Musk Melon magic

All of you must be familiar with musk melon.
By itself it tastes a little bland, but makes a good product for a nice cool beverage.

In Karnataka, we use musk melon to make Panakam (a kind of juice) during Ramanavami.
I will post the recipe for it some other time.

This time it is musk melon with a twist.

Below is the method..

In a mixie jar, take some musk melon pieces (skin peeled).
To this add some sugar, honey, mint leaves, ice cubes and a little salt.
Grind all these together with some water and your musk melon drink is ready.
Musk melon + mint combination is a nice cool drink that can be enjoyed, especially during hot summers!!

Paneer capsicum fritters

Today I saw this recipe on tv and looked simple and tasty..
Wanted to try it out immediately but could not find time today and so it is in pipeline for preparation as of now..

May be you can try it meanwhile..

Ingredients
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Potatoes - 2 boiled
Capsicum - 1
Grated paneer - 1 cup
Green chillies
Maida - 2 tsp
Corn flour - 2 tsp
Lime juice - 1 tsp
Coriander
Pepper
Salt

Method
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Mash the boiled potatoes into a fine paste.
To this paste, add all the rest of the ingredients and mix well to form a dough.

Make rounds or bullet shaped balls with the dough and fry in oil.
It need not turn dark brown, just a light golden brown would do good.

Try and let me know if it turns out good.

Groundnut chutney (Kadlekai chutney)

My younger daughter enjoys having groundnut chutney and so I prepare it quite frequently.
And this chutney does not need coconut and so can be prepared anytime easily since groundnuts will be available at home anyway.

Recipe for it is below..

Ingredients
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Groundnuts
Tamarind
Salt
Jaggery
Chillies
Onion - 1

Method
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Dry roast groundnuts and let it cool. Remove the skin of the groundnuts.
Fry red chillies and an onion and keep aside.

Grind together, groundnuts, red chillies, onion, salt, tamarind (small piece), jaggery (very little) with little water.
And the chuney is ready.

Tastes good with Rave Dosae.

Tomato Instant Pickle (Tomato Bisi Uppinakayi)

Tomato is something which is most commonly available and so can be prepared at any time of the year.
This recipe can be prepared and stored for a week or 15 days (refrigerated and used) since the preparation does not involve the usage of water.

Ingredients
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Ripe Tomatoes - 1kg
Mustard - 1tsp
Methi seeds - 1 tsp
Dry chillies - 3 or 4
Red Chilli powder
Salt
Jaggery
Tamarind
Oil

Method
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Wash and dry the tomatoes so that it is not moist.
Cut the tomatoes (1 tomato into 4 pieces).

On stove, In a pan, take 8-10 tsp oil, add mustard seeds and let is splutter,add turmeric powder, hing (Asphoedia), dry red chillies, curry leaves and add the cut tomatoes and let the tomatoes become soft in low flame.

Add salt, tamarind pieces, jaggery, red chilli powder, masala powder (i.e Fry 1tsp mustard and 1 tsp methi seeds and grind it into a dry powder) to this and let it boil in low  flame till the paste becomes a little thicker in consistency and all ingredients mix well.

Tomato instant pickle is ready and can be served with akki rotti, dosae or with white rice.