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.

SPONGE DOSA!

INGREDIENTS:

Urad daal-1cup

Rice-2cups

Salt to taste

Finely chopped onions-1cup

Finely chopped green chilli-6

Finely chopped cilantro-1/2 cup

Grated carrot-1/2cup

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.Add thinly chopped onions and green chilli's, grated carrot and Chopped cilantro.

Once done turn it on other side and let it cook for a 1min.Prepare rest of dosa's in similar way.

Serve sponge dosa hot with green chutney and sambar or peanut chutney,coconut chutney or tomato chutney.

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 thick batter).

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.

GARELU (URAD DAAL VADA)!

INGREDIENTS:

Urad daal-1cup

Salt to taste

Oil for deep fry

PROCESS:

Soak urad daal overnight.Next day grind to it thick paste by adding very little water whenever necessary.But becareful while preparing the paste,it should be thick enough to prepare vada.

Take the paste into a bowl add enough salt.Take a deep frying pan and add oil for deep fry and heat oil on med-high flame.Once it is enough hot turn it to med flame and then take the urad daal paste around lime size on ur left and press it with ur right hand and prepare vada.

One by one add them into the oil, and turn them on both sides till they cook well and turn light golden color,then remove them onto a paper towel so that it absorbs excess oil.

Serve garam vada with some tasty chutney.This is a very healthy food for everyone.

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.

UGADI PACHADI !

Ugadi is the Lunar New year observed in South Indian states of Karnataka and Andra Pradesh on Chaitra-Shukla- Padyami. It is observed as “Gudi Padwa” in Maharastra. It is also observed as New Year in Sindh and is called “Cheti Chand”. The Lunar New Year Era is started after king Shalivahana and is known as “Shalivahana Saka” and the year corresponding to 2010 is 1932. Worshipping Lord Venkateshwara on this day is auspicious. The festival is observed by eating a mixture of six tastes symbolizes the fact that life is a mixture of different experiences (sadness, happiness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise) , which should be accepted together and with equanimity. The new year is called "Vikruthii Nama Samsvatsara" .

With this festival its the mango season , you can find different varieties of mangoes from now.I know ppl away from home will be missing lot of specials prepared by mom.Even iam missing my home alot.So just try to bring a festival atmosphere in ur home.You can prepare some very easy recipies on this festival day like Pulihora,garelu,pongal, boorelu or bobbatlu and the main Ugadi pachadi .

INGREDIENTS:




Raw fresh mango,cleaned
and finely chopped with peel - 1cup

Neem tree flowers-1tspn

(if u cannot find neeem flowers u can
add finely chopped karela or bitter gourd 1tspn)

Grated Jaggery-1cup

Tamarind Paste-4tbspn

Red chilli powder-1/4tspn(acc to taste)

Salt to taste

Sugarcane pieces or Banana pieces-3tbspn


PROCESS:

Take a bowl,add all the ingredients and mix well to form a sauce like appearance.
You can add litlle water depending on the consistency u like.




WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY UGADI!

ANDHRA SWEET PONGAL (PARVANAM)!

As Ugadi is tomorrow ,iam posting the sweet pongal or parvanam recipe for all my frds.Also i have posted Lemon Rice, which will be prepared on festivals.You can also prepare tamarind rice.I think ugadi pachadi,pongal and pulihora will make a great combination for a festival day.

INGREDIENTS:

Rice-1cup

Milk -6-7cups

Grated Jaggery-3cups(if u like more sweet then u can add more)

Sugar-1cup

Cashew nuts-2tspn

kissmiss-2tspn

Ghee-2tbspn

Elaichi powder/pepper powder-1/2tspn

PROCESS:

Take a pan and heat ghee, add cashew nuts and kismiss and fry for a min and keep them aside.

Take a pressure cooker add washed rice, milk, and a cup of water and close the lid and allow it to cook for 4whistles.

Once the lid comes off, put the cooker on med, add grated jaggery,sugar and mix well.once it strts thickning switch off the gas and add cashews,kismiss,and elaichi powder or pepper powder also.

Serve hot and enjoy it with ur family on this UGADI!

LEMON RICE(Nimmakaya Pulihora)!

INGREDIENTS:

Cooked Rice-2cups

Lemon Juice from 2lemons

Green chilli-10(cut lengthwise)

Red chilli-5

Curry leaves-1stem

Chopped cilantro-2spn

Hing or Ingua-1/8spn

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder-1/2tspn

Roasted peanuts-2tbspn

Mustard seeds-1/2tspn

Urad daal-1tspn

Chana daal-1tspn


PROCESS:

Take a pan and add 2tspn of oil,once warm add mustard seeds,urad daal,chana daal.Now add green chilli,red chilli,curry leaves,peanuts and fry them for a minute.
Add turmeric powder and hing and add cooked rice to this mixture and mix well.Switch off the gas and add lemon juice and salt to taste and mix well.Add chopped cilantro for garnishing.

Lemon rice is ready to serve ! You can also serve it with some chutney or masala curry.

SOYA CHUNKS WITH GREEN PEAS CURRY!

INGREDIENTS:

Soya chunks-2cups

Onions-1cup choppped

Tomatoes -4 chopped

Green peas-1/2 cup

Gram Flour(besan)-1tspn

Curd-1tspn

Green chillis-3 (cut lenghtwise)

Curry leaves-few

Ginger garlic paste-1tspn

Cumin seeds -1/2tspn

Mustard seeds-1/2tspn

Turmeric powder-1/4tspn

Dhaniya powder-1tspn

Chilli powder-2tspn

Garam masala powder-1tspn

Salt to taste

PROCESS:

Wash SoyaChunks & boil them with 2 cups of water for 15 minutes or until water evaporates.

Keep aside

Heat oil in a vessel, when hot, add mustard & allow them to splutter. Add jeera, onions, ginger garlic paste, curry leaves, chillies and saute until onions turn light brown.

Add tomatoes, besan, green peas, curd, turmeric, dhaniya, garam masala, chilli and salt. Add little water & bring to boil When the mixture thickens, add the soya chunks & bring to another boil Garnish with cilantro .

Serve Hot with Rice/ Rotis

evaporates

curds