I was thinking of the letter Y and randomly came this idea of making a Y letter platter to me . I enjoyed a lot making this delicious Rice platter for Y . As we are only one letter away and this series of A-Z theme is coming to an end I will be missing all the fun we had from past few days cooking with letters . So for the fulfillment I wanted to make a platter with a letter and so did I make them yesterday. Me and my H thoroughly enjoyed this Months Blogging Marathon as i was able to cook some un known dishes for my H and he was really happy to explore :). Thanks to Blogging marathon members and +Srivalli Jetti for this lovely theme . I will surely be missing this theme a lot .
Now coming to letter Y . I wanted it to be simple and a healthy platter with no onion or garlic so totally brahmin style rice platter. As you all know traditionally Brahims eat No garlic No onion so This is a perfect Brahim style platter as I have used No garlic No onion in these recipe If you notice. To start with I wanted lemon rice included on the Menu as this is an authentic south Indian recipe made for all occasion. Then comes the sesame rice which is a flavorful and healthy rice , some what like a normal podi rice but taste entirely different. So next to go with plain rice I decided to make a Rasam and a Kozhambu . For Rasam i chose a Simple and quick lemon rasam and For Kozhambu I wanted to make this brahim yeruvalli kozhambhu from my a cook book that i own so made this tangy kozhambu . To accompany the rice i made Yenna vazhaikai ( Plantain Fry) I made this with plantain but you can also make it with raw banana and also made an instant lime pickle .At last I found that I missed a dessert So occupy the desserts place I made sweetened Yogurt (mango flavored). So this is how i Planned the Menu Hope you all Like it.
Menu For Letter “Y” – Brahmin Style Rice Platter
Rice varities
Yelumicha pazha saadham (Lemon Rice)
Yellu Saadham (Sesame rice)
For Plain Rice
Yelumicha pazham Rasam (Lemon rasam)
Yervalli Kozhambu (Veg Brahmin style Kozhambu)
Accompaniment
Yenna Vazhakkai ( Plantain/ raw banana fry)
Yelumizha pazha Urgai (Instant Lemon pickle)
Yennail Poricha appalam ( Deep fried papadam)
Dessert
Yogurt sweetened (mango flavor)
Yelumicha Pazha Saadham (Lemon Rice)
Ingredients
Rice 1 cup
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
Bengal gram / channa dal – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Green chillies (chopped) – 3 Nos
Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp
Oil – 2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Asafoetida a pinch
Method
- Cook the rice with salt in a rice cooker with 2 cups of water or a vessel with water as needed till it is done. Leave the rice a bit grain and not very mushy so that every grain of rice is separate .
- In a pan heat oil add Mustard seed after they splutter add urad dal and channa dal and saute them till they turn light brown.
- Then add curry leaves, Turmeric pd, Green chillies , asafoetida and saute them for few sec.
- Mix in the cooked rice, add extra salt if needed and stir well till well combined.
- Remove the pan from flame and mix in the lemon juice.
- Stir well and serve.
Yellu Saadham (Sesame Rice)
Ingredients
Rice 1 cup
Salt to taste
To roast and grind
White sesame / Til/ yellu – 1/2 cup
Coconut (grated) – 1/2 cup
Red chilli dried – 5 Nos
Roasted Peanuts – 2 tbsp
For tempering
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Cumin seed – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1-2 sprigs
Ghee – 2 tbsp ( can be added if you need more)
Method
- Cook the rice with water and salt . I cooked my rice in rice cooker if you cook them in loose water ensure that you rice remains grain and separated.
- Heat an non stick pan and start roasting all the ingredients one by one under ” To roast and grind” after you finish roasting transfer it to a mixer and blend them nice and coarse pd without adding water to it.
- Still you can see the ground mixture might have some moisture in it but thats ok.
- Now heat ghee in a pan splutter some mustard seeds, cumin seeds,curry leaves and then add the ground mixture and saute them for a while till you loose some moisture from it . Switch of the flame and mix in the cooked rice to it .
- If needed you can drizzle some more ghee on it and enjoy them warm .
- Blanch the tomato and remove the skin . Squeeze the tomato in the blanched water .
- After you squeeze all the juice from tomato add cumin pd , turmeric pd , pepper pd, salt, rasam pd and mix them well.
- Now in a pan heat ghee splutter cumin seeds, mustard seed then add the tomato water + extra water if needed to make the rasam thin about 1 cup or more and let it get a single boil and then turn of the heat add the lemon juice and stir .
- Serve lemon rasam warm with steamed rice .
- Boil potato, carrot , drumstick in water and keep a side.
- In a non stick pan dry roast the fenugreek first till light brown then add red chillies and roast them .
- Now turn of the flame and add the coconut and mix them in the Hot pan.
- Transfer this to a mixer jar , after the cool a bit add water and blend the to coarse pd.
- Now heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, curry leaves after they splutter add the okra and saute for a while .
- Then add other cooked veggies and Mix in the tamarind pulp to it.
- Add 1/2 – 1 cup of water to it after they boil add the ground pd, sambhar pd , salt and cook them till they become a homogeneous mixture.
- Serve them Warm with steamed rice.
- Peel the Plantain and cut them in to thin circles.
- In a bowl put the cut plantain, red chilli pd, turmeric ps, sambhar pd, salt and coat the plaintai well.
- Keep the marinated mixture a side for at least 15 mins .
- Heat oil in a non stick pan add the marinated palintain and roast them in a medium flame till they are nice and crispy stiring them occasionally .
- Serve them Hot as a side for any rice variety.
- Chop each Lime in to 4 – 6 pieces.
- In a pan heat oil add Asafoetida and mustard seed after they splutter addthe chopped lime and saute for few seconds about 2 sec.
- Add turmeric pd , red chilli pd and salt to it.
- If you lime is too sour you can add sugar to it balance the sourness else just skip it . The lime i used were sour so i added sugar to it.
- Just cook for 10 sec and the switch of the flame . You instant Lime pickle is ready.
- In a blender blend the mango pulp, yogurt and sugar till nice and smooth.
- Your fresh mango flavored yogurt is ready to serve.
- Tastes best if chilled and served.
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Wow! chance sae illa kalakitenga! thumbs up!
Did I tell you that you are too much???…:)..that's one stunning display of Y recipes Manjula. Kudos to your patience and love to cooking and thanks to your better half for the encouragement..Enjoyed reading all the recipes you have made for Y and the pictures are stunning as always..Great job!
wow awesome platter Manju u are sure rocking the blog world my storm and I never fail or miss to say this again and again kudos to your awesome A-Y recipes 😉 too innovative and versatile as you 🙂 you keep rocking and we keep gawking 😛 😉 I mean it
i was waiting for your Post on Y ,and waiting for Z too.Wonderful platter manju,beautiful clicks.wow
Omg, dont do like this,now am tempted to make Y thali..Omg you are seriously mindblowing Manju, Yla oru thali none would have think about it..Well done.
Wow, wonderful thali, lovely array of Y recipes, lovely dear, you rock…
wowwww…..what a thali!!!!!!!! simply awesome and your all A-Y recipes are wonderful..loved all!!! great job!!!
Oh Wow Manju! To make one dish starting with 'Y' is something most can pull off – But to make a Y Platter! Only you can do it girl. I'm so tempted to make this. Some of your recipes are already on my bucket list 🙂
wowwwwww…. Manju… I already said that i have no words before your hardwork and tempting recipes… awesome dear…
Awesome platter…. Kudos and hats off
Omg ! You are rocking manjula ! I can't even think one dish with y and you have made a whole platter….hats off to you !
perfect south Indian thali…
perfect south Indian thali…
peenra da nee 🙂 liked all your clicks..
tempting south Indian thali…made it so perfect….You rock Manjula…
I really don't know what to stay.?Truly you have left me speechless..Y ..I must say is wonderfully chosen by you..love that platter.awesome.I would not know even one of those names:)) it was great reading your wonderful recipes…great experience.
Wow ! Manjula ,you are always rocking..Great going.
Wonderful platter.. So much recipes you prepared.. Hats off to you..
OMG…seriously only you can do it Manju! You are awesome and Hats off to all ur efforts, patience and love for blogging n cooking..you are working too hard, Thali for Y letter recipe, platter looks so so inviting, all the recipes are mouthwatering and very well done my dear !
wonderful platter and i an seeing loads of effort dear, keep rocking 🙂
That is one stunning spread of Y dishes!! Looking at the title I was wondering what would the post contain..I am truly bowled over!! Kudos to your creative effort!
Yummy visual treat early in the morning for me 😉
Wow… wonderful platter with lots of variations.
What a Thali. Absolutely superb spread. Treat for the eyes and tastebuds.
oh Manju you always rock .your photos and every attempt to explain things .Wonderful
love your Y platter – so impressed with all the Y dishes in one post
That's an yummilicious "Y" platter. Love everything there.
Lovely 'Y' platter, I can refer this page any time for Y recipes. Awesome work dear..
Awesome post Manjula. Great job with making so many dishes with letter Y.. Everything looks amazing.
Amazing 'Y' spread Manjula! Awesome post! Awesome choice of recipe and great clicks! The whole platter is looking really yummy!
OMG OMG Whata spread! Y is it still on the screen Y its should have been grabbed by now. You are amazing!! Your hubby deserves as many kudos as you for the encouragement dear. Thanks to you now I know Y does not stop at Yam.
Cannot wait to see Z now.