Pacha mouru(Buttermilk)

I went out for Onam to have sadya(meals) at a local mallu restaurant and quite liked the mouru served towards the end. Here's the version

Ingredients:-
Curd - 1.5 cups(300 ml)
Water - 0.5 cups
Shallots(small onions)-4
Green chilli - 1 long
Curry leaves - 2 strands
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Salt(Kallu uppu is better) - to taste


Preparation:-
Crush the ingredients except curd. Add it to a blender along with curd. Whisk it nicely and add around half a cup of water. Again whisk to have a consistent texture.Transfer it to a bowl and enjoy the pacha mouru. If you don't have blender, juicer jar of your mixie will also do. Or, we can also prepare buttermilk using the traditional way by using 'matthu'.

Veg Daliya/Broken wheat Upma

I heard about 'Daliya' from one of my colleagues and wanted to try it out. It was nothing but the 'oosi gothumai' which I was aware of. My mom used to prepare this upma when we were kids and I disliked it. I liked the bombay rava upma than this one. But, now as a mother I am liking things which I used to hate as a child mainly for the nutritional aspects it brings forth. My kid likes to eat this with curd.

Ingredients:-

Carrot - 1 medium, cut into inch long pieces
Beans - 5, cut into small
Onion - 1 medium sliced
Mint leaves - 10-15, chopped
Green chilly - 1 long, chopped finely
Garlic - 3, chopped finely
Broken wheat - 1 cup
Oil/ghee - 1tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Water - 1.5 cups
Salt - to taste

Preparation:-

Heat a kadai or cooker and put oil into it. Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds. When they crackle, add onion,garlic and green chillies and fry them till onion becomes translucent. After that add the veggies along with mint leaves  and saute for a minute. Add the turmeric powder and broken wheat and fry it till the wheat is coated with oil/ghee. Add required salt along with 1.5 cups of water. Cover the cooker and put the weight. Wait for a whistle and switch off the flame. Have this upma with plain curd and pickle. 

P.S:- If you like it to be more spicy, add chilli powder.