Pacchi pulusu / Tangy onion chilli soup

Hii,

Yesterday I prepared mulakkai tomato eguru ( drumstick tomato curry ) which doesnt have much gravy.
So wanted to make something like rasam or sambhar.But no time..hubby is hungrryy !!
Then remembered my mom's quick pacchipulusu...ahhaa the thought it self  left my mouth watering.

Lets have the recipie here !!!

Ingredients :

water - 3 cups
green mirchi - 4 to 6 ( cut into slits )
onions -1 big
jeera- 1 spn
tamarind - fistful
salt- acc to taste

1. First boil the water until luke warm
2. Mean while soak the tamarind and take out the pulp
3. Add this pulp to the warm boiled water
4. chop onions into small pieces and add to the above
5. Now put a small kadahi on the stove and heat it
6. add a spoon of oil , fry the green chilli slits with jeera
7. Once fried nicely, add some salt to the chilli slits and jeera and add this to the water in step 3.
8. See is salt is fine or else adjust up to your taste

Enjoyyy the wonderful flavour of pacchi pulusu.

Gulab Jamun !!

Gulaaab Jamooon!!! :

I eat since my childhood and not at all bored even now...
Yummy dish I crave for.

Ingredients :
MTR GulabJamun mix - 250gms
MIlk/ water - just enough to knead the jamun mix into smooth dough.
Oil for deep fry
sugar - 2 cups
water for sugar syrup - 1 cup
2 to 3 crushed cardamoms

1.Mix the jamun mix and water and knead to a smooth dough.
2.Now roll out the dough into small smooth balls ( with out any cracks )
3.Let the size of the ball be a bit small, coz once they are in sugar syrup, they gets almost doubled.
4.Now heat the oil in the kadai.
5.Deep fry the balls till they turn brownish red. ( fry keeping it in sim & dont turn them off at a stage of orange color or so )
6.Mean while, add the sugar and water to a bowl and start boiling it at a medium flame.
7.Stirr it till 5 to 10 mins , dont let it get more thich.Just turn it off when sugar gets dissolved in water nicely.
8.Then turn it off and keep it aside.

Now once the deepfrying is done, put the hot fried jamun balls in the sugar syrup and close the lid.

Just look at it after 5 to 10 mins.

Yummy yummy gulab jamun is ready at ur door steps :)

Moong dal Kichdi

Dal Khichdi :
 
Ingredients :

1/2 bowl long grain Rice
1/4 bowl Moong Dal without Husks
1 Small onion chopped
Paste of 2 green chillies & 1" ginger piece ( Paste is optional.Instead use chilli and ginger cut into small pieces )
1 Tbls Oil
1tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp Turmeric
1 1/2 tsp salt

Tempering:

Oil- 1 tblspn
urad dal - 1 spn
chanadal- - 1 spn
 jeera- 1 spn
redchilli - 2 to 3
kaju - 5-6
kadipattha/ karivepaaku - fistful

 
Method :     
1.Wash and Soak the rice and Dals seperately. Leave for 10min.
2.In a broad pan, heat the oil and add cumin seeds.
3.Add the chopped onion and chiili and ginger paste. Stir and saute for 1min.
4.Add the rice and moong Dal.
5.Add the salt and turmeric
6.Make sure not to put too much water .The water should just covers the rice and Dals.
7.Cover the lid and turn the heat downaa no problem
8.Check after 5 min to see if the rice and Dals are cooked and most of the water absorbed.If need be a little water can be sprinkled. 

Once the Rice is done, put a small kadai on stove , add oil and let it heat.
Roast kaju till they are roasted well and take them out.
Now in the same kadai add all the ingredients under tempering.Fry nicely until a wonderful aroma hits ur kitchen.Add this to the cooked kichdi and
My god !!! You cant resist it.

Seve it with  Raita .

Pesarattu/Green moong dal dosa

Hi,

from today let me introduce you few foods good for health,especially for women with problems like thyroid and pcos.

It is better for us to close our eyes and shut our mouth when we see rice.

So I will keep postin g few recipies which helps us to control diet with out high carbs.



Pesarattu :

Ingredients

Green moongdal : 1 glass
rice : fistfull ( uncooked)
( Rice to be used if u r not having pcos )

Soak the green moong dal , rice for 24 hours or alteast 10 hrs .
Now grind them to a mixture adding water if necessary.

Thats it. The batter is ready.

Now heat the tawa, put two spoons of oil, spread allover evenly and allow it to heat.

Now pour the batter using a laddle and make it into circular shape spreading from center.

Once the dosa leaves the edges, take it out of tawa using a flat spoon.

and U r there !!!

Have it with yummy fried chanadal chutney.

Home made Chocolate

Yummy Homemade Chocolate:


We are planning to go to hyderabad,where my sisterin law stays with her family.Their lovely kids will be waiting for us.Henc ethought of preparing this choco for them.


It worked quiet well that we finished the entire chokie before it reached them :D




hahahhh




Ingredients:


Milk Powder : 2 cups
Sugar : 1/1/2 cup
Cocoa powder -1/2 cup
Butter 100 gms
Water 1 cup
Milk maid - 1 cup ( optional)




 Now we will start making our delicacy :) hmmm


Start making sugar syrup using sugar and water .Let it come to string consistency, the string which stands between our fingers.
Then turn it off.


Now add butter to it, until its blended well
Then add cocoapowder and milk podwer.Now blend in milkmaid if its handy ...This makes the chocolate yummmmyyyyy :D


You can add crunchy nuts at this point of time.


Now place this mixture in any greased plate and refrigerate.


Cut it into desirable shapes and enjoyyyy !

Tomato Dal / Tomato Pappu

Andhra Style Tomato Pappu :


Ingredients :
 



Tomatoes : 4 - 5
Green Chillies : 3-4
Turdal/kandhipappu - 2 cups
Onion - 1 -Grated finely
tamarind - lemon sized
Salt : acc to taste
chilli powder: acc to taste


Tadka :


mustard seeds - 1spn
urad dal- 1spn
chana dal- 1spn
jeera- 1spn
kadi pattha/karivepaaku - fist ful
red chilli slits
garlic ( Very Imp) - 5 to 6 pods




Before starting to cook, I suggest to just soak turdal with a pich of haldi and one spoon of oil.It makes the dal soft and allows it to get cooked faster when we start cooking.


Take a cooker.just add the soaked dal,onion,tomatoes,slit green chillies and add.
Now add tamarind.


Dont add salt at this moment as it stops dal from getting soft.Add haldi, chillipowder and close the cooker lid and allow it to get cooked till its consistency is mushy.


Now mash the dal, add salt and keep aside.


Take a small kadai, add 2 spoons of oil and add all the tadka ingredients.
Add this tadka to the dal above and ur home will be touched with the essence of heaven !!!


Now have it with hot steamed rice with vadiyams or papads as side dish.


My god !!! You will be lost :)

Dalchini tea

Hi,

My father in law, one of the most inspiring in my life, I respect and love him a lot...He suffers from diabetis and Even my Mom ( Ofcourse they are brother and sister with diabetis as heriditory )

Hence I started searching for options I can keep their diabetis in control. And this is one of my easiest yet very powerful attempts.

Just add an inch of cinnamon while cooking rice or in our chaii ( tea) daily and see the change by yourself.

Hence this is the recipie of the tea - Diabetic tea yet tastes like heaven

Cinnamon Tea , very good for diabetics

Ingredients :

 Milk - 2 cups
tea powder - 2 spoons
cinnamon- 1inch
 elaichi - 2
ginger ( optional )

Sugar ( for diabetic free people)

Preparation :

Just boil milk, add tea powder, cinnamon, elaichi,grated ginger and let it boil nicely until it reaches a tempting colour.

Add sugar if u like :)

just filter the tea and take in a cup.serve with a slice of wheat bread...and see what an evening u have got !!!