OATS UPMA

Oats/oatmeal upma is a healthy and refreshing breakfast.Easy to make and takes 15min to prepare.It tastes yummy and iam sure everyone in your family will love the taste including kids.

INGREDIENTS: (Serves 2ppl)

Instant oats-3/4 cup
Water--1/4to 1/2cup
Onion--1/4
Greenchilli-1-2
Capsicum chopped-1/4cup
Grated carrot-2-3Tbspn
Ginger--1/2tspn
Curryleaves--1tspn
Cilantro/corianderLeaves--2tspn
Lemon juice-1tspn

TADKA INGREDIENTS:
Veg Oil/EV Oil-2tspn
Mustard seeds--1/4tspn
Jeera/Cumin--1/4tspn
Urad Daal-1/4tspn
Cashew nuts split-1tspn
Asafoetida-one pinch
Turmeric powder-one pinch

PREPARATION:
--First on low heat dry roast instant oats just for few minutes (3-4min),and set them aside
--Now take a pan and when the pan is hot add oil then add cashew nuts and when they turn light brown add tadka ingredients.
--Now add onions,greenchillies,and saute them till onions are translucent then add capsicum and and cook for few minutes till they are tender.
--Add grated carrot and after 2-3 minutes add roasted oats and add 1/4 cup water(sprinkle water on the oats).
--close the pan with lid and cook for 2-3 min on low flame.Check later to see if it is dry and sprinkle some water(if needed).
--Close and cook for couple of minutes and turn off.Add cilantro and lemon juice and mix and serve hot.
This recipe tastes good when served warm.You can add vegies according to taste.Adding capsicum gives very yummy flavour.Hope you try this recipe and enjoy it with your family.

NIMMAKYA PULIHORA(LEMON RICE)

This is a traditional rice dish usually prepared on auspicious occasions for pujas or vratams.Its an easy dish and takes less time to make compared to chintapandu pulihora or tamarind rice. You can make this for kids lunch box.Kids will love this dish and its taste. INGREDIENTS:

white rice raw-2 cups
water-4cups
oil for tadka-4tbspn
lemon juice from 2 medium sized
turmeric-1-2tspn
green chilli-10
red chilli-4-6
mustard seeds-2tspn
cumin seeds-2tspn
urad daal-2tspn
chana daal(soaked)-2tspn
roasted peanuts-4spn
curry leaves-2tspn
hing
salt
cilantro-4tspn

COOKING PROCESS:
First wash the rice add water and cook in a rice cooker or pressure cooker by adding 1spoon oil or ghee so that rice when cooked comes out dry not mushy. Then after rice is done add lemon juice and salt and let it cool down meanwhile make preparations for tadka or popu.
Take a kadai and add oil to it. Once it is warm add remaining ingedients except cilantro to kadai and once they start spluttering switch off the gas and add hing and turmeric.(add spices acc to your taste)
Add this tadka to the rice and stir well till all the rice gets coated evenly and taste for salt and lemon juice and add accordingly.
Finally add cilantro and serve hot with coconut chutney or curd.

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.

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.