Aachi Samayal

PUMPKIN HALWA

• In a wide Kadai, add little ghee and fry the Cashew and keep it aside.
• Now add Shredded pumpkin and Milk to it. Let it cook for like 10 mins (approx)
• Now add sugar to the kadai, Reduce all the Liquid. Stir till then.
• Add cardamom powder to it. 
• It will slowly turn into Halwa Consistency. Add Ghee and continue stirring.
• Turn off the Heat and add cashew and chopped Pista to it.

PEAS MASALA 

PUDALANKAI (SNAKEGAURD) KOOTU

• The first thing we have to do is cook the vegetable, Podalankai. So when you cook Podalankai, you can add the lentils So we are gonna pressure cook Snake gourd and channa dal( Broken chickpea). Add water till the it covers the vegetable and lentils.
• When you are using the pressure cooker don't put those vegetables and lentils directly in the pressure cooker. You can add all the vegetables in a small vessel. Then add water to the pressure cooker and the drop this vessel to it, close the pressure cooker with its lid and put the whistle on.  
• Let the pressure cooker cook for like 10 minutes or till two whistle. Then it will be nice and soft.
• Now wait till the pressure is released and then open the cooker.
• Now you can take a pan, keep it in the stove and turn on the heat to medium. You can use stainless steel or hard anodized or even not stick but you cannot use iron because we are going to add coconut to the kootu and it will also be watery so you cannot use iron skillet. Iron skillet can be only used for dry.
• When the pan is hot enough add 1 tbsp of oil, then add kaduku/ Mustard and ullundham parupu Split white gram. Then add curry leaves too.
• Now when it starts to crackle add the cooked snake gourd and channa dal/split chick pea.
• Let it cook for a while, if needed add little water. But it wont be necessary because it will have enough water in it. 
• Now grind coconut, onion, cumin, and green chili. It should belike a fine paste, you can add little water to if you want.
• Add the ground paste to the pan, when the Snake Gourd is  really cooking with the paste and will get a thick saucy feel.
• Now it is time to add salt to the dish and at last even more curry leaves

• Add all the ingredients together and form a batter. It should be a thick batter.
• Now in a pan add some butter and start making pan cakes, by pouring batter. After it is done in one side flip the other side to cook.
• U can serve it hot with maple syrup.