Dates modak

Ingredients:
Dates(seedless) - 25
Almonds - 1/2 cup
Cashews - 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 spoon
Ghee - 2 spoons

Procedure:
Dry roast cashews, almonds and dates separately.
Grind them to fine paste.
Now add cardamom powder, ghee and mix well.
Take lemon size balls and make modak shape.
Repeat the same for remaining paste.

Moong dal payasam

Ingredients:
Moong dal - 1 cup
Milk - 2 cups
Sugar - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 spoon
Cashews - 5
Almonds - 5
Pista - 5
Ghee - 3 spoons

Procedure:
Dry roast the moong dal until golden brown color.
Now pressure cook the dal with 1 cup milk and keep aside.
Heat a pan and add 1 spoon ghee. Roast the dry fruits in ghee and keep aside.
In the same pan add the remaining ghee, cooked dal and remaining milk.
Add sugar after the dal is cooked properly or until milk is dissolved fully.
Once sugar completely melts add cardamom powder and roasted dry fruits.
Remove from heat and serve hot or cold.

Sorakai kofta

Ingredients:
Sorakai (Bottle gourd) - 250 gms
Gram flour - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 2 spoons
Corn flour - 1 spoon
Green chillies - 3
Grated ginger - 1 spoon
Coriander powder - 1 spoon
Jeera - 1 spoon
Cloves - 3
Bay leaves - 2
Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
Red chilli powder - 1 spoon
Ginger garlic paste - 1 spoon
Onions - 2
Tomatoes - 3
Coriander leaves
Water
Oil

Procedure:
Grate the sorakai and squeeze the excess water from it.
Now add gram flour, rice flour, corn flour, green chillies, ginger and salt in it.
Heat a pan with oil for deep frying. Once oil is heated take the lemon size balls of the batter and deep fry in oil.
When the kofta turns golden brown remove from it and place it on a tissue paper.
Repeat the same for the remaining batter.
Heat another pan and add 1 spoon oil in it.
Once oil is heated add jeera, onions and tomatoes. When they are half cooked remove from pan and allow it to cool.
Once it is cooled grind it to fine paste.
In the same pan add little oil. When oil is heated add cloves, bay leaves and cinnamon.
Now add ginger garlic paste and stir for 2-3 mins. Add the ground paste prepared above, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt.
Add little water as per the consistency you need for gravy.
Cook until it comes to a boil. Now add the kofta balls.
After 5mins remove from stove. Dont serve immediately wait for 5-10mins until the koftas become soft in gravy.

Egg pepper fry

Ingredients:
Eggs - 3
Pepper powder - 1 spoon
Salt
Oil

Procedure:
Boil the eggs in water. Peel the skin, cut into half and keep aside.
Heat a pan and add oil into it. Once oil is heated keep the eggs into it.
Fry the eggs until it turns light brown color.
Now add the pepper powder and salt.
Stir for another 2-3 mins and remove from stove. Serve hot.