We had a simple, easy to make, wholesome and our family’s favourite lunch at home today:)
Menu for today’s simple lunch at home
Potato roast
Avarekai rasam ( broad beans rasam)
Salad
Fresh mango pickle
Rice
Yogurt
Peanut chikki
Potato roast
Ingredients
Baby potatoes- 1/2 kg
Oil – 2 tbsps
Mustard – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Sambar powder – 2 tsps
Hing – 1/4th tsp
Curry leaves – few
Salt to taste
Method
Wash and pressure cook the potatoes for 2 whistles.
Peel the potatoes and cut into two.
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard. When it starts spluttering, add urad dal, curry leaves and hing. Sauté for few mins and then add the boiled potatoes. Mix well. Add sambar powder and salt to taste. Mix well again and cook till the potatoes become crisp and golden.
Serve hot with rice and rasam/ sambar.
Fresh mango pickle
Ingredients
Chopped mango ( semi ripened) – 2 cups
Sesame oil – 2 tbsps
Mustard – 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp
Hing – 1/8th tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4th tsp
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Method
In a bowl, add the chopped mangoes, turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt to taste. Mix very well.
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard. When it starts spluttering, add fenugreek seeds and hing. Sauté for few seconds and add the tempering to the mangoes. Mix well. Check for the seasonings. Let the pickle rest for few mins.
Serve the pickle with rice and yogurt:)
