Dill leaf dishes
Dill leaves Poha Upma
How long it takes: 45 minutes
Number of servings: 3-4
It is a long time since I have put up Poha/Beaten rice dishes. We normally prepare the popular Alu-poha, konkani poha and today I am putting up an interesting variation. Frankly before I tried this I never thought it would turn out so great. I added capsicum for extra flavor to the dish and also in a way we will be relishing poha with veggies ( = healthy !) too instead of the usual plain poha. Here is my version of the dish.
What you need to have:
1. Medium poha – 1 and 1/2 cups
2. Chopped Dill leaves – 2 cups
3. Chopped capsicum – 2 cups
Chopped dill leaves & capsicum
Ingredients of seasoning & garnishing:
1. Chopped onions – 2 cups
2. Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
3. Turmeric powder – 1 teaspoon
4. Chili powder – 1 teaspoon
5. Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
6. Fresh grated coconut – A handful
7. Chopped cilantro – A handful
8. Lemon juice – 1 Teaspoon
9. Salt As needed
Ingredients of seasoning & garnishing
1. Soak poha in water for about 10-15 minutes (if it is medium poha) and drain out the water and keep it aside.
2. Wash and chop dill leaves and capsicum fine and keep aside.
3. Place a skillet with 2-3 teaspoons of cooing oil in it on medium flame. Add cumin seeds and when it splutters add chopped onions and required quantity of salt, turmeric powder and curry leaves and fry till onions turn transparent
Onions being fried till transparent
4. When onions turn transparent, add chopped dill leaves & capsicum from step 2 to it and fry till cooked closing it with a lid on simmering the flame.
Chopped capsicum & dill leaves being added
5. When done, add chili powder and give stir and finally add soaked poha from step 1 to it and stir it and leave it for about 10 minutes. 
Chili powder being added to the cooked veggies
Soaked poha being added
6. When done garnish with chopped cilantro and fresh grated coconut and squeeze lemon juice too.
Poha being garnished with cilantro& coconut
Closer view of the dish
Good to remember:
1. Always use medium poha for the dish – it soaks faster and also cooks faster.
2. One can use any veggie of your choice for the dish in place of capsicum, except it should be something that cooks fast.
3. I did not use green chili since we can’t distinguish these from capsicum.
Dilli Leaves Chitranna
Dill leaves like any other greens is very good from the health point of view. I have put up Dill leaves spicy and sweet idlis which was received very well and today I would like to add yet another rice item to the long list of them. I prepared Dilli leaves Chithranna which turned out great which made me wonder if I would rather put this up sooner than later !
What you need to have:
1. Basumathi rice – 1 cup
2. Chopped Dill leaves (Tender) – 2-3 cups
3. Green Peas – a handful
4. Salt – To taste
Basumathi Rice & chopped Dill leaves
Ingredients of Seasoning:
1. Chopped onion – 1/3 cup
2. Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon
3. Black gram Dal – 1 teaspoon
4. Turmeric powder – 1 teaspoon
5. Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
6. curry leaves – 2-3 strands
7. Green chillis – 3-4
8. Peanuts – a handful
9. Lemon juice – 1 teaspoon
10. Fresh grated coconut – a handful
11. Chopped cilantro – a handful
12. Oil for seasoning – 1 tablespoon
Ingredients of Seasoning & decorating
What you do with what you have:
1. Wash and chop green chillis, Cilantro fine, peal and chop onions fine, grate coconut and keep it aside as shown in the above image. Wash and chop dilli leaves fine as shown in image 1.
2. Wash and drain water from Basumathi rice and keep it aside for a while. Cook it in the as usual for about 20 minutes till done in such a way that the grains are visible when cooked.
Cooked Basumati Rice
3. Place a skillet with 1 tablespoon of oil in it on the medium flame. When heated add mustard seeds when it starts sputtering add black gram dal, cumin seeds to it. When fried add chopped green chillies and curry leaves from step 1 to it. Now add peanuts and let it fry for a while.
Seasoning in progress
4. When peanuts is fried add chopped onions from step 1 to it and also add required quantity of salt and fresh green peas to it and fry till it turns transparent and also peas turns little soft. Add chopped Dill leaves from step 1 to it and let it cook till done closing it with a lid.
Dill leaves being cooked in seasoning
5. When it is cooked add cooked rice from step 2, chopped cilantro, grated coconut from step 1 to it and stir in well. Squeeze lemon juice as well and mix well.
Cooked rice, chopped cilantro being added
6. Ready to serve Dill leaves Chithranna is as shown in the image below.
Ready to serve Dill leaves Chithranna
Transfer it to a serving bowl
A closer view of the dish
How long it takes: 30 minutes
Number of servings: 4 people
Dill Leaves Spicy Idli
My previous recipe here was the Dill leaves Sweet Idlis and in this section I am going to make them a bit spicier. There is a whole bunch of previous Idli recipes here.
What you need to have:
1. Idli rice rava – 1cup
2. Chopped Dill leaves – 1 cup
3. Grated fresh coconut – 2/3 cup
4. Green chilli-1
5. Ginger – 2″ piece
Ingredients of Dill leaves spicy idli
What you do with what you have:
1. Wash and chop dill leaves fine, grate coconut and keep it aside in a plate as shown in the image 1.
2. Grind grated coconut in the mixer adding water to a fine consistency. Transfer the ground contents to a bowl.
3. Mix rice rawa, chopped dill greens from step 1 to it. Chop green chilli and ginger fine and mix it to the idli mix. Add required quantity of salt to it.
4. Place a spatula with 2 teaspoons of cooking oil in it on medium flame. When heated, add mustard seeds to it. When it starts sputtering add Black gram Dal to it and once fried season it to the idli mix.
Spicy Dill leaves Idli mix
5. Grease the Idli mould and fill it with the idly mix.
Idli mix being filled in the mould
6. Place it in the cooker and steam it like the usual idlies for about 20 minutes. The steamed idlies is as shown in the image below. Enjoy with wet chutney of your choice or even dry chutney powder.
Ready to serve Dill leaves spicy idly and coconut chutney
How long it takes: 45 minutes
Number of Idlis: 8
Dill Leaves Sweet Idli
Dill leaves ( Sabbasgi in Kannada and Sheppi bhaji in Konkani ) like the other greens is available in plenty these days. Health wise these leave are as good as any other greens. We prepare a few dishes like the idly, Dill leaves Chithranna and dry curry etc. This greens has a unique smell which quite frankly many people may not take too well to. But when I prepared Idly, it turned out great and good enough that I could actually offer to guests. Here they are, the Idlis.
Fresh Dill leaves
Ingredients of Sweet Dill leaves Idli:
1. Chopped Dill leaves – 1 cup
2. Raw rice Idly Rava – 1 cup
3. Fresh grated coconut – 1 cup
4. Chopped Jaggery – 3/4 cup (as per taste)
5. Kishmish – a handful
6. Cashews – a handful
7. Salt – a pinch
Ingredients of Dill Greens sweet idly
What you do with what you have:
1. Wash and chop dill green fine, grate coconut, chop Jaggery fine and keep it aside in a plate as shown in image 1.
2. Grind grated coconut and jaggery in the mixer adding water to a fine consistency.
3. Transfer the ground mix to a bowl and mix chopped dill greens cashews, kishmish and a pinch of salt to it and idli mix is as shown in the image below. Keep it aside for about 30 minutes. Sprinkle a little water while filling it into the idli mould.
Dill Leaves sweet idly mix
4. Grease idli mould with a little ghee or butter and fill in the mix .
Idli mix being filled in the mould
5. Place the filled mould in the cooker and as usual steam it for about 30 minutes till done.
Steamed Sweet Dill leaves sweet idli
Serve hot with Amul Butter or pure ghee.
Ready to serve Sweet Dill leaves idly with Amul Butter
How long it takes: 45 minutes
Number of Idlis: 8
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