Saturday, March 20, 2010

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Simple Ugadhi Pachadi

Ingrediants:

1 lemon size tamarind
2 pieces green mango
1 spoon sugar or Zagree
1/2 salt
1/4 Chilli powder
1 spoon Nimbu flowers


Method:

Soak the tamarind with the water , add all the above ingrediants to the tamarind water.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Sweet Atukulu

2 cups Poha(atukulu)
1 cup Sugar
1 cup greated Coconut (fresh)
3 tbs Milk
3 tbs cashew
3 tbs raisins
2tbs ghee spoons


method:
1. Soak the atukulu with 1 cup of water for 30 mins
2. add the sugar
3. add the greated coconut

Take the kadai add  2 tbs of ghee, fry the cashew ,till it comes golden brown now add raisins and turnoff the stove and garnish with the sweet atukulu

Friday, March 12, 2010

Atukula Nimmakaaya Pulihora ( Poha )


Ingredients :

Atukulu/Poha/ -- 3 cups
Onions---2
Mustard seeds -- 1 tsp
Cumin seeds -- 1 tsp
Curry leaves -- few nos
Peanuts -- 1 tsp
Dry red chillis -- 2
Green chillis -- 3 slit
Urad daal -- 1 tsp
Channa daal -- 1 tsp
 Red chillis   -- 4
Lemon --- 1
Oil -- 3 tsp
Salt -- to the taste


Method :
1. Wash the poha/beatern rice, drain water completely and keep aside for 5 min
2. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped  onions,curry leaves,channa daal,green chillis,red chillis,peanuts,mustard,cumin and roast them
3.Now add the washed poha ,salt and cook for 3 min
4. Garnish with corionder
Can be served as breakfast

Note: Use only thick poha

Tip: If the poha over soaked and sticky add little bit of roasted channa dhaal powder mix it well and turnoff the stove.




Saturday, March 6, 2010

Simple Idli


Ingrediants:
1 cup Urad dhaal
3 cups Idli rava ( Priya Idli rava is really good and nice)
salt
bicorbonate of soda a pinch


Method:  Soak the urad dhaal 1 hour in the water and take the rava  soak in the water 1/2 is enough for rava
Grind the urad dhaal and mix with the rava, before mixing the rava , you have to squeeze the rava and mix with the urad dhaal batter and keep into the Oven over night  or  you want little early pre heat the oven some time and turn it off, when the oven is warm not too hot, keep the batter inside and leave for 3 hours.
Before making idlis add salt and pinch of soda.

Take a pressure cooker and add some water -pre heat the cooker 5 mins and keep the idli plates inside and set the timer for 15 mins on the medium flame.

Yummy Idli ready

Friday, March 5, 2010

Instant Bhelpuri



Instant Bhanle puri

1 potato
1 cup canned chenna
 2 onions ( cut in to cubes)
2 tomato (cut in to cubes)
1 carrot( grated)
1/2  cup coriander leaves
Ready Bhale Mix(we can get in the patels or subzimandi)
2 tea spoons Green chutney (Mint Chutney we can get in the same place)
1 teaspoons Sweet and sour 
1 tsp Tamarrind chutney (This also we can get in a shop)
1 cup sevai
Method

Keep the potato in to the microwave and press potato option,once it is done cut in to pieces
canned chenna 1 cup you can microwave 4 mins
Take a bowl and add all ingrediants to the Bhel mix and serve it and eat it.
The green chutney and tamarrind chutney we can get in the shops, once we get it we can keep in the frozen and use it when ever we need, this is really simple and good for sudden visitors.