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.
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 :)
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 .
Ingredients :
