Bottle Gourd - Sorakai Thalimpu

Ingredients

Bottle Gourd - 1 no
Salt - 3/4 spoon
Sambar powder - 3/4 spoon
Gun podi - 1 spoon
Garlic - 4-5 pods
Red Chilly - 1 no

Procedure

Add oil once hot add mustard seeds, red chilly and garlic. Add sorakai and pour some water and cook with a lid closed in low flame. After 5 mins add salt.  Let it cook. Once half done add sambar powder. Let it cook. Once done add gun podi and switch off.

Tips 

- Can add onions before sorakai and fry it well for more taste
- Sorakai requires less salt and water to cook
- Adding sambar powder when half cooked allows the taste to penetrate into the vegetable.

Wheat Dosa

Ingredients

Wheat - 11/2 allaku
Rice flour - 3/4 cup
Water - as needed
Jeera - 1 spoon
Curry leaves - 1 string
Hing - 1/2 spoon
Oil - 2 spoons
Coriander - 10 strings finely chopped
Salt - 2 spoons table salt

Procedure

Mix al the above with some water and allow to rest for 1 hour. Adjust consistency by adding water.

Tips

- Serves 4
- Add some coriander not a lot
- Should cook like rava dosa

Onion chutney (Karam for thavidibillalu and chakka dosa)

Ingredients

Onion - 3 nos
Coconut - equal portion to onion
Chilly powder - 1/2 spoon
Salt - 1/4 spoon

Procedure 

Grind all together with very less water.

Tip 

- Equal portion, dont put a lot of coconut
- Refrigerate it, since coconut it will get spoiled.