Podi Pappu / Pappu fry / Dry dal fry

Hi ,
This is my husband's favourite recipie,it needs less time but more consciousness.Tasty and fast curry to prepare.I learnt it from my mother in law, as she always does it for her son and now its my turn ;) to do it for her son. isnt it ? ;)


Welcome to the Recipie preparation :


Dry Dal Fry

  Ingredients :


Toordal/kandhipappu : 1cup
onion :1 small
green mirchi :3
salt: acc to taste
turmeric: 1 spoon
mirchipowder : acc to taste
Oil : 1 spoon

Ingrdients for tadka/popu :


minappappu / urad dal : 1 spoon
chandal/ pachi senagapappu : 1 spoon
aavalu / mustard seeds : 1 spoon
jeera/ jeelakarra : 1 spn
red mirchi : 2 #s


Now lets start the preparation :


First , soak the toordal with 1 cup of water, pinch of turmeric and two drops of oil, just for few mins b4 cooking.


Now pressure cook the dal with water in a cooker and stop it when it is stiff enough as in the pic ( not mushy ).
Take care that it shud not be too mushy or too stiff. Now once it is cooked enough, turn off and drain the excess water if any and let the dal kept ready for preparation.


1. Take a kadai, heat nicely
2.put a tspn of oil, let it heat
3. put all the tadka ingredients,let them splutter
4.Add finely chopped onions, green mirchi,allow them to fry nicely
 5.Now add the dal which is kept aside in the beginning and keep stirring
5.Add salt,turmeric,chillipowder and keep stirring.
6.Note : stir with skillet closed if they are a bit stiff and stirr only open if they are abt to be mushy.


Thats it here you are !!! Garnish with coriander and server hot with steamed rice...


Variations : You can add dry coconut powder and stirr, cook at the end keeping lid closed for 5 mins.

Carrot Cake !!!

I am intersted in cakes even though I know they are not sooo healthy !!!
So just thought of adding some health to my cake ;) carrots and apple,which I feel lazy to go to my fridge and cut and thennnn eat !!!

Required :

3- 4 carrots ( grated finely)

1 apple ( cut into small tiny pieces

1/3 tbsp orange juice

3 eggs or [1 cup milk + 1/2 tin condensed milk]

sugar powder

1 1/2 maida
1 tspn baking powder
11/2 tspn cinnamon powder


dry fruits for garnish, to get crunchy look and taste


Procedure :


1) Sieve the dry ingredients
2) Now mix milk and condensed milk / egg to the above sieved mixture, orange juice
3) Mix the mixture well.add cherries,grated carrot and apple.Now put in a greased baking tray.
4) Bake it for 10 minutes under 200degree Celsius and on 180 degree for another 10 minutes.
5) Insert a toothpick and if nothing sticks to it means cake is done. Let it cool for sometime.
Then turn over and tap from back to remove.


Note : I used Electric cooker. I nicely greased the container with butter and then dusted with maida.
Dusting is important here.Then added the cake batter into it.
The cooker button comes up every five minutes and it is a bit work consuming to get it down every ten minutes.But the final cake makes you forget ur hardwork...trust me !!!

gutthi Kakarakaya koora / stuffed karela fry

Hi , Today shall we talk about bitter gourd.good for health but many of us doesnt like as it tastes bitter as its name suggests.
But we can make it more tasty using different spices and cooking it differently.
Try the below dish and enjoyy the tasty bitter gourd fry !!!




Ingredients:


Looks more good when cooked with small karela !!!


bitter gourd : 10 Nos
garlic  : 8 cloves
coconut powder : 1 cup
minappappu ( urad dal):1/2 cup
pacchi senaga pappu : ( chana dal):1/2 cup
salt : acc to taste
chilli powder : 3 spoons
onion : 3 onions
turmeric powder:1 tbsp
oil-5 spoons


Procedure:


1. First wash the bittergourds finely and add curd ,salt and leave it for an hour
2. now wash the bittergourds and slice them in the middle so that we can stuff
3. Finely cut the onions ( very finely)
4. Mean while dry roast urad dal , chana dal and grind into powder adding garlic cloves and coconut powder.
5. Now put the pan, add oil
6.Now add onions and start frying
7.Once onions turn transaparent add the  powder in step 4 and fry
8.Once its fried a little,add salt ,chillipowder and tumeric powder
9.Cook for sometime.
10.Now stuff the bitter gourds with the prepared stuff in step 8
11.Add 2 spoons oil to a non stick pan and place the bitter goudrs care fully
12. keep stirring with out disturbing
13. Let them cook all sides and cook until they turn soft and turn brownish red.


There you go !!!!!!!!

vankaya jeedipappu koora/Brinjal Cashew curry

/ BriRequired:

Brinjal/vankayalu : 1/2 Kg

Cashew/jeedipappu : 1/4 cup

Tomatoes : 2

Oil : 2 tspn

Salt - acc to taste

turmeric - pinch

chillipowder - acc to taste

Spice:

fist ful garlic pods
red dry michi - 5

Seasoning:

mustard seeds - 1tspn
curry leaves - few
chana dal - 1 tspn
urad dal - 1 tspn
jeera - 1 tspn


procedure :

1. Cut brinjal into required size pieces and put them in cold salt water to avoid them from getting bitter and dark

2. Now turn on stove ,put kadai,heat oil, add the seasoning ingredients
3.Add brinjal pieces and pinch of turmeric and allow them to get cooked
4. Now add salt,chillipowder and allow it to get cooked
5. Now make a small space in between cooking brinjal pieces and put the chopped tomatoes

6.Close the lid and allow them to cook for some time

7.Cook till the tomatoes are soft enough and then mash tomatoes and stir

8. add cashew at this point ( dont fry cashews before adding coz,they will turn hard)

9. cook for some time and then at end garnish with cilantro.

Its that simpleeee !!!

Dosakaya Tomato Rotu pacchadi / yellow cucumber&tomato coarse pickle

Required :

1.Dosakaya : 1/2 piece ( Chopped )

2.Tomatoes : 3 ( chopped )

3.green mirchi : 3

4. garlic : 3 pods

5. Jeera : 1 tblsp

6. Salt : acc to taste

7. oil : 2 tspn

For seasoning:

Mustard seeds – 2tsp
Curry leaves- few
Chana dal – 1tsp
Urad dal – 1tsp
Cumin seeds – 1tsp
Mustard seeds – 1tsp
Red chillies – 4
Oil – 1

Procedure :

1. Switch on the stove, place a kadai and heat oil in it and fry the green mirchi for 3 mins and keep them aside
2. Add doskaya pieces and let them get cooked with closed lid
3. Once they r cooked add the chopped tomatoes and let them turn soft
4. Once tomatoes and dosakaya is cooked, turn off the stove  and allow it to cool at room temperature
5. Now in a blender , first blend fried mirchi,jeera and salt
6. Now add the tomatoes and doskaya mixture,garlic pods and blend coarsely
7. place a kadai on stove ,add a spoon of oil
8. Add the ingredients under seasoning and put this seasoning on the blended chutney.

Its done !!! Enjoy it with dosa,idli or hot rice

Spicy Paneer Chatpat

Paneer Chatpat:

Paneer - 150 gms
Curd - 1 cup
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
Garam masala powder - 3tsp
Chilli powder - 4tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:
Cut the paneer into small cubes and take a bowl and add the curds, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt into it and shake it well and keep the paneer marinated in it for an hour.
Grind onion, tomatoes and ginger/garlic in to a fine paste and keep aside.
Take out the paneer from the curd mixture and deep fry them.
Now take a pan and add some oil and after it becomes hot add the paste into it and fry it nicely until golden brown.
Then add the curd mixture and salt into it and fry it for some time until both the mixture gets blended well.
Add the fried paneer and bring to a boil and serve this hot Indian recipe of Paneer Chatpat with roti or paratha.


Tasty and spicy chatpat is ready !!!!!

Spicy Chicken fry in coconut milk

Ingredients :



Yummy fried chicken ready to serve hott !!!

 Chicken                     1 Kg
Lemon juice             1 1/2 tablespoons
Ginger paste             3/4 teaspoon
Garlic paste              3/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder     1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Coconut, scraped     1 1/2 cups
Coriander seeds       1/2 tablespoons
Black peppercorns   15
Cumin seeds             1 1/2 teaspoons
dry chillies                10
oil                              3 tablespoons
Onions, chopped      3 medium
Mustard seeds          1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves             10
Garlic, chopped       8 cloves
Tamarind pulp          1 1/2 teaspoons
Coconut milk           3/4 cup


Procedure:

1. Marinate chicken with lemon juice, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder and salt for an hour.
2. To make the masala dry roast coconut to a light brown. Lightly sauté coriander seeds, black peppercorns,cumin seeds and red chillies in two teaspoons of oil.
3. Grind these along with roasted coconut and half the onions to a fine paste using a little water if required.
4. Heat remaining oil in pan.
5. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. When the seeds splutter, add garlic and remaining onions and sauté for five minutes on low heat.
6. Add ground masala and sauté for five minutes till a nice aroma is given out.
7. Add marinated chicken. Stir well and adjust salt.
8. Stir, cover and cook for ten minutes. Add tamarind pulp and stir well.
9. Add coconut milk and allow it to cook
10. when you find the chicken is cooked, turn the stove to High and cook so that it wont stick to the non stick pan.
11. Then the chicken looks like it is in the image here...yummy fried chicken
12. serve it hot with roti or rice.