tomato rasam

• pressure cook bele and 2-3 tomatoes with water, a bit of oil and haldi
• regular oggarane without onion, add about 2 spoons of tamarind juice and jaggery to oggarane
• now add cooked bele and tomato
• add 3 spoon of MTR rasam powder and salt to taste
• bring to boil
• done
  

Badam milk using MTR badam powder

• Boil 1 glass of milk
• Add 1 spoon of MTR badam powder/badam feast and sugar to taste
• Done
  

Mango milk shake using mango pulp

• Add 1 glass of milk and 1/4 glass of mango pulp (ready available in stores) and sugar to taste to the blender and blend
• Done
  

Jaljeera

• There are 2 types - jaljeera(water) or jaljeer(buttermilk)
• Just add MTR jaljeera powder to water or to buttermilk
• done
  

Palak Rice

• Clean and grate 1 bunch of palak
• Boil palak in water
  
• chop some garlic and green chillies and ginger
• add this mixture to blender and grind
• normal oggarane (use 2 chopped onions)
  
• Add the ground paste to oggarane
• Add 1 chopped tomato
  
• Add little red chilli powder and lime juice
• Add salt
• Add coriander, cumin powder, coriander powder, jaljeera powder
  
• Done
  

uppittu/upma

• fry rava with little oil just till it starts to turn brown
• upma will be tasty if lots of vegetables are added
• so chop carrots,tomatoes,brinjal,beans,potatoes and cook them in microwave for about 22 min
• chop onions - 2 of them
• start with oggarane
• add 4x cups of water, if you have added x cups of rava
• add lemon juice, little red chilly powder, and salt to taste
• add kottambri soppu and coconut
  
• wait till the liquid starts to boil
• now add roasted rava and stir in parallel
• wait for few mins and done
  

Masoppu saaru

• soppus that can be added - palak,sapseege/sabakki,menthya,dantu,keere
• pressure cook soppus with little bele
  
• leave bele and take out only boiled soppu
  
• grind boiled soppu,onions,garlic,khara pudi,green chillies in the blender
• Rest of the process is similar to normal saaru making
• Add more garlic during oggarane.