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Feb 10, 2013

Potato – Tomato Stir Fry

When we are lazy to cook elaborate meals, these simple dishes come in hand. This curry is so easy to prepare and tastes so good.

Ingredients:

2 cups of Potato, peeled and cut into small pieces
2 cups of Tomato, peeled and cut into small pieces
2 cups of Onion, cut into small pieces
2 or 3 Green Chilies, cut into small pieces
A pinch of Turmeric Powder
A small Ginger Piece, peeled and cut into tiny pieces (optional)
Salt as needed

For Seasoning/Tempering:

1 tsp Oil
½ tsp Mustard Seeds
¼ tsp Cumin Seeds
½ tsp Black Gram
½ tsp Bengal Gram
Few Curry Leaves

Preparation:

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
When they pop, add cumin seeds + Bengal gram + black gram + curry leaves and sauté well.
Then add all the vegetables (potato + tomato + onion + green chilies) and mix well.
Also add ginger (if using) and mix well. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and stir well.
Cover and allow the vegetables to cook well on medium low flame.
If the vegetable appear to be cooked, remove the lid and add salt and mix well.
Then turn off the flame and transfer the contents to a serving bowl.
Enjoy this delicious curry with rice as well as chapathis.
Yummy!

Dec 12, 2012

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Kobbari – Kandi Pachadi (Coconut-Toor Dal Chutney)

I know I’ve been away for a while from my blog. Life becomes hectic sometimes. But I haven’t forgotten my blog and I haven’t stopped cooking too. Whenever I get a feeling to update, some other works come in the way and the posting takes the back seat. That’s why DH always tells me to make a time table of things to do and follow it. Of course, I made such time tables many times but never followed them. I hope to keep my blog updated frequently from now on.

Anyways, let's come back to today’s recipe. As I always tell you, we are great fans of all kinds of chutneys and pickles. So I try different kinds of chutneys at home that go well with rice as well as idlis/upma etc. Today’s recipe is a yummy combo of coconut and pigeon peas (toor dal). It’s a lovely chutney recipe that tastes so great.

Ingredients:

1 cup Pigeon Peas (కందిపప్పు, Toor Dal)
½ cup Coconut Pieces (fresh) (approx. half a shell of coconut)
10 Dry Red Chilies
2-3 cloves of Garlic
1 tsp Tamarind Pulp
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
Salt

Preparation:

Dry roast toor dal + red chilies separately and transfer to a plate to cool.
Add toor dal + red chilies + garlic + cumin seeds + salt to a blender jar and grind into a paste by adding little amount of water.
Then add coconut pieces + tamarind pulp and run the blender again until the contents grind into a paste.
That’s all! Great tasting pachadi is ready to be savored. Transfer the pachadi to a serving bowl and enjoy with steaming hot rice and little ghee. Yummy!!
If desired, we can add seasoning to the above pachadi before serving.

Oct 1, 2012

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Paneer Butter Masala | Paneer Makhani

A tempting royal dish

I recently prepared this mouth-watering and popular dish for a potluck party and it was a hit. My daughter liked it so much that she wanted me to prepare it again the next day, but I told her to wait for a week and I made it again the following week. It came out as delicious as before. We all loved the dish.

Here is how I prepared it.

Ingredients: (Serves 4)

2 cups Paneer Cubes (Cottage Cheese)
A small Onion
2 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
A pinch of Turmeric Powder
1 tsp red Chili Powder
I big Tomato
1 tsp dried Fenugreek leaves (Kasuri Methi)
2 cups Milk
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Butter
1 tsp Oil
Salt to taste

Preparation:

Wash and chop onion + tomato into big cubes. Add a very little water to onion and make into a paste. Puree tomato. Keep them aside.
Heat a pan and add butter and then oil. When it is hot, add onion paste and stir well.
Then add ginger-garlic paste and mix well.
After that add turmeric powder + chili powder and tomato puree and stir well.
Leave the pan on medium flame and cook for some time until the contents cook well and the oil separates.
Finally, add dried fenugreek leaves + milk + sugar + paneer cubes and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add salt and mix well. Then turn off the flame and transfer the curry to a serving bowl.
Garnish and serve hot with naans/rotis.
A great tasting, aromatic and royal dish is ready to be savored.
Yummy!!

Aug 27, 2012

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Radish Sprouts Curry

Delicious Radish Sprouts Curry

As we all know, sprouts are packed with lots of nutrition. Sprouts have become an integral part in the daily diet for many people.

There has been a debate whether to eat sprouts raw or cooked.

Aug 13, 2012

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Spinach – Tomato Curry

Yummy Combo of Spinach and Tomato

I usually add Spinach to dal which makes it a very delicious side dish. Sometimes I also make simple curry with the combo of spinach and tomato. This is a very quick dish with very little work and tastes super delicious.

Jul 26, 2012

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Cabbage – Potato Stir Fry

A delicious combination of Potato and Cabbage

Have you ever tried cabbage-potato combo for a curry? If not, try it and you will definitely love it. You would ask: each of these vegetables alone makes delicious curries, then why should I combine them? I will tell you why! When you combine two great tasting vegetables together they make that curry double yummy and appetizing even for kids. That’s how I feel. Do you agree with me?

Jul 23, 2012

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Spicy Pepper Rasam | Miriyaala Charu

Spicy addition of black pepper to make yummy rasam

Do you know Black Pepper is a native to India? It originated from Kerala and then spread to the rest of south India and then became famous as a spice plant in entire Southeast Asia. It has become so famous that almost every dish contains at least a pinch of black pepper.

Black pepper helps in curing indigestion and also promotes intestinal health. Especially, when a person is suffering from cold, black pepper provides a soothing relief to the sore throat and suppresses coughs.

Jul 9, 2012

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Asparagus Stir Fry

Asparagus Stir-Fry

Have you ever used the fleshy green spears of Asparagus in your cooking? If not, you are missing the many health benefits of this succulent, delicious and tender vegetable. Look below to read some of its health benefits:

Jun 25, 2012

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Bottle Gourd Skin Pachadi

Summer is here and kids have started their vacation. So life has become so hectic by hindering me from taking care of my blog. I haven’t posted any recipe last week, so decided to post some recipe this week. Today’s recipe is from my hubby. He made this pachadi to go with rice and it tasted so delicious.

Jun 4, 2012

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Thotakoora - Tomato Koora (Amaranth Leaves-Tomato Stir Fry)

Thotakoora/Amaranth leaves are well known leafy vegetables in most households. We usually make a stir-fry or stew (pulusu) or pappu (dal) or chutney with these leaves.

Amaranth leaves possess so many health benefits. They are rich many vitamins like K, A, C, B2, B6. They are rich sources of Omega 3 fatty acids, iron, calcium and protein.

May 31, 2012

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Broccoli – Capsicum Pappu (Dal)

We love a variety of dal dishes. I think all Andhrites are very fond of dal dishes. Every day we make sure we have any dal item or sambar item to eat with rice.

As my kids also enjoy the taste of these dal dishes, I add different kinds of vegetables to this to make it healthier. I sometimes sneak in the vegetables like Broccoli and Celery into these dal dishes and the kids don’t even realize it and eat happily.

May 21, 2012

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Cucumber – Potato Stir Fry

This is a delicious combination of potato and cucumber which is very easy to prepare with less work. For this curry, I used English Cucumbers instead of Lemon Cucumbers. So we can use both types of cucumbers, whichever are available at the time. This goes well with rice as well as chapathis.

May 14, 2012

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Split Moong Dal Stew (Pesara Pappu Kootu)

Belated Happy Mother’s Day to all! Hope you had a nice one. Coming to today’s recipe, this is a different kind of dal recipe where we cook moong dal with a tasty combination of coconut, urad dal and vegetables. We love to make different kinds of pappu varieties. This is very delicious yet simple recipe that goes well with steaming hot rice.

May 7, 2012

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Carrot – Tomato Curry

This is a simple, healthy and tasty curry that can be done with less work.

Apr 16, 2012

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Dosakaya Mukkala Pulusu (Cucumber Stew)

This is one of our family favorites. This pulusu tastes so good with rice and some papads on the side. The cucumbers I used in this recipe are from our garden. It feels so good to grow your own vegetables and cook them. Isn’t it?

Feb 20, 2012

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Potato in Yogurt (Potato Perugu Pachadi)

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Feb 6, 2012

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Coconut Stuffed Eggplant

పచ్చి కొబ్బరితో గుత్తి వంకాయ కూర

There are many varieties of stuffed eggplant (gutti vankaya) curries. I previously posted two other varieties of this gutti vankaya curry. Here are the links:

Now today’s recipe:

Jan 9, 2012

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Spinach Chutney (Palakoora Pachadi)

Ingredients:

Dec 6, 2011

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Sweet and Spicy Apple Curry

A little sweet, a little spicy – this curry felt so good to the tastebuds. At first I was little skeptical about making this curry, but DH encouraged me to do it. I was really surprised at the yummy taste it got. We loved it as a side dish with chapathis.