Vegetable Upma

Hi friends, hope you all are doing well. I know it took a while for me to post a new recipe. Can you believe, I even forgot my blog's 4th birthday on January 16th? Belated birthday wishes to my dear blog.

Coming to the recipe today. this is a delicious upma recipe, a little variation to the regular upma.

Ingredients: 1 cup Semolina (ఉప్మా రవ్వ, Upma Rava) ½ cup mixed Vegetables (carrots, beans, green peas, corn) 1 small Onion, chopped fine 4 green Chilies, chopped fine 3 cups Water Salt For Seasoning/Tempering: 1 tsp Oil ½ tsp Mustard Seeds ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds ½ tsp Bengal Gram (పచ్చిశనగపప్పు, Chana Dal)  ½ tsp Black Gram (మినప్పప్పు, Urad Dal)  Few Curry Leaves (కరివేపాకు)  Preparation: Heat Oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When they pop, add cumin seeds + Dals + curry leaves and saute well. Then add the mixed vegetables and mix well. Pour water and add salt. When the water comes to a boil, pour the rava carefully and mix well so that no lumps are formed. Cover and leave for sometime on a low flame. Later, remove the cover and stir upma well and check if it is done and all the water is absorbed well. Then turn off the flame and allow upma stand for a while. Stir well and transfer to a serving bowl and enjoy with desired chutney.

 

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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.

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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.

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Happy Deepavali 2012

Dear Friends,

Hope you have a Wonderful and fun-filled Deepavali. 

Check out my Festival Recipe Collection if you are looking for some yummy desserts to make on this auspicious day. I will be back soon with some more delicious dishes.

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