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Yogurt Rice with Talimpu

July 9th, 2009

Ingredients

 Rice  1(Cup Boiled)
 Yogurt  1 (Cup)
 Cumin Seeds  1(Tea spoon)
 Mustard Seeds  1 Tea spoon)
 Red Chillies  1
 Salt  As per taste
 Channa Dal  ½ (Table Spoon)
 Oil  1(Table Spoon)
 Cashew Nuts  5-6
 Curry Leaves  5-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Process

    1. Take a pan and heat oil, add cashew nuts, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, Channa Dal, curry leaves, red chilli and let fry for 30 seconds.
    2. Now mix yogurt with boiled rice and keep it a side.
    3. Add talimpu in the yogurt rice and combine it for a while.
    4. Now it is ready to serve.
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Groundnut Chutney

July 8th, 2009

Ingredients:

 Ground Nuts  1 cup
 Green Chillies  2
 Tamarind Juice  1/2 cup (Soak tamarind in warm water)
 Channa Dal  3 Table spoons
 Salt  As per taste.
 Oil  1 Table spoons

 Talimpu:

 Mustard Seeds  ¼ Table Spoon
 Cumin Seeds  ¼ Table Spoon
 Curry Leaves  Few
 Dry Red Chillies  2

 Process:

    1. Take a pan and fry ground nuts, channa dal, green chillies. After frying keep them aside to cool.
    2. After it comes to room temperature add salt and grind it as a paste, we can add some water to make it into paste.
    3. Take oil in  small wok and fry mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and add the seasoning to the grinded paste.
    4. Combine it well, once done its ready to serve.
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Tomato Rice

June 24th, 2009

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Ingredients:

 Tomato  4 (Medium Size)
 Oil  1 (Table Spoon)
 Onion  1(Finely Chopped)
 Cooked Rice  2 Cups
 Salt  As per taste
 Green Chilli  1(Finely Chopped)
 Water  4 Cups
 Coriander Leaves  (Finely Chopped)

 For Talimpu:

 Cumin Seeds  ½ (Table Spoon)
 Mustard Seeds  ½ (Table Spoon)
 Curry Leaves  9-10 (Finely Chopped)
 Onion  1 (Finely Chopped)

 Process:
1. Take a pan and heat water for 5 minutes, boil tomato for 5-6 minutes.
2. Drain hot water and wash with cool water, make the tomato pure.
3. Take another pan and heat oil, add Cumin Seeds, Mustard Seeds, Onion, Green Chille and Curry leaves fry for 1-2minutes.
4. Add tomato pure, finely chopped onions and salt. Let it cook for one minutes.
5. Add rice and fry the tomato pure rice for 2-3 minutes.
6. Take the tomato rice in a bowl and garnish with Coriander leaves.

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Carrot Beetroot Fry

June 19th, 2009

 

Carrot Beetroot

Ingredients:

 Carrot  3 (chopped in to a small cubes)
 Beetroot  2 (chopped in to a small cubes)
 Onion  1 (finely chopped)
 Green Chilli  2 (chopped vertically)
 Oil  2 (table spoons)
 Salt  as per the taste
 Red Chilli Powder  ½ (table spoon)
Water  2 (table spoons)

For Talimpu:

 Mustard Seeds  ½ Table Spoon
 Cumin Seeds (Zeera)  1 Pinch
 Split Blackgram Dal (Minappa Pappu)  1 Table Spoon
 Channa Dal (Senaga Pappu)  1 Table Spoon
 Dry Red Chilli  1-2 Tear and Deseed
 Curry Leaves  10-12

Process:

1. Take a pan and heat oil, fry Cumin Seeds, Dry Red Chilli, Split Blackgram Dal, Channa Dal, Mustard Seeds and Curry Leaves.

2. After frying them, add Green Chillis and Onions.  Let it cook for 3-4 minutes, now sprinkle water in it and add Salt, Red Chilli powder and mix for a while.

3. Add chopped carrot and beetroot in the pan, let it fry for 5-6 minutes.

 4. We can adjust salt if we want; by this tasty carrot beetroot curry is ready to serve.

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Gobi, Carrot, Chickpeas Masala Curry

June 17th, 2009

Gobi Carrot Chickpeas Masala Curry

Ingredients:

 Cauliflower Florets       1Cup
 Carrot                           1/2 (Cup half boiled)
 Chickpeas                     1 (Cup half boiled)
 Okra                              1 (Cup half boiled) optional (Ladies Finger)
 Ginger Paste                 1 Table Spoon 
 Garlic Paste                  1 Table Spoon 
 Tomato Puree               1 cup
 Coconut Paste               1 cup
 GaramMasala Powder  1 Table Spoon  ( Colves, cinnamon, Cardamum,)
 Red Chilli Powder        1/2 Table Spoon 
 Coriander Powder         1 Table Spoon 
 Turmeric Powder          1/2 Table Spoon 
 Red Chilli Powder        1/2 Table Spoon 
 Pepper  1/2 Table Spoon 
 Onion Paste                2 ( Large One )
 Green Chillies              2 (cut it into slits)
 Curry Leaves                5 Leaves
 Cumin Seeds                1 Table Spoon
 Mustard Seeds                         1/2 Table Spoon
 Oil                                2 Table Spoon
 Salt                               As required
 Water                                       As required

Process:
1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a vessel and splutter mustard seeds.
2. Add onion paste, green chillis, curry leaves and saute them till the onion paste turns into golden brown.
3. Clean Cauliflower Florets (along with a pinch of salt and turmeric) by soaking them in warm water for 8-10 minutes. Wash and drain water and keep the florets aside.
4. Add ginger and garlic paste and let it cook on medium flame for a while. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, pepper powder, coriander powder and masala powder, stir fry for two minutes.
5. Add tomato puree, coconut paste, carrot, chickpeas and cauliflower florets along with some salt.
6. Close lid and cook for around 5 minutes. Then add around ½ – 1 cup of water to make enough gravy.
7. Cook until gravy is of required consistency.
8. Serve hot with rice or chapattis.

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Lemon Dal

June 16th, 2009

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Ingredients:

Redgram Dal (Kandi Pappu) OR Yellowmoong Dal (Pesara Pappu)
Turmeric Powder – 1 Pinch
Green Chilli – 2-3 (Slit lengthwise)
Small Lemon Juice
Salt to taste
Water – 3 Cups

For Talimpu:

Mustard Seeds – ½ Table Spoon
Cumin Seeds – ½ Table Spoon
Red Chillis – 1 (De-seed and tear)
Curry Leaves
Oil – 1-2 Table Spoons

Process:

1. In a pressure cooker, put a cup of tur dal, turmeric pwd, 2 1/2 cups of water and pressure cook upto 3 whistles. If cooking over stove top, cook till the dal is soft. Mash dal, add a cup of water and salt. You can add more water if you want a watery consistency. Cook on low to medium flame for 4-5 mts. Turn off heat.
2. Add lemon juice and combine. Keep aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan, add mustards seeds and as they splutter, add cumin seeds, green chillis, red chillis and curry leaves and stir fry for a few seconds. Add asafoetida and turn off heat.
4. Add this to the dal and combine. Serve with white rice or rotis.

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Plantain Stem (Arati Davva) Mustard (Aavalu)

June 16th, 2009

Ingredients:

Chopped tender Plantain stem (Arati Davva) – 1 1/2 cups
Turmeric Powder – One pinch
Green Chilly – 1 (Vertically Sliced)
Ginger – 1 inch piece (Finely Chopped)
Tamarind Paste – 2 Table Spoons
Oil – 1 Table Spoon
Salt to taste

For Talimpu:

Mustard Seeds – ½ Table Spoon
Cumin Seeds (Zeera) – 1 Pinch
Split Blackgram Dal (Minappa Pappu) – 1 Table Spoon
Channa Dal (Senaga Pappu) – 1 Table Spoon
Dry Red Chilli – 1-2 Tear and De-seed
Curry Leaves – 10-12
Mustard Powder – ½ Table Spoon

Process:

• Arati davva and turmeric have to cook with salt in the diluted buttermilk till soft but not mushy. Have to drain water which is left over.
• Heat oil in a vessel and add the mustard seeds and let them fry. Add the cumin seeds, gram dal, channa dal until it turn in to golden brown, then add the curry leaves, green chilli, dry red chillis, ginger and asafetida.
• And then immediately add the arati davva pieces which are already cooked and combine for once. Now we can adjust the salt and add tamarind paste and combine. Now Cook on medium flame for about 8-9 min, till the rawness of tamarind disappears. The arati davva should retain a bit of crunch.
• Now we have to add the mustard powder and combine it. And then cook for a few seconds
and turning off the heat.
• Now it is ready to serve with hot rice.

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