutter add urad and chana dal. Fry till they become crunchy.
3. Add the curry leaves, dried red chillies, green chillies and ginger. Fry for about 3 to 4 min.
4. Finally add asfoetida. Turn off the stove.
5. Add this tempering to the rice along with salt and turmeric powder. Mix the rice well. Finally add the curd, if needed add little amount of water so that curd is incorporated well.
6. Mix the rice and Garnish with cilantro. Serve with pickle.

Stuffed Brinjal ( Gutti vankaya koora)

Ingredients:

Baby Brinjals - 7 pcs
Oil - 2 and 1/2 tbsp

To grind (for stuffing):
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 2 tbsp
Chana dal - 3 tbsp
Urad dal - 3 tbsp
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
Dried red chillies - 5 ( or as per taste)
Salt - as per taste
Dried shredded coconut - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

(Prepare the stuffing)
1. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. Once they start to splutter add urad and chana dal along with coriander seeds and dried red chillies.
2. Fry till dals become crunchy. Add the asafoetida and shredded coconut. And fry for about 2 to 3 min. Turn off the stove, add salt.
3. Once the mixture is cool enough grind it to powder and keep aside.
4. In another pan take the oil and add the baby brinjals. The brinjals must be cut in a way that each will have a 4 pcs, but not cut completely till the end. They must hold.
5. Fry till they become soft by covering it with lid.
6. Add the masala that we have prepared in step 4.  And continue to fry for about 5 to 8 min. Switch off the stove and serve hot with rice.