Rava Idly

Ingredients
1. Semolina/rava/sooji  -1cup
2.Thick curd/yogurt     -1cup
3.Mustard seeds         -1tsp
4.Bengal gram/chana dal -1tsp
5.cashewnuts as required
6.coriander leaves      -a few
7.curry leaves          -a few
8.baking soda           -a pinch
9.minced green chillies& ginger         -1tsp
10.salt as reqiured
11.oil      -2tsp

Preparation

1. Roast the sooji lightly
2. Add curd and mix well
3. Heat oil in a pan. Fry cashew nuts and keep aside.
4. splutter mustard seeds and fry brngal gram.
5. Add a pinch of soda and mix all well.
6. Add chopped coriander leaves,curry leaves and chilly ginger mix.
7. Keep it aside for 5 to 10 minutes.
8. Grease the idly plates and pour the batter into them.
If you feel the batter is thick add little water.
9. Steam it for 10 minutes.
10. you can add vegetables like carrot and capcicum[optional].
serve with coconut chutney or onion chutney.

Guthi Vankaya Kura

One day my son’s friend invited us to have dinner in their house.
They prepared a dish made of eggplant[brinjal].They told us this
is traditional Andra dish. I prepared the same dish at my place,
liked by all. I hope you like this too and find this tip useful.

Ingredients

1.Egg plant  1/2 kg
2.Oil         2tsp
3.Channa Dal   4tsp
4.Black Gram  1tsp
5.Red Chillies   3
6.Coriander Seeds  4tsp
7.Cumin Seeds       2tsp
8.Ground nut Seeds  5tsp roasted
9.Raw fresh Coconut  shreds 50gm
10.Tamarind          a lemon size
11.Salt             as per taste

Preparation

Clean the eggplants with fresh water and wipe with a dry towel.
Heat 1tsp oil in a frying pan. Now fry chillies, Channa Dal, Black
Gram, Coriander seeds, Cumin seeds.Now make a fine powder of all
including roasted groundnut.
Soak tamarind in 1cup of water.
Now cut eggplant like plus,carefully stuff the powder into it.
Then take 1tsp of oil in a pan and fry all the stuffed eggplants
in a low flame.Stir the eggplants carefully,until it is cooked
well.
Now add tamarind water and remaining powder.Cook for 5minutes.
If required add a little water to make the gravy thinner.
Serve with hot rice.

Badam Carrot Kheer

Badam Carrot Kheer

Ingredients:

 

 

1. Badam 25 or more
2. Milk 1liter
3. Carrot 2 (medium)
4. Cardomom 4
5. Sugar 1cup or as per taste

Preparation:

1. Soak Badams overnight. Peel the outerskin of Badam. Ground it to make a smooth paste.
2. Take 2 medium sized carrot.Cut it into small pieces. Pressure cook the carrot pieces. Ground it into smooth paste.
3. Boil the milk in a heavy bottmed pan. Pour the Badam paste. Keep on stirring so that the mixture does notstick to the bottom of the pan.
4. Stir for 5 minutes. Now add the carrot paste. Stir it for another 2minutes.remove it from the fire. Now add sugar and cardamom powder.

Serve hot or cold.