Onion Thogayal

Onion
Green chillies/ Red chillies
Toor dal/ Urad dal
Tomato
Tamarind (very little bit)
Salt

Fry the dal and chillie
Fry onion and tomato seperatly

Grind all together

Mix with rice and enjoy

Peas Pulao

Arisi/Rice
Patani/Peas
Vengayam/Onion - 1 large
Nai/Ghee - 1Tbsp
Jeeragam/ Jeera - 1 Tsp
Uppu/Salt to taste
Slice up the onions. Heat a cooking vessel and but the ghee in it to melt. Let it heat up. Then put the jeera. Next add the sliced vengayam. Fry till golden brown. Put the rice and also fry it lightly. Put in the peas and salt. Fill it up with water of the required quantity of the rice and close the vessel. Let it cook. Once done take out and mix lightly to mix the peas and rice together.

Vengayam Thokku/Onion Thokku

2 Venagyam/Onion
2 Thakali/Tomato
1 tsp Kadugu/Musturd
1/2 tsp Vendhayam/Fenugreek seeds
1 tbsp Molaga Podi/Chilly Powder
1/2 tsp Perungayam/Asafoetida
Theveyana alavu uppu/Salt to taste

Grate the onion. Cut tomato into fine pieces. (The above 2 steps becoz i dont have a mixe/food processor). In a pan heat oil. When oil is hot crackle the mustered seeds, followed by the fenugreek seeds. Add the onion and tomato. Add the chilly powder, asafoetida and salt. Now let it heat and reduce. Reduce till it comes as a single piece of ball if u move the karandi through it.
It is now ready to eat. You can mix it with rice or side dish for dosai, chapathi, bread, basically anything you want to experiment with.