Guthi Kakarakaya kura

Ingredients :
Bitter Gourd -- small 5 nos
Roasted Chickpeas(Putnalu) -- 2 cups
Cumin seeds -- 3 tsp
Dry red chillis -- 6 nos
Tamarind -- pinch
Turmeric -- pinch
Salt -- to the taste
Oil -- 5 tsp

Method :

1. Shallow fry the roasted chickpeas,cumin seeds,dry red chillis till light brown
2. Grind them with salt ,turmeric ,tamarind and keep aside
3. Peel off the skin of Bitter gourd,make into 4 slits as we do for brinjal
4. Stuff the above grounded powder and can tie with thread if u can
5. Keep aside the left over powder
6. Heat oil and drop all the stuffed bitter gourd and cook in low flame for about 20 min
7. Try to break the Bitter gourd with spoon if u can..its done.
8. Add the remaining powder and left over oil and cook for 5 more min and remove from flame.

Can have with hot rice.

For those who wants to eat bitter gourd but cant bear the bitterness of it...this is the perfect recipe it looses all its bitterness with this preparation..try it and le'mme know.
Preparation time : 30 min

Kobbarikaya Mavidikaya Pachadi

Ingredients:

Coconut -- 1 cup of cubes

Raw mango -- 1 small , cut into pieces

Channa daal -- 1 tsp

Urad daal -- 1 tsp

Mustard seeds -- 1 tsp

Cumin seeds -- 1 tsp

Green chillis -- 4

Dry red chillis -- 2

Curry leaves -- few nos

Asafoetida -- pinch

Salt -- to the taste

Oil -- 1 tsp

Turmeric -- pinch

Method :

1. Heat oil in a pan, add all the seasoning and let it splutter till golden brown and keep aside

2. Add coconut ,above seasoning,mango,salt and grind with water if required

3. Add seasoning again with mustard,cumin and curry leaves.

Goes well with hot rice

Preparation time : 10 min

Challa pindi

Ingredients :

Rice flour -- 1 cup

Butter milk (sour) -- 1 cup
Mustard seeds -- 1 tsp
Cumin seeds -- 1 tsp
Asafoetida -- pinch

Channa daal -- 1tsp

Urad daal -- 1 tsp
Dry red chillis -- 2 nos
Green chillis -- 3 slit
Salt -- to the taste
Curry leaves -- few nos
Corriander -- chopped

Oil -- 1 tsp

Method :

1. In a pan , heat oil and add the seasoning and let them splutter
2. Add green chillis and add the buttermilk,salt
3. Let it boil till it gets bubbles
4. Add the rice flour and mix it well..
5. Cook for 5 min and remove from flame.

Yummy when served hot ...and can be served at snack time
Preparation time : 10 min

Sambar Idli my style

Ingredients :

Toor daal (kandi pappu) -- 1 cup
Tamarind -- 1 lemon size
Drumstick -- 8 pcs
Tomato -- 1
Onions -- 1
Bottle gourd (sorakaya) -- 10 cubes
Mustard seeds (aavalu) -- 1 tsp
Cumin seeds (jeelakarra) -- 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds(menthulu) -- few nos
Curry leaves -- few nos
Corriander -- chopped
Green chilli -- 3, slit
Dry red chillis -- 2 nos
Garlic -- 2 pods
Asafoetida -- pinch (a bit more gives good flavour)
Sambar powder -- 3 tsp
Coconut -- 6/7 cubes
Jaggery -- very small cube
Turmeric -- pinchblack pepper -- whole

Oil -- 2 tsp

Healthy tip : by adding jaggery in any tamarind used recipe v can avoid the side effects like skin diseases in long run caused by tamarind.Specially Indians use tamarind in daily food....so using jaggery,dimnishes the side effects .

Method :
1. Cook toor daal in Pressure cooker and mash it .
2. Add onions,tomato,vegetables and again let the pressure cooker give 1 whistle and switch off the stove.
3. In a blender add sambar powder,water and coconut and make it a thick paste and keep aside.
3. Add tamarind juice,water,above paste,salt,green chilli,jaggery, pepper seeds,turmeric and let it boil for 20 min and make sure the sambar is not thick...as v are using in Idli.

Seasoning :

Keep a small pan heat oil(I prefer ghee) and add mustard,cumin,fenugreek,asafoetida,curryleaves,garlic pods,dry red chilli

and let them splutter and add to the sambar.

Preparation time : 30 min

Goes well with Idli ...

Palakura Perugupachadi

Ingredients :
Spinach -- 1/2 bunch neatly chopped
Curd -- 1 cup
Mustard seeds -- 1 tsp
Ghee -- 1 tsp
Cumin seeds -- 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds -- few nos
Dry red chillis -- 1 tear and de-seed
Green chillis -- 3 , slit
Channa daal -- 1tsp
Urad daal -- 1 tsp
Curry leaves -- few nos
Salt -- to the taste

Method :

1. Heat a pan , add ghee & let it heat
2. Add all the seasoning and let them splutter till golden brown
3. Add the chillis , and then spinach let it cook for about 10 min and let it cool
4. Mix curd in the above with salt Preparation time : 15 min Goes well with hot rice .....mm yummy!!