Stuffed Sandwich!

INGREDIENTS:

Bread slices-4

Butter

Boiled potatoe-1(bigsize)

Boiled peas-1/2cup

Green chilli chopped-4

Curry leaves chopped-1tspn

Chopped Cilantro-1/4cup

Chopped garlic -1clove

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder-pinch

mustard&cumin seeds-1/2spn each

Chat masala powder-1/4spn

Green chutney

PROCESS:

Stuffing Preparation:

Take a bowl and mash the boiled potato and peas.
Take a pan ,add 1tsbpn oil,once heat add chopped garlic, mustard seeds,cumin seeds,curry leaves.
Once they splutter add turmeric powder and then add the mashed potato and peas.Fry for 2min.Add salt to taste and chat masala powder.Add chopped cilantro and cook for 2min.

Allow it to cool to stuff in the bread slices.

Sandwich Preparation:

Take each bread slice(wheat or white bread) apply green chutney on onside and on tat add the potatoe curry and spread it equally,and close it with other slice of bread with green chutney applied.

Now take a pan and add butter and toast the bread on both sides.Similarly prepare other set of bread sandwich with curry stuffed.
You can also add grated cheese if you like.

Yummy and healthy stuffed sandwich is ready to serve with some sauce.......!

Palakura Pappu (Spinach Daal)!

INGREDIENTS:

Spinach-2cups

Toor Daal-1cup

Turmeric powder-pinch

Salt to taste

Tamarind-1inchsize

Green chilli-4

Red chilli-1

Curry leaves-1stem

Garlic-1clove

Hing/ingua-1/4spn

Red chilli powder-1spn

PROCESS:

Wash and cut spinach .Wash toor daal and add it to a pressure cooker along with spinach.

Add pinch of turmeric powder and green chilli.Add 1:2.5 cup water.

Also add 1/4cup of tamaring juice and close the lid.Allow it cook for 5whisltes and switchoff the gas and allow it to cool.

Take a pan and add oil and allow it to heat.Then add chopped garlic clove, red chilli,curry leaves,mustard seeds and cumin seeds.Once they start to splutter add little hing and red chilli powder.And immediately add the cooked daal to this pan.

Add salt to taste and mix well and now you can take it into serving bowl.
Serve it with hot rice and pickle with some desi ghee..You can serve spinach daal with chapathi too....

Brinjal gravy curry!(masala vankaya kura)

INGREDIENTS:

Brinjal-8(med size)

Onion-1(big size)

Green chilli-4

Curry Leaves-1stem

Chopped cilantro-1/4cup

Tamaring water-1/4cup

Red chilli powder-1btspn

Coriander powder-1tbspn

Sugar-1/4tbspn

Ginger-1inch size piece

Salt to taste

cumin seeds-1tspn

PROCESS:

Cut the brinjal lengthwise and drop them in water.

Chop the onions and gring onions,ginger and 1spn jeera to rough paste.

Take a pressure cooker, add oil(2tbspn) and allow to it heat .

Now add mustard seeds,curry leaves,green chilli.Then add onion paste .

To this add salt to taste,red chilli and coriander powder and pinch of turmeric powder.

Fry for 5min .Add brinjal pieces and cook for 5min .

Now add 1/2 bowl of tamarind water and 1/4tbspn of sugar and close the cooker with lid and allow it to cook for 3whisltes.

Once cool, take the curry into a serving bowl and garnish it with choppped cilantro.

This is very simple and tasty recipe.It is good combination with rice and also roti.

Tomato Bath (tomato upma) !

INGREDIENTS:

Sooji or upma ravva-1cup

Onion (half )-thinly sliced

Green Chilli-4-5

Ginger(1inch slice)-chopped

Chopped Tomatoes-2

Cilantro chopped-1/2cup

Cashew/roasted peanuts-3tspn

Oil-4tspn

Curry leaves-6

Mustard seeds-1tspn

Urad daal-2tspn

Chana daal-2tspn

PROCESS:

Take a kadai or cooking pan ,add oil 4-5tbspn.When it is warm ,add mustard seeds,urad daal,chana daal,curry leaves,green chilli and fry for 1min.Then add sliced onion and ginger and saute for 2-3 min.Add roasted peanuts or cashew according to your taste.(you can also add a tspn of desi ghee for the delicious taste)

Now add chopped tomatoes and cook till they become soft,also add chopped cilantro and fry for a 1min.Now add water in the ratio1:3.Add salt to taste and let the water come to boil.

Once the water starts boilingchange the gas to med and slowly add sooji or ravva by stirring continuously.Now stir it well and then close the pan with a lid and let it cook for 2min onlow flame.Check after 2min, mix it well and witch off the gas and close it with lid for 3-4 min .

Now you can serve tomato bath with some palli chutney or green chutney or even just squeeze lime juice on the top before eating ..It tastes very good when it is served hot..

Pesarattu Upma!

Pesarattu upma is one of the popular tiffins of andhra and south indian people. It gives a special feeling of being at home .Try this receipe on w weekend and enjoy with your family.

INGREDIENTS:

For Pesarattu:

Moong Daal-1tea cup(prepares 6 pesarattu)

Cumin seeds

Finely chopped onions-1/2cup

Green chilli-3

Ginger-1inch size piece

For upma:

Sooji/Upma ravva-1tea cup

Onion -1/2(sliced)

green chilli chopped-4

Ginger chopped-1tbspn

Mustard seeds-1/4tspn

Urad daal-1tbspn

Chana daal-1tbspn

Roasted peanuts/cashew-1tbspn

Curry leaves-6

Chopped Cilantro-2tbspn

PROCESS:

Soak moong daal overnight and next day grind along with green chilli and ginger, to a consistency of dosa batter(little

Upma Recipe:

Take a kadai or cooking pan ,add oil 4-5tbspn.When it is warm ,add mustard seeds,urad daal,chana daal,curry leaves,green chilli and fry for 1min.Then add sliced onion and ginger and saute for 2-3 min.Add roasted peanuts or cashew according to your taste.(you can also add a tspn of desi ghee for the delicious taste)also add chopped cilantro and fry for a 1min.Now add water in the ratio1:3.Add salt to taste and let the water come to boil.Once the water starts boiling change the gas to med and slowly add sooji or ravva by stirring continuously.Now stir it well and then close the pan with a lid and let it cook for 2-3min onlow flame.Check after 3min, mix it well and switch off the gas and close it with lid for 3-4 min .

Pesarattu Upma Process:

As both upma and pesarattu batter are ready ,take a non stick dosa pan and heat it on med-high flame.Once it is hot take one ladle of batter on pan and spread it into a thin round layer like a pan cake and drizzle little oil around the edges of Pesarattu.

Sprinkle small quantity of chopped onions, cummin seeds on the Pesarattu and press gently .

Cook until the edges become brown. Then flip the Pesarattu over and sprinkle little oil over the edges.

Cook it for a minute , keeping a watch that it does not get charred.Now add upma at the center of pesarattu and roll it , or u can spread upma all over pesarattu and roll it.(acc to ur taste)

Remove from the pan, and your Pesarattu Upma is ready for eating.Serve it hot with ginger chutney or coconut chutney.

Sprinkle a little water on the pan and use the same proceedure for making your next Pesarattu.

NOTE:Donot ferment the batter. If your not making dosas immediately refrigerate the batter.

Andhra GuthiVankaya Kura!(stuffed Brinjal)

Guthivankaya curry is the famous andhra dish which is a favourite dish to most of us, and its my favourite dish too.I have learnt this recipe from my dearest mom, and iam sharing the recipe for all my frds.The process takes sometime but finally the output is a amazing dish.Below is the process and ingredients.

INGREDIENTS FOR STUFFING:

Roasted peanuts(remove the skin)-1cup

Dry and roasted sesame seeds -1cup(if u wish)

Red chillies -8-10

Coriander seeds-1tbsp

Cumin seeds-1tsp

Cloves-4

Cinamom Stick-1piece

Salt to taste

Tamarind(lime size)

Preparation Of Stuffing:

Soak the tamarind in half cup of warm water and then squeeze tamarind to get thick paste.

Grind the above ingredients to a fine and smooth paste and take it onto a plate and divide into 2portions.One for stuffing and one for gravy.

Stuffing the Brinjals:

Take fresh brinjals, wash them and dry them.You can keep the stems or remove them according to your interest.I wish to keep them to give the perfect look.

Now cut the brinjals in a plus shape slit towards stem side.

Fill the gap with stuffing by gently separating the slits with one hand , push the stuffing inside.

When all the brinjals stuffing is done, keep them aside.

Cooking:

You can use pressure cooker or kadai .If using pressure cooker just one whislte is enough to cook the brinjals equally.

Take a kadai and add a tbsp of oil.Add the tadka or popu seeds and curry leaves.

Add the half portion of paste kept aside for gravy and add a glass of water and tspn of turmeric .

Mix them up so that no lumps are formed.Make the gravy saucy and required amount of salt to taste.(you can add red chillie powder if u wish)

Now arrange the stuffed Brinjals in the gravy and cover the kadai with lid and let it cook for about 10-15 min on med flame.

Keep checking after every 5min,to see that brinjals are equally cooked and the paste doesnt stick to the bottom of kadai.

Once the brinjals are thoroughly cooked take the curry into a serving bowl or plate carefully,so that brinjals dont mash and add chopped coriander leaves.

Now the delicious and mouth watering guthivankaya curry is ready to serve with garmagaram rice or roti.

Ghumaghumalade guthivankaya kura ruchi ni anandinchandi :)

Vegetable Kofta Curry !

Ingredients :

potatoes - 2

carrots - 2

Beet root - 1

Finely cut beans - 3/4 cup

Peas - 1/2 cup

Knol- Khol - 1

Bengal gram flour - 2 tbsp

Salt - as required

Green chilles - 4

Mint leaves - a small bunch

Onions - 3

Tomatoes - 4

Oil - enough to deep fry

Butter - 2 tbsp

Grind Together :

Green chilles - 2
Ginger - small piece
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as required
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala Powder - 1/2 tsp

Preparation:

1. Boil potatoes, peel and mash it. Add finely cut steam cooked vegetables.
2. Mix it together with salt, chilli paste, bengal gram flour, little garam masala
powder and chopped mint leaves.
3. Make into balls and deep fry until golden . Keep it aside.

For gravy :

1. cut onions and tomatoes finely .
2. Heat butter in a frying pan, fry onions until crisp. Add ground masala and fry
till oil separtes from it.
3. Pour enough water and allow the gravy to boil till it becomes thick.
4. Gently slip koftas and chooped mint leaves, boil for a minute, remove and serve.

Plain Dosa !

INGREDIENTS:

Urad daal-1cup

Rice-2cups

salt to taste

PROCESS:

Soak urad daal and rice separately for 6-8hrs.Then put it in a blender/grinder and take it into a bowl.Add salt to taste and leave it overnight .

To prepare dosa, take a non stick pan and heat it,once hot put 1/2 cup of batter and spread it thinly in round shape.Then add oil around it.Once done turn it on other side and let it cook for a 1min.Prepare rest of dosa's in similar way.

This is simple and plain dosa which can be served hot with peanut chutney,coconut chutney or tomato chutney.

You can add thinly chopped onions and green chilli's or grated carrot and alter the preparation according to your taste.

Vegetable Sandwich!

Very simple and yummy vegetable sandwich recipie is here.You can modify it according to your taste.

INGREDIENTS:

Bread slices-4
Grated cheese
Green chutney
Cucumber -1
Tomatoes-2
Onion-1(med size)
Boiled potato-1(big size)
Pepper
Butter


PROCESS:

For Green Chutney:

Take a bunch of pudina or mint (1cup of leaves),1/2 cup of cilantro ,3-4 green chilli and grind them to paste add little salt and few drops of lemon juice.



Cut the boiled potatoe,tomatoes ,onion and cucumber into slices.Take a bread slice and apply green chutney on one side and on that add grated cheese,then layer it with the sliced vegies and sprinkle pepper(acc to ur taste) and cover it with other bread slice to which green chutney is applied on once side and press gently.(You can add cheese slice if you wish.)

Take a pan add some butter and fry the bread slice on both sides and serve it with some fruit juice.

If you are serving for kids,and if you think green chutney is little spicy for kids you can spread fruit jam or jelly on the bread slice instead of greem chutney.All the other ingredients and process is same.

Also you can make it 3-layered sandwich if u wish instead of 2layered one.

French Toast!

A very simple,easy and healthy recipe is here for all frds.It just takes 5min to prepare.

INGREDIENTS:

White or wheat bread-4 slices

Butter

Egg-1(or 2 acc to ur taste)

Milk-1/4cup

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder-pinch

Red chilli powder-1/4tspn

PROCESS:

First take a bowl, add milk and other ingredients (except bread and butter) and beat well.

Take a non stick pan and heat it.Once it is hot enough,add butter and now dip one bread slice in the egg mixture and fry it on pan.Once done cook it on other side by adding butter.

Similarly prepare all the otehr slices of bread and cook them till they are done on both sides.



Serve them with maple cream or honey.Kids will love it.For kids you can add 1spn sugar to the egg mixture.