Chingudi Masala ( Shrimp Masala)

Ingredients:
1/2 lb Large raw Shrimp
1 Medium Onion diced
2 Medium sized Tomato diced
1 Tbs Ginger garlic paste
1/2 Tbs Coriander powder
1/2 Tbs Cumin powder
1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 Tsp Red Chili powder
Pinch of Garam Masala powder
Oil and salt as required

Preparation:

In a pan heat up some oil, add 1/2 of the turmeric powder and salt to the shrimp and fry until 80% of the fish is cooked. Keep aside the shrimp fry.

In the same pan heat up some oil, add red chilly powder wait for 5 sec then add onion and fry until onions are fully cooked and get brown in color.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw smell is gone then add tomato.
Fry the mixture for 2-3 minutes and add all the other masalas along with salt. Fry the mixture till the oil gets separated.

Then add fried shrimp to it and cook it for another 5-7 minutes.

Add garam masala powder to it mix it well and thats it.

Serve hot with white rice and dal. 

Dosa

Ingredients:
3 Cups Raw rice
1 Cup of Urad dal (Split black lentils)
2 Tbs of Chana dal (Split Yellow lentil)
1 Tsp of Fenugreek seeds
Salt to taste
Butter for serving

Preparation:
Wash the urad dal, raw rice, chana dal and methi seeds. Soak in enough water for at least 4 hours.
Grind to a smooth paste with a little water. Cover and keep aside for at least 4 hours but keeping the batter overnight is better. Add salt just before you make dosa and mix well
Heat a non-stick pan and grease lightly with ghee or oil. When hot, sprinkle a little water, pour 2 to 3 tablespoons of batter and flatten it out with a flat base bowl. I use a flat base steel bowl to make my dosa and cook on one side.
Pour a little ghee or oil along the edges while cooking. When crispy, fold and serve hot with Coconut Chutney.

Piaja Saga Kanji (Spring Onion and Rice Soup)

Ingredients:
3 Bunches of Spring Onion
1-1/2 Cup Cooked Rice
3 Dried Mango
4 Cups Water
3 Red Chili
3 Cloves of Garlic crushed
1 Tsp Turmeric Powder
1 Tsp Mustard seed
Salt to taste
Oil for tempering

Procedure:
In a saucepan add water, rice, turmeric and dried mango and bring it to boil. Boil the mixture until water quantity become half.
Then cut the spring onions, not the thick part only the leaves and add into the water and rice mixture. Add some salt but careful the dried mango itself has enough salt. So check the salt then add enough to it. Bring the mixture to boil until the nice aroma of the spring onion comes may be 5-10 more minutes.
Now we will add tempering to the mixture. In a pan heat up some oil, then add red chili, add mustard seed, after the mustard seed crackles add crushed garlic to it. Saute for few seconds then add this tempering to the water and spring onion mixture.
Boil the mixture for one more minute and voila this is that simple.
Serve hot with rice and some curry. You can just have it just like that as soup.

PS: If you have fermented rice water then reduce the number of dried mango in the recipe.