Upma

Ingredients:


Upma ravva /Sooji - 1 cup
Green chillies - 3
Onions  - 1
Tomato - 1
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder a pinch
Curry leaves - 1 string
Coriander Leaves - Finely chopped
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsb
Bengal Gram dal /Senagapappu - 1 tsb
Urad dal - 1 tsb
Channa dal - 1 tsb
Oil or Ghee - 3 tsb
Lemon Juice as required
Fried Cashew Nuts
Water - 1 n half cup


Method:


1) Heat a pan and fry Sooji on low flame till it becomes Golden brown and Keep aside.
2) Heat oil in the pan and add mustard seeds,curry leaves, Bengal gram dal,channa dal ,Urad dal and fry till they splutter.
3) Add finely chopped onions and green chilles and fry till golden brown.
4) Add salt , turmeric powder and tomato and cook them on low flame.
5) Add water to the pan and let it boil.
6) Add fried sooji and mix well.
7) Keep it on low flame and stir it till it becomes thick.
8) Take the pan from flame and add lemon juice .
9) Garnish with Coriander leaves and fried Cashew nuts.
10) Serve hot.


Tip:


Goes well with any Indian pickel.

Beans Fry

Ingredients:


1 cup sliced Green beans(Boiled)
1/2 Sliced Onion
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder a pinch
Curry leaves
Pappula podi to sprinkle
Oil 2 tsb


Method:


1) Heat a pan with 2 tbs of oil.
2) Add sliced onions to the pan and fry till golden brown.
3) Add Boiled green beans and mix well.
4) Add Salt and Turmeric Powder .
5) Sprinkle the Powder( Pappula podi- see my recipe for that) and mix well and serve hot.
6) Can be served with Rice or taken as side dish.

Saggubeeyam Vadalu

Ingredients:


Saggubeeyam- 1 Cup
Green chillies-4
Rice flour-3 Tsb
Finely Chopped Onion-1
Grated potato-1
Redchilli Powder-1/2 tsb
Curry leaves-handfull
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Coriander Leaves-1 String
Salt as required
Oil to fry


Method:


1) Soak saggubeeyam in water for 4 hours and rinse it thoroughly.
2) Take a bowl and add saggubeeyam, chopped green chilies, coriander leaves, chopped curry leaves, red chili powder, chopped onion, rice flour, Turmeric powder and salt.
3) Sqeeze grated potato and add it to the bowl.
4) Mix well and make dough till its not sticky.
5) Heat oil in a kadai.
6) Make small balls and flatten them and fry them in oil till they turn golden brown.
7) Serve hot.

Gulaab Jamun

Ingredients:

Milk Powder-1 Cup
All purpose flour/Maida-1/4th cup
Butter-2 sticks(Salted)
Milk-1/4th cup
Baking soda-1 pinch
Water-1 Cup
Cardomon seeds/Elaichi-4
Sugar-1 1/2 Cup


Method:


1) Take a bowl and add milkpowder,all pupose flour and baking soda and mix well.
2) Add butter stciks one by one ans mix well.
3) Add milk to the bowl and mix till it becomes a soft dough.
4) Keep it aside for 15 minutes.
5) Heat water in a pan and add sugar,Cardomon seeds to it and stir well till it becomes a bit sticky syrup.
6) Now make small balls from the dough.
7) Heat oil in a pan and add the dough balls and fry them till golden brown.
8) Keep them aside till they come to the room temperature.
9) Add them to the syrup, make sure the syrup is not boiling and it should be hot.
10) Gulab jamun is ready to serve.


Tip:


It goes well with Icecream also.


Note:


You can use any Ready made Gulab jamoon Powder to make the Dough.

Sweet Bonda

Ingredients:

Maida/All purpose Flour-1 cup
Sugar-1/2 Cup
Water-1 Cup
Oil for Deep fry


Method:


1) Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients till it becomes a thick paste.
2) Heat the oil and take handfull of mixture and drop it into the oil as small balls.
3) Fry them till theu turn Golden Brown and serve them hot.

Samosa

Ingredients:

Maida/All purpose flour -1 Cup
Water-1cup

Salt-as required

Boiled Potatoes-2

Onions-1

Boiled Green Peas-1/2 cup

Green chillies-4

Turmeric Powder-pinch

Cilantro/Coriander Leaves-1/4 cup

Oil to fry

Method:

1) Take a bowl and add Maida,Salt, water and make dough.

2) Take a pan and add 1 tsb of oil.

3) When the oil is heated add onions,Greenchillies and fry till they turn golden brown.

4) Add salt and turmeric powder as required.

5) Mash the potato and add it to the pan.

6) Add the green peas to the mixture.

7) Fry it for another 5 minutes and add cilantro at the end.

8) Keep the mixture aside.

9) Take a pan and heat oil for deep fry.

10) Make the dough into small balls and roll them into circle shape.

11) cut the rolled dough into two semicircles.

12) Now, take one piece of circle and make it as a cone.

13) Take a spoon full of potato mixture already prepared and fill the cone.

14) Apply water at the end of cone and close it.

15) Make as many cones as you wish and deep fry them in oil till they turn golden brown.

16) Serve hot with Green chutney.

Tip:

You can add little bit of sooji(Ravva) to the dough mixture to get the cone crispy.

See my another post for Green Chutney.

Chutney

Ingredients:

Onions-1

Tomato-1/2

salt to taste

Green chillies-4

Groundnut powder-1/2 cup

Water -1/2 cup

Method:

1) Add chopped Oninons,Green chillies,Tomato,salt and water to a presuure cooker and cook it for 2 vissels.
2) Add finely groundnut powder to the mixture and stir well.
3) Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with Dose,Sangati or chapathi.