Beetroot Jamuns

Ingredients:

• 3 cups grated Beetroots
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 3-5 tbsp ghee
• 1/2-1 cup dry coconut powder
• roasted cashewnuts(for decorating)

Directions to Cook

• Put milk and grated beetroot in a heavy bottomed kadai.Boil till thick,stirring occationally.Once it starts thickening,stir continuously.
• Add sugar and cook further till thicken.
• Add ghee and stir on low heat till the mixture collects in a soft ball.
• Spread dry coconut powder in a plate.Prepare the beetroot halwa into small jamun shapes and roll them on coconut powder.
• Decorate with cashewnuts and serve.
  

Pasta

Khaja

Brinjal Gravy

Saggubiyam Vadalu/Sabudana Vada

Ingredients

• 1 cup sabudana


• 3/4 cup all purpose flour(maida)


• 1/2 cup rice flour


• 1/2 cup sour curd


• water as if needed


• 1 onion finely chopped


• 6-8 green chillies finely chopped


• Salt to taste


• Pinch of baking powder


• Oil to fry

Directions to Cook

• Soak sabudana in curd for 4-5 hrs.


• Now add all the remaining ingredients to the above mixture and mix well.


• Make medium sized balls,flatten them and fry in the hot oil till crisp and well cooked.
• Serve hot with ginger pickle.
  

mamidikaya pulihora/Mango Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice(uncooked)
• 1-2 cups grated green mango(depending on the sourness of the mango the quantity can be increased or decreased).
• 8-10 green chillies(cut into lengthwise)
• 1/4 cup ground nuts/peanuts
• 2 tsp chana dal
• 2 mustard seeds
• curry leaves
• 4-6 dried red chillies
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• pinch of asafetida/hing powder
• oil as needed
• salt to taste

Directions to Cook

• Cook the rice and keep it aside(don't over cook).
• Peel the skin and grate the mango.
• Heat oil in a kadai,add chana dal first and toast it until it becomes into light brown colour.
• Now add peanuts,green chillies,curry leaves,mustard seeds,red chillies and toast it well.
• Add turmeric and hing powder and saute all the ingredients well.
• Add the grated mango and salt to the above ingredients mix it well and switch off the stove.
• Add the above mixture to the cooked rice and serve hot.

Rajma Curry

Ingredients

• 1 cup rajma
• 3 onions
• 3 tomatoes
• 3 green chillies
• 1 tsp red chilly powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• 2 tsp oil
• salt to taste
• water as required

Directions to Prepare

• Soak rajma for over night.
• Cook rajma by adding some salt till it is done.
• Take oil in a kadai fry onions till they turn into golden brown,add finely chopped tomatoes and let it cook.
• Cool it and grind this mixture to paste.
• Heat little oil in kadai,add green chillies,mustard seeds,ginger garlic paste and saute it for 1min.
• Add cooked rajma,onion tomato puree,salt,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder,mix it well and leave it for 2mins.
• Add water as required,simmer it and cook it for about 15mins.
• Add garam masala powder and mix it well.
• Serve hot with rice.

Panasa Ginjala kura/Jackfruit Seeds Curry

Ingredients

• 10 - 15 panasaginjalu/jackfruit seeds
• 2 nos grated onions
• 2 nos tomatoes
• 3 green chillies
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp chilly powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• 4 curry leaves
• salt to taste
• 3 tbsp of oil
• water as required

Directions to Prepare

• Remove the outer white shell and make the seeds into two halves.
• Take oil in a pan,add all temperings to it.
• Now add grated onions,green chillies,salt to taste,turmeric powder,chilly powder and coriander powder and leave till it turns light brown.
• Add tomato puree and let it cook until the raw smell evaporates.
• Add jackfruit seeds leave it for 2mins,add some water and let it cook until the seeds are cooked softly.
• Add garam masala powder and serve with hot rice.

Gobi Paratha

Ingredients

• 1 cup grated gobi
• 3 cups wheat flour for paratha
• 4 green chillies(cut into very small pieces)
• 2 tbsp butter/ghee/oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• salt to taste
• coriander leaves
• water as required

Directions to Prepare

• Mix the dough well and keep it aside for 20 - 30 mins.
• Take oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds,cumin seeds and fry them.
• Add grated gobi,chillies,coriander powder,mix it well and leave it for 5 - 10 mins.
• Cut coriander leaves very thinly and add it to the above and mix it well.
• Take chapathi dough and make it into medium size dumplings.
• Roll the dough into round size.Ensure that the edges are thin while the middle portion is thick.
• Now take the stuffing and keep it in the middle of the roll and close the edges to making it into a dumpling.
• Roll the dumpling again to spread the stuff evenly.Similar to athick pizza crust/roti.
• Put the roll/paratha on the pan and cook it.
• Add little ghee/butter on both sides of paratha.
• Serve hot with lime pickle and curd.

Corn Toast

Ingredients

To Prepare White Sauce

• 1 tbsp maida
• 2 cups milk
• Pepper powder to taste
• Oregano to taste
• salt to taste

To Prepare Corn Masala

• 6 slices bread
• 1 no onion
• 1 no tomato
• 1 cup corn
• 1/2 tbsp chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tbsp garam masala powder
• 1/2 cup grated chesse
• oil as required

Directions to Prepare White Sauce

• Heat butter/ghee in a pan.
• Add all purpose flour(maida) and fry it.Stir it continuously for stopping it to burn.It should not turn brown.
• Switch of the stove and add half cup of milk and stir nicely not to form lumps.
• Now all add the remaining milk and cook it in slow flame stirring it well till the sauce is thick.
• Now add salt,pepper powder and oregano to sauce and keep it aside.

Directions to Prepare Corn Masala

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add onions and saute it till they are done.
• Add Sliced tomatoes and saute it well,if required add little water to it.
• Add salt,chilli powder,masala powder and mix it well.
• Add boiled corn and cook it for 4 - 5 mins.

Directions to Prepare Toast

• Take the bread slices and spread the corn masala on the top of each slice,now apply white sauce over that.
• Sprinkle cheese over that,cook in grill mode for 2 - 3 mins or untill the cheese melts.

Tip

We can also use mint chutney/tomato ketchup instead of white sauce.

Spinach/Palak Paratha

Ingredients

To Prepare the Dough

• 3 cups wheat flour
• Salt to taste
• Water as required

Directions to Prepare

Mix the dough well and keep it aside for 20mins - 30mins.

For making the stuffing

• 1 bunch of spinach finely chopped
• 4 green chillies finely chopped
• 1 tsp oil
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste

Directions to Cook

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add spinach,green chillies,ginger garlic paste,salt,turmeric powder,coriander powder,chilli powder and mix it well.
• Fry it until the water is completely evaporated,mixing in between.
• Take chapathi dough and make it into medium size dumplings.
• Roll the dough into round size.Ensure that the edges are thin while the middle portion is thick.
• Now take the stuffing and keep it in the middle of the roll and close the edges to make it into a dumpling.
• Roll the dumpling again to spread the stuff evenly.Similar to a thick pizza crust/roti.
• Put the roll/paratha on the pan and cook it.
• Add little ghee/oil on both sides of paratha.
• Serve hot with any pickle and curd.

Pesarattu curry

Pesarattu with combination of upma is very famous in Andhra Pradesh.I love pesarattu very much.Ravva upma is a good combination with pesarattu.I love to eat pesarattu sitting leisurely with upma on sundays.When ever my mom used to make pesarattu she used to prepare curry out of pesarattu.

Ingredients

• 2 cups green gram/moong dal
• 2 onions finely chopped
• 4 green chillies
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 3 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• salt to taste
• oil for cooking
• water

Direction To Cook

• Wash and soak the green gram in water for atleast 6hrs.
• Drain the water and grind to make a coarse paste,also grind green chillies,cumin seeds,ginger garlic paste along with the green gram.
• Now heat the tava and apply little oil to it.
• Put the batter on the tava and spread it to make it like a uttappam.
• Cook on both sides till it becomes light brown.
• Now cut the pesarattu into 2 inches square pieces and keep them aside.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add onions,salt,coriander powder,chilli powder,turmeric powder and saute it well.
• Add pesarattu pieces to it,mix it well and leave it for 2mins.
• Add water as required and allow it to cook on a low flame for 5 mins.
• Add garam masala powder,mix it well and leave it until the water is completely evaporated.
• Serve hot with rice.

Tips

You can also add tomatoes for a different taste.

Pizza Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 tsp olive oil
• 2 no capsicum
• 3 clove garlic chopped
• 1/4 tsp crushed peppers
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 4 no tomatoes(grind to make to a puree)
• 4 no tomatoes
• 4 basil(tulasi) leaves
• 1 tsp oregano

Directions to Cook

• Saute garlic in olive oil.
• Add capsicum and saute for 1-2mins.
• Add blanched chopped tomatoes and leave it for 3 mins(to blanch tomatoes put the tomatoes in boiling water for 3-5mins, remove them and keep them in cold water.now peel the skin and chop them to small pieces).
• Add tomato puree,salt,sugar and cook till soft and juices evaporate to right consistency.
• Add crushed pepper,oregano and tulasi leaves and leave it for 2mins.
• Use this pizza sauce on the top of pizza base first and add different types of toppings on it as per your choice

Pizza Base

Ingredients to make Pizza base

• 250 ml water
• 7 cups maida/all purpose flour
• 5 tsp olive oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 7 gms yeast packet

Directions to Pizza base.

• Take the yeast,sugar,salt, one cup of maida, and mix it well in warm water.Leave the mixture aside for 10 mins .
• Mix the remaining flour in the mixture prepared in the previous step by first adding olive oil followed by water.
• Knead the dough till soft.
• Keep the dough in a bowl double its size and cover it with a wet cloth and leave it aside for 1 hr.
• Knead again to remove air pockets and cover it again for another 30 mins.
• Take a portion of dough and roll into a pizza base.
• Use dry flour if required to ensure that the dough does not stick to the base
• Add pizza sauce as required,add toppings.
• Bake in a hot(300c)oven,till base is crisp and light.

Ingredients to make basic Pizza

• 1 no bell pepper thinly sliced
• grated cheese to taste(use mozarilla cheese for better taste)
• 1 tomato thinly sliced
• 1 onion thinly sliced

Directions to cook basic Pizza

• Knead the dough and roll it out 6 inches diameter size 1/2 inch thick .
• Apply little butter to the oven tray roll out the pizza dough on it.
• Press lightly from all sides evenly leaving the surroundings more thick than the middle one.
• Spread the pizza sauce all over the pizza leaving the edges.
• Spread onions,capsicum and tomatoes all over the pizza.
• Sprinkle grated cheese on pizza.
• Bake in a oven at 350F for 10 mins.(if you feel it is not done well increase your time)
• Cut the pizza and serve warm.

Tip

For the same pizza base you can change the toppings as you wish in both veg(corn,paneer,mushroom,corn) and non-veg(meat).

Kalakand

Ingredients

• 2 litres milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• any type of dry fruits to garnish
• silver foil(optional)
• 1/2 tsp citric acid/1 tsp lime juice

Directions to Cook

• Boil half of the milk and add lime juice as the milk starts to boil and remove it from the stove.
• Once the chenna(paneer) settles down,sieve through muslin cloth and squeeze the excess water
• Put the remaining milk in a heavy pan and boil to half.
• Add chenna and boil till the mixture thickens.Stir continuously to avoid burning.
• Add sugar and continue to cook,stirring all the while till it softly thickens into a lump.
• Set in a plate and garnish with any dry fruits as per your choice.

Dondakaya/tindora Chutney

I never ate dondakaya pachadi,but my husband likes dondakaya chutney and I prepared this for the first time and I liked it.

Earlier I hated dondakaya and would never eat it whenever my mom would cook it.She would generally end up cooking a different curry just for me. Now that I am cooking, I do not feel like cooking separately for me so what ever I cook for my husband I have to eat it.

Ingredients

• 250 gms dondakaya
• 5 green chillies
• 2 red chillies
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 tsp black gram
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp tamarind paste
• curry leaves
• salt to taste
• oil for frying and seasoning

Directions to Cook

• Chop tindora and green chillies into small pieces and keep them aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry green chillies first and keep them aside.
• Now fry the finely chopped tindora on a medium flame till they turn golden colour and allow them to cool down.
• Now put the fried tindora,green chillies,tamarind,garlic and salt to the mixer jar and grind them to a coarse paste and take it in a bowl.
• For seasoning,heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds,black gram,cumin seeds and stir them gently till they pop up.
• Now add red chillies and curry leaves and fry them till they turn to light brown.
• Add the above to the chutney and serve with hot rice and ghee.
• This will go well with dosas/idli also.

Tip

If you want to have a different taste you can also add 1/4 cup of roasted ground nuts/chana dal/gingely seeds.

Apple Jam

Apple is a cholesterol and fat free fruit,it contains Vitamin C and many other nutrients.Apple keeps you away from heart diseases.Apple is also an excellent source of pectin,a fiber that helps to reduce blood cholesterol.

One apple equals one portion of the five fruit and vegetables required for daily intake.Apples contain dietary fiber.It is rich in potassium.Apple is a good weight loss supplement.

There are many more good things in apple so people who don't like to eat apple directly can take in the form of juice/jam or in any other form you like.

I like fruits and my husband doesn't eat fruits. To break the gridlock I got a idea. I prepared apple jam at home and surprisingly it came out very well.

Ingredients

• 1/2kg apple
• 350gms sugar
• 1 cup water
• pinch of salt
• 2 tsp lemon juice or 1/2 tsp citric acid

Directions to Cook

• Peel the apple skin and cut into small pieces.
• Cook in water until tender.
• Add sugar,salt and lemon juice and stir it until the jam is thicken.
• Make sure it doesn't burn.
• Cool a little and pour into sterilized jars and cork tightly.

Aloo Methi Paratha

Paratha is an Indian flat-bread.It is one of the most popular dish in Indian cuisine and is made by whole-wheat flour on a tava.Parathas are usually stuffed with vegetables such as boiled potatoes,radishes,methi,gobi,paneer etc depending on the persons taste.Paratha can also be eaten simply with butter/yogurt or pickle,or thick spicy curries of meat and vegetables.

Paratha can be round,square or triangular.The stuffing can mixed with the kneaded flour and the paratha is prepared as roti or the stuffing can also keep inside seperately by kneading the flour seperately.The dough is flattened into a circle,the stuffing is kept in the middle and flatbread is closed by taking all edges together.

I prefer the second one to the first one becasue in the second one we can taste the dough and the stuff seperately and tastes good.

Ingredients

For Dough

• 4 cups wheat flour
• salt to taste
• water as required

Direction to Prepare

Mix the dough well and keep it aside for 20-30mins.

For stuff

• 2 cups of methi leaves finely chopped
• 2 cups of boiled and mashed potatoes
• 3 green chillies finely chopped
• coriander leaves finely chopped
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• salt to taste

Directions to Cook

• Boil the potatoes till done.
• Peel the skin,mash it well and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add finely chopped methi leaves and green chilies and saute it till they become soft.
• Add mashed potatoes,chilli powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder,coriander leaves and mix it well and saute it for 15mins till moisture is completely evaporated.
• To make the paratha.Take the chapathi dough and make it into medium size dumplings.
• Roll the dough into round size.Ensure that the edges are thin while the middle portion is thick.
• Now take the stuffing and keep it in the middle of the roll and close the edge to make it into a dumpling.
• Roll the dumpling again to spread the stuff evenly.Similar to a thick pizza crust/roti.
• Put the roll/paratha on the pan and cook it.
• Add little ghee/butter on sides of paratha.
• Serve hot with any sour pickle and curd.

I some times make parathas with left overs of morning subji with little change of ingredients.I didnt post some of the dishes but luckily they came good.You try yourself and I feel you really like to have it.Enjoy different types of parathas.

Gulab Jamun

Gulab jamun is a dessert which is popular throughout the India.The dough consists mainly of milk solids often including double cream and flour in a sugar syrup flavored with cardamom seeds and rosewater or saffron.

Every one likes gulab jamuns.Gulab jamuns with ice-cream is a good combination to have.Actually my husband likes gulab jamuns very well and never made it before,and this is the first time I have made it and it came well with good taste.

Ingredients

• 1 cup khova/milk powder
• 1/2 cup maida
• 2 tsp butter/oil
• 2 cups sugar(if you want excess syrup increase by a cup)
• 1 cup water(if you increase sugar quantity increase water also)
• 1/4 tsp cooking soda/baking soda
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• oil for deep frying

Directions to Cook

For preparing gulab jamun

• Knead milk powder,butter,maida and soda and quickly shape into soft balls by applying little oil to your hands if needed.
• Heat oil on a medium flame.
• Fry the jamuns till golden brown over a low to medium flame.Dont over heat the oil,maintain a constant temperature.
• Drain the jamuns and soak in the warm sugar syrup.

For Sugar Syrup

• The syrup should be made little earlier and kept warm.
• Mix sugar,water and cardamom powder and mix it.
• Now keep it on the stove at medium flame for 10-15mins until sugar is all dissolved in water.Do not overheat.
• Soak the jamuns in the syrup and leave it for over night for better results.

Note

You can also buy directly the gulab jamun mix.

Senagapappu Payasam/Chana dal Payasam/Bengal gram Payasam

Ingredients

• 1 cup Bengal gram/sengapappu
• 1 cup jagerry/bellam
• 1/2 cup sabudhana
• 2 cups milk
• 2 tsp ghee
• Cashew nuts
• Kissmiss
• Badams
• Grated coconut/Cut coconut into small pieces
• Cardamom powder

Directions to cook

• Soak the bengal gram for atleast 30mins.Pressure cook the bengal gram till its cooked,do not over cook.
• Heat ghee in a kadai and toast sabudhana until light brown.
• Add milk to sabudhana and cook it well by stirring in between.
• Now add the bengal gram and jagerry to this mix and stir it slowly for 15mins without burning.
• Heat ghee in a pan and toast cashew nuts,kismiss,badam coconut pieces untill light brown.
• Add these to the payasam.
• Finally add cardamom powder,stir it and simmer another 5mins.
• Serve it hot/cold.
• Easy to make during festival times.

Tip

• In this we can also add semolina instead of sabudhana.