Cauliflower, peas milakoottal

Ingredients :

Vegetable needed :

• Cauli flower - 1 big  [ clean and cut in to small pieces ]
• Fresh green peas - 1 cup

Other ingredients :

• Moong dal - 1 / 4 cup
• or [ toovar dal - 1 / 4 cup
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Curry leaves - little

For wet grinding :

• Urad dal - 1 tbl. sp [ fried ]
• Fenugrelk [ methi seeds ] - 1 / 4 tsp [ fried ]
• Dry red chillies - 4 to 5 [ fried ]
• Black pepper - 1 / 2 tsp [ fried ]
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 cup
•  [ grind all togethet in mixer to a smooth paste. ]

For seasoning :

• Coconut oil - 2 teaspoon
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Method :

Take one small pressure cooker, add clean and cut flower pieces, and peas.  Cook them  along with moong dal , adding salt and turmeric powder with enough water. Wait for 2 whistle to come. After the pressure goes open the cooker and add the ground masala to the cooked vegetable. Add more water if needed and bring to boil well for 5 to 10 minutes in low flame. Add curry leaves, and check salt. Remove from the gas. Heat coconut oil and put mustard seeds. When it crackles pour it over the dish. Serve with hot rice and other accompaniments like patchadi, raitha, pickles etc.

Medu pakoda [ soft bonda ]

Indredients :

• Besan - 1 cup
• Vanaspathi or butter - 1 table spoon
• Cooking soda as baking powder - 1 / 4 tsp
• Rice powder - 1 cup
• Maida - 1 / 4 cup
• Cashewnuts - 1 / 4 cup [ finely chopped ]
• Green chillies - 3-4 [ finely chopped ]
• Ginger - 1 / 2 inch piece [ finely chopped ]
• Onion - 2 [ finely chopped ]
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1 / 4 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Coriander leaves - little
• Oil - for deep frying

Method :

Take one big bowl. Sift together rice powder, besan,  and maida, mix all the ingredients well and heat vanaspathi or butter and pour over the above the mixture. Mix well and add just enough water to make a thick dough. Make small round  balls. Then heat oil in big kadai and gently put 6 to 8 balls at a time. Deep fry till  the pakodas are golden in colour. Remove from the oil and keep over a colander. Serve hot with tomato sauce.

Dudhi kofta curry [ lokey ] [ bottle gourd ]

Ingredients :

Dudhi [Bottle Gourd] - 1 small [ peel and grated ]
Onion - 1 big [ peel and grated ]
Green chillies - 2 [ cut in to small pieces ]
Salt - as required
Jeera - 1 sp
Gram flour - 2 heaped tbl. sps.
Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
Red chilli powder - 2 sp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - little
Oil - to deep fry
Vanaspathi - 1 tbl. spn.
Fresh cream - little


Grind together for gravy :

Onions - 3 large
Red ripe tomatoes - 2
Ginger , garlic paste - 1 / sp
Red chillies - 5
Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
Coriander powder 1 tsp
Cloves - 3
Cardamoms - 2
Cinnamon - 1 / 2 inch piece
 [ grind all together and form a paste . ]

Method :

Mix grated dudhi [bottle gourd], onions, finely cut chillies, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder and sufficient gram flour and make a thick dough. Make balls and deep fry in hot oil and keep aside. Then take one deep bottom kadai, heat vanaspathi season with jeera, add ground masala paste and fry in medium flame till oil separates.  Add salt, garam masala powder with enough water. Boil till the gravy becomes thick, add koftas just before taking out from gas. Garnish with fresh beaten cream and coriander leaves. Serve hot with parathas.

PUDALANGAI KOOTU RECIPE

Ingredients :

• Snake gourd - 1 [ wash and cut in to pieces ]
• Moong dal - 1 / 2 cup
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Salt - as per taste
• Curry leaves - little

Wet grind together :

• Fresh grated coconut - 1 cup
• Dry red chilli - 1 or 2
• Green chilli - 2
• Cummin seeds - 1 / 4 sp

For seasoning :

• Coconut oil - 1 tabl. sps.
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• urad dal - 1 / 2 sp
• Coconut gratings - 2 tabl. sps.
• Curry leaves - little

Method :

In 5 cups water cook moong dal adding turmeric, [ soak and pressure cook 1/ 2 cup soya beans to make it more nutritions. ] When half cooked add snake gourd pieces, salt and cook till the vegetable become tender. Then add the wet ground masala, curry leaves and cook little more till the gravy become thick.Then heat coconut oil season with mustard seeds, urad dal,  curry leaves and coconut gratings. Mix well and serve hot as a side dish for rice, sambhar, and kadi varieties.

RED CHILLI THOKKU RECIPE

Ingredients :

• Fresh red chilli [ not dry chilli ] - 1 / 4 k. g.[ cut in to pieces ]
• Tamarind paste - 1 1 / 2 tabl. sps.
• Dry red chilli  [ kashmeri ] - 7 to 8
• Salt - as required
• Jaggery - little
• Channa dal [ bengal gram ] - 1 hand ful 
• Broken black gram [ urad dal ] - 1 hand ful
• Asafoetida - 1 / 4 sp
• Sea same oil  - for frying
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp

Method :

First take one kadai, pour 2 teaspoon of oil. Heat the oil and add  dry red chili, channa dal, urad dal and fry till the dal becomes golden in colour. Then add the fresh red chilli, fry for 5 mints in low flame. Then add salt, tamarind, jaggery,  asafoetida  and  mix  well. Remove from the gas make it cool and grind in mixer. Then keep the same kadai on the gas, pour 2 tabl. sp of oil. Heat it and add the mustard seeds, when it pops  mix the grind thokku and fry for some time till it leaves  the side. Your tasty melagai thokku is ready. It goes well with rice, dosas, and roti.

GUTTI VANKAYA KURA - ANDHRA STYLE STUFFED BRINJAL CURRY

Ingredients :

• Tender violet small brinjal - 1 / 2 k. g. [ even sized ]
• Big onions - 1 / 4 k. g. [slice  length  wise ]
• Tamarind paste - 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Dhaniya  jeera  powder - 2 sp
• Red chilli powder - 2 to 3 sp
• Sugar - 1 / 2 sp
• Ghee - 1 / 2 sp
• Oil - 3 to 4 tabl. sps.
• Curry leaves - little 
• Chopped coriander leaves - little

For seasoning :

• Cumin seeds - 1 / 2 sp
• Dhaniya  - 1 / 2 sp
• Curry leaves - little

Grind together :

 [ fry onion in deep curved pan till it gets roasted well. Strain excess oil and allow to cool. Then add dhaniya, jeera powder, red chilli powder, salt, turmeric, tamarind paste. Grind to a smooth paste. after that mix ghee and keep aside.]

Method :

Select tender even sized brinjal. Cut into four from bottom side [ not near stem ] half way through so that brinjal remains whole.Keep in water till required.  After removing from the water, stuff masala inside brinjal. Take a deep curved pan or vessel. Heat oil add seasoning, arrange the bringals in that with the remaining masala on top along with 1 glass of water. Reduce the flame and cook till brinjal becomes soft. Add sugar and mix well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. While serving keep brinjal in a plate pour  the gravy  on top. It goes well with roti and rice. Your tasty kuthi vankaya kura is ready.

Note :
 [ some brinjals take long time to cook. If water is not enough add in between. Do not allow the masala to stick to the pan. Stir carefully in between. ]  


Garlic - 2 flakes [ optional ]

DUM ALOO RECIPE

Ingredients :

• Small potatoes - 1 / 2 k. g.
• Dhania [ coriander seeds ]- 1 tabl. sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 / 4 tsp
• Green chilli - 2 to 3
• Garlic flakes - 3
• Ginger - 1 / 2 inch piece
• Onion - 2
• Red tomatoes - 2
• Peanuts - 1 hand ful [ raw ]
• Dry red chilli - 4
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Cumin seeds - 1 / 2 tsp
• Oil - 3 tabl. sps.
• Sugar - 1 / 2 tsp
• Ghee - 1 tabl. sps.
• Fresh cream - 2 tsp
• Fresh chopped coriander leaves - little

Grind to paste :

Fry these ingredients in little  oil and grind to a paste. [  Dhania, mustard seeds,green chilli, ginger garlic, onion, red chilli, tomatoes and peanuts. ]

Method :

Scrape outer skin from potatoes. Prick with fork, boil and keep aside. Keep a kadai over fire. Add ghee and oil together, fry the ground masala in medium flame till it becomes dry and nice aroma comes.Pour little water.  Add salt, turmeric,and  sugar. Mix well and add boiled small potatoes.Allow to boil for 2 mints. When the masala fully quoted on potatoes add little cream and remove from the fire. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. It goes well with pulkas, parathas.