Banana Pancakes

Here is an easy recipe for Breakfast. Grab a few ripe Bananas and you are ready to make these sweet pancakes. I use a blender to make the batter quickly

Ingredients:

Banana -2riped
Maida -1cup
egg -2
Milk -2cups
cardamom/vanilla essence-1tsp
oil -as required
sugar -2-3spoons
salt -a pinch

Directions

Blend all the ingredients in a blender to make a nice batter,should be in a consistency like dosa batter.
Heat a non stic tava and pour a ladle full of batter and spread it like a dosa.add oil and cook both the sides.
Serve hot with honey or fruit sauce.
Also you can roll it and stuff chopped bananas and cut into pieces.

You can also try this recipe with mango instead of bananas.

Potato Fry

Method1:

Ingredients:

Potato -5no chopped into small pieces
Chilly powder -2tsp
turmeric powder-1/2tsp
mustard -1tsp
cumin seeds -1tsp
Urad dal -1tsp
curry leaves -1tsp
salt -as per taste
oil -5spoons

Directions:

Clean and dice the potatoes into small pieces.
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seed,cumin seeds and urad dal,curry leaves.
Now add the potatoes and stir for a minute, add turmeric powder,chilli powder and saute for a minute and cover it with a lid and allow to cool in low flame.
Stir it every 2mins.Now add salt and cook till the potato is crispy and cooked.


Method2:

Ingredients:
Potato -5no boiled
Onion -1
ginger -2tsp chopped
garlic -5pods chopped
chilli powder -2tsp
turmeric powder -1/2tsp
coriander powder -1tsp
salt -as per taste
oil -3tsp
mustard -1tsp
cumin seeds -1tsp
urad dal -1tsp
curry leaves -1string
coriander leaves -1/4cup




Directions:

Boil and peal the potatoes and cut into four.Heat oil in a pan and add mustard,cumin and urad dal,curry leaves.Now add onions and fry till brown,add garlic and ginger.
add turmeric powder and chilli powder and fry till the raw smell is lost.Now add the boiled potatos and stir well,sprinkle little water if necessary.close it wit a lid and allow it to cook.
Finally garnish it with coriander leaves


Method3:

Ingredients:

Potato -5no cut length wise
Coriander seeds -2tsp
dried red chillies-5-6
turmeric powder -1/2tsp
mustard -1tsp
cumin seeds -1tsp
urad dal -1tsp
oil -4spoons
salt -as required
coriander leaves -1/4 cup

Directions:

Cut the potatos length wise and just boil it in water with a pinch of salt for a minute.drain the water and allow it to cool.
Now grind coriander seeds and red chillies into a paste along with turmeric and salt in a blender.
Marinate this mixture with the potatos and leave it for 10minutes.
now heat oil in a pan and add mustard,cumin,urad dal and then add the potatos and fry it in low flames till its done.

Dal tadka

Ingredients
moong dal or masoor dal - 1.5 cups
turmeric - a pinch
green chillies - 3 or 4 (acc to ur spice level)
garlic - 2 pods (sliced or minced)
coriander leaves - for garnish
curry leaves - for garnish
salt - to taste
lime juice
- 1 - 2 tsps

For Tadka:
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
mustard seeds - 1 tsp
ghee - 2 tsps
hing - a pinch

Method
Pressure cook the dal with turmeric. (Take care to see that the dal is not mushy)
Take a non stick vessel and add ghee, cumin seeds and mustard seeds.
After the seeds splutter add hing.
Then add the green chillies and garlic and fry them for a minute.
Add the cooked dal and salt, fry for 4-5 minutes.
Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.
Add some lime juice and serve it with rotis/rice.