Tomato chutney

Ingredients:
Tomatoes 1/2kg
urad dal 1/4cup
tamarind paste 4tsp
redchillies 4
jeera 2tsp
mustard seeds 1tsp
fenugreek seeds 10
salt to taste
turmeric 1/4tsp

Procedure:
1.Boil chopped tomatoes with salt,turmeric,tamarind till tomatoes become soft.
2.Heat a pan with 3tsp of oil,add mustard seeds,jeera,urad dal,fenugreek seeds,redchillies and fry untill dal turns to light brownish colour.
3.Grind the above fried dals and boiled tomatoes to a fine paste.
4.Serve it with hot rice and ghee.

5.Store it in an air tight container and it will stay for one week.

Vadala pulusu

Ingredients:
To prepare vada
chana dal 1/2cup
greenchillies 4to5
oil for deepfry
salt to taste
1.Soak chanadal overnight and grind with greenchillies,salt into a coarse paste.
2.Now heat oil in a pan for deepfry.
3.Make vadas with ground paste and deep fry in oil in medium flame.
4.Take into a papernapkin and keep aside.

To make vadala pulusu
onion 1
ginger garlic paste 1tsp
curry leaves
mustard seeds 1/2tsp
jeera 1tsp
redchilly powder 1tsp
tomato 2
tamarind (lemon size ball)
Dhania powder 1tsp
tumeric 1/4tsp
salt to taste

Procedure:
1.Heat 3tsp of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds,curryleaves,jeera,ginger garlic paste,chopped onion and fry for 3minutes.
2.Add chopped tomatoes,tamarind pulp,salt,redchilly powder,dhania powder,turmeric and boil with 1/4 cup of water.
3.Now add masala vadas to it and close the lid for 2 min and switch off the stove.

4.Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

Choclate brownie

Ingredients:
All purpose flour 1/2cup
Cocoa powder 2tsps
butter 1/2cup
sugar 3/4cup
Dark choclate bar 60gms
salt a pinch
eggs 2
baking powder 1/2tsp
chopped walnuts 1/4cup

Procedure:
1.Preheat oven at 200C.
2.Heat a pan,melt butter and add chopped choclate pieces in butter.
3.Add sugar in choclate butter mix and whisk for a minute,beat the eggs for a minute and keep a side.
4.Sieve allpurposeflour,bakingpowder,salt,cocoa powder in a bowl.
5.Mix the dry ingredients,chopped nuts to the egg and butter mixture and mix it properly to avoid lumps.
6.Grease the baking tray with one tsp of butter and pour cake mix into the tray.
7.Place the tray in oven and  bake at 220C for about 20minutes, Test with fork and make sure that it comes out clearly.It indicates cake is perfectly baked,if not bake for few more minutes.
8.Take out the tray  and cool it completely.
9.Turn it upsidedown onto a flat plate and cut into squares.

Falafel Tortillas

Ingredients:
Chick peas 1/2cup
coriander 1 bunch
cumin powder 1tsp
salt to taste
greenchillies 4
all purpose flour 2tsp
garlic 4cloves
onion 1
Tortillas 2

vegetables according to your taste:
corn kernels 2tsp
olives green or black
casicum 1/2 piece
lettuce chopped 1cup
kheera 6circles

chopped carrot 2tsp

cocktail sauce 2tsp
chilly sauce 2tsp
pepper 1tsp
italian dressing 2tsp


Procedure:
To make falafel:
1.soak chickpeas for 5hrs and drain water.
2.Blend it coarsely with few tsp of water and take into a bowl.
3.Blend greenchillies,onion,coriander,cumin powder,salt together into a fine paste and mix with chickpeas paste.
4.Add all purpose flour to it and mix it thoroughly.
5.Now make small balls with chickpeas dough and keep it in fridge for 10minutes.
6.Heat a pan with oil to deep fry the falafel.
7.When oil is hot,add the dumplings slowly into oil and deepfry in medium flame.
8.Take the falafel into a paper napkin and keep it aside.
9.Heat the tortillas in a tawa and place it on a plate.
10.Arrange 4 falafel per tortilla,vegetables one by one and finally add sauces on top of them.
11.Fold the tortilla carefully and serve it.

Navaratan kurma

Ingredients:

Beans 50gms
potato 1
carrot 2
paneer 100gms
green peas 50gms
capsicum small 1
cauliflower chopped 1cup
Cream or milk 1/4cup
ginger garlic paste 2tsp
greenchillies 4
redchilly powder 1/2tsp
turmeric 1/4tsp
coriander powder 1tsp
cumin powder 1tsp
amchoor powder 1/4tsp
garam masala powder 1/2tsp
cashew nuts 1/4cup
khus khus 2tsp
onion 2
tomato paste 4tsp
coriander leaves 1/2bunch
salt to taste
kasuri methi powder 1/2tsp

Procedure:
1.Soak cashew,khuskhus in milk or cream for one hour and grind it to a smooth paste.
2.Heat a pan with 2tsp of oil,fry onion,chillies.
3.Grind the fried onions into paste.
4.Now heat a pan with one tsp of butter,add ginger garlic paste,onion paste and fry for 3minutes.
5.Add tomato paste,coriander powder,cumin powder,salt,turmeric powder,garam masala powder.
6.Now add all the chopped vegetables to the gravy and cook for 10minutes.
7.Add khuskhus and cashew paste to the gravy and cook for 5minutes.
8.Now fry the paneer pieces,capsicum in one tsp of oil and mix it in gravy.
9.Finally add chopped coriander leaves,kasuri methi powder,amchoor powder and serve it hot with any rice or  chapati.

Potlakaya perugu pachadi

Ingredients:
Potlakaya 1
Curd 1cup
ginger 1/2inch
greenchillies 3
redchillies 2
curry leaves 2tsp
corianderleaves 2tsp
salt to taste
turmeric 1/4tsp
oil 2tsp
mustard seeds 1/2tsp
zeera 1/2tsp
cuminseeds 1/2tsp


Procedure:
1.Cut the potlakaya into slices.
2.Heat  a pan with 2tsp of oil,add zeera,mustard seeds,urad dal,redchillies,greenchillies,curry leaves,potlakaya pieces,salt,tumeric,chopped ginger and close the lid for 5minutes.
3.When potlakaya becomes soft,transfer into another bowl.
4.Add curd,coriander leaves to potlakaya curry.
5.Serve with hot rice.

Rasgulla

Ingredients:
Milk  1litre
lemon 1
sugar 2cups
water 4cups
Preparation:
1.Take a pan and boil milk.
2.Switch off the gas and slowly add lemon juice.
3.Take this milk in a wetcloth and drain the water,squeeze the cloth properly.
4.Take this chenna from cloth and knead the chenna in a plain surface with hand like a chapatidough.
5.Prepare small balls from chenna dough(make small balls because rasgullas becomes double size when boiled.)
6.Bring water to boil in a pressure cooker and add sugar.When sugar syrup starts boiling add chenna balls and pressure cook for 1whistle.(takes 8-10 minutes)
7.Now take the rasgullas with the spatula carefully in a bowl and pour sugar syrup on top of them.
8.Refridgerate the rasgullas for 4hours and serve it cool.

Note:
1.Do not over cook rasgullas for longtime because rasgullas will become hard.

Chana dal parata

Ingredients:
Chana dal 1cup
wheat flour 2cups
oil few tsps
salt to taste
ajwain 1/4tsp
small onion 1
ginger 1/2inch
turmeric a pinch
greenchillies 4to5
amchoorpowder 1/2tsp
garam masala powder 1/2tsp


Preparation:
1.Soak chana dal for about 1hour and cook dal with turmeric,water in a vessel for 30minutes.(dal should not be mushy)
2.Drain off excess water and cool it completely.(you can use this water for gravies or rasam or sambar)
3.Mix dal,salt,onion,greenchillies,ginger,garam masala,amchoorpowder,ajwain using blender and blend it like a fine powder.
4.Mix wheatflour,oil 2tsp,salt 1/2tsp,water and make a soft dough.
5.Divide the dough into equal parts and fill chana dal mixture into each ball.
6.Now roll each filled ball like a parata and heat on a tawa with oil.
7.Do the same with remainind balls and serve with curd or any pickle.

Dhokla

Ingredients:
Gram flour or Besan 1cup
curd  1/2cup
salt to taste
green chillies 3
baking soda 1/2tsp
lemon juice 2tsp
Ginger paste 1tsp
turmeric 1/4tsp
corinader leaves 1/4bunch
jeera 1tsp
mustard seeds 1tsp
urad dal 1tsp
oil 2tsp
grated coconut 2tsp

Procedure:
1.Mix salt,soda,sugar,lemon juice in 1/4cup of water.
2.Add soda mix,curd,ginger paste,chopped greenchillies,turmeric,coriander to the besan and mix well.
3.Take a small bowl and grease with one tsp of oil and pour the batter into this bowl.
4.Steam cook this batter in pressurecooker for 12 to 15min like we do for idlis.
5.Switch off the stove and cool it for 5 minutes.
6.Take one plate and invert the bowl into the plate, dhokla should easily fall on to the plate.
7.Now heat a pan with one tsp of oil and prepare tadka with jeera,mustard seeds,uraddal.
8.Now cut the dhokla into small squares and pour this tadka over it.
9.Garnish with grated coconut and serve it.

Strawberries,Apple in choclate sauce

Ingredients:
Fresh strawberries 5
Dark choclate bar 1
Milk few drops
butter 1tsp
Nuts powder 1tsp
Procedure:
1.Heat a pan with 1tsp of butter,add  choclate pieces,milk and whisk for 2mintues.
2.Dip the strawberries in choclate sauce.
3.Now put the strawberries in fridge for 2hours and decorate as u like.

4.Serve chilled Strawberries.

Apples in choclate sauce with almond powder

Cheesy palak bites

I  saw this recpie in kavya's blog,it came out very tasty.
To bake the patties it took for me about 45to 50 min.
Click here for recipe

Penne Pasta in white sauce

Ingredients:
Pasta 1cup
Red or green bell pepper 1
2tsp Maida
2tsp cheese
1tsp oregano
Boiled Sweetcorn 2tsp
Salt to taste
Olives green or black 2 to 3(optional)
Pepper
Brocolli 4florets
1tsp butter
3tsp chopped garlic
1cup milk
3tsp cream
Preparation:
1.Pour water in a big vessel,while boiling water add one tsp of oil,salt,pasta to it and cook pasta as per instruction in packet.
2.Strain water in pasta and cool it.
3.Heat butter in another pan,add garlic and fry for a minute.
4.Add maida and fry for few seconds and add milk,cream and stir continously so that no lumps to be formed.
5.Add salt,pepper,oregano,grated cheese,redchilly flakes.
6.Now add boiled vegetables(capsicum,brocolli,corn) and boiled pasta.
7.Garnish with grated cheese,olives and serve it hot.

Kerala Paratha

Ingredients:
Maida 1cup
milk /2cup
water
oil
salt 1tsp
sugar 1tsp
Preparation:
Check the video to learn malabar parata

Rava dosa

Ingredients:

1cup Rava

1/2cup rice flour
1/2cup maida
greenchilles 4
zeera 1tsp
salt as per taste
onion 1
carrot 1
oil
black pepper 8






Preparation:
1.Mix all powders,add salt,2cups of water,zeera,grated carrot,pepper and it has to be little dilute,mix thoroughly so that no lumps in batter.
2.Heat kadai/pan add one tsp of oil and throw some chopped onions,greenchillies.
3.Wait for few seconds,pour the batter in pan to spread all sides,add a tsp of oil around dosa to become crispy.

4.Leave dosa to cook for few minutes and slowly turn to otherside.

5.And do the same with remaining batter(We can add little water if the batter becomes thick) for remaining dosas.
6.Serve hot with besan chutney or with coconut chutney.

Ragi Biscuits

Ingredients:

ragi powder 1/2 cup
maida 1/2cup
sugar 1/2cup
baking powder 1/2tsp
Butter 1/2cup
almond powder 3tsp
milk few drops

Procedure:
1.Mix maida,ragi,baking powder,almondpowder in a bowl.
2.Mix butter,powdered sugar using cake mixer or blender,blend till it turns creamy.
3.Now mix dry ingredients with butter mix together,if the dough is still dry add few drops of milk.
4.Take little dough and roll between your palm,flattened and arrange in a baking tray.
5.Preheat the oven,set it for 200 C and bake the cookies for 30minutes.

Fruit Salad

Fruit bowl contain 10 varieties of  fruits,almond powder,cherries,dates,Cashewnuts,honey,whipping cream.

Choclate croissant

Ingredients:
Puff Pastry sheets
choclate nutella paste
egg 1(optional)
Preparation:
1.Cut the round 14inch pastrysheet into 8 triangles with cookie cutter or with knife.
2.Now take each traingle spread 1tsp nutella paste and roll starting with wide part, roll towards the point.
3.Roll the remaining traingles and brush egg white to top of all croissants to get nice golden colour.
4. place all croissants on parchment paper.
5.Preheat the oven at 200C  and bake the croissants for 20minutes.

Veg Noodles

Ingredients:
Noodles 1 packet
Carrot 2
small beetroot 1(optional)
smallcabbage 1
onion 1
capsicum  1
beans 100gms
redchilly sauce 1tsp
tomato sauce 1tsp
ajinamoto 1/2tsp
salt to taste
cumin and corainder powder 1tsp
Procedure:
1.Take a big vessel and pour water till half of the vessel.
2.When water is boiling,add 1tsp of oil,1/2tsp of salt,noodles and close the lid for 3minutes.
3.Drain the water in noodles and run coldwater immediately and again drain them,spread the noodles in a big plate and cool them.
4.Now heat a pan with 3tsp of oil,add all the chopped vegetables and fry them.
5.Now make two portions of friedvegetables.
6.Add 1tsp of oil in pan, put one portion of vegetables,add sauces,cumin and coriander powder,ajinamoto,salt and fry for 2mintues.
7.Add the cooked noodles to vegetables and mix  it properly.
8.Serve it hot or serve with some more tomato or chilly sauce.

Gobi Manchuria

Ingredients:
1/2 kg cauliflower
cornflour 3tsp
maida 2tsp
ajinamoto 1/2tsp
red chilly sauce 1/2tsp
tomato sauce 1tsp
soya sauce 1tsp
green chillies 3
chopped ginger 1tsp
chopped garlic 1tsp
ginger garlic paste 1tsp
redchilly powder 1tsp
onion 1or (springonions 1/2 bunch)
oil for deep fry

Procedure:
1.Mix cornflour,maida,salt,gingergarlic paste,redchilly powder,chopped greenchillies 1tsp in a bowl with 1/2cup of water.
2.Make sure that batter has no lumps and it should be like smooth paste.
3.Heat a pan with oil,when oil is hot  dip the florets in batter  and deep fry them till golden brown colour and transfer them to a paper napkin.
4.Heat another pan with 2tsp of oil,add chopped onions,chopped greenchillies,chopped ginger and garlic and fry for 2minutes.
5.Now add chilly sauce,soyasauce,tomato sauce,ajinamoto and fry for 2more minutes.
6.Mix the cornflour with 3tsp of water and add it to the sauces.
7.Now mix the fried gobi to the sauce pan and fry for 2minutes.

8.Serve it hot.

Coriander rice

Ingredients:
Coriander 1 bunch
Basmati rice 1cup
2tsp butter
Green chillies 3
ginger 1/2inch
garlic cloves 4
Small onion 1
MTR Pulav masala 2tsp
Green peas 1/4cup
Jeera 1tsp
Cashewnuts 2tsp
Bayleaves 3
water 2cups
salt to taste
Preparation:
1.Grind greenchillies,corainder,ginger,garlic to a fine paste.
2.Heat a pan add 2tsp butter,add jeera,greenchilly paste,bayleaves,cashew nuts,onions and fry for 2 minutes.
3.Add basmati rice,water,salt,pulav masala,greenpeas and boil till rice is cooked.
4.Serve with curd or any gravy curry.

Gavvalu

Ingredients:
2 cups Maida
2tsp ghee
salt 1/4tsp
2cups sugar
water 1cup
oil for deepfry

Procedure:
1.Mix maida,salt,hot ghee in a bowl with water.
2.Now make very small balls with maida dough.
3.Now with the help of backside of fork roll these balls like shells.
4.Deep fry these shells in oil with lowflame untill it turns to golden browncolour and cool them.
5.Now take another bowl and make sugar syrup till double string is formed.
6.Pour the syrup on the shells and mix well.

Mutter Paneer

Ingredients:
paneer 200gm
mutter 1/2cup
onion 1
greenchillies 2
tomato puree 3tsp
ginger garlic paste 2tsp
cream 2tsp
milk 1/4cup
kasturimethi powder 1tsp
cashew powder 2tsp
redchilly powder 1tsp
cumin and coriander powder 2tsp
garam masala power 1/2tsp
coriander leaves 1/4 bunch
salt to taste

Procedure:
1.Fry paneer cubes in 1tsp of oil and soak in hot water for 20minutes(so that paneer becomes soft).
2.Heat a pan with 1tsp of butter,add onions,chopped greenchillies,ginger garlic paste and fry till onion changes colour.
3.Now add mutter,tomatopuree,redchillypowder,turmeric,coriander and cumin powders,garam masala,salt and fry for 2minutes.
4.Add milk,cream,cashewpowder,chopped coriander leaves to the pan and add 1/2 cup of water,let it boil for 5mintues.
5.Now add the fried paneer cubes to gravy.
6.Finally add kasturi methi powder to the curry and serve with naan or rotis .

pav bhaji

Ingredients:
pav bhaji buns 4
onion 1
green chillies 2
tomato 1
ginger garlic paste 2tsp
cooked vegetables (beans,carrot,cauliflower,potato,peas)
small capsicum 1
pav bhaji masala 2tsp
redchilly powder 1/2tsp
corainder leaves 1/2 bunch
salt to taste
butter 3tsp

Procedure:
1.Heat a pan with 2 tsp of butter,add chopped onions,chopped greenchillies,gingergarlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.
2.Add capsicum,tomato and fry for 2minutes.
3.Now add mashed boiled vegetables and add one cup of  water.
4.Add salt,redchillypowder,pavbhaji masala and boil for 5minutes.
5.Finally garnish with coriander leaves,onions and lemonslices.
6.Heat a pan and roast the buns with butter.
7.Serve the curry with buns and hot hot pavbhaji is ready to eat.

Appalu

Ingredients:
1.Wheatflour 1cup
2.sugar 1cup
3.oil for deep fry
4.1cup water
5.Grated coconut 3tsp

Procedure:
1.Heat vessel with water and boil for 3min  and add sugar to make sugar syrup.
2.Now add wheat flour slowly to the boiling sugar syrup and switch off the gas.
3.Now add coconut,mix well and make it cool for few minutes.
4.Make small balls with this dough,press this balls and fry in oil.
5.Fry in low flame till it turns to brown colour.

New year 2010

We had gettogether in my home to celebrate new year.I prepared blackforest cake and taste was yummy............

This is my 50th post and celebrating in new year.

Cherry Tomato curry

Ingredients:
Cherry tomatoes 500gms
ground nuts 4tsp
onion 1
tomato paste 3tsp
ginger garlic greenchily paste 4tsp
corainder leaves 1/2 bunch
coriander powder 1tsp
redchilly powder 1tsp
tumeric powder1/4tsp
salt to taste

Procedure:
1.Cut the cherry tomatoes into half and fry in a pan with one tsp of oil.
2.Now heat pan with 2tsp of oil,add onion,ginger garlic greenchilly paste,ground nuts and fry for 3minutes.
3.Now cool this fried mixture and grind it.
4.Add this paste to the pan,add tomato paste,salt,turmeric powder,redchilly powder,coriander powder and cook with 1/2 cup of water.
5.Finally add fried cherrytomatoes,coriander leaves to the gravy and serve with rotis.