Splendid weather with glorious sunshine, we are making the most of every minute of every day.
Great days ahead of us as our region’s temperature is soaring at 22° C.

Noel has taken his small pool out, i tried to convince him that its too early but he was too excited to play in the water and got into his swimming trunks and all ready to play with dad in the garden.
It was so nice to see both of them enjoying enjoying the warm weather by relaxing in a pool.

I wanted to make them a nice late breakfast as I can only make Indian breakfast at weekends as weekdays are always chaotic, running around doing school run and dashing off to work .

Today I made Idlis with coconut and roasted gram dal chutney and red capsicum chutney with different podis I got it from my sis who specially made them for noel.
These Podis are so good with idlis, dosas that u will just go crazy with those different flavours.
Traditionally speaking, we have curry powder podi, idli karam, dry coconut podi, roasted gram dal podi.
Each got its own unique taste, flavour and with a drizzle of ghee its just a delight in the mouth!!

Now to the recipes:
Idli:
3 cups rice( I used long grain rice)
1 cup urid dal
Soak for 4 to 5 hrs and n grind it and let it ferment overnight.
Next day, add salt and a pinch of baking soda for soft idlis.
Have it with coconut & roasted gram chutney and capsicum chutney.

Recipes for the chutneys:
Coconut and Roasted Gram Dal Chutney:
1 Cup coconut pieces
¼ Cup roasted gram dal
4 Green chillies
Fry these in little oil for couple of min and grind them with salt, tamarind and little water.
For Tempering:
Urad dal, chana dal, mustard seeds: 1 tsp each
Curry leaves few sprigs
2 Dry chillies
Add all these ingredients to 1 tsp of oil and when mustard seeds start spluttering add it to the chutney.

Red Capsicum Chutney:

It was so heavenly with have idlis with those podis and chutneys