Andhra - pappu

Pappu will be a dilicious and regular recipe in andhra. People will have this daily and never get bored.

Ingredient:

1 Cup toor dal

2 Tomato

1 Onion

3 Green chillies

4 red chillies

tamarid paste as required

turmeric as required

Salt as required

Add toor dal, tomato ( cut into small pieces) , onion, green and red chilles, tamarid paste, salt and turmeric powder in a cooker with water.

Wait till 4 whistles. Mash the content by adding little amount of water.

Take a pan , add oil and wait till it is heated. Now add musturd seed and the mashed content.

Heat it till it is boiled.

Garnish with corriander.

Use it with rice. ( add ghee if required ).

Kothu Parotta

Ingredients:

1 packet chilly paratha (frozen)

2 eggs

1 medium onion

1 tomato

3-4 green chillies

1 tsp chilly powder

A pinch of turmeric powder

1/2 tsp coriander powder

2 tbsp oil

salt as per taste

1/2 tsp mustard

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1 cup coriander leaves

A few amount of spring onions

Method:

• Take the frozen parathas (i bought chilly paratha ,its as per your wish),heat the skillet and make parathas and make it into small pieces (you can cut it in knife or with hands) and keep aside.
• Now with the deep frying pan add 2tbsp oil when it heats add mustard,cumin seeds when it pops out add onions to it.
• Onions should be in light golden colour now add green chillies and tomatoes to it (tomatoes should be finely chopped).
• When it mashes down and oil gets up add chilly powder,turmeric powder and coriander powder.
• Add eggs to it and beat it well now add salt as per taste,eggs should be well coated in onions and other masalas fry it for around 3-4 min.
• Now add the parathas to it,just fry for 5 mins.
• And garnish it with coriander leaves.

Potato Soya Patties

Ingredients:

2 cup boiled potato

1 cup soya chunks

4 slices bread (white bread)
1 big onion

1tbsp chilly powder

salt as per taste

1 cup chopped coriander

oil for frying

Method:

• With water boil soya chunks for 2 mins,drain the water and squeeze extra water in soya.
• Dip the bread in water and squeeze the water,now make the bread into dough.
• Add potato,bread,soya and chopped onion,salt,chilly powder,coriander mix all and make it like chapati dough.
• With a skillet add a spoon of oil,make like cutlet shapes of the potato dough and shallow fry this till it turs golden colour.
• Serve this with tomato ketchep.

Pav bhajji

Ingredients:

1/2 cup cauliflower florets

1/2 green peas

1 medium size carrot

2 medium potato

1 red capsicum

1 big onion

2 tomatoes

1 tsp finely chopped garlic

1 tbsp chilly powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp paprika

A pinch turmeric powder

1 tsp pavbhajji masala

salt as per taste

2 tbsp oil/butter

Method:

• Pressure cook all vegetables and half of capsicum with sufficient water.then take the veggies coll it and with blender nicely mash and potatoes with masher.keep this aside
• Heat a frying pan add oil,onions fry till it turns golden brown then add tomatoes and garlic.
• Add little amount of water till the tomatoes get mashed.
• Now add all veggies except potato add a cup of water and stir it.
• Finely chop the half capsicum and fry it in oil till it gets crispy and add in the mixture.
• Add chilly,coriander,turmeric powder,paprika and salt.add potato to it and pavbhajji masala.leave it for 5min till it comes to semi liquid.
• Now turn off the heat add coriander leaves.
• Serve with pav (i used hot dog buns).slice the buns into two halves and roast it with oil .

Capsicum chutney

Ingredients:

2 red bell peppers

1/2 cup roasted ground nuts
1 big onion

7-8 red chillies

2 tbsp oil

1/4 tsp tamarind paste

salt as per taste

Method:

• In a pan with oil add red chili,onion fry till its turns light brown then add bell pepper fry this for about 10-12mins pepper turns it colour.
• With blender or mixer add all ingredients as above and blend it with 1/2 cup water.chutney should be finely grounded.
• If u like to tamper it u can add oil, mustard and some curry leaves.

Vegetable kurma

Ingredients:

5-6 florets cauliflower

1 carrot

1 medium potato
1 big onion

2 tomatoes

3 green chillies

1 tbsp chilly powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1 cup coconut milk

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

1/4 tsp cumin seeds

salt as per taste

oil

Method:

• Chop all veggies ,in a cooking pan add these veggies add salt,turmeric,chili powder and salt with 3cups of water (water should cover all the vegetables).
• Chop onion,tomato and green chillies.with a frying pan add oil, mustard and cumin seeds let it pop out then add green chillies,onion and tomato fry for about 5-6min till the tomato gets mashed up.
• Now add this to the vegetables which is getting boiled stir it till the veggies become tender.
• At last add the coconut milk to the mixture let it boil for 5min then turn off the heat.
• You can add extra masala too,i added aanachi poo for extra flavour.

Serve this hot kurma with rotis,chapatis.

Idli

Ingredients:

4 cups rice

1 cup urad Dal

5-6 fenugreek seeds

1 tbsp salt

Method:

• Soak the rice overnight.
• Grind first rice not to coarse point and keep that aside
• Now add urad Dal this should be grounded finely.
• Add salt to the batter and stir it and keep aside .
• The batter should soak overnight till the batter comes out of the container.then take and stir nicely and it is now ready for idly and dosa.