ALOO PARATHA!

INGREDIENTS:

wheat flour-2cups
Boiled potatoes(big size)-2
Methi leaves-1cup
Cilantro chopped-1/2cup
Green chillie thinly chopped-5
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder-1tspn
Chat masala-1tspn
Turmeric powder


PROCESS:


Take the wheat flour and little salt,and red chilli powder if you prefer in a mixing bowl and knead it into a soft dough by adding water and keep it aside for 15-20min.

For stuffing:

Now grate or mash the boiled potatoes and keep it aside. Take a pan add one tspn of oil and then add cumin seeds,chopped green chilli,cilantro chopped,methi leaves and fry them till they r done well.Also add salt to taste,red chilli powder or chat masala or both (acc to ur taste),pinch of turmeric too. Once it is cool add it to the mashed potatoe and mix well and make them into small bowls to stuff in the roti.

Now take wheat dumplings (bit larger than u take for roti) and make roll it into small circle with hand by pressing it on sides so that sides are thin and the center part is thick enough.Now place the potatoe stuffing and hold the edges of the roll together and press it at the center.Now press it into chapathi roll with ur hands.You can add litlle oil to ur hands and do this.
(if u get bubbles press them gently with a fork and keep rooling into paratha)

You can roll with chapathi roller if u r not able to press with ur hands.If you want more stuffing in the paratha then take bigger wheat dumpling and you can make it bit thicker paratha so that stuffing doesnt come out.

Take a pan and once it is heat , place the paratha and turn it on both sides and cook well , add oil or butter on both sides once it is done.

You can serve garmagaram aloo paratha with some chutney and raita or also with some vegetable curry or daal.

ONION PAKODA!

INGREDIENTS:

Onion thinly sliced-2bigsize

Green chilli sliced-10small

Curry leaves chopped-1stem

Cilantro chopped-1/4cup

Besan or gram flour-2-3tbspn

Rice flour-5-6tbspn

Salt to taste

Red chilli powder-2tspn

Oil for deep frying

PROCESS:

Take a mixing bowl, add sliced onions,green chillie,curry leaves,cilantro and salt to taste and squeeze well.Now add rice flour and besan ,red chilli powder and mix well.If needed add water as required.It should be little thick batter.

Now take a deep frying pan and add oil for deep frying.Once the oil is hot enough , add the batter in small amounts in the oil.Turn them after every 1-2min and once they turn golden brown you can take them onto a paper towel or tissue to absorb the oil.

Garma garam onion pakodas are ready to serve with some tomato ketchup..

If you want to make it more spicy you can add 1tspn of ginger garlic paste to the batter ..

ANDHRA 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..

ANDHRA SNACK JANTIKALU !

INGREDIENTS:

Rice flour-3cups
Urad flour-1cup
Besan-2tspn
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder-2tspn
Ajwain/vamu/seasame seeds/cumin seeds (any of these)
Oil for deep fry and muruku press or jantikalu press

PROCESS:

Take a mixing bowl and add all the ingredients mentioned above except oil.Add 2tbspn of warm oil to this and mix well by adding water.It should be like a chapathi dough,it should be little hard dough.



Once the dough is ready, take a kadai and add oil for deep fry.Take the muruku press or jantikalu press and add soem quatity of dough to it .You can press jantikalu on a polythene cover before itself and add them one by one in the oil or you can press jantikalu directly in the oil according to your convinience.


Once the oil is heat enough turn it to med and press the jantikalu or add the one u have prepared slowly into oil few at a time.turn them after every 2-3min.Once it is done on both sides with golden yellow color remove them onto a tissue paper so that it absorbs any excess oil.

Prepare all janitkalu , once they are cool you can store them in an air tight container.

ENJOY the yummy andhra snack JANTIKALU!

NOTE:Cook on med flame,else they turn golden color soon but are not cooked properly inside.so just have patience to cook them well by turning them .

ANDHRA RAVVA DOSA !

Very simple and tasty ravva dosa recipe is here for frds.Its one of the famous south indian tiffins that you can find specially in andhra.



INGREDIENTS:

Bombai ravva(Sooji)-1cup

Rice flour-1cup

Maida(all purpose flour)-1/4cup

Thinly chopped onions-1/2cup

Thinly chopped green chilli-5

Thinly chopped Cilantro -1/4cup

Cumin seeds-1tspn

Thinly chopped ginger-2tspn

Salt to taste

Curd-1-2tbspn



PROCESS:

Take a mixing bowl add all the ingredients and mix well by adding required water to form the batter(the batter should be little watery not very thick to get crispy rava dosa).Leave the batter for 30min-1hr.If time permits you can soak overnight.

Take a nonstick pan and use 1 to 2 tbspn of batter n spread like dosa.Add a tspn oil around dosa and let it cook on both sides.

It us the simplest recipe and can be prepared within notime.You can serve ravva dosa with some green chutney or peanut chutney or coconut chutney.

MIXED VEGETABLE CURRY WITH POORI !

Here is a simple and tasty mixed vegetable curry which is a great combination with poori or roti.Even this can be served as bhaji for Pau.Very easy to prepare and takes 10-15min for preparation.




INGREDIENTS :


Chopped onions-1/2cup

Chopped tomatoes-1/2cup

Chopped capsicum-1cup

Chopped carrot-1/2cup

Chopped potato-1cup



Green chilli-4

Garam masala or chat masala-1tspn


Chopped cilantro

Tamarind water-1/2cup

(soak 1inch tamarind in 1/2 cup and squeeze it )

Preparation:

Cut all the vegetables in same sizes to look better.Take a pressure cooker ,add 1tbspn of oil ,once it is warm add mustard,cumin seeds,curry leaves and once they start crackling add the green chilli and sliced onions.Saute them for 3min.

Add capsicum and carrot and saute for 3min.Now add potatoes and after 3min add tomatoes.

Now add garam masala powder pinch of turmeric powder and required salt.

Add 1/2 cup of tamaring water and close the cooker with the lid and allow it to cook for 4 whisltes.

Once cool ,take the curry into serving bowl and add cilantro for garnishing and serve with garam puri.Enjoy :)