Mysore Bajji

Ingredients

• Maida flour (2) cups
• Rice four (1) cup   
• Green Chillies - 4
• Curd (prefer sour) around 3 cups
• Salt -2 table spoons
• Oil 

Procedure

1. Mix in a bowl maida flour, rice flour, salt and curd into a thick batter without any lumps
2. Add few green chillies (cut into small peices) , baking soda to this batter
3. Keept it aside for a few hours or preferably overnight for fermenting
4. Heat oil in a pan (kadai) ,  make small ball's of the batter and drop in the oil using a spoon 
5. Be careful when dropping the batter ball's in the oil, drop from the sides of the pan to prevent spilling

Mysore bajji goes well with peanut chutney

Tomato Pachadi

Here is a simple procedure for preparing delicious tomato pachadi in just 5 minutes
Ingredients

• Tomatoes  (4)
  
• Garlic cloves (2)
  
• Green Chillies (4)
  
• Sesame seeds 2 tea spoons
  
• Oil 2 or 3 tea spoons
  

Procedure

1. Roast sesame seeds in a pan till it splutters and keep aside.
   
2. In the same pan, pour some oil and fry the green chillies.
   
3. Remove the green chillies and in the same oil ,  drop the cut tomatoes, add a pinch of turmeric and salt to taste and cook the tomatoes.
   
4. In a blender mix the roasted sesame seeds, tomato gravy and green chillies and garlic cloves.
   
5. Remove the gravy from the blender into a bowl.
   
6. Heat little oil in a pan from seasoning, add mustard, jeera and some urad daal , pinch of turmeric.  
7. Pour the oil along with seasoning into the tomato gravy 

This tomato pachadi is my favourite and goes well with white rice.