Charu podi

Ingredients :

Toor dal - 1 cup

Dhaniyalu (dhana seeds) - 1 cup

Red chilli - 4 to 5

Pepper - 1 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

- Grind all the ingredients to a fine powder.

- Store in an air tight container.

- This will be fresh for 1 yr.

- No need to store in fridge.

Chamadumpa Fry

Ingredients :

Chamadumpa (colacasia)

Salt - asper taste

Red chilli powder - as per taste

Oil - for fry

- Cut chamadumpalu with skin into small pieces and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles.

- Remove skin for chamadumpa.

- Take a frying pan and add oil.

- After oil gets heated add chamadumpalu.

- Fry chamadumpalu untill they turn brown in colour.

- Remove excess oil from pan.

- Add salt and chilli powder.

- Sirr well, remove from heat and serve with hot rice.

Aloo Methi

Ingredients :

Aloo - 1/2 pound

Onions - 2 chopped

Methi - 1 bunch

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp

Musterd seeds - 1/4 tsp

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Dhana-jeera Powder - 1/2 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Salt - as per taste

Red chilli Powder - as per taste

Crushed red chilli flakes - 1/4 tsp

- Heat oil in a pan and add musterd seeds, jeera, red chilli and let them splutter.

- Add chopped onions and fry them.

- Chop methi leaves, add water and microwave for 5min on high heat.

- Squeeze of the water from methi leaves and add to onions, fry for 5 to 10 min.

- Peel and dice aloo.

- Add aloo to onions, cover and cook untill the aloo is soft.

- Add salt, red chilli, dhana-jeera, turmeric powder and mix well.

- Add garam masala and stirr well.

- Remove from heat and serve with rotis or hot white rice.

Califlower Curry

Ingredients :

Califlower

Onions

Mustred seeds

Jeera

Crushed red chilli

Turmeric powdeer

Curry leaves

Sesame seeds powder

- Cut califlower into small pieces and wash them in a warm salted water.

- Choppe onions into small pieces.

- Dry roast sesame seeds and make a fine powder.

- Heat oil in a pan and add mustred seeds, Jeera and crushed red chilli.

- Let them splutter.

- Add onions, califlower and turmeric powder.

- Cover and cook untill they become soft.

- Add salt and stirr well.

- Finally sprinkle sesame powder and remove from heat.

- Enjoy with white rice.

Mukkala Pachadi

Ingredients :

Mangoes - 2 cut into small pieces

Redchilli Powder - 1 cup

Salt - 1/4 cup

Methi (fenugreek seeds) - 2 tbsp

Hing - pinch

Whole red chilli - 2 to 3

Mustred seeds - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 3 cups

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

- Dry roast methi seeds untill nice aroma comes, cool them and grind them into fine powder.

- Take a clean mixing bowl.

- Add red chilli powder, salt, methi powder, turmeric powder and mix well.

- Cut mangoes into small pieces with skin.

- Add small amount of mango pieces to red chilli powder and mix well.

- Repeat the process untill the mango pieces are over.

- Add oil and mix well.

- Heat oil in pan, add mustred seeds and let them splutter.

- Add 2 to 3 whole red chillies with out breaking.

- Add a pinch of hing to the pickle and pour the heated oil in the pickle.

- Mix well cover it and keep it a side for 1 hour.

- Delicious mukkala pachadi is ready.

- If salt is not sufficient you can add as per your taste.

- Store in an air tight containner.

- This will be good for 3 months.

Dosa Avakaya

Ingredients :

Dosakayalu - 2 medium

Redchilli Powder - 3/4 cup

Salt - 1/4 cup

Musterd Powder - 3/4 cup

Oil - 2 cups
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

- Take a dry bowl, add musterd powder, redchilli powder, salt and turmeric powder and mix well.

- Wash and cut dosakayalu with skin.

- Cut dosakayalu into small pieces.

- Add the pieces to salt and redchilli powder in smaller quantity and mix well.

- Add oil and mix well.

- Cover it and keep it a side for 1 hour.

- You can add some more salt if required.

- Yummy Andhra dosaavakaya is ready.

- Store in an air tight container and keep it away from sunlight.

Capsicum Fry

Ingredients :

Capsicum - 2 chopped

Onions - 1 chopped

Peanuts - 1/4 cup

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Muster seeds - 1/2 tsp

Moong dal (Black gram) - 1 tsp

Channa dal - 1 tsp

Crushed red chilli - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder - as per taste

Salt - as per taste
- Dry roaste peanuts untill they turn brown, peel the skin when they are warm.

- Grind them to a powder.

- Heat oil in a pan and add jeera, musterd seeds, channa dal, moong dal, red chilli flacks and let them split.

- Add chopped capsicum, onions and turmeric powder.

- Cover with a lid and cook on a medium flame untill the become soft.

- Add salt and red chilli powder and stirr well.

- Finally add peanut powder before taking of from heat.

- Delicious Capsicum fry is ready.

- This is good with rotis and hot white rice.

Beerakaya Palu Kura

Ingredients :

Beerakaya / ridge gourds - 2

Onions - 1/2 chopped

Milk - 1/2 cup

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Musterd seeds - 1/2 tsp

Crushed red chilli - 1 tbsp

turmeric powder - pinch

Curry leaves - 3 to 4

Salt - as per taste

- Peel beerakaya and cut them into small pieces.

- Heat oil in a pan, add jeera musterd seeds, red chilli and curry leaves.

- Add onions and beerakaya pieces, cover it and cook on a medium heat stirring occasionally.

- when the onions and beerakaya are cooked remove lid, add salt and turmeric powder.

- When salt is added water comes out from curry, cook untill the water gets evaporated.

- Add milk (if possible whole milk) and cook with out lid untill the milk is absorbed by curry.

- Yummu beerakaya curry is ready.

- Serve with hot white rice or roti

Vankaya Curry

Ingredients :

Eggplant - 2 

Chopped onions - 1

Corriender - 1/2 bunch

Green chillies - 4 to 5

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Musterd seeds - 1/2 tsp

Crushed red chilli - 1/4 tsp

Musterd powder - 1/4 tsp

turmeric powder - pinch

Salt - as per taste

 Cut eggplant and put them immediently in water ( to prevent them from turning black in colour).

- Make a paste of corriender and green chillies.

- Take a pan and oil.

- After the oil gets hot add musterd seeds, jeera and red chilli.

- Now add onions and eggplant and stir them well.

- Cover them and cook untill they become half soft.

- Add salt and mix well, cover it and cook untill the oil comes out.

- Now add corriender paste and cook for 5 min.

- Finally add musterd powder stir well and remove from heat.

- Your yummy vankai curry is ready.

- This is good with white rice.

Tomato Pickle

Ingredients :

Tomatoes - chopped 1/2 cup

Onions - chopped  1/2 cup

Butter milk - 3 cups

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Musterd seeds - 1/2 tsp

Crushed red chill - 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - pinch

Curry leaves - 4 to 5

Green chillies - 2 

- Take a pan and add 2 tsp oil.

- Add jeera, musterd seeds, red chill and chopped green chillies.

- Add chopped onions, tomatoes and cover it and cook untill they become tender.

- Add turmeric powder and salt.

- Add the cooked onions and tomatoe to butter milk.

- Mix well and enjoy.

- This is good with roties.

Paneer Curry

Ingredients:

Paneer cubes - 1/2 cup

Onion - 1

Tomatoes - 2

Kaskas ( gasagasalu) - 1 tsp

Sesame seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cashew nuts - 10 to 12

Salt - As per taste

Elachi pdw - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli pdw - As per taste

Corriander - Garnish

Garlic cloves - 2 to 3

Dhana- Jeera pdw - 1/2 tsp

-  Dry roast sesame seeds, kaskas, cashew nuts.

- Take oil in pan and add onions, tomatoes,garlic cloves and cook untill they become tender.

- Take a pan and add 1/2 tsp oil and fry paneer cubes untill the become golden colour.

- Grind onions, tomatoes, garlic, kaskas, sesame seeds, cashew nuts to a fine paste.

- Now take a pan add 1/2 tsp oil add the onion paste and cook untill oil come out.

- Add salt, turmeric powder, dhana- jeera powder and cook.

- Finally add paneer cubes and cook untill they become soft.

- Yummy yummy paneer curry is ready.

- This goes good with white rice, roti, naan.

Anapakaya Curry - Kaddu curry

Ingredients:

Anapakaya - medium cut in to small pieces

Onion - 1

Milk - 1/2 cup

Jeera - 1 tsp

Musterd seeds - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 4 to 5

Turmeric pdw - pinch

Crushed Red chilli - As per taste

Salt - As per taste
- Take a pan add 2 tsps of oil.

- Add jeera, musterd seeds, red chill, curry leaves and let them split.

-  Now add anapakaya pieces (kaddu) and onions.

- Cover it and cook it on medium heat.

                                               Add turmeric powder.
- When anapakaya pieces are cooked add milk.

- Remove the lid and cook untill the milk gets evaporated.

- Yummy anapakaya curry is ready.

- Enjoy with white rice or roti.