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Small idlis

2011-06-13T23:27:00.009+05:30

We get separate plate to make small and cute idlis..Kids find it very interesting and can eat on their own.

Aashrita just loves them...

1. when i apply ghee on both sides and toss it lightly in spicy idli powder..
If your kid do not eat that spicy then u can go for the others

2. Toss in sugar and some of them eat it with jam also..But aashrita just loves
when a little bit of spice is added to anything..So only a little bit..

3. Little variation to them u can add grated vegetables if ur kids love them.
Grated carrot,cabbage,capsicum will give good taste.

At home i used to be after her and keep on telling her to eat.But I really got a pleasant surprise today!!When aashu returned back from school she said amma i finished all the idlis u have put in the box....Wow that was an amazing feeling..So small idlis definitely goes into her lunchbox recipes..

The procedure is same for making idlis just make sure u get this separate small plate to make ur breakfast more interesting..I bet Your kids just love them.

Fruit Custard / Fruit Salad

2011-04-02T16:34:00.016+05:30

krish is coming back from Johannesberg after 2months...very much excited and wanted to do something very special for him..He told that he will be coming in the evening so i was little worried whether he will be eating dinner at home.So making something special that day will be wasted if he wont eat.But luckily he was back on time.I made his favourite dishes that day and delicious Fruit Custard / Fruit Salad. I have made this recipe long time back and was little conscious whether it will come out good or not. I just want the custard to the best and very tasty..So krish this custard is only n only for you dear.

Ingredients
1. 500ml Milk (it comes to 4-5 servings)
2. 2 tbsp of Vanilla Custard powder
3. 3 1/2 spoons of sugar
4. 2 tbsp of milk maid
5. 2 cups of fruits(banana,apple,Cherry's,grapes)

How to make :

1. Take vanilla custard in a bowl and add 1/2 cup of cool milk and mix it well
without any lumps
2. Boil the milk and then later add the above paste to the milk stirring
continuously
3. Simmer the flame and sugar and stir frequently for 3mins.
4. Let it cool and add Milk maid(Milk maid is optional but if added gives good
flavour to the custard)
5. Chill it in the refrigerator
6. What are you waiting for??...enjoy the delicious and yummy custard with your
family..

Ponganalu

2011-02-28T17:14:00.012+05:30

Ponganalu is very tast snack.I have learnt this from my Mom-Inlaw.It can be made either with dosa batter or idly batter. I usually make ponganalu with idly batter.Idly is like a boon to us.With Idly batter one can make many tiffins.
1. Idly
2. Idly Upma
3. Ponganalu
4. Uttapam

This is how Ponganalu pan/Skillet looks like

Once the batter is ready i use it for 4 days in my house.Preparing different items,everyone is happy!!!.Its easily comes to 2-4days.It depends on the quantity though.

There is no precise amounts of ingredients.It all depends on the quantity of batter you take.

Procedure for the batter:

Take the idly batter add salt,pinch turmeric,cumin seeds,finely chopped onions,finely sliced green chillies,finely chopped coriander,grated carrot peas,grates fresh coconut,.You can add any kind of vegetables.Even grated coconut gives good taste.
Mix all the ingredients and keep aside.

Ponganalu Batter

1. Heat oil in the ponganalu pan,

2. Pour the batter in the ponganalu pan/skillet

3. Cover it with a lid for 2-3mins.
4. Turn one and see, if it is golden brown then turn all of them to the other side.
and let it be on medium flame for about 3-4mins.

5. Hot and spicy ponganalu are ready to eat.

* You can have it with coconut chutney or any other chutneys according to your taste.
* You can also add tadka or popu to the batter.
* You can add grated vegetables like cabbage, capsicum,carrot.It depends on what u like to add

Dahi Vada

2011-02-28T15:15:00.010+05:30

Dahi vada was on my to-do list for a very long time.Just got the thought of making and here they are yum yum dahi vadas ready.Very very easy to make.If i can do it i bet anybody can do it :). I have gone through websites which helped me in making the shape and importantly a hole in the vada. Thanks a lot to the video that helped me. So get going and treat your loved ones.

Ingredients :

1. Urad dal - 1
2. Curd - 500gms
3. oil - Sufficient amount to deep fry vadas
4. Mustard powder - 1tsp
5. Grated Ginger - 1tsp
6. Mustard seeds - 1tsp
7. coriander leaves - 2 tbsp

1 Take 1 cup of minapappu/urad dal and soak for 3-4 hours
2. Make a batter.Batter must be thick
3. Add little salt to the batter.
4. If you take a spoon and try to drop the batter, it should fall down but
slowly.That should be the consistency
5. Take a pan and take sufficient oil to deep fry the vadas.
6. Take a plastic cover, apply some water,and wet your hands too so that the batter
dont stick to your hands.
7. With a spoon drop small lump on the cover.Now with wet hands.pat it slightly and
make hole in the middle.
8. Lift the vada from the cover.
9. Slighlty drop it in your hands and slide into the oil.
10. Since you apply water to the cover it easily comes to your hand.
since your hands are wet, it easily skids into the oil.
11. Huh!!your job of dropping the vada is done.
12. Now in the medium flame fry the vadas on 2 sides till it is golden color
take the vadas immerse in water for 2mins
13. Take it out and sqeeze water from the vada and keep it aside

For dahi :
14. Take 500gm of curd dilute it to an extent, add coriander,ginger grated,salt,1
spoon mustard powder and salt.
15. Keep the vadas in a bowl and pour curd.
add popu/tadka whenever you eat.

Mindblowing Chilled Dahi Vadas are ready to gulp

Aloo Bread Toast

2010-10-30T12:15:00.020+05:30

Kirshna loves Bread Toast and was asking for it for a long time.Finally today was the day.The toaster is a metallic one not the normal electric one. I was kind of worried whether it will come out good or not.So tried it and wow!!! it came out good for the first time. Ofcourse the first one was a mess :).Try this out, with a little effort you can see smile on your kids faces.

Main Ingredients :

1. 2 bread slices
2. Stuff to fill the bread
(stuff may be anything.Here i am using aloo stuff

How to prepare the stuff :

For the stuff you need the following Ingredients :

1. Potatoes medium - 1
2. Onion Medium sized chopped vertically - 1
3. Curry Leaves -tbsp
4. Coriander chopped finely - 1tbsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Green chillies finely chopped 3
7. Peas - 2 tbsp
8. Oil - 1tbsp
9. Mustard seeds - 1tsp
10 Turmeric powder - 1tsp
11 pinch of hing

How to prepare :

1. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, when they splutter add turmeric hing
followed by green chillies and curry leaves.
2. Fry for a minute and add onions,peas, add salt to it and sprinkle some water and
close it with a lid for say 2 minutes.
3. onions get cooked then add boiled ,peeled and smashed potatoes mix it properly and
sprinkle coriander leaves.
(you can make your won version by adding different spices like dhaniya powder, chat
masala or red chilli powder).Aloo stuff is ready.

Aloo Stuff
4. Apply little oil on either side of the toaster.
5. Take the metallic toaster and place the 2 bread slices with stuff on one side of
the bread.
(Many of them have electric toaster you can use them or you can fry it on a pan
with little oil)

6. While placing the stuff be little careful.
7. see that appropriate amount of aloo stuff is placed so that it wont come out while
closing the toaster.
8. Now close it and place it on the medium flame exactly 11/2 minutes on each side,
making total time to 3 minutes.

9. Hot Aloo bread toast is ready to be grabbed.Have it with Tomato or chilli sauce.

Note
1.Electric Toaster or frying pan can be used.
2.variations ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED
3.Any kind of vegetable can be used as per your wish
* Kids Just love eating such kind of food.

Soya curry

2010-10-25T22:18:00.006+05:30

Need to cook something very quick tasty and yummy??? Soya curry is the best you can go for..It can be prepared jhatpat in 15-20mins.Soya chunks are very rich in proteins and
very good for health. Soya with tomato combination is a mouthwatering dish.

Ingredients

1. Tomatoes - 3
2. Soya chunks - 10-15
2. medium sized onion - 1
3. curry leaves - 1 tbsp
4. coriander leaves for garnish
5. salt to taste
6. red mirchi powder - 1 tsp
7. hing a pinch
8. dhaniya powder - - 1/2 tsp
9. garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
10. oil -1 tbsp
11. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
12. urad dal - 1 tsp
13. turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Soya curry

How to make :

1. soak soya chunks in warm water till tender and keep it a side
2. Heat tbsp of oil and add mustard seeds, when they splutter add urad dal,hing and
turmeric.
3. fry for a min then add finely chopped onions and fry for a minute.
4. Next add finely chopped tomatoes.Add little water and close the lid
5. cook till tomatoes are tender.
6. Add all the spices(mirchi powder,salt,dhaniya powder,masala powder and curry leaves.
7. cook for 8-10minutes.
8. Add soya chunks and cook for 5 minutes.
9. soya curry is ready.

You can have this yummy curry with rice and chapatis.
I PREFER EATING WITH CHAPATIS : )

Ugadi subhakankshalu

2010-03-16T00:54:00.005+05:30

Puja Room

Naivaydhayam

Delicacies I Prepared on Ugadi

From clockwise Aloo Bajji,Tomato Pappu,Aloo Gobi curry,White Rice,Tomato Rasam,Ugadi Pachadi, Semia Payasam, Middle one is Mamidikaya pulihora.

Pav Bhaji

2010-01-22T00:31:00.004+05:30

While shopping in one of the stores I came across pav buns. Then a thought came to my mind why not pav bhaji. Pav bhaji is one of the loved chats of our country. One of my friends prepared this dish long time back which really tasted good. So I got some help from her and also through some of the sites , tadaaaan….Pav Bhaji is ready. I did it with the vegetables which were available that time. When can use any vegetables.Mostly used are potatoes, peas, beans,capcium, cauliflower, carrots. Lets don’t waste time and learn how to make it!!!

Ingredients :
• 6-8 pavs (available in any store)
• 2 cups boiled vegetables(potatoes,carrots,cauliflower ,beans)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp pav bhaji masala (available in stores with the name Everest Pav bhaji Masala)
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 ½ cup tomato paste
• 2 medium onions finely chopped
• 3 tbsp oil
• ½ cup coriander leaves finely chopped
• 1 lemon
. 1 tsp turmeric

Bhaji

Pav Bhaji

How to prepare :
1. Boil all the vegetable and mash them and keep it aside
2. Heat oil in the pan ,add ginger garlic paste and fry for a 1 minute till the raw
smell is gone
3. Next add finely chopped onions and fry them till translucent
4. Then goes tomato paste with salt,chilli powder and pav bhaji masala,turmeric.
5. Mix all the ingredients with some water and allow it to cook for 4-5 minutes.
6. Between stir the mixture so that it wont get burnt at the bottom
7. Add boiled vegetables to it and stir it continuously for 5 minutes
8. Now add chopped coriander leaves and our pav bhaji is done
9. HMMM entire house is filled with beautiful aroma of the spices.
10. Cut the pavs in between and apply butter and fry them on a pan for 1minute
11. Like a burger, you can stuff it in between or take it in a bowl with some lemon
juice and chopped onions. Fantastic taste…you should definitely try this.

Tamarind /Chintapandu Pulihora

2010-01-21T01:07:00.008+05:30

This is also a South Indian dish which is mostly made during festivals. My mom makes yummy pulihora . This dish always looked very much complicated to me. This time I seriously wanted to do this for sankranthi. The day before I noted down all the ingredients and procedure for tamarind pulihora. Strangely , Surprisingly, Amazingly wonderful and fabulous pulihora was made by me. Though it is the first time( I swear on god) it was really yummy. Still I need some hard work to put in..to make it the best. So lets note down the ingredients in moms style

Ingredients :
• 1 cup rice
• 2 cups water
• Lemon size tamarind
• 1tsp mustard
• 1tbsp chana dal
• 1 tsp urad dal
• 3 green chillies ( or can use according to ur spiciness)
• Salt to taste
• 1 ½ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp hing / asofotida
• 11/2 tbsp peanuts
• 1 tbsp curry leaves
• 2 tbsp oil

Tamarind/Chintapandu Pulihora

How to prepare :

1. Soak tamarind in water for 1 hour before you make the pulihora
2. Take the pulp out of it.
3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.Add mustard seeds, when they start spluttering add urad
dal and chana dal and peanuts, till the dal turn golden burn and you hear
splutter of peanuts. Next add curry leaves .Keep them aside
4. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in the same pan, add tamarind pulp, salt , turmeric.green
chillies slit vertically length wise and hing. cook for 10mins till the oil
floats above the mixture.
5. In the mean time pressure cook rice with two cups of water. When rice is done,
allow it to cool down in a large plate/container and see that grains separate
from each other like fried rice, by mixing it slowly with a fork or a spoon
separate the grains
6. Add cooked tamarind pulp to the rice along with peanuts and urad dal..Mix it
properly
7. Delicous Tamaring Pulihora is ready. First offer it to god and then have it.

Please Note :
1. Peanuts and dals are added along with tamarind pulp and cooked but to have the
crispiness of the dals I used it separately.
2. Tamarind pulp can be increased according to your taste.
3. Green chillies can be added according to your taste

Sankranthi specials

2010-01-21T00:22:00.014+05:30

Happy Sankrathi to all

Bhogi pallu celebrations was a good hit. I am very much surprised by own skills. I arranged all the things necessary for the ritual.Next day is Sankranthi festival which is the big festivel of the other two bhogi and kanuma. On this day a varieties of dished are prepared and people greet each other in the evening by giving til / nuvvuu.

I prepared so many dishes all alone on this occasion which i give credit myself. enough of my self dabba. But it is the first time we are celebrating this festival without parents/ inlaws.But i made it a point all should be done properly.
Sankrathi is also famous for rangolis. But this time i did not made any rangoli, asked to my servant to do the job.

I prepared the following items on this occasion

Aloo bajji

Chintapandu / Tamarind Pulihora

Payasam / Pongal

Aloo Curry

Aloo curry for Masala Dosa

2010-01-21T00:13:00.006+05:30

Most of the south Indians favorite breakfast is Masala Dosa. Whenever I visit a restaurant for breakfast I definitely go for Masala Dosa. Specially the mouthwatering aloo curry / masala placed inside the dosa is absolutely ummmmmmm.. no words. I tried to make this curry which will go best with rice, roti and even dosas.This is adopted from mom inlaw . So many recipes I learnt from her. All the credits goes to her.

Ingredients :
• 5 medium potatoes boiled
• 2 medium onions finely chopped
• 4 green chillies ( according to taste)
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp oil
• ½ cup coriander leaves
For thadka / popu
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1tsp urad dal / minapappu
• 1 tsp chana dal/ sengapappu
• Pinch hing / asofotida
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp curry leaves
• 2 tbsp lemon juice (optional)

Aloo Masala curry
How to prepare :
1. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, when they start spluttering, add urad dal
and chana dal, fry till golden brown.
2. Next add turmeric , finely chopped green chillies and onions and fry till onions are translucent.
3. Add curry leaves with partly mashed potatoes and salt. Mix it properly.
4. Stir for 5 mins. Then add lemon juice and mix properly and remove it from the flame.
5. Sprinkle coriander leaves.
6. Spicy and hot aloo curry is ready.

Sweet Pongal

2010-01-16T22:05:00.010+05:30

First time i tried this out, which turned very delicious.It is so yum yum.. No, no this is not my say, but my hubbys words.

Ingredients :
• 1 cup rice
• ½ cuo moong dal / pesarapappu
• 3 cups of water
• 1 cup grated coconut dry / fresh
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tbsp cashew nuts
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 2 cups milk

Sweet Pongal
How to make :

1. Pressure cook rice + dal + grated coconut with 3 cups of water till you get 3 whistles
2. Fry cashews and raisins in 1 tbsp of ghee and keep it aside
3. Add the cooked rice and dal mixture in the same pan in 2 cups of milk with sugar.
4. stir it continuously so that it wont get burnt at the bottom
5. Cook it till you get good consistancy. (Not too solid not too liqiud)
6. Add the remaining ghee from the top and mix it.
7. Finally add cashews and raisins.
8. Sweet Pongal is ready to eat.

Note : Chilled dessert is even more tastier

Hot Pongal / Pulagam

2010-01-14T23:31:00.002+05:30

This is hot pongali with lots of ghee and spicy pepper. My daughter says kamma (means very tasty). This recipe is very easy , quick and tasty.
Ingredients :
• 1 cup rice
• ½ cup Moong dal / green gram / pesarapappu
• 3 Pepper / Miriyalu
• Salt to taste
• 3 tbsp ghee( acc to taste)
• 3 cups water
• ½ tsp turmeric

Pongali

How to prepare :
1. Pressure cook rice + dal +Salt +turmeric +pepper (slightly crushed) with 3 cups of water
2. Cook till 3 whistles
3. Add 3 tbsp of ghee to the pongal and mix it properly
4. Hot Yummy pongal is ready to eat .
5. You can have it tomato pickle or taken as it is.

Bhogi specials

2010-01-14T23:24:00.005+05:30

Bhogi is the first day of four-day Sankranthi festival in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Tamil people celebrate Bhogi as Bhogi Pongal. Bhogi Mantalu and Bhogi Pallu are the main ritual during Bhogi festival. In the early morning, people light a sacred bonfire called Bhogi Mantalu. Children dance around bhogi mantalu, singing songs in praise of the gods and the South Indian harvest festival.
On Bhogi day, women folk spray cow dung and water in front of house and draw rangoli (muggulu). On Muggu (rangoli), gobbemmalu are kept. Gobbemma is a cow dung ball, decorated with pasupu (turmeric), kumkum, and flowers.

Bhogi pallu is special ritiual to be performed in the evening. On this day children wear new dresses and They are given bhogi pallu , mixture of fruits like berries / regu pallu , sugarcane / cheruku gaddalu, rice with some coins are showered on the heads of children to protect them from evil forces. Aarti is given to the children and later tambulaluu to the muthaidulu / married women.

Bhogi pallu

Thambulalu

Shaahi Paneer

2010-01-04T21:51:00.004+05:30

Name itself has some royal feeling . This recipe is taken from my mother-inlaw.
She is an expert in North Indian as well as south Indian dishes. I am making an effort to learn some of the delicious recipes from her. Well here is shaahi paneer .

Ingredients :
• 200gms Paneer
• Handful of cashew nuts soaked overnight and made into fine paste
• 3 medium tomatoes chopped and made in to fine paste
• 2 medium onions made into paste
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• 1 tsp daniya powder
• 1 ½ tsp chilli powder
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 3 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• Few coriander leaves

Shaahi Paneer

How to prepare :
1. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and fry them for a minute
2. Next add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell is gone (2min)
3. Next add onion paste and fry for 3minutes till brownish color.
4. Next add tomato paste and cook for 5 minutes
5. Add chilli powder, daniya powder, garam masala powder and salt with little water
6. And cook the mixture so that all the spices are mixed properly
7. After 5-10 minutes , add cashew nut paste to the mixture and stir for 5 minutes
8. Finally add paneer to the mixture and stir it continuously for a minute
9. Shaahi Paneer is ready. You can have it with roti,puri and pulao.
Note :
Paneer has to be added to the gravy 5 minutes before you eat because paneer may get dissolved in it. You can overcome it by frying paneer in low flame till golden brown and add to it.

Coriander chutney / Kothmir pachadi

2010-01-04T21:45:00.003+05:30

Coriander Chutney : Coriander chutney is so yummy, very easy and quick recipe . Coriander is so freshly available in Bangalore and the aroma is irresistible.The flavor is so good.There are many ways to make the chutney.Mothers recipe is right here.

Ingredients :
• 1 bunch coriander leaves cleaned and chopped roughly
• 8 dry red chillies
• Lemon size Tamarind
• Salt to taste

For Seasoning :

• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp urad dal
• Pinch hing
• Pinch turmeric
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 ½ tbsp oil

Coriander Chutney

How to prepare :
1. Heat ½ tbsp oil in a pan, add red chillies and fry them for 2-3mins.
2. Blend these red chillies along with cumin seeds
3. Next add to it chopped coriander leaves, salt,tamarind and make a paste.
4. Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds, when they start spluttering, add urad dal
5. Fry them for a minute and in the last add hing and turmeric
6. Add the seasoning to the paste
7. Delicious Coriander chutney is ready to be taken with Hot rice.

Tomato - onion Raita

2010-01-02T15:21:00.004+05:30

Raita is a cool summer dish. It is mostly taken with pulao or any fried rice. It can also taken as it is.

Ingredients :
• 2 medium ripe tomatoes chopped finely
• 1 onion chopped finely
• ½ bunch coriander leaves chopped finely
• ½ tsp mustard powder (optional)
• Salt to taste
• 2 cups curd / yogurt

Tomato onion Raita

How to prepare :
1. Beat the curd lightly until smooth
2. Add chopped tomatoes, onions, salt,mustard powder and coriander leaves to the curd
3. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves.
4. Healthy tasty chilled Tomato and onion raita is ready to be served with pulao.

Note : Most of them add chilli powder, pepper powder and cumin powder to the raita. It is personal choice

Carrot Halwa

2010-01-02T14:49:00.004+05:30

Carrot halwa is done quite often in our house. But krishna happen to eat very less sweets. But he likes the carrot halwa made by me.I personally like this delicious dessert. It is very simple to make. Anybody can try it.

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups of grated carrot

2. 1 1/2 cups sugar

3. 5 tbsp of ghee

4• 10-15 Cashew nuts crushed

5• 10-15 Raisins

6• 1 cup sugar

7• 1tsp Cardamom(Ilaichi) powder

Carrot Halwa
How to prepare

1. Take 1 tbs of ghee in a pan and fry Cashew nuts and Raisins separately and keep
them aside
2. Add 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan, maintain low flame
3. After 30seconds, add grated carrot to it, stir for 10 mins continuously.
4. Add 3 cups of water and keep the lid,cook for 10-15 mins, stir occasionally so
that it doesn’t stick to the pan
5. Continue this process till beetroot becomes soft
6. Add 1 cup of sugar, Cardamom powder to it and stir it for 5mins.
7. Add raisins and cashews to it
8. Finally garnish it with the remaining cashews and raisins
9. Delicious carrot halwa is ready to be served.

Happy New Year 2010

2009-12-31T00:00:00.003+05:30

Sweet Corn and Potatoes with Tomato gravy

2009-12-30T00:10:00.005+05:30

Last month I was having conversation with my friend , I generally asked her whats the menu today, she told me that she did this Healthy and tasty dish , corn and potato with tomatoes. Since then I was just curious about doing.
Last week I bought all the ingredients required for this recipe but somehow it got delayed. Finally I have done that with a little variation today. Sweet corn was very fresh and the dish was delicious as usual.

Ingredients :
• 1 ½ cup boiled sweet corn
• 1 cup boiled potatoes chopped
• 3 medium tomatoes chopped
• 2 medium onions chopped
• 1 ½ tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 3 cloves
• 1 small cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp oil
• 5 tbsp of water
• 1 tsp corn flour

Sweet corn and Potatoes with Tomato Gravy
How to prepare :

1. Blend onions and tomatoes into a fine paste separately .
2. Pressure cook sweet corn and potatoes till you get exactly 2 whistles.
3. Heat oil in pan, add cloves ,cinnamon fry for a 1min. Then add ginger garlic
paste fry till the raw smell is gone and it is somewhat brown in color.
4. Next Add onion paste and fry for 3mins
5. Next add tomato paste and cook for 5mins stirring In between so that it wont get
burnt
6. Add , 1 small glass of water to the mixture and add coriander powder ,chilli
powder and salt and allow it to cook for few minutes so that all the spices are
mixed properly
7. Add boiled potatoes and corn to the gravy and cook for 5 mins. You can add water
to the mixture if the consistency of the gravy is thick.
8. After 5-10 mins add 1 tsp of corn flour diluted in little water to the mixture
and stirring continuously for a minute.
9. Sweet corn with aloo in tomato gravy is ready and have it with rotis or any
Indian bread.

Tomato chutney / Tomato pickle / Tomato pachadi

2009-12-28T16:05:00.006+05:30

Ingredients :

• 5 medium tomatoes chopped roughly
• 2 medium onions chopped
• 2 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste
• 4-5 green chillies ( add more or else acc to taste)
• 3-4 flakes of tamarind
• 3 tbsp Sesame seeds
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1tsp urad dal
• 1 tsp mustard seed
• 3 dry red chillies
• Pinch of hing

Tomato chutney

How to prepare :

1. Heat oil in a pan, roast sesame seeds say 2-3 min.keep aside.
2. Next roast coriander seeds in the same skillet for 2-3 min stirring
continuously,keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in the same pan, and fry green chillies till white bubbles are formed, be
careful since they happen to splutter right on ur face.
4. keep the chillies aside and in the same oil add chopped tomatoes and cook them
for 5mins
5. First grind sesame seeds + coriander seeds.Next goes cooked tomatoes,salt,green
chillies,onions,tamarind, make a fine paste.
6. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan ,add mustard seeds, when they splutter add red
chillies, urad dal fry till it is golden brown ,finally pinch of hing.
7. Tomato chutney is ready to be taken with either chapathis or rice.
8. Chopped onions to the side make it even more tastier

Palak Chutney / Palak Pachadi / Spinach pickle

2009-12-27T23:08:00.004+05:30

Mom used to make this pickle quite often and we all used to love the dish. Goes best with rice, with finely chopped onions in between makes it even more tastier.

Ingredients :
1. 3 bunches of palak cleaned with water and finely chopped
2. Marble size tamarind
3. 1 small onion
4. 3-4 green chillies / add more or less according to taste
5. Salt to taste
6. 3 tbsp oil
7. 5-8 dry red chillies
8. 1 tsp dhaniya powder
9. 1 tsp cumin seeds
10. ½ tsp turmeric

For tempering / Popu / thaalinpu ( so many names)

1. 1tsp mustard seeds
2. Pinch asofotida
3. 1 tsp Urad dal

Palak chutney

How to Prepare :

1. Cook chopped palak in a 1 tbsp of oil till water gets evaporated.
2. Now add red chillies in the another skillet / kadai fry for 25 sec
3. In a mixer add cooked palak, tamarind( you cane also add pulp),red chillies,
dhaniya powder,cumin seeds,salt and turmeric into a fine paste.
4. For tempering , Heat 1 tbsp of oil in kadai ,add mustard seeds when they start
spluttering add urad dal fry till golden brown and in the last add hing /
asofotida. Add to the pachhadi / chutney .

Note : red chillies can be added more or less according your taste.
Tamarind is directly or made can extract pulp and used .

Chilli Gobi / Spicy Cauliflower curry

2009-12-19T14:22:00.007+05:30

Chilli Gobi / Spicy Cauliflower curry : Name itself is very tempting. The other day I have gone through chilli paneer recipe which made me do this spicy chilli cauliflower curry. Cauliflower is very tasty vegetable which can be taken either dry or with gravy.Chilli gobi is a dry dish with lots of chillies and sauces and very easy to make. It goes best with rice. I have done my own variations to this recipe.

Ingredients :
1. 1 medium size cauliflower / 3cups of florets
2. 2 medium size potatoes boiled and cut into cubes
3. 3 tbsp oil
4. Salt to taste
5. ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
6. 1/2tsp cumin seeds
7. 1tsp urad dal
8. Pinch hing / asofotida
9. 2tsp chilli powder
10. 1tsp chilli sauce
11. 1tsp soya sauce
12. 2tbsp corn flour
13. 2 green chillies
14. 1 tsp coriander powder
15. 2 tsp gram flour / besan
16. Pinch of azinomoto
17. ½ tsp turmeric
18. 2 green chillies
19. 2 tsp curry leaves
20. 1 bunch coriander leaves

Chilli Gobi
Method :
1. Cook the florets in warm water for 10mins with little salt.
2. Take a bowl,add 2 tbsp of corn flour and salt.
3. Mix the florets to the above mixture properly
4. Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds , when they start spluttering add urad
dal ,curry leaves,finely chopped green chillies followed by hing
5. Add florets and boiled potaoes to the mixture and fry it for 5min .
6. Sprinkle some water keep the lid and allow to cook.(too much of water should not
be used,since cauliflower cooks very quickly)
7. When the cauliflower is tender remove the lid.
8. Stir fry the mixture for every 2-3mins till the cauliflower golden brown
9. Now add chilli powder,salt,daniya powder ,besan ,azinomoto,soya sauce,chilli
sauce turmeric and fry the mixture for 5 min continuosly.
10. Now add finely chopped coriander leaves, serve hot with rice

Note : If you don’t want too much spiciness you can reduce the chilli quantity.

Aloo and Palak Sabji / Potato and Palak curry

2009-12-14T20:03:00.021+05:30

It was a lovely evening and I had to prepare something for dinner tonight. I thought of doing something, which is different and tasty. As usual K is the” bali ka bakra” lol. Jokes a part, I started doing some good cooking lately. My dear K happen to like them at gun point haha.

I had some fresh palak and baby potatoes and decided to combine these two. Though this is not my idea entirely, I read this recipe from other blog, made little changes and it was very tasty.

Ingredients :
1. 3 bunches of fresh palak
2. 250gms baby potatoes
3. 3 tbsp oil
4. Salt to taste
5. ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
6. 2 cloves
7. 1 small piece cinnamon
8. 2 green chillies

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Potato and Palak curry

Procedure :
1. Boil the potatoes and make holes with a fork into them
2. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in pan .Add cleaned and chopped palak to it.
3. Cook for about 4-5mins allow it to cool
4. Make a paste of 2 green chillies + cooked palak +salt and keep it aside
5. Heat remaining 2tbsp of oil in a wok ,when hot add cloves cinnamon. Fry for 1min
6. Next add ginger garlic paste till raw smell is gone.
7. Add palak paste to the mixture and cook for 5 mins.
8. Add 1 cup of milk and add boiled potatoes to it and cook for 10mins
9. Serve hot with rotis

Note : I used only little spices you can add more spices to make it more spicer.
Milk was readily available so I used it, instead cream can also be used.
Salt has to be carefully used since palak already has some amount of salt in it.

Cabbage curry with coconut and Peas

2009-12-12T14:25:00.003+05:30

My mother used to make very simple curry with cabbage which was very tasty though.My mother inlaws recipes are mouth watering and very delicious. Cabbage with coconut and peas combination is very yummy and it is one of the recipes which I have learnt from her. So lets see the procedure.

Ingridients :

1. 250gm cabbage finely chopped
2. 1 cup fresh grated cocunt
3. 1 cup peas
4. 1 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves
5. 2-3 green chillies finely chopped
6. Salt to taste
7. ½ tsp tumeric
8. 2 tbsp oil
9. 1 tsp mustard seeds
10. 1tsp cumin seeds
11. 1 tsp chana dal
12. 1 tsp moong dal
13. Pinch of hing / asofotida

Cabbage curry with cocnut and peas
Procedure :
1. Clean chopped cabbage and drain the water.
2. To the cabbage add salt, ½tsp turmeric,finely chopped green chillies and peas
3. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and pressure cook it with little
water ,sufficient enough to cook,till you get 2 whistles.

*(You can also cook directly in a skillet but trust me this takes very little time but we need to make cure not to get more than 2 whistles when you pressure cook it.)

4. Heat oil in a skillet, wait till it is quite hot, add mustard seeds,dals and in the last asofotida
5. stir it till mustard seed splutter and dals are golden brown
6. Now add the cooked cabbage mixture from the pressure cooker .Stir for 5 min
7. Now add grated cabbage mix it properly f0r 2-3 mins.
8. Finally garnish with coriander leaves.Serve hot with rice

Matar Paneer

2009-11-04T23:40:00.011+05:30

Matar Paneer is a very tasty dish which needs little effort and it turns out to be delicious!!!!!I had tried it a couple of times.Matar Paneer and Aloo matar are more or less have the same procedure.

Ingredients

1. 100gms Paneer cut into cubes
2. 11/2 cup boiled peas
3. 3 medium tomatoes made into paste
4. 2 medium onions made into paste
5. 1 tsp cumin powder
6. 1 tsp coriander powder
7. 1tsp garam masala powder
8. 1/2 tsp amchur powder
9. 11/2 tsp chilli powder
10. 2tbsp oil
11. salt to taste
12. 1bunch of coriander leaves to garnish

Matar Paneer

How to prepare :

1. Heat oil in a shallow skillet and add onion paste and fry it till turn golden
brown
2. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a min till the raw smell is gone
3. Next add tomato puree / paste to it and fry it for a min and cover the lid.
4. After 2mins remove the lid and add all the spices, cumin powder,coriander powder
garam masala pwder,chilli powder and salt.
5. Add some 2 cups of water to the mixture and mix all the spices properly and allow
it boil for 10 mins
6. Add peas and paneer to the gravy you made and allow it cook for 5 - 10 mins.
7. Mouth Watering Matar Paneer is ready.Garnish with Coriander leaves
8. Serve it with rotis or nans.

Aloo and Brinjal Curry

2009-10-22T00:01:00.007+05:30

Ingredients :

1. 3 medium potatoes
2. 2 brinjals
3. 3 medium onions
4. Curry and coriander leaves
5. 1 tsp Red chilli powder
6. 3 tsp of besan / gram flour
7. 1 tsp of garam masala powder
8. 1 tsp coriander powder
9. Salt to taste
10.3 tsp oil
11.1 tsp mustard seeds
12.1tsp cumin seeds
13.1 tsp bengal gram / chana dal
14.1.tsp green gram / moong dal

Aloo and Vankaya curry
Preparation :

1. Cut the potatoes ,brinjal and onions vertically in the same shape so that all of
them will be cooked properly at the same time.
2. Heat oil in the pan and add mustard seed s and cumin seeds till they splutter
3. Next add the dals and stir for a min till they are brown
4. Add curry leaves ,onions and fry them till golden brown
5. Next add potatoes and brinjal and salt
6. Mix it properly and sprinkle little water and close the lid
7. Cook it for 5 min and mix it and then sprinkle some more water and close the lid.
8. Repeat the process till potatoes and brinjal are cooked
9. Adding more water makes brinjals overcooked and the dish may get spoil.
10.When the vegetables are tender add red chilli powder , 1 tsp of coriander
powder , garam masala powder and 3 tsp of graml flour / besan and mix it properly
and stir fry it continuosly for 5 – 10mins so that it doesn’t get burnt at the
bottom.garnish with coriander leaves.

Aloo and vankaya / Potato and brinjal curry is ready to eat with rice .ummmmmmmmmmm

Chole

2009-10-21T23:49:00.006+05:30

chole is a yum yum recipe and very easy to prepare. We need to prepare all the gravies first and keep it aside and start the preperation.

Ingridients :

1. 250gms of kabuli chana
2. 2 medium size potato boiled and cut into small pieces
3. 2 medium onions
4. 3 tomatoes
5. 3 tsp oil
6. 1 tsp chili powder
7. 1 1/2 tsp chole masala powder (available in stores)
8. Salt to taste
9. 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
10.3 tbsp of tamarind juice

Chole
Preperation:

1. Soak kabuli chana overnight and pressure cook chana and keep it a aside.
2. Take ½ of the cooked chana and make a paste.
3. Cut tomatoes and onions and make fine paste separately
4. Heat oil in a pan and add onion paste till it is golden brown
5. Add ginger garlic paste stir it till the raw smell is gone
6. Next add the chana paste and mix it properly
7. Add rest of the boiled chana and then goes chilli powder and salt and tamarind
Juice
8. Cook the mixture for 5 min. Finally add kabuli chana masala powder or general
masala powder which can be prepared at home.
9. Finally garnish with coriander leaves .

You can have it directly.
By adding little lemon juice and finely chopped onions makes it more yummier.
You can have it with rotis nans and even pulao.

Note : If you want to make it more spicy you can add little more chilli and masala powder.

Egg Curry

2009-09-08T23:26:00.005+05:30

Masala egg curry is similar to my Dum aloo recipe.Just we have to replace aloo with eggs. It goes well with rotis and rice.

Ingredients :

1. 3 eggs boiled and cut into half
2. 1/2 tsp masala powder
3. 1 big onion
4. 4 medium tomatoes
5. salt as per taste
6. 1 tsp chilly powder
7. 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
8. 1 tsp flour
9. 1 tbsp of oil
10. 1/2 bunch of coriander

Egg Curry

How to make :

1. Make fine paste of onion and tomatoes. Take oil in a pan.
2. Add ginger garlic paste and stir for 2 min and next add onion paste till golden brown
3. Add tomato paste and stir for 5 min.
4. Add salt, chilli powder and mix it properly and finally add masala powder.
5. make small slits to the eggs and place in the mixture and stir for 3 or 4 mins.
6. Finally garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rotis or rice.

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Aloo Paratha

2009-07-02T23:41:00.005+05:30

I experimented aloo paratha for the first time. First paratha was a disaster but the second, third had turned out so well that I very much surprised, ofcourse taste was good too. Krish has liked it.

Ingredients :

1.Aloo - 2, medium sized, Boiled,peeled and smashed
2.Green chillies – 2,finely chopped
3.Onion - 1 finely chopped
4.Cilantro – ½ bunch
5.Salt – as per taste
6.chilly powder – as per taste
7.garam masal – ½ tsp
8.oil – 1tbsp
9.2 cups of wheat flour

How to prepare the aloo stuff

To the smashed potatoes add ½ tsp salt,1/2 tsp chilly powder and ½ tbsp garam masala. Mix it properly.

How to make Parathas

1. Take oil in pan and fry green chillies and onions till they turn golden brown
2. Add Aloo mixture to it and mix it properly
3. Add chopped cilantro and fry for 5- 6 min and keep it aside to cool
4. Mix water and wheat flour with salt and knead to make a smooth dough
5. Keep it for ½ hour
6. Make small ball out of dough and place the aloo stuff in the center.
7. Draw the edges towards the center to cover the mixture
8. Press the resulting dough gently and dust it with flour
9. Make it as a roti and place it on a preheated pan
10.After few min reveres the side of paratha after golden brown patches appear on
first side
11.Sprinkle some oil and then flip again
12.Cook till it is properly done
13.Hot Paratha is served with curd or chutneys

Aloo n Peas Pulao / Veg Pulao

2009-06-12T14:15:00.005+05:30

A small celebration has been made at Home for the New Year Eve .Just me, K and Aashu. She just woke up few mins before the New Year and we cut the cake and rest of the time spent watching T.V. Though we were alone we had our own part of fun.On 1st of Jan I thought of doing something special at home rather than going out for lunch. Well so the Menu goes …….
- Aloo n Peas Pulao with Tomato raitha.
- Chole with puri.

Krish liked Pulao so much that he ended up licking his fingers…lol

What we need

- 2 cups of rice
- 2 big potatos cut into cubes
- 1/12 cups of peas
- Garam masala includes the spices ..6 cloves, 1 sp shah jeera, 1 bay leaf , 1
long
- cinnamon broken into pieces
- 1 sp of ginger garlic paste
- 2 tbsp of oil/ghee
- 4 green chilies
- Salt to taste
- 3 cups of water

Aloo and Peas Pulao

How to prepare

1. Wash the rice and add 3 cups of water to it.
2. Heat oil in a pan on low flame
3. Add all the spices (cloves,jeera,bay leaf,cinnamon) ad stir for 1min
4. Next add ginger garlic paste and stir for 30seconds.
5. cut the green chilies vertically and add to the mixture and stir it
6. Add potatoes, peas and stir fry for few minutes.
7. Add Rice with 3 cups of water to the mixture along with salt
8. Mix the ingridients properly and pressure cook it, till you get 2 whistles
9. Remove the lid and mix the mixture
10.serve hot with raitha

Vegetable Fried Rice

2009-06-12T11:19:00.005+05:30

Fried rice is one of the dishes I always wanted to make. But I never took the initiative to learn the recipe. For the past few days I was very busy, tired and exhausted with Aashrita, did not get time to eat or cook properly. After a long time, thought of making fried rice. It took us only 30-35mins and it tasted amazingly beautiful with different colored vegetables and ummm……sooooooo delicious.You want to taste some? Its very easy to prepare. What you need is good mood and passion to eat.

Ingridients :

- ½ cup carrots chopped finely
- ½ cup beans chopped finely
- ½ cup peas
- 1 cup spring onions chopped
- 1 sp soya sauce
- 1 sp pepper
- 1 sp chilly sauce
- 1sp tomato sauce
- 4 cups of rice
- Salt to taste
- 2tbs oil
- ½ sp ajinomoto
- 1sp gingergarlic paste

Method

Cook the rice.(1 cup of rice 2 cups of water) Spread the rice on a plate, allow it to cool. Add little oil to it and mix it well so that each grain separate from each other. Another method is, keep the cooked rice in refrigerator for 1 hr.

Vegetable Fried Rice

1. Heat oil in a pan
2. Add ginger garlic paste fry till light brown
3. Add all the vegetables, put the harder vegetables first followd by the lighter
ones ( first carrots,peas,beans,spring onions)
4. Add salt, ajinomoto, pepper, 1sp chilly,tomatosauce,soya sauce to the mixture
and stir fry on low flame for 5mins
5. Add rice to the mixure amd mix it properly
6. Vegetable fried rice is ready
7. serve hot

Beetroot Halwa

2009-01-07T00:50:00.004+05:30

For the past few days I have been very busy looking after Aashu. So its quite sometime I prepared any new dish. The occasion called for when K’s Aunt and Uncle dropped by for three days. I was quite apprehensive whether they will like my cooking. They were our first guests after marriage and after moving into our new house. There were fresh Beetroots in the refrigerator. I thought why not prepare Beetroot Halwa. It turned out to be very yum yum and delicious. This is Ammas receipe.
Beetroot is disliked by most of the people because of its color but it is good source of iron and other nutrients.It has vitamins A,B AND C.

What do we need

•3 cups of grated beetroot

•3 tbsp of ghee

•Cashew nuts(10-15)

•Raisins(10-15)

•1 cup sugar

•½ sp Cardamom(Ilaichi) powder

Beetroot Halwa

How to prepare

1.Take 1 tbs of ghee in a pan and fry Cashew nuts and Raisins separately and keep
them aside
2.Add 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan, maintain low flame
3.After 30seconds, add grated Beetroot to it, stir for 5 mins .
4.add 3 cups of water (milk is the best option instead of water) and keep the lid
for 10-15 mins, stir occasionally so that it doesn’t stick to the pan
5.Continue this process till beetroot becomes soft
6.Add 1 cup of sugar, Cardamom powder to it and stir it for 5mins.
7.Add raisins and cashews to it
8.Finally garnish it with the remaining cashews and raisins
9.Delicious beetroot halwa is ready to be served !

Carrot curry

2009-01-07T00:32:00.004+05:30

we can be eat carrots in a variety of ways. The simplest way is raw as carrots are perfectly digestible without requiring cooking. Alternatively they may be chopped and boiled, fried or steamed, and cooked in soups and stews.Carrots contain beta-carotene, a carotenoid pigment found in bright orange fruits and vegetables.I t is rich in vitamin A. Vitamin A plays a major role in eyesight by preventing night blindness and helping with the maintenance of a healthy, clear cornea (outer membrane of the eye).
Carrots are loved by most-of-them. Carrot curry is very easy to prepare. The only hard work you need to put is to grate it. K & me love this dish so I often prepare this.Do you know something, to everybodys surprise i learnt this receipe from "K"

Ingredients

• Grated carrots 3 cups

• Green chilies 4

• 2 tbsp of oil

• Salt to taste

• Lemon juice 3 spoons

• Few coriander leaves

Procedure

1.Peel carrots and grate them

2.Take oil in a pan

3.Add mustard and pinch of hing(hing is optional), fry it till it splutters

4.Add chopped green chilies slit vertically to the oil

5.Next Add grated carrot along with salt

6.Stir for 5 minutes on a low flame till the carrot becomes little soft

7.Remove the curry from the flame and now add lemon juice to it.

8.Finally sprinkle few coriander leaves on it.

It goes best with Rice and even eat it as snack in the evening

Carrot Curry

Note : We have to add the lemon juice to the curry when it is removed from the flame

Happy and a Wonderful New Year 2009

2009-01-01T16:37:00.004+05:30

Another year just passed by so fast.This New year we planned to stay at home and enjoy.Its chilling outside and we decided to celebrate at home.Krishna and I decorated a little bit with balloons and colored ribbons which turned to be hmmm not bad at all. We planned to have some music but since Aashrita was fast asleep we dropped the plan and stuck to the T.V. We got a Black Forest cake Yummmyyy.Naku chala istam Black Forest and Butter scotch. Had dinner at 9.30pm and Aashrita to the surprise gotup and joined us to celebrate. At the tick of 12.00 I and krishna greeted each other with new year wishes and ofcourse Aashu got lot of kisses from me. Aashu and I cut the cake and took few snaps.well Inti nuchi amma and attayya deggara nunchi calls vachai so wish chesi, finally at 1.00 ki padukunnamu.
Konni snaps upload chesanu so see it and enojoy!!!!!!!!!!!! bye for now

Onion Rice

2008-12-21T18:15:00.006+05:30

Yet to be prepared

Night Out at Corner House

2008-12-18T00:26:00.006+05:30

Today we suddenly decided to go out and have Masala Dosa which is my favourite.I and krishna had Dosa at Corner House(Dosa and chats special) at Marthahalli.Yummy!!! Dosa was delicious.Aashrita was enjoying in her stroller, kicking her legs and making funny sounds.I had Hot chocolate fudge after having dosa.It is so cold outside,but still ate icecream.We enjoyed a lot and I wore new kurthi bought at Cosmos Mall.

Dum Aloo Preparation

2008-12-17T17:36:00.009+05:30

Ingredients

• Baby potatoes 10

• 4 tomatoes (medium)

• 3 onions (medium)

• 2 spoons garam masala powder

• 1 spoon of ginger garlic paste

• 3 table spoons of oil

• Salt(according to taste)

• Pepper(according to taste)

• Coriander leaves ½ bunch

Dum Aloo
Procedure

1. Make paste of tomatoes and onion separately

2. Take 2 table spoons of oil in the pan, add onion paste

3. Fry the above mixture till onion paste is golen brown

4. Next add ginger garlic paste and fry for few minutes.

5. Next add tomato paste and stir it for few minutes.

6. Add salt and pepper according to the taste

7. Boil the potatoes and make holes to the boiled potatoes on all sides with a fork

8. Add potatoes to the mixture and stir it for few minutes and finally add garam
masala powder

9. Sprinkle with finely chopped coriander leaves

10.Serve it with hot rotis

Pudina Rice

2008-12-17T17:28:00.018+05:30

Mint leaves( in Hindi pudina) is dark green leaves with pleasant flavour. Mint is grown all over the world. It comes in many varieties such as spearmint, peppermint etc, each with distinct flavour.It has an important place in Indian cuisine. It is used in variety of dishes like fruit salads, vegetable salads, salad dressings, soups, desserts, juices rasam, Sambar, biryanis ,chutneys etc.
when i was working in college i had this friend name sirisha. she is very good cook.She makes excellent rice dishes. She told me this receipe. Hey Thanks sirisha.

Ingredients:

• Cooked Rice 4 cups

• 1 bunch of Pudina leaves

• 4 green chillies (add more/less acc to taste)

• Garam Masala 1spoon

• Ginger garlic paste 1 spoon

• Onions 2 medium or 1 big

• Oil 2 table spoons

Pudina Rice

Procedure

1. Make a paste of pudina leaves and green chilies and keep it a side.

2. Heat oil in a pan, then add finely chopped onions, fry until golden brown

3. Add ginger garlic paste and then add grinded pudina & chilli paste.

4. Fry the above paste for few minutes and then finally add salt and garam masala.

5. Add the above paste to the cooked rice, mix it well.

6. Serve it with raitha

Sprouts

2008-12-13T21:15:00.031+05:30

• 1 cup of (100 gms) of sprouts
• 1 Onion
• 3 Green chilies
• 1 Tomato
• Lemon
• Coriander leaves

Procedure
Finely chop onions and tomatoes

1. Take oil (1/2 tsp) in a pan
2. Season it with mustard and a pinch of hing
3. When mustard starts to crackle add sprouts to the oil
4. Add little bit of salt to the mixture
5. Stir it for 5 minutes on low flame

Serve it in a bowl with Onions, tomatoes and coriander

Now a spicy yummy sprouts snack is ready to eat.
A very easy and healthy food for a quick and tasty snack.

2008-12-12T18:17:00.001+05:30