Sunday, July 29, 2012

Oats Idli

1 cup oats
1/2 cup split wheat or Dhaliya
1/2 cup yogurt
1/3 Tsp baking powder
Carrot or veggies of your kind
Ginger 1/2 inch
Green chillies up to taste

Dry roast the oats and Dhaliya and grind only the oats to a fine powder.
Now mix the dahlia and add curd and veggies of interest to the powder and salt and yogurt and mix well.
Add sufficient amount of water too .
To this add sautéed green chilles and ginger and jeera and mustard seeds
Mix everything well and at the end add baking powder
And out in the moulds of the idli stand and steam for 10-15 minutes
Your idles are done

One can pre make the dry roasted oats and daliya mixture and keep ready and use when required

Friday, June 22, 2012

Chinese Style Vegetable fried rice

Ingredients:
1 cup long grain ride
1 medium carrot
1 green bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 red bell pepper
2 spring onion
1/4 cup peas
3-4 baby corn
5/6 french beans
1/8th cabbage
1/4th small cauliflower
1 green chilli
3tbsp oil
2 tbsp soya sauce
1 tbsp white venegar
1 tsp green chilli sauce or red
1/4th oe 1/2 freshly curshed black pepper:
Method:
Heat oil in a pan and put the uncooked rice over low heat and stir till the rice looks white it should not become brown.
Remove from heat and add water and some salt and cook
Chope the veggies and steam cook for a short while remember they should cook for short while and remain crispy.
Now add  the sauces and then the cooked rice till heated again
and garnish with pepper and spring onions

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Totakoora or Amaranthus leafy vegetable

Dry roast
channa dal 1tsp
Urad dal 1 tbp
fist ful peanut
and make a powder and keep aside
In a pan heat oil and temper with mustard seeds,cumin seeds and urad dal and channa dal
After which add cut green chilies and ginger finely chopped
then add the green leaves of totakoora
cover with lid and cook well
now add about 2 tomatoes and cook again
when the leaves and tomato are soft of half cooked add a cup of yogurt and cook everything till all the ingredients blend and become a soft blend
now add t he made above powder
and the curry will thicken
towards the end add salt
remember to add salt only to the end

optional one can add onions and fry them along with the green leaves too

Bagara Baingan ( hyderabad style)

Make a paste of the following after dry roasting them
Peanuts 2 Tbs
Sesame seeds 1 TBS
Whole coriander 1 tsp
Cumin seeds 1 Tsp
fresh grated or dry cocount small amount
poppy seeds 1tsp

Now in a pan
Take the round sized brinjal and cut the top and bottom and leave them as a whole
Dry them and stir fry them in oil
This dish required more then moderate amount of oil
after they are cooked keep them aside
In the same oil  out paste of ginger garlic paste
one big bay leaf
cumin seeds
and urad dal
and mustard seeds
and temper
now add the paste made above and add the cooked brinjals also
to this add tamaring paste and cook till oil separates out
The gravy will become thick and cook till it leaves the pan


Monday, April 2, 2012

Brinjal or Eggplant Curry ("Gutti vankaya")


  1. First, make a paste of the following ingredients:

  • Ginger-1/2 inch peice
  • Garlic-4 pods
  • Ghasallu or poppy seeds -1/4 teaspoon 
  • Whole coriander seeds or powder-1tablespoon
Keep this paste aside for the time being.

2. Now finely chop some onions, ideally 3 small ones.
3. Then chop enough green chillies to taste.
4. Keep aside about 1lb (0.45 kilograms) of eggplant.
5. Heat some oil in a pan, and add whole cumin or jeera seeds.
6. Add the chopped onions, and saute them till cooked.
7. Then add the green chillies, and eggplants, as well as the wet paste you made above (step 1).
8. Allow all of this to cook with the lid closed.

Optional: After everything is done, one can add half of a lemon for some extra flavor.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Masoor Dal Pakodi

Masoor dal-1 cup
Chana dal-1/4 cup
Rice flour-1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Onions-1/2 cup, finely chopped
Green chilles-3 chopped
Ginger- grated 1 teaspoon
Coriander leaves-1/4 cup
Mint leaves -1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Cumin seeds-1tbsp
Oil for frying
Salt to taste

  1. Soak the masoor dal and chana dal separately for about 3-4 hrs, or till the chana dal absorbs water and swells up. 
  2. Coarsely grind the dals into a paste. While grinding, add the green chillies and ginger to the paste.
  3. Now to the paste mix the mint leaves, coriander leaves, onion, cumin seeds, and salt. 
  4. At the end, add the rice flour.
  5. Make into the same shape as vadas or small flat patties. 
  6. Fry these in oil, and blot dry before serving. 



"Chaaru" Powder (Alternate method of preparation)

Ingredients needed:

  • Toor dal- 1 tbsp
  • Whole coriander seeds-1 cup
  • Whole black peppercorns-1/4 cup
  • Cumin seeds- 1 tablespoon (tbsp)
  • Hing or asafoetida-1tbsp
Dry roast all of the above, then grind into a fine powder.