Vadala Pulusu/ chanadal crisps in tangy tamarind sauce

Do you know this !!! really tasty dish,a nice treat for guests.
My parents used to come to us and i used to plan do that,to do this and plenty
But u know my momm,she never allows me to touch a single thing when she is there i our house.She does everything and asks me to take rest...
Coolll!!! but how can i make my father taste my food ???
So once my dad came alone to pune for some official purpose,so i got time to make him taste a treat.But its thursday...we dont eat non-veg
So tried this,which i had in a friend's home when i was at my schooling !!!!!!!

Required:

For Vadala pulusu/ chanadal crisps in tangy tamarind sauce
2 onions.
One tomato.
Tamarid size of a small lemon (Soak it in water for 10mins).
Vadalu
salt - according to taste
turmeric powder - a pinch
chilli powder - according to taste

For vadalu:

chana dal - 2 cup ( soaked in water for 3 hours)
salt - 1 tblsp
chlli powder- 1 tblsp
ginger - small piece
garlic- 3-4 pods
onions- 1 ( cut into small pieces)
oil for deep fry
For seasoning:
Cumin seeds ( Jeera )   : half teaspoon
Mustard seeds ( Rai )   : half teaspoon
Garlic    : half teaspoon
Red chillies   : 2 broken into half
Curry leaves
Dry Red chillies.
Oil for making tadka.   :2 tblsp
Salt to taste.
Turmeric powder.

Procedure:
First let us prepare vadalu/ chandal crisps
Grind the soaked chanadal,with the ginger and garlic.
add salt,chilli powder,small pieces of onion,mix well
Now heat oil for deep fry
Make chandal mixture into round balls and press flat in between your two palms ( look at the pic)
and fry them till they are reddish.
Take them out from kadai and put on some tissue to absorb oil.

For pulusu / tangy sauce:

Now heat oil for tadka,add all ingredients.Cut onions into very small pieces.Fry them in Oil.
Wait until they turn light brown/golden yellow,Cut tomato into small pieces
Add tomato pieces to fried onions,close the lid.Let tomato get soft.
Now extract tamarind juice from the soaked tamarind,Add tamarind water to it.Let it simmer for few minutes.Add salt,pinch of turmeric powder to the boiling liquid with low flame.
Now add our vadalu to it and let them become soft and absorb the yummy pulusu / tangy sauce

Switch off the stove once vadalu are soft.

Rich taste with Rice and roti !!!!!!!!!

Dosakaya tomato koora / yellow cucumber curry in 15 mins

I got up verY late in the morning...Ohh god once i opened MY eyes, iam tryign to recollect what all veggies i have in my fridge
to make our lunch box today...as i need to cook fast and even tasty for lunch box.
So i opted for doskaya,the great yellow cucumber.Humm once its outer layer is peeled off its very tender .
Hence the curry gets finished very fast.
By the time my husband finishes brushing his teeth ,i finished my curry ...cool !!! isnt it ?
Check it out...

Things Required:

Dosakaya - 1 ( if its bitter,pls dont use)
tomato - 2
salt- according to taste
turmeric - one pinch
chilli powder - according to taste
Onion- 1 ( big)
green chillies-4
coriander - few leaves ( optional)

For popu/seasoning:
mustard seeds - spoonful
red mirchi    - 2
curry leaves  - few
garlic pods   - 2
channadal     - spoonful
urad dal      - spoonful
oil           - 1 spoon

1. peel the doskaya/ cucumber and cut into small pieces
2. cut tomato,onion and green chillies into small pieces
3. Now switch on the stove heat oil in a kadai,
   we use only one spoon of oil,hence rotate the kadai to evenly spread the oil
4.After the oil is sufficiently hot,put in all the popu ingredients
  ahh !!! an awsome smell ...i know u feel it
5. NOw add green chilly and onion pieces ,stir and close the lid
6. Once the onions turn transparent,add cucumber pieces
7. Stir them for a minute and close the lid
8. Once the cucumber pieces turn soft now ,move the cucumber pieces towards edges of the kadai,leaving a circle space in between
9. Now place our tomato pieces in the center of kadai,surrounded by cucumber pieces and close the lid.
10.after 5 mins press the tomatoes with the back of your spoon ,u will observe the puree coming out of it slowly
11.so now mix the cucumber and tomato pices and add salt,turmeric,chilli powdwer, stirr nicely and close lid for 2 mins.
12. garnish with coriander to enhance the taste

Awsome !!! you will have to agree.
 

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BeetRoot Fruit and nut

Yepp !!! its weekend again and i decided to do experiments on a vegetable i never touch ...may be even you...guess what ????
Huhh its beetroot. I hate it for its taste but its coloue awsomeee!!! natural coloring agaent mind blowing .

Its really healthy also.Hence didnt want to miss its positives. So i want to use its colour with banana's taste .Hence, have a look at the below recipie ...which steals your look .

Will upload its pic soonn...pls keep following.

Yummy isn't it ?????

Things required:
Beetroot -1
Riped Banana- 1/2
Maida 2 cup
sugar 1/2 cup (according to taste)
salt-1/4 spoon
Baking powder -1/4 teaspoon
elaichi powder  -1 spoon
Nuts (1 cup) -Cashew ,Badam,Raisins
butter-1 spoon
Milkmaid (optional,but i used to enhance taste)-2 spoons
Vanilla icecream ( small size) - optional

Preparation :
1.Peel the beetroot,cut into small pieces and boil for 5 - 7 mins
2.Now turn off the stove ,let the beetroot pieces turn cool
3.Finely ground Sugar and elaichi powder to fine powder.
4.Now add the cooled beetroot pieces to the sugar and elaichi mix and grind again
Now this gives result to a pinkish flowing beetroot puree with sweet sugar and elaichi essence.
5.Now take the all purpose flour in to a bowl,add baking powder,salt and mix well
6.now add riped banana crushing it nicely and add butter now to blend well
7.Then add the beetroot and  sugar mixture and then the milkmaid
8.Blend the mixture well and now add the nut pieces
9.Now my idea is to steam this mixture,so i used an idli cooker
10.place this mixture with the help of spoon in the idli moulds and close the lid and turn on stove
11.Turn off the stove for just one whistle ( ont keep it for long),it looses taste.
12.Open the cooker and u will get stunned seeing the beetroot fruit and nut in dark pink colour.
13.Now remove it carefully with help of a spoon and u vl wish to touch it again and again

Now u can serve it hot and chill it in freezer and serve it also.

If u hav vanilla ice cream available,try this:

1. Take a nice long glass and put a layer of vanilla using scoop
2.then add our beetroot fruit and nut prepared above as the second layer and then again icecream layer
3.continue like this with a layer of chocolate sauce in between if you are a chocolate lover
4.Finally end with a scoope of vanilla again.
5.leave it for some time and then have it.

Heaven stands in front of you,i bet....