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Jan 6, 2013

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Garbanzo Bean Sundal (Chickpea Salad)

This is a healthy salad + snack for the evenings. I usually make this during festivals too as an offering.

Ingredients:

2 cups Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas, Mudi Senagalu)
¼ cup shredded Coconut (fresh or dry)
1 small onion,finely chopped
2 green Chilies cut lengthwise
Few Curry Leaves
A pinch of Turmeric Powder
1 tsp Oil
½ tsp Mustard Seeds
¼ tsp Cumin Seeds
½ tsp Bengal Gram
½ tsp Black Gram
2 dry Red Chilies
Salt

Preparation:

Wash and soak garbanzo beans overnight. Then pressure-cook the dal for 3 whistles.
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
When they pop, add cumin seeds + Bengal gram + black gram and sauté well until the dals turn golden brown in color.
Then add red chilies + curry leaves + onions + green chilies and sauté well until onions become tender.
Then add the cooked garbanzo beans + turmeric + salt, mix well and allow cooking for some time.
Finally add coconut, mix well and keep the pan on low flame for 2 minutes and turn off the flame.
This is a perfect healthy snack for the evenings.

Jul 2, 2012

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Beaten Rice (Poha) Mixture (Atukula Mixture)

Who wants to cook elaborate meals in this hot weather? Well, not me. But what should you do if you crave for something yummy, healthy and spicy with less work? Don’t worry, there is a way! Just grab some easily available stuff (only food stuffJ) from the pantry and prepare some yummy and easy chat item. No oil, no sweat and yes less work! Did I mention guilt-free too?

I recently prepared a simple chat item with beaten rice/poha/atukulu that became ready within 10 minutes and tasted so delicious too. Of course, many of you already make such kind of chats at home but checkout my version.

Jun 11, 2012

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Brown Rice Pakoda

“Trendy Relish is my mom’s blog. You should look at it if you want to cook some yummy food. I tried some of her food. It is really good! Trendy Relish Rocks! I LOVE IT!”

No, I am not bragging, those were the words of my little one (a second grader). One day she was writing something seriously and I peeked and found this note. I was so surprised and felt happy. Thought of sharing this with you :)

OK. Coming to today’s recipe, I recently tried pakodas with brown rice and they turned out so delicious. I shared these pakodas with some of our friends and they all liked them. I tried many recipes with brown rice and posted before. I felt so happy that brown rice pakodas came out well and are a healthy way to eat pakodas. I deep fried the pakoda this time and am planning to bake them soon to see how they taste when baked.

May 28, 2012

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Green Peas Chat

బఠాణీల మిక్చర్

Yummy Low Fat Snack - Green Peas Chat

Peace, peace, peace! OK not really that. Even though we need a lot of Peace at present times, right now I really meant Peas :) Do you use green peas regularly in your cooking? I do, but not in daily recipes. I use them liberally in upmas, rice dishes, and salads and sometimes even in milkshakes (yes). Recently I saw a burfi (sweet dish) recipe on TV using green peas. It looked delicious and interesting and I am looking forward to make it whenever possible.

As we all know green peas are so healthy and contain so many health benefits. They are rich in antioxidants and are good for heart. Green peas help in prevention of stomach cancer and blood sugar.

Apr 30, 2012

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Wheat Flour Fritters (Godhuma Vadalu)

గోధుమ వడలు

A delicious variation to regular Vadas/fritters

I made these delicious fritters on Ugadi day this year. These are instant fritters with no soaking or grinding. They came out so good, but I personally felt that they are not crunchy like other dal fritters (vadalu). These fritters gave a different touch to the regular fritters. My family loved the taste and enjoyed them.

Apr 23, 2012

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Puffed Rice Mixture (Murmura/Borugula Mixture)

A guilt-free and yummy snack

This is a perfect tea-time snack. This mixture is so delicious and the good thing it is oil free.

Jan 22, 2012

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Soy Bean Fritters (Soya Vadalu)

A healthy and delicious snack

This is another delicacy I made during Sankranthi. These turned out so delicious and everyone at our home enjoyed them so much.

Oct 2, 2011

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Sago Fritters (Saggubiyyam Vadalu)

A delicious snack with Sago/Saggubiyyam

I prepared these on Vinayaka Chavithi. Everyone enjoyed the tastiness of these mouth-watering vadas.

Aug 8, 2011

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Green Moong Dal Sundal

A healthy and tasty Snack

This is a healthy snack that can be done with simple procedure.

Mar 28, 2011

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Soy Pakoda – Baked Version

In my previous post I wrote about deep-fried Soy Pakoda that tasted super good. I wanted to make them healthier by baking to minimize the usage of oil. And I succeeded and the baked pakodas tasted as delicious as deep-fried pakodas.

I used the same ingredients as I used for the deep-fried version. Only thing I changed is the amount of oil used. Here is the recipe for this guilt-free snack.

Ingredients:

1 cup Soy Flour
2 tsp Rice Flour
A pinch of Baking Soda
A small onion, chopped lengthwise
Few Green Chilies, chopped fine
Few Curry Leaves
Salt as required
2 tbsp Oil

Preparation:

Mix all the above ingredients into a thick batter by adding very little water (just sprinkle some water). Keep aside.

Preheat the oven to 350F.

Meanwhile, line a cookie tray with aluminum foil. Take small portions of the batter and place on the tray in a way that the pakodas won’t touch each other (just like in the picture).

Place this tray in the bottom rack of the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until the pakodas turn golden brown in color (for me it took 20 minutes). No need to turn them over in the middle.

Then take out from the oven and leave aside to cool down.

Enjoy these guilt-free and yummy pakodas any time of the day.

Mar 20, 2011

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Soy Pakoda

Delicious way to eat pakodas

Recently I prepared these delicious pakodas in the same way we prepare Onion Pakodas by replacing chickpea flour with soy flour. They didn’t absorb much oil too. These turned out so yummy and were a hit.

Sep 20, 2010

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Carrot Vadas

These are instant vadas with no grinding or no soaking. And this is a little healthy snack as carrot was added to the flour. I made these on Ganesh Chathurthi day.

Aug 30, 2010

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Cashew Pakoda

Hi friends, I am back from my long vacation. Hope you all had a great summer. I had a great time with family in India.

After a long gap, today I am posting a simple snack item that requires very little effort and taste so delicious.

Let's go to the recipe:

Jun 17, 2010

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Deep-Fried Bagels

This is a quick fix snack for evenings!! I can assure you that these tasted super delicious and the good thing is that bagels when deep fried absorb very less oil. We won’t get that oily feeling when we touch or eat them just like many other deep-fried items.

May 10, 2010

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Pappu Vadalu (Lentil Fritters) (Not Deep-fried)

Low Fat Lentil Fritters - Yummy!

This is just like any other vadas, but in this we use all the lentils in equal proportions. We usually make these during festivals and mostly deep-fry them. But I made these in appam pan to reduce the oil intake. They tasted equally delicious like the deep-fried ones.

Mar 5, 2010

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Pakodas with Salt Crackers

This is a yummy way to consume any leftover salt crackers at home. If you’re like me who always buy items in bulk (I have to get rid of this habit) and finding a way to consume them without wasting, then this recipe is for you!! These pakodas tasted super-delicious.

Feb 7, 2010

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Celery Fritters

One evening we wanted to have a quick snack that is healthy and yummy. So I thought for a while and this snack idea came into my mind. And Voila! A delicious and healthy snack was ready within short period of time.

Let's go to the recipe:

Dec 28, 2009

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Crazy, Easy and Yummy Snack

I called it crazy because I used unusual combination of ingredients for this snack. Just threw in leftovers from the refrigerator and turned it into a delicious snack. But trust me, it is super delicious.