Wednesday, December 30, 2009
CAULIFLOWER CURRY(GOBI MASALA)
Many recipes came to my mind while thinking about the cauliflower. At last I made up my mind to do Gobi masala which will go well for the rice as well as any kind of bread like roti,naan......
source: myself
preparation time:15min
cooking time:20min
ingredients: Recipe for two
•1 cup of cauliflower florets
•1 onion finely chopped
•2tomato finely chopped
few springs cilantro
•2tsp yogurt
•Spice Powder: 1 tsp of Red chili powder and Coriander powder.½ tsp of turmeric and cumin powder,1/2 tspn garam masala.
•Grind: 1 tsp poppy seeds and 2 tsp of cashews grind to a fine paste
•Grind: 2 pods of Garlic, 2 green chilies and a small piece of ginger grind to a fine paste
•Salt for taste
Method:
1. Cut cauliflower into pieces mix 4 cups of hot water and 2 tsp of salt in a bowl. Immerse cauliflower for about 20 min and drain it.
2.Heat oil in a pan and add the chopped onions and sauté till golden brown.
3.Add ginger, garlic, green chili paste and sauté them. Add the chopped tomatoes and sauté for 2 minutes. Add all the spice powders red chili powders, coriander powder, turmeric a, cumin powder,garam masala salt and cook till the tomatoes absorbs the flavor.
4.Add the yogurt and sauté till the yogurt is well blended. Now add the cauliflower florets and sauté them well turning all sides to coat the masala and cook them covered for 2 minutes.
5.Add the cashew poppy seed paste and ½ cup of water. Cook them covered for 5-6 minutes.
Garnish with cilantro leaves and serve hot.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
RIDGEGOURD SKIN POWDER(BEERAKAYA POTTU PODI)
This podi/powder is made at home when we bring berakaya /ridge gourd from the market. Its very sad to see throwing away the ridge gourd skin when its very tender and soft. So my sister makes this variety podi full of fiber from its skin. This is really a very easy podi and goes well with hot rice, dal and a dash of ghee. i have the recipe of beerakaya pachadhi/chutney also you will soon see them in my upcoming posts.
Source: My sister
Cuisine: South Indian, Andhra
Prep time: 7 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Makes: 2-3 people
INGREDINTS:
peeled skin of 3 berakaya(s)/turai/ridge gourd
2 TO 3 Green chillies
salt to taste
1 tbspn coconut powder
1 to 2 clove of garlic
METHOD:
1.1.First clean the gourds, trim the ends and then peel the skin of berakaya/ridge gourd Let them dry.
2. fry beerakaya skin(pottu) with out oil ,fry greenchillies with a drop of oil and keep it aside.
3. add green chillies,coconut powder,garlic,salt,peeled skin beerakaya grind and make a powder.
This powder/podi serve with rice/ghee.This powder stores 4 to 5 days .
tip:
1. make a dry powder fry well when u are frying beerakaya pottu(skin)
TEEN DAL KI CHUTNEY(TRI DAL CHUTNEY)
My mother used to make this Pachadi in Rice and we used to love it. But I didnt eat in many days so i remembered i prepared today it came out very well.
source: my mom
cusine:south indian,andhra
prep time: 7 min
cooking time:10 min
makes 2- 3 people
INGREDEINTS:
1/2 Tbspn toor dal
1/2 Tbspn urad dal
1/2 Tbspn moong dal (take 3 dals an equal ratio)
2 to 3 dry red chillies
1/2 tspn corainder seeds
1/2 tspn cumin seeds
salt as required
tamarind little bit
1/2 tspn sugar(optional)
METHOD:
1.Take a pan and put that on the stove Pour 3 DALS in that and fry that until its light red for 5 min.
2. Now add dry red chillies,corainder ,cuminseeds fry for 2 min.
3.switch off the stove now add salt,sugar tamarind Grind all of that by adding
ittle water.
serve rice with a drop ogf ghee.
Monday, December 28, 2009
BEANS WITH TOMATO CURRY
PREPARATION TIME:20 MIN
INGREDINTS:
1/4 KG BEANS
1 Medium onion
1 tbspn ginger garlic paste
2 medium tomatoes
1/4 tspn turmeric
redchilli powder to taste
salt to taste.
few springs corainder leaves
FOR TADKA:
1 TSPN MUSTRDS,CUMINSEEDS
FEW SPRNS CURRY LEAVES
PROCEDURE:
1. Heated oil in a pan add tempering to this by using above ingredints of tadka after they cracked add chopped onions fry them ,add chopped beans fry them until they become translucent after frying beans add chopped finely tomatoes mix it well add salt,chilli powder,turmeric place a lid cook until tomatoes are become soft.
2.Finally sprinkle corainder leaves and switch off the stove.
serve with hot rice/ ghee.
GOBI MANCHURIA
PREPARATION TIME: 30 MIN
SEVINGS 3 ADULTS
INGREDIENTS:
1 Big cauliflower/gobi (cut into bite-size florets)
FOR MAKING BATTER:
1 cup corn flour
1/2 cup maida/allpurpose flour
1/2 tspn garam masala
1/4 tspn kesar colour/optional
1/2 tspn soyasauce
salt to taste
redchilli powder to taste
1/8 th tspn pepper powder
pinch of soda
required amount of water for making batter for gobi
FOR MAKING SAUCE:
1 Small onion (finely chopped)
3 garlic pods(finely chopped)2-chopped for sauce
1-for paste (making batter)
2 inch garlic /11/2 tbspn paste (1 -paste
1-finely chopped for making sauce
2-3 tbspn tomato ketchup
1 tspn redchilli sauce
2 tbspn soyasauce
3 to 4 green chillies(finely chopped)
finely corainder leaves
for garnishing corainder leaves,slices of onion sprinkle lemon.
FOR PREPARATION OF GOBI MANCHURIAN:
1. In a a pot of salted water, cook cauliflower until tender, about 5 to minutes. Drain, pat dry with a clean towel, and set aside.(dont cook too much enough for 5 min).
2..Take a bowl add above ingredints of making batter add all iingredeints mix it well add above ginger garlic paste.mix it evenly add required amount of water make batter like bajji batter consistency
3.Heat about 1 inch of oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Working in batches, dip cauliflower in batter, then fry until golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer fritters with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels.
4.Drain all but 2 tablespoons of oil. Sauté onions until soft, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add chilis and remaining garlic paste and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add ketchup, remaining 3 tablespoons soy sauce, and 1⁄3 cup water; simmer until sauce is thickened, about 1–2 minutes.
5. finally add gobi/cauliflowe florets saute it well sprinkle corainder leaves
serve with onion slices with lemon.serve immedaitely.
if you want u can sprinkle chopped greenchillies,ginger on the top of gobimanchurian
PUFFED RICE UPMA(MURMURALA UPMA)
PREPARATION TIME :15 MIN
INGREDINTS:
6 Cups murmuralu/puffed rice/borugulu
1 big onion(chopped)
1 lemon
3 tbspn oil
1/4 tspn turmeric.
grind to paste: 4 to 5 greenchillies
1 tspn dry coconut powder
few springs corainder leaves
salt to taste
Add above ingredients in to grinder and make a fine paste.
FOR TEMPERING/TADKA:
1 Tspn mustards/cuminseeds
1 tspn urad dal
few springs chopped corainder leaves.
few springs curry leaves
PROCEDURE:
1.Take puffed rice/murilu in to a big bowl add cold water dip soak about 5 min check every 2 min check wether they are done, dont soak too much ,if you soak too much spoil the shape of murmura and stick to the bottom of the pan
2. Heated oil in a pan add above ingredints for tempering after they cracked then add chopped onion fry them till they become translucent
3. Add turmeric above frind grind paste then add soaked murmura/puffed rice stir nicely until that paste mixed to puffed oil
4. Now keep on a low flame, place a lid cook about 10 min, meantime mix it evenly .
5.finally sprinkle lemon ,corainder leaves mix well and serve with hot.
SERVE ANY PAKODI OR BAJJIS TO THIS PUFFED RICE THIS IS ANOTHER VARIATION TO SERVE MURMURALA UPMA, THIS IS MY STYLE.
TIPS:
1. Increase or decrease green chilies depends on your spice .
2.. Increase or decrease lemon depends on your sourness,sizeof lemon.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
TINDORA FRY/DONDAKAYA FRY
IT IS VEY SIMPLE AND EASY RECIPE EVER BODY IS MAKING THIS FRY BUT HERE IAM GIVING ON MY STYLE .THIS IS MOM RECIPE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH EVRERYONE.
PREPARATION TIME: 20 MIN
INGREDEINTS:
1/4 KG Tindora/dondakaya(wash and dry, cut in to slices and keep it aside)
3 tbspn oil
FOR MAKING PODI/POWDER:
4 TO 5 Red chillies
2 tbspn dry coconut powder
1 tbspn dahlia/putnalu/pappulu
1 or garlic pods
salt to taste
add above ingredeints to the grinder and make a fine powder.
FOR TADKA:
MUSTARDS
Cuminseeds
1 tspn uraddal
Few curry leaves
PROCEDURE:
1. Heated oil in a pan add above seasoning for tempering after frying them add tindora/dondakaya slices frt them until they turn golden colour then add grounded powder mix it well now fry another 5 min on a low flame now switch off the stove
Now your TINDORA /DONDAKAYA FRY is ready to serve with hot rice or side dish for sambar.
Labels:
Breakfasts,
North Indian Dishes,
SNACKS,
SOUTH INDIAN CURRIES
CHANNADAL VADA(SENGAPAPPU VADALU)
Preparation time : 30 min
Ingredients :
1 cup yellow gram (chana) dal
1/2 cup onion finely chopped
Corainder leaves finely chopped
few springs curry leaves
1 tspn corainder seeds
4 green chillies
salt to taste
1 cinnamon
1 garlic pods
1/2 tspn ginger menced
FOR THIS MEASUREMENT MAKES NEARLY 15 TO 20 DEPENDS ON YOUR SIZE.
PROCEDURE:
1..Wash and soak dal for 6 hours.Keep 2 tbsp. dal aside, grind the rest,coarsely.
2.Add above spices one by one to the mixture grind with whole dal and make coarsely
now add rest of dal to that mixture mix it well and a pinch of soda.
3. Heat oil, make patties shaped like round with your palm or take a polythene sheet with the help of you can make patties also,let carefully in to hot oil ,fry on both sides until golden colour.
4. Now your channadal/senagapappu vadalu is ready to eat with any kind of chutney.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
GUNTA PONGANALU
This is the authentic recipe of andhra.While preparing dosa batter
i will keep some thick batter outside for preparing guntha ponganalu.Left over dos a batter we will make guntha ponganalu.This one of our breakfast item.
ingredints:
left over dosa batter
1 onion(finely chopped)
7 to 8 greenchillies
few springs corainder leaves
few springs curry leaves
salt to taste
(grind greenchillies,some corainder leaves,curry leaves and make a fine paste)
required amount of water
3o mins presoaked chana dal
pinch of soda powder
PROCEDURE:
1.Take thick dosa batter . To this add finely chopped raw onions , 3o mins presoaked chana dal , sufficient salt ,and above green chilli paste,finely chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves and mix it will by adding required amount of water put it aside for 15 min.
2. Take nonstick guntaponganalu pan. Apply few drops of oil in all holes . Put this aside for 15 mins.After 15 mins has completed heat this pan . when it is hot add sufficient batter in all holes .dont overload the batter Put lid on top of it . Put flame in medium heat After 5 mins take a spoon and reverse each of them by balancing with that spoons
3. fry on both sides until they turn golden colour takeout the lid and check whether the batter inside is cooked .
If they are done then transfer them into a bowl .
Repeat the same process by adding little oil in all holes and pouring batter, etc,.
now your guntha ponganalu is ready to serve with coconut garlic podi/chutney
I usually serve this guntapnganalu with podi side some peanuts as show in the above photo.This is my authentic recipe /style .
garlic/coconut podi/powder:
1 cup grated dry coconut powder
3 to 4 redchillies
4 to 5 garlic pods
salt to taste.
grind above ingredints and make a fine powder this podi/powder store fow few months.
this powder can be used in many ways like tindorafry,bendhifry etc....
METHI TOMATAR CURRY
This Is My 50 th Post
PREPARATION TIME:20 MIN
SERVINGS: 3 TO 4 ADULTS
INGREDEINTS:
1 small bunthi methi/fenugreek leaves (wash and drain the leaves)
6 tomatoes(finely chopped)
1 small onion(finely chopped)
1 tbspn grated ginger garlic paste
1/4 tspn turmeric
1/4 tspn sugar
salt to taste
1/2 tbspn redchilli powder
2 redchillies
1/2 tbspn corainder(grind redchillies,corainder seeds coarsely )
5 springs corainder leaves
3 tbspn oil
PREPARTION:
1. HEATED oil in a pan add coarsely redchilli,coraiinder seeds fry about 2 min ,then add chopped onions fry it until they turn golden colour by adding sugar onion turns golden colour add tbspn ginger fry for few minutes.
2. Add chopped tomatoes,methi leaves,turmeric,salt,redchillipowder fry until tomatoes becomes soft.
3.Add corainder leaves place a lid cook on a low flame for about 10 min
switch off the stove now your METHI TOMATO CURRY IS READY TO SERVE WITH ANY KIND OF BREAD.
HAPPY EATING..............
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
PALAKURA CHUTNEY(SPINACH CHUTNEY)
PALAK/SPINACH is good for health.generally we are making lot of recipes with spinach/palak like curry,palak paneer,aloo palak,palakrothi.palak rice etc.Here iam giving the recipe of palak chutney.
SERVES: 2 TO 3 ADULTS
PREPARATION TME:20 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1 bunch palak/spinach
1 smallonion (finely chopped)
3 green chillies
1 tspn cumin seeds
1/2 tspn corainder seeds
handful roasted peanuts
salt to taste
blue berry size tamarind
1 tspn oil
PROCEDURE:
1.Take a small kadai add a drop of oil fry greenchillies,cumin,corainder seeds
after frying let them cool down for a while add roasted peanut grind all those ingredeints and make a fine powder and keep it aside
2.Next fry palak/spinach in a oil for less than 10 min along with tamarind mix with above mixture along with salt and grind it and make a fine paste,now add chopped onion crush for 1 second and serve with a bowl and make a tadka/tempering to this chutney(some people dont like to add raw onions to the chutney so you can fry the onions and mix with chutney)
Now your tasty palak/spinach chutney is ready to serve with rice/ghee.
HAPPY EATING..........
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
SHAHEPANEER
Todays Menu is SHAHEPANEER
SERVES-2 TO 3 ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME: 25 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
250 Gms paneer
1 medium onion(finley chopped)
3 medium tomatoes
1 inch ginger
2 to 3 garlic pods
1 green chilli(finley chopped)
2 tspn poppey seeds
7 to 8 broken cashew nuts
1 tspn sugar
salt to taste
redchilli powder to taste
1/4 tspn turmeric
small cup milk
1 tspn garm masala powder
1/4 Tspn corainder powder
1 tspn cumin seeds
5 springs corainder leaves
1 tspn kasoorimethi powder
3 tbspn oil
PROCEDURE:
1.soak poppeyseeds,cashewnuts about 15 min and make a fine paste.
2.take chopped tomatoes,greenchillies,ginger,garlic and make a fine paste and keep it aside.
3. Cut paneer in to cubes,Take a heated oil in a pan fry panner cubes and keep it aside.
4. Heated oil in a pan add cumin seeds,add chopped onions,fry the onions until it turns golden colour add poppey seeds,kaju paste,fry for 2 min add tomato puree,all spices powders ie corainder,garam masala,turmeric,salt,sugar,redchilli powder,add milk boil for 10 min on a medium flame.
5. finally add kasoorimethi powder sprinkle corainder leaves little amount of water,add paneer cubes place alid and bring it to boil another 10 min on a low flame
when the oil come out switch off the stove
Now your yummy,wonderful shahe panner is ready to eat with any kind of bread (roti,naan,pulka)
HAPPY EATING..............
ENJOY THE DAY.......
Thursday, December 3, 2009
BEERAKAYA NUVULA PULUSU(RIDEGOURD )
PREPARATION TME: 25 min
SERVINS: 3 ADULTS
INGREDEINTS:
3 medium Ridgegourd/beerakaya
1 small onion (finely chopped)
OIL 1 tbspn
1/4 tspn turmeric
salt to taste
1/4 tspn jaggery
small lemon size tamarind soaked in a water about 10 min
1ST POWDER:
1 TBSPN SESAME SEEDS/NUVULU
1 tbspn putnalu/papulu/dahlia
Fry sesame seeds with out oil let them cool down grind it along by adding putnalu/dahlia and make a fine powder.
2ND POWDER:
4 to 5 redchillies/redchilli powder
1 tspn corainder seeds
1 tspn cuminseeds
1/2 tbspn dry coconut powder
FRY above ingredints with a drop of oil and make a powder and keep it aside.
Now 2 powders are ready to make this rdgegourd pulusu.
PROCEDURE:
1. Peelout the skin of ridge gourd and cut them in to vertical slices and keep it aside.
2. Heated oil in a kadai add tempering add onions,ridgegourd pieces fry for 5 min
add half glass of water boiled it unitl it cooked then add tamarind
extract/juice,turmeric add that 2nd powder for 5 min add 1st powder ie(sesame
seed,putnalu powder dont add directly mix with a water add to that curry mix well
with out any lumps now add jaggery/sugar salt to taste ,boiled this pulusu for 1o min
3. if you want u can add required amount of water now Add corainder leaves bring it to boil another 10 min now switch off the stove
Now your BEERAKAYA NUVULA PULUSU(RIDEGOURD pulusu) is ready to eat hot rice with a drop oh ghee ummmm looks delicious
MASALA MURMARALA(PUFFED RICE)
This is Wonderful snacks.we can make this with in 10 min
It is very easy simple ,tasty snacks here are the ingredints are:
PREPARATION TIME:
ingredients:
25o gms murmaralu/puffed rice
handful peanuts
handful putnalu/dahlia
1 tspn uraddal
1tspn mustards
1 tspn cuminseeds
few springs curry leaves
chilli powder to taste
salt to taste
1/8 tspn turmeric
3 tbspn oil
For masala paste:
1 spn corainder seeds
2 garlic pods
Take a blender grind 2 ingredients and make a coarsely and keep it aside.
PREPARATION :
1. TAKE a big pan/kadai add oil when the oil is heated add one by one above
ingredints(peanuts,putnalu,uraddal,mustards,cuminseeds,curryleaves,turmeric)
fry well dont burn it now add above masala paste,salt,chillipowder mix it well
now add murmuralu/puffed rice mix it evenly keep on a low flame fry for 10 min
on mean time stir well.
Now your yummy tasty murmuralu/borugulu/puffed rice snacks is ready to eat.u can store this iin air tight container and it will be good for a month.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
CHUDWA(SNACKS) 10 MIN SNACKS
This is a very quick and easy snack .My hubby likes ver much.It is easiest snacks
with out adding much oil you can store for few days.
ingredients:
6 electric rice cooker cups of thin poha
2 tbspn oil
4 to 5 greenchillies(cut in to vertical slices)
5 to 6 broken cashews
salt to taste
1/4 tspn turmeric
handful peanuts
handful putnalu/dahlia/pappulu
1/4 tspn mustards
1/4 tspn uraddal
1/4 tspn cuminseeds
curry leaves
PREPARATION:
1.Take a big and wide pan or kadai . Heat it and add 2tbspns oil . Then add handful
of peanuts , few broken cashews. When they are fried add 4 green chillies , 1/2
tspn cumin seeds , 1/2tspn mustard seeds, uraddal,putnalu,few curry leaves 1 tspn
salt mix it nicely.
2.Now add 6 electric rice cooker cups of thin poha. Stir it nicely for 5-10 mins
fry on a low flame and switch off the stove.After turning stove keep it like that
about 5 min ,it will get crispy
Serve them . u can store remaining in air tight container and it will be good for a month.
Take chudwa on a bowl sprinkle chopped onions,corainder leaves,drop of lemon juice you can serve with immideately this is another varation of serving poha/chudwa.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
SPICY RICE CRAKERS(KARAM VADAPPALU)
serves: 4 adults
PREPARATION TIME: 30 min
WE CAN MAKE 25 RICE CRAKERS WITH THE FOLLOWING MEASUREMENT.
Already i gave the recipe of vadappalu,this is another varation
i.e spicy rice crakers/karam vadappalu.This is famous recipe from my part of the state.We can store these crakers for few days.you can treat this either breakfast or snack.You can have this as a snack with/with out any dal curry available. i hope you like this snack.
INGREDIENTS:(for 25 crackers)
2 cups rice flour
1/4 roasted peanut powder(roast the peanuts and make a fine powder)
1 tbspn channadal(soaked in a water about 15 min)
7 to 8 green chillies(make a fine paste and keep it aside)
10 strings corainder leaves
salt as per ur taste
few springs curry leaves
1 medium onion(finley chopped)
2 tbspn heated oil
oil for deep frying
PROCEDURE:
1.Take a big bowl add rice flour,roated peanut powder,greenchillies paste,chopped corainder leaves,curry leaves,finley chopped onions ,soaked channa dal take a small pan add around 2 tbspn oil heat it and add in to above mixture mix it evenly.
2.Add required amount of water make a hard dough just like puri dough .
3. Take a small portion of dough ,take a thin sheet apply an oil a drop on your palm amd your sheet press it evenly dont break the edges press it evenlyi f you press thin it will get crispy now fry in a deep oil until it turns golden colour dont burnt fry it very carefully.
NOW YOUR SPICY RICE CRAKERS(KARAM VADAPPALU) is ready to serve.
ENJOY THE COOKING......
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
SAMBAR
serving : 4 ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME:25 MIN
Everybody is making sambar with their own recipes
by following store bought sambar powder,but here iam giving recipe of sambar powder we can make at home instantly this is mom recipe i would like to share with everone.This sambar recipe loves everyone in my family i hope my viwers also definatley like this. here are the ingredints;
1 cup toor dal
for veggies you can take as per your wish
2 carrots
1 potato
1/2 cup cauliflower
small cup green peas
small cup beans
1 onion (half onion you can use for making coarse paste remaining for boiled veggies)
1 mediumtomato
lemon size tamarind(soak in a water)
1/4 tspn turmeric
salt to taste
1/2 piece jaggery
few springs corainder leaves
4 garlic pods(2,tadka 2-for paste)
2 tbspn oil
FOR MAKING MASALA POWDER:
5 redchillies
1 tspn corainder seeds
1 tspn cuminseeds
1tspn channa,uraddal
6 methi seeds (4-making masala powder,2-for tadka)
1 tspn poppey seeds
1 tbspn coconut powder
TAKE a small pan add a drop of oil fry all above ingredints make a coarse powder by adding some half onion pieces,2 garlicpods,salt
and jaggery and keep it aside.This is sambar powder .
PROCEDURE:
1.Wash toordal add a pinch of turmeric,water and boil in a pressure cooker fo2 whistles and keep it aside.
2.IN the same cooker boil veggies by adding little bit salt.,and keep it aside.
If you cook at a time dal and veggies as per your convienient/time.
3.Take a medium boil add oil,mustards seeds,cuminseeds,curry leaves,2 methi
seeds,garlic Add chopped tomatoes,above masal paste fry for 2min then add
turmeric,corainder leaves,required amount of water,toor dal and veggies bring it to
boil for 15 min stir well on mean time ,switch off the stove.
Now SAMBAR recipe is ready to eat with rice along with a drop of ghee.
PUDINA CHUTNEY/MINT CHUTNEY
There are many varations to make pudina/mint chutney,here iam giving
simple and easiest method.
SERVINGS:3 ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME:
INGREDIENTS:
1 Bunch pudina leaves
2 spn urad dal
1 tspn cuminseeds
1/2 tspn corainder seeds
salt to taste
red chillies to taste
1 tbspn oil
small lemon size tamarind(soak in a water about 5 min)
2 tbspn coconut powder
sugar/jaggery 1tspn
PROCEDURE:
1. WASH and chopped mint leaves and keep it aside
2. Fry in a pan add a drop of oil fry first redchillies,corainder,cumin seeds
uraddal,coconut powder and keep it aside then add oil fry pudina leaves untl it
cooked.
3.Let them cool down for a while take a blender add spices along with salt,sugar
then finally add pudina leaves grind it and make a fine paste you can add required
amount of water to make a fine paste.
4. IF you want can make tadka for this chutney.
Now your tasty pudina/mint chutney is ready to eat with hot rice/ghee..
Monday, November 16, 2009
CAPSICUM CHUTNEY
servingss- 2 to 3 adults
PREPARATION TIME :15 MIN
INGREDEINTS:
2 capsicum/bellpepper
2 to 3 green chillies
1/2 tspn corainder seeds
1 tspn cuminseeds
blue berry size tamarind soaked ina water for 5 min
salt to taste
1/2 tspn sugar/jagerry
oil 1 1/2 tbspn
PROCEDURE:
1.Take a medium pan add drop of oil fry greenchillies,cumin,corainder seeds and keep it aside
2. Add oil fry capsicum until it cooked.
3. Take a blender add above ingredints along with salt,jaggery,tamarind make a coarse
dont blend too much.first you blend inderseeds,salt,sugar,cuminseeds,tamarind,green chillies later add chopped capsicum then you will get coarsely.
NOW your tasty simple bellpepper/capsicum is ready to eat with rice/ghee.
TIP:
1. IF YOU TAKE RED BELL PEPPERS IT TASTE GOOD FOR ESPECIALLY MAKING CHUTNEYS.
Friday, November 13, 2009
VADAPPALU(RICE FLOUR PURI)
VADAPPALU is famous breakfast in AP. It is not puri it is just like puri it will popup like puri that why i called it rice flour puri.Main ingredient is rice flour.This is my authentic family recipe i want to share with every one.This is favourite breakfast for my whole family.If you eat once never forget about that taste of vadappulu definately you like this recipe.Here iam giving recipe of vaddappalu and the combination curry .You may eat both any kind of dal and gorru chikkudulu curry(guvarr beans) well goes with vaddappalu.so here is the recipe
enjoy...............
SERVES-3ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME:20 MIN
2CUPS RICE FLOUR
1 Tspn cuminseeds
1 tspn sesame seeds
salt to taste
oil for deep frying
reqiured amount of water for making dove.
PROCEDURE:
1.Take a medium bowl add above ingredients mix well and required amount of water
to make hard dough just like puri dough and keep it aside.
2. Take a small portion of ball,if u have pressing machineyou can do it on that
if you dont have take any kind of sheet apply oil on a sheet and your palm press
it evenly just like in puri size and fry well on both sides it will popup like puri
fry until it turns golden colour and keep it aside.
NOW VADAPPALU is ready to eat with spinach dal/guvar beans curry.
HERE iam giving recipe of gawar beans curry.Take 1/4 kg guvar /gorru chikkudulu / cluster beans wash them , cut their both ends and chop into 1/4 inch pieces.
Medium sized onion-1(finley chopped)
green chillies-5
salt to taste
curd/yogurt-2 tbspn
fresh grated coconut handful
corainder leaves 10 strings
few curry leaves
1/4 tspn turmeric.
PROCEDURE:
1. Take a blender add greenchillies,coconut,corainderleaves,salt to taste and make a fine paste.
2.Take a pressure cooking usually iam cooking this curry in cooker if you want to cook in apan your wish.add 1 tbspn oil add mustards,cuminseeds,curry leaves,chopped onions,fry for 2 min add chopped gavur fry for 1 min add above paste,turmeric
corainderleaves,sprinkle little amount of water and place a cooker lid and bring it boil for 2 whistles.
3. Again if you want you can add some more grated coconut after finishing curry
NOW TASTY guvar /gorru chikkudulu / cluster beans is ready to eat
with VADDAPPALU. enjoy the wonderful breakfast.............
NIMMAKAYA RASAM(LEMON RASAM)
SERVES- ADULTS 3
PREPARATION TIME:15 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
Hand ful toor dal
2 to3 green chillies(cut in to vertical slits)
1/2 tspn black pepper powder
1/2 tspn cumin powder
salt to taste
corainder leaves
1 tbspn oil
1 tomato(finley chopped)
1 or 1/2 lemon(depends on ur size of lemon/sourness)
1/2 tbspn mustards,cuminseeds(for tadka)
few curry leaves.
1/4 tspn turmeric
PROCEDURE:
1. Wash and clean dal and keep in a cokeer for 2whistles.
2. Take a medium bowl add oil,mustards,cuminseeds,curryleaves,green chillies fry well
add chopped tomatoes,turmeric,salt,toor dal required amount of water bring them to boil for 1o min.
3.Finally add corainder leaves and switch off the stove squeeze lemon stir it well
Now your tasty lemon rasam/nimakayya rasam is ready to
eat with hot rice.It is good digestion for health. It is one of my favourite
rasam. enjoy...........I HOPE YOU DEFINATELY LIKE THIS RECIPE.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
RAW MANGO PULUSU(MAMADIKAYA PULUSU)
SERVINGS:3 ADULTS
PREPARTION TIME:20 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1 Medium size mango
4 to 5 redchillies
2 tspn channa dal
2 tspn urad dal
1 tspn corainder seeds
1 tspn cuminseeds
small piece of dry coconut.
Fry all above ingrdeints with out oil make a fine powder
and keep it aside.
1/4 tspn turmeric
salt to taste
1 tbspn oil
1 medium onion finley chopped
corainder leaves.
1/2 piece jaggery.
FOR TADKA:
MUSTARDS
CUMINSEEDS
CURRY LEAVES.
PREPARATION :
1.Wash and dry the mango and cut in to cubes.
2.Take a medium bowl add tbspn oil add mustards,cuminseeds,curryleaves, chopped
onions,chopped mangoes,turmeric cook until it boils after that add above dry spices
powder,salt,jaggery place a lid boil for another 10 min .Finally add corainder
leaves and switch off the stove.
Now tangy delicious mango pulusu is ready to eat
with rice. This is my moms recipe.
SPINACH CURRY(PALAK CURRY)
SERVES 2 TO 3 ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME:15 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1 bunch spinach
1 medium onion
4 to 5 green chillies
1 tbspn channa dal
few curry leaves
1/8 tspn turmeric
2 tbspn oil
mustards
cuminseeds
1 cup fresh grated coconut
red chilli powder(optional)(if you are spicy lover you can add redchilli powder)
PREPARATIION:
1. Wash,clean dry chopped spinach.
2.Heated oil in a pan add channa dal,mustard,cuminseeds after frying add chopped
onions,green chillies fry until it raw smell disappears add turmeric,salt,chopped
spinach fry for 10 min on a low flame
3. finally add fresh grated coconut stir it well and switch off the stove.
Now very simple,tasty, healthy,delicious spinach curry is ready to
eat with rice/chapathi.spinach is good for health atleast we have to cook twice a
week.
Friday, November 6, 2009
ALOO PALAK
SERVES: 2 TO 3 ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME:25 MIN
SMALL BUNCH PALAK
2 MEDIUM ALOO
1CUP TOMATO PUREE
2 GREEN CHILLIES(CUT IN TO SMALL PIECES)
2 GARLICPODS MENCED
1 ONION FINLEY CHOPPED
1 BAY LEAF
RAW WHOLE MASALAS(2 CLOVES,1 CARDAMOM,2 CINNAMON STICK,1 TSPN SHAJEERA)
3 TBSPN OIL
1 TSPN TURMERIC
1 TSPN CORAINDER POWDER
5 SPRING CORAINDER LEAVES
1 TSPN GARAM MASALA POWDER
SALT TO TASTE.
1 TSPN GHEE/BUTTER
1 OR 2 GARLIC PODS(FINLEY CHOPPED)
PROCEDURE:
1. Clean and chopped spinach.
2.Heated oil in a pan add above raw masals,bayleaf,menced garlic fry for a minute
add chopped onions,potato fry them until it turns golden color add tomato puree,all
above powders(turmeric,corainder,garam masala)place a lid boil for 15 min on a low
flame
3. add chopped spinach , corainder leaves,salt fry for 10 min
4. Take a small kadai add butter/ghee wait until it melts add chopped garlic fry
well add this above curry stir it well switch off the stove
Now wonderful recipe aloo palak is ready to serve with naan/rice.
ENJOY DELICIOUS FOOD
VANKAYA FRY(BRINJAL FRY)
SERVES: 3TO4 ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME:2O MIN
INGREDINTS:
8 to 9 baby egg plants/vankaya/brinjals
oil for deep frying
2 tspn urad dal
FOR POWDER/PODI:
5 to 6 whole redchillies
1/2 cup dry coconut powder
4 to 5 garlic pods
salt to taste
ADD above ingredints and make a fine powder. you can store this
powder for few months you can use this podi in many frys like ladysfinger,brinjal
tindora,bittergaurd.This is famous podi especially in AP.Definately u like this
powder trust me.
PROCEDURE:
1.First wash and strain brinjals.Take out their stems cand cut them as "+"
mark on them till the half the length and put them n salt water.
2.Take a medium pan add oil for deep frying fry brinjals well and keep it aside.
3. take a small kadai add 1tspn oil for this add urad dal fry well add that
above powder/podi and switch off the stove.ADD this mixture to brinjal fry serve
with rice/ghee. ummmm
JEERA RASAM(JEELAKARA RASAM)
PRAPARATION TIME:15 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
Handful toordal
2 tspn jeera(cuminseed)
1/2 spn corainder powder
small piece of dry coconut
1/8 tspn turmeric
corainder leaves
salt to taste
4 redchillies
lemon size lemon(soaked in a water about15 min)
small piece of jaggery
1/2 tomato(optional)finley chopped.
seasoning:
mustard
cuminseeds
few springs curry leaves
pinch of hing.
1/2 whole red chilli.
PROCEDURE:
1.Take a bowl add toordal,cuminseeds,corainder powder,piece of coconut,turmeric,
redchillies,water boil in a cooker for 2 whistles.
2.After boiling let it cool down for a while blend in a mixie jar and make a fine paste.
3. Take tamarind pulp add to the above mixture.for this make a tadka add 1 tspn oil
add mustard,cuminseeds,curryleaves ,pinch of hing ,redchilli fry well then add salt
jaggery chopped tomatoes add required amount of water place a lid boiled for 15 to 20
min add corainder leaves and switch off the stove.
Now tasty,wonderful jeera/jeelakara rasam is ready to eat for
rice.This is good digestion for health. i hope you enjoy this recipe.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
RADISH CURRY(MULANGI VEPUDU)
SERVES:3 TO 4 ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME:25 MIN
INGREDEINTS:
3 Mediium radish(wash and shredded)
1 medium onion (fine chopped)
1/4 Tspn turmeric
Handful toordal(soaked for 15 min)
3 tbspn oil
1/2 lemon(optional)
For paste:
handful fresh grated coconut
corainder leaves
6 green chillies
salt to taste (take a blender and make afine paste and keep it aside)
For tadka:
mustards
cuminseeds
curry leaves
PROCEDURE:
1.Wash and peel it shredded the radish and keep it aside.
2. cook toor dal in a microwave for 1o min.
2.Heated oil in a pan add mustars,cuminseeds,curry leaves,onions fry them until golden color then add grated or shredded radish fry well until raw smell disappears.
3.add a toordal,turmeric ,above paste fry on a low flame for 15 min.
4.Fry radish well otherwise it smells coming while ur eating if it still is there sprinkle some drops of lemon.
Now tasty,simple healty radish curry is ready to eat with hot rice/ghee.
enjoy cooking......
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
PESSARAPAPPU PULUSU(MOONG DAL PULUSU)
SERVINGS: 3 ADULTS
PREPARATION TIME:15 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1 Cup pesarapappu
5 to 6 green chillies(cut in to vertical slits)
2 tspn cumin seeds
1 tspn mustard
few curry leaves
1tspn menced ginger
1/4 tspn turmeric
10 strings corainder leaves(finley chopped)
1 Big tomato (2 small tomatoes)
salt to taste
1 lemon.
Ingredients also as shown in the above photo.
PROCEDURE:
1. Wsah and soak dal add turmeric boil in a cooker.
2.Take a small kadai add 1 tbspn oil add menced ginger,greenchillies,fry it well then add mustards,cuminseeds,curry leaves. add this tadka to boil moondal
2.Add tomatoes,corainder leaves,required amount of water,salt. boil it for 15 min on a low flame.
3.Finally after boiling pulusu switch off the stove then add lemon(depends on ur sourness)
Now simple tasty pessarapapu pulusu is ready to eat with rice/ghee.
This pulusu is good for especially on summer times it will reduce excess of heat
If you dont have any vegges in ur home you can made this pulusu with in 10 min.
enjoy cooking....
Monday, November 2, 2009
SPICY CHAPATHI (KARAM CHAPATHI)
Eating chapathi is getting bore so... this is another varaition of chapath i.e spicy chapathi yummy,delicious taste good..enjoy.
SERVINGS : 3 TO 4 PEOPLE
PREPARATION TIME:25 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
2 Cups chapathi flour
1 Medium onion(finley chopped)
10 string corainder leaves(finley chopped)
5 strings curry leaves(finley chopped)
7 to 8 green chillies
salt to taste.
1 1/2 tbspn oil
1/2 cup wash and chopped spinach(optional).
PREPARATION:
1. Take a blender add greenchiillies,salt make a fine paste and keep itaside.
2. Take a 2 cups of flour in a big bowl.To this add above ingedeints one by one and
add oil mix it nicely till oil is incorporated in to flour uniformly.To this flour
add required amount of water make a hard dough it doesnt stick ur hands.
3.Rest the dough about 5 to 10 min dont keep it very long time after you making
dough do chapathi as soon as possible bcoz it stick ur hands it wont get chapathi
nicely.
4.Take a flouring board and add liitle dry flour on it . Take 1 portion of the dough
and litely roll it on the dry flour . With a rolling pin roll the chapathi into
circle shape .
5.Take a heating pan add chapathi fry it by adding oil fry on both sides nicely
Now Home made yummy yummy spicy chapathi is serve with your choice
of dals.Even you can store this chapathi for 2 days also.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
GARAM MASALA POWDER
PREPARATION TIME:20 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1 BAY LEAF
2 SPN CUMIN SEEDS
1 TBSPN WHOLE BLACK PEPPER
2 SPN WHOLE CORAINDER SEEDS
2 OR 3 PIECES BLACK CARDAOMM
1/2 SPN CLOVES
1 INCH CINNAMON
PROCEDURE:
1. Heated on a medium pan on a medium flame .add all one by oneand fry them nicely
dont burnt it. let them cool down for a while and make a fine powder
Now garam masala powder is ready.we can make at home no
need to buy on groceries stores.store that powder in a tight jar,If we make at home
it doesnt spoil flvaour/taste.save money and time.
I Hope you enjoy this recipe.
BOTTLE GAURD COCONUT CURRY(SORAKAYYA KOBEERA CURRY)
SERVINGS:2 TO 3
PREPARATION TIME :25 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1 Medium bottle gaurd(peel it and chopped in to cubes)
2 TO 3 Tbspn oil
1/4 tspn turmeric
small glass of milk.
For Paste:
4 to 5 green chillies
handful grated coconut
corainder leaves
salt to taste. (make a fine paste and keep it aside).
For seasoniing/ tadka:
1 tspn channadal
1 tspn uraddal
1/2 tspn mustards
1/2 tspn cumin seeds
few curry leaves.
PREPARTION:
1. Heated oil in a pan add above ingredints of tadka fry it well,then add cubes of
bottle gaurd pieces put it on a medium flame.place a lid fry it well about 15 min
on mean time u should stir.
2. After frying 3/4 of curry put it on a low flame cook about 10 min.
3. Add above green chillies paste and place a lid fry it for 5 min
4. finally add small glass of milk and corainder leaves,and switch off the stove.
Now sorakayya kobberra curry is ready to eat with hot rice/ghee.
MAJJIGA PULUSU(SOUR BUTTERMILK PULUSU)
PREPARTION TIIME:2O MIN
INGREDEINTS:
1 Cup sour butter milk
3 tbspn besan flour
6 to 7 green chillies.
little bit ginger
1/2 tbspn grated coconut powder
corainder leaves
salt to taste
1/4 tspn turmeric
1 bottle gaurd /1/4 KG WHITE PUMPKIN
small onion
1 tomato.
For seasoning:
1 tspn channa dal
mustards seeds
cuminseeds
1 whole red chilli
few curry leaves.
PROCEDURE:
1. Boil the bottle gaurd in a pressure cooker and keep it aside.
2.Take ablender add green chillies,ginger,coconut powder,salt,corainder leaves blend
it and make a fine paste.
2.Take a butter milk in a bowl add besan flour,and above mixtute,turmeric.beaten well
with out any lumps.
4.Heat oil in apan,add channadal,mustards.cuminseeds,redchilli,curry leaves,after
frying them add chopped onions,tomato fry it for 10 min. now add butter milk
mixture,boiled vegetableand heat for 15 min on a low flame.
5. Finally add corainder leaves and switch off the stove.
serve with rice.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
OATS BADAM KHEER
PRAPARTION TIME : 20 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1/4 CUP OATS
1/4 CUP Badam
1 cup sugar
4 tbspn ghee
1/2 ltr milk
1 spoon cardommn powder
1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
dry fruits (kaju,kissmiss...)
PROCEDURE:
1. Soak badam before 4 hours, peel it make a fine paste and keep it aside.
2. Heated ghee in a pan add dry fruits whatever u wish fry it untill golden colour
and keep itaside.
3.Take a big bowl add 1/2 litre milk boil for 20 min on a low flame,add oats boiled
it for 10 min.
4. Now add badam paste,sugar,grated coconut mix it evenly and boil if for 10 min.
5. finally add cardommn powder,dryfruits and switch off the stove.
Now yummy,healty delicious dessert is ready to eat.Its good for
health even kids love this recipe.
PATOLI CURRY
PREPARATION TIME:25 MIN
INGREDEINTS:
1 SMALL BUNCH METHI LEAVES
1/4 Kg chikkudukayalu(Indian broad beans)(cut in to chopped)
1 cup fresh grated coconut
6 to 7 green chillies
corainder leaves
salt to taste
1 small cup channadal
3/4 cup toordal (both dals soaked for an hour)
1 medium onion (cut
in to slices)
1/4 tspn turmeric
4 tbspn oil.
PROCEDURE:
1.Wash and chopped methi leaves and keep it aside.
2. Take a blender add grated coconut ,greenchillies,corainder leaves,salt and make a fine paste.
3. Take a soaked dals and make a fine paste paste.
4. heated oil in a pan add mustards,cuminseeds, curryleaves,onions fry them until
golden color.add chopped methi,turmeric fry it for 5 min now add above paste and dal
paste.place a lid keep it on a low flame fry it for 15 min.On mean time stir every 5
min,make a curry dry as shown in the above photo.
5. Now switch off the stove.
patoli delicious curry is ready toserve with hot rice/ghee.
This is my authentic family delicious,healthy recipe i want to share with everyone
so enjoy cooking....
Thursday, August 13, 2009
RICE CRACKERS(APPALU)
PREPARATION TIME:20 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1 Glass rice flour
1 Glass water
salt to taste
2 garlic pods(menced)
1 tbspn channa dal(soaked for half an hour)
1 tbspn sesame seeds
1/8 th tspn turmeric
redchilli powder to taste
1 tspn cumin powder
1 tspn dhaniya powder
1 1/2 tbspn peanut powder(fry the peanuts and make a fine powder)
PROCEDURE:
1.Take an equal ratio of rice flour and water,first boil water add amount of salt
garlic pods.
2. Take a bowl add rice flour,add above igredients (from seasme seeds to peanut powder) mix it well
3. Add this flour mixture to that boiling water mix it well and make a soft dough knead it well and keep it aside .
4. Take a small potion of dough put it on a polythene sheet and cover it and press it evenly dont break edges.and make it a thin or thick the way you want. if u make thin u will get more crispy i used to prepare crispy.(even you can press it with the help of pressing makers)
4. Fry it on a pan util it turns golden colour.
Now delicious,crispy snack is ready to eat.Dear freinds i hope you enjoy
to learn how to make this rice crackers(appalu)
PANEER BUTTER MASALA
PREPARATION TIME:25 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
200 G PANEER
1Large onion(finley chopped)
3 medium tomatoes puree
2 green chillies(cut in to slits)
1/2tbspn ginger garlicpaste
10 pieces cashew nuts
1 tbspn butter or ghee
3 tbcpn oil
1 tspn garam masala powder
red chilli powder to taste
salt to taste
1/2 tbspn curd
1 bay leaf
1 tspn shahejeera(black cumin)
1 tbspn heavy cream
1/4 tspn turmeric
PROCEDURE:
1. Take a paneer cut in to cubes fry it until it turns golden colour and keep it aside.
2. Take a heated oil in a pan add chopped onions,greenchillies,cashew nuts fry it until raw smell disapper, and make a fine paste and keep it aside.
3. Take same kadai with the left over oil add shahejeera,bayleaf,gingergarlicpaste,that above paste.fry it for 5 min add tomato puree ,well beaten yogurt,turmeric,garammasala,redchilli powder,salt .little amount of water and place a lid cook about for 10 min.
4. finally add heavy cream,corainder leaves,butter cook until oil comes out switch off the stove.
Now wonderful paneer butter masala is ready to serve with pulka.naan,roti...even it suitable for pualav or biriyani.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
MURKULU(SNACKS)
PREPARATION TIME: 2O MIN
INGREDIENTS:
2 CUPS Rice flour
3/4th cup putnalu(dahlia) make a fine powder and keep it aside.
1 tbspn seasame seeds
1 tspn cumin seeds
1 tspn ajwain
salt to taste
redchilli powder to taste
1 tbspn hot oil
oil for deep frying
PROCEDURE:
1.Take a bowl add all igredients along with 1 tbspn heated oil mix it well with
water make a hard dough just like a puri dough.
2. Heated oil in a pan for frying with the help of murkulu maker or tool .after that
you put this dough start pressing it slowly and make it in to nice murkulu you can
have different kind of presses.
3. Put it on a medium flame,so that even colouring.after frying evenly make it
crispy until you have to fry dont burn now This murkulu or janthikalu are
ready to eat for evening snack .
Friday, August 7, 2009
10 MIN TOMATO CURRY
PREPARATION TIME:
INGREDINTS:
4 Medium tomatoes(finley chopped)
1 medium onion(finley chopped)
2 to 3 green chillies(finley chopped)
corainder leaves
salt to taste
1/4 tspn turmeric
oil 2 tbspn
1/2 tbspn channa dal
1/2 tbspn urad dal
1/2 tspn mustards
1/2 tspn cumin seeds
few curry leaves.
If u required you can use red chilli powder.
PROCEDURE:
1.Heated oil in a pan add channa dal,uraddal,mustards,cuminseeds,curryleaves,add
onions,salt turmeric fry it for 5 min .add tomatoes boil until it becomes soft.
2. after frying few minutes add chilli powder,corainder leaves switch off the stove.
Now simple,easy tomato curry is ready to serve with hot
rice/chapathi.you dont have time to cook, dont worry about it u can cook this recipe.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
SIMPLE CAPSICUM CURRY
PREPARATION TIME:15 MIN
INGREDEINTS:
4 Medium capsicum
3 tbspn oil
1/4 Tspn turmeric
For making powder:
4 TO 5 REDCHILLIES
Hand ful putnalu
1 tbspn dry coconut powder
salt
garlic pods
add above igredients and make a fine powder.and keep it aside.
PROCEDURE:
1. Heated oil in a pan fry chopped capsicum until it becomes soft.
2. after frying it sprinkle above powder and mix it well. then switch off the stove
Now simple,easy capsicum fry is ready to serve hot rice with ghee.
Enjoy delicious cooking.........
Monday, August 3, 2009
BISIBIELEBATH POWDER(PODI)
PREPARATION TIME:10 MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS:
1 cup channa dal
1 cup urad dal
3/4 cup corainder seeds
1 tbspn poppeyseeds(GASAGASALU)
4 to 5 pieces cinnamon
4 to 5 pieces cloves
4 to 5 pieces moggha
PROCEDURE :
1. Take a pan add above ingredients dry roast all them except redchillies and keep it aside.
2. Take a little bit oil fry redchillies and keep itaside.
3. Let them cool down and grind them and make a fine powder.
Now BISIBELEBATH POWDER(PODI)is ready.you can use this powder while you are making bisibelebath and vanghi bath.No need to buy this powder from stores. you can make it at home . you can store this powder for few months.
NUNE VANKAYA
PREPARATION TIME: 20 MIN
INGREDIENTS:
1/4 kg brinjal
1 medium onion(finley chopped)
2 tbspn seasme seeds
1 tbspn putnalu(dahlia)
5 to 6 red chillies
1 tspn corainder seeds
1 tspn cumin seeds
1/4 tspn turmeric powder
salt to taste
4 tbspn oil
1 tspn jaggery(brown sugar)
small marble size lemon
PROCEDURE:
1. first cut brinjals in to 4 halves with out removing the top stem and keep it aside.
2. Fry seasme seeds and keep it aside.grind them along putnalu and make a fine powder.
3. Take little bit oil fry redchillies,corainder seeds,cuminseeds and make a fine powder and keep it aside.
4. Heated 4 tbspn oil,add chopped onions fry it for 5 min add brinjals
fry it until it becomes soft add tamarind pulp,turmeric,salt,and above redchilliespowder bring it boil for 10 min
5. Take a small bowl add seasme seeds,putnalu powder and mix it well.Now add this paste to that boiling pan (vankaya curry) bring it to boil for 5 min.if you want required water u can add it now make in to gravy. finally add jaggery,sprinkle corainder leaves.
Now Andhra nune vankaya curry is ready to serve with hot rice with ghee.
2.Heated oil in apan add mustards,cumin seeds,curry leaves ,onions,fry for 5 min.add again brinjals fry it until it becomes soft add tamarind pulp,salt
Thursday, July 23, 2009
TOMATO PICKLE
PREPARATION TIME: 30 MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS:
1/2kg tomatoes
1 lemon size tamarind
1tspn mustards and methi seeds(dry roast all igredients and make a fine powder).
redchilli powder(as per ur spicy)
salt to taste
1 cup oil
1/4 tspn turmeric powder
PROCEDURE:
1. Wash and chopped tomatoes sprinkle little bit salt and keep it aside.
2.If you sprinkle salt,juice comes from tomatoes on that juice soak tamarind for an hour and keep it aside.
3.after soaking tamarind,take a medium pan,add oil,mustards,garlic pods,curryleaves
chopped tomatoes cook for 1o min meantime take a blender grind tamarind paste and keep it aside.
4. after boiling few minutes add tamarind paste and place a lid.cook untilit becomes soft.
5. when the oil comes out switch off the stove.
6. Let them cool down for a while now add turmeric powder,salt,redchillipowder.methi and mustard powder.
Now wonderful,delicious tomato pickle is ready.
CHANNA DAL(KUTHU)
PREPARATION TIME :20 MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS:
1 Cup channa dal
5 to 6 whole red chillies
1 tbspn corainder seeds
1 tspn poppey sedds
1 tbspn dry coconut powder
2 big tomatoes
salt to taste
2 tbspn oil
1 tbspn ghee
For masala paste:
1 cinnamon
1 moghha
1 clove
1 small onion
2 to 3 garlic pods.
PROCEDURE:
1. Take a kadai add whole red chillies,poppey seeds,corainder seeds,dry coconut
powder fry all igredients with out oil.and make a fine powder.
2. For masala paste add chopped onions,garlic,cinnamon,clove,moggha and make a fine
paste and keep it aside.
3. Wsah daL and pressure it for 2 whistles(dont smash)
4. Take a heated oil ina pan add mustards,cuminseeds,curryleaves,add dal,tomatoes
cook until it becomes soft now add first masala powder(frm redchillies to salt)
5. Take a little pan now add ghee ,masala paste fry until raw smell is disappear
after frying it now add this to that above dal.
6. Now add cup of water bring it to boil for 10 min
Now channa dal(kuthu)is ready to serve with chapathi.
This is best combination for chapathi,puri.This is my authentic recipe
so i want to share with everyone.dont forget sprinkle chopped onions,lemon on the
top of the curry while you are eating.Enjoy delicious food
IDLY SAMBAR PODI
PREPARATION TIME:10 MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS:
1 Cup channa dal
2 cup corainder seeds
10 whole red chillies
1 tspn hing
salt to taste
PROCEDURE:
1. Take a heated kadai roast all ingredients on a low flame
2.Let them cool down for a while and grind them make a fine powder.
Now idly sambar podi is ready.
This is my authentic family recipe.This powder can be used for few months.
this is famous south indian recipe.You can use this powder while u are making sambar
no need to buy at grocery store for powder.definately u like this.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
CAULIFLOWER FRY
REQUIRED TIME 20MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS:
1 Cauliflower
5 to 6 whole redchillies
dry coconut powder 1 tbspn
1 cloves
2 garlic pods
1 tspn poppey seeds
1 1/2 tbspn dry roasted channa dal(putnalu)
1 tspn corainder seeds
salt to taste.
PROCEDURE:
1. First wash and chopped cauliflower and keep it aside.
2.Add above ingredients(from red chillies to salt)grind them and make a fine powder
3. Take a kadai add 4 tbspn oil add mustards,cuminseeds,curry leavesand cauliflower
fry it well until it turns golden colour(place a lid while ur frying)
4. Finally add above powder fry it for 2min and switch off the stove.
Now cauliflower curry is ready to serve with hot rice& ghee. Even
you can serve with chapathi also.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
VEGETABLE PULAO
PREPARATION TIME 30 MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS
2 Cups basmati rice
2 medium carrots
1 cup beans
1 cup green peas
1 medium potato.
3 to 4 green chillies(finley chopped)
corainder leaves
MASALA POWDER:
1 Tbspn ginger garlic paste
1 or 2 cinnamon
1 or 2 cloves
1 tbspn fresh grated coconut powder
1 tspn red chilli powder
salt to taste
4 tbspn oil.
Take a blender grind all above ingredients and make a fine paste keep it aside.
For seasoning:
1 tspn black cumin seeds
1 bay leaf
Few springs of pudina leaves
1 or 2 pepper corns (coarsely powder)
PROCEDURE METHOD:
1. wash and soaked the rice and keep it aside
1.Take a heated oil in a big bowl add black cumin seeds,bayleaf,pepper corns
(coarsely powder),pudina leaves.
3. Add blender mixture(paste),green chillies,red chilli powder,turmeric powder.
all kind of veggies fry for 10 min
4. Now its time to add rice and required amountof water and place alid. stir it for every
5 min until water is evoporated.
6. If the rice and veggies are cooked turn off the stove.
Now vegetable pulao is ready to serve aloo kurma,raitha.
Here iam giving recipe of aloo kurma also. This is famous south indian curru
we can used for many ways like chapathi,puri.or any kind of rice varaities(pudina
rice,vegerable pulao..)
ALOO KURMA
PREPARATION TIME 2O MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS:
1/4 kg potatoes
1 onion
2 big tomatoes
ginger garlic paste
1 cinnamon
1 cloves
1 tspn corainder seeds
1 tspn poppy seeds
5 to 6 green chillies
grated coconut powder
salt to taste
oil
1/4 tspn turmeric
PROCEDURE:
1. Take a blender add above ingredints ginger garlic paste to salt and make a fine
paste.
1.Heated oil in a pan add mustards,cumin seeds,curry leaves,finley chopped onions
salt ,potatoes after fry it for 15 min add chopped tomatoes fry well until it becomes soft.
2. Add above paste ,add required water and place a lid cook for few minutes
3. finally add corainder leaves.
Now aloo kurma is ready.
Friday, July 17, 2009
NUNE GONGURA(PACHHADHI)
PREPARATION TIME 20 MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS:
1 Bunch gongura
1 small onion(chopped)
3 to 4 green chillies(finley chopped)
1 tspn chilli powder
1 tspn corainder seeds
5 garlic pods
5 to 6 tbspn oil
1/4 tspn turmeric
salt to taste.
1 tbspn dry coconut powder.
seasoning:
1 tspn mustards
1/4 tspn methi seeds
1 tbspn channa dal
6 garlic pods.
1 whole red chilli
Few curry leaves.
1. Wash and choped gongura and keep it aside.
2. Take a grinder add coconut powder corainder seeds,salt red chilli
powder,garlicpods and make a fine paste.
2. heat oil in a pan add above items for seasoning.after they craked.
3. Add chopped green chillies,onions,chopped gongura fry for few minutes.
4. finally add a paste(mixture) fry untill oil comes out
5. If oil comes turn off the stove.
Now Andhra nune gongura is ready.
This is famous Andhra special gongura pachhadi. you serve hot rice with
ghee,chapathi or even for side dish.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
CAPSICUM MASALA
PREPARATION TIME :20 MIN
REQUIRED ITEMS:
3 medium capsicum
1 medium onion (finley chopped)
2 tomatoes (finley chopped)
1tbspn ginger garlic pste
1cinnamon
1 cloves
1/2 tbspn corainder powder
Handful peanuts (roast and make a fine powder)
1 tspn seasame seeds (roasted)
4 methi seeds
5 to 6 whole redchillies
salt to taste
1/2 cup milk
corainder leaves
oil
cumin seeds
For Seasoning:
mustards
cumin seeds
curry leaves
5 pieces of cashew nuts.
1/4 Tspn turmeric
PROCEDURE:
1.Heated oil in a pan add mustards,cuminseeds,curry leavesand cashew nuts .
2. add chopped onions, ginger garlic paste after frying few minutes add chopped capsicum.
3. Take a blender add cinnamon,cloves,turmeric ,chopped tomatoes,redchillies,salt
roasted peanuts,seasame seeds,corainder powder and methi seeds make a fine paste
and keep it aside.
3. After frying capsicum add the above mixture(paste) along with milk .boil it for
few minutes.if the oil comes out switch off the stove.Finally add corainder leaves.
Now capsicum masala curry is ready to serve with chapathi or naan.or even
any kind of rice like (gheerice.vegetable birayani).even it suitable for plain rice
also.
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