Sweetcorn Soup / स्वीट कॉर्न सूप /స్వీట్ కార్న్ సూప్

Ingredients : Sweetcorn (boiled) - 2 Tsp Sweetcorn(boiled &crushed) - 1 Cup Carrot(chopped) - 1 Beans(chopped) - 5 Onion(chopped) - 1 Corn Powder(mixed in water) - 2 Tsp Pepper(make a powder) - 5 Salt - To taste or 1/2 Tsp Sugar - 1 Tsp Water - 1/2 lit. Oil - 1 Tsp Preparation Method : 1. Take a Pan or Wok add Oil after oil heat add onions, fry for one minute, then add chopped Carrot and Beans. 2. After 1 Min. onion will be cooked...

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Potato Vermicelli Cutlet /आलू सेवई कटलेट /ఆలూ సేమ్యా కట్లెట్

Ingredients ; Vermicelli/sevai - 100g Potato(boiled&mashed) - 1 big Roasted Peanuts Powder - 3 Tsp Bread Slices - 6(roasted &Powdered) Green chily(chopped) - 2 Lemon Juice - 1/2 Tsp Salt - To taste Oil - To deep Fry Preparation Method : 1. Take a bowl add water, after water boiling add vermicelli. Cook for 3 minutes, Check whether Vermicelli cooked or not, then strain Vermicelli with strainer. and keep aside. 2. Take a Bowl add...

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Idli Upma / इडली उप्मा / ఇడ్లీ ఉప్మా

Ingredients : Idli(remaining idlis) - 3 Onion(sliced) - 1 Green Chily(chopped) - 2 Ginger(chopped) - 1 inch Chana Dal - 1/6 Tsp Urad Dal - 1/8 Tsp Mustard Seeds - 1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/6 Tsp Hing - 1 Pinch Salt - to Taste Lemon Juice(optional) - 1/2 Tsp Curry Leaves - 2 springs Oil - 2 Tsp Preparation Method : 1. Mash the Idlis with your fingers and keep aside. 2. Take a Pan or Wok add 2 Tsp of Oil then add Chana Dal, Urad Dal, Mustard...

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Potato Gram Flour Curry /आलू बेसन की पूरी सब्जी /బంగాళాదుంప సెనగపిండి పూరీ కూర

Ingredients : Potato - 1 (Boiled, Peeled &cubed) Gram flour - 2 tsp Onions - 2(chopped) Green Chily - 5(sliced) Ginger - 1 pinch Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Salt - To Taste Chana Dal - 1/4 Tsp Mustard seeds - 1/6 Tsp Curry leaves - 3 springs Oil - 2 Tsp Coriander leaves - handful Preparation Method : 1. Take a Pan or Wok add 2 tsp of oil, after oil heat add Chana dal and Mustard seeds, after splutter add chopped onions and sliced chilies. 2....

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Green Peas Poori /मटर की पूरी / పచ్చి బటాణీ పూరీలు

Ingredients : Wheat Flour - 1/4 Kg Suji/Semolins - 2 Tsp(optional) Salt - 2 Tsp Oil - 2 Tsp For Paste : Matar / Peas(soaked) - 1 Cup Ginger - 2 inch Green chily - 5 Cumin seeds - 1/2 Tsp Coriander - 1 bunch Preparation Method : 1. Make a fine paste of the above ingredients. 2. Take a Bowl into wheat flour now add salt, suji, 2 Tsp of Oil, and Paste. Mix well after add required water like Poori dough. 3, Knead with your palms...

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Dibba Rotte / Dibba Rotti /दिब्बा रोटी /దిబ్బ రొట్టి

Dibba Rotti or Dibba Rotte : Popularly known as South Indian Andhra Special Dibba Rotti made with Idli Batter(without adding much water). And also made with fresh Rice Rava and Urad Dal batter. It is very Tasty Breakfast and also Snack Recipe. In my childhood, my Grand Mother prepared this Recipe. and given to all the family members. All my Family members gathered and enjoyed in that time. I learnt this dish from my mother who learnt...

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Quick Rava Dosa /सूजी का दोसा -రవ్వ దోస

Ingredients : Semolina / Suji Rawa - 1 Cup Rice Flour - 1 Cup Maida / Alpurpose flour - 1/2 Cup Salt - 1 Tsp or To Taste Cumin seeds - 1/2 Tsp Onion(chopped) - 1 Green chily(chopped) - 3 Ginger(chopped) - 2 inch Oil - To fry First we will see how to prepare rava dosa batter : In a bowl, mix together rice flour, all purpose flour, cumin seeds, whole black pepper, green chillies and salt needed. Add the rava + butter milk mix to it. Then add...

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Andhra Karappodi for Rice /Karampodi Recipe /कारम पोडी / కారప్పొడి

Ingredients : Dried Red chilies(cut into two) - 50 g Coriander Seeds - 50 g Cumin seeds - 1 Tsp Crushed Garlic Pods - 8 Salt - 2 Tsp or to taste Oil - 2 Tsp Preparation Method : 1. Take a Pan or Kadai add Oil, after add Coriander seeds, saute for 1/2 Minute, then add cumin followed by slit Red Chilies on medium flame until chilies crisp. 2. Switch off the flame and cool the mixture. 3. Now take rolu(stone) or mixie Jar add this cool...

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Simple Prawns Fry / प्रॉन मसाला /రొయ్యల వేపుడు

Ingredients : Prawns/Shrimp(cleaned) - 1/4 kg Onions (chopped) - 3 Green chily(sliced) - 4nos. Salt - To Taste Turmeric Powder - 1/6 Tsp Chily Powder - 2 Tsp Coriander powder - 1/2 Tsp Cumin Powder - 1/4 Tsp Garam Masala Powder - 1/4 Tsp Coriander Leaves(chopped) - handful Oil - 4-5 Tsp Preparation Method : 1. Take a Pan add Oil, after Oil heat add 5 tsp of Oil, then add Prawns then add salt and keep a lid for 5 minutes. 2. After 5 min....

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Potato Cauliflower Curry /आलू गोभी सब्जी /కాలీ ఫ్లవర్ టొమాటో కూర

Ingredients : Cauliflower - Half head Soak florets with salt hot water for 15 min. Potato - 1/4 Kg (peel and cubed) Onions - 2 (sliced) Green Chily - 4 (sliced) Tomato - 3-4 (sliced) Ginger garlic Paste - 1 Tsp Coriander Powder - 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp Chily Powder - 2 Tsp Salt - To Taste Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 Tsp(optional) Oil - 3 Tsp Curry Leaves - 2 springs Coriander Leaves - Bunch small Preparation Method : 1. Take a...

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How to make Dosa Batter / दोसा बैटर का तयारी / దోసెల పిండి తయారుచేయుట

Ingredients : Urad Dal (black or white ) - 1 Cup Rice (chaval) - 2 Cups Fenugreek Seeds - 1 Tsp Salt - To Taste Preparation method : 1. Soak Urad dal and Rice seperatelely with Sufficient Water for atleast 4-5 Hours. also soak the fenugreek seeds in seperate small bowl. 2. After 5 hours take a jar or Blender or grinder first  add urad dal and grind like smooth batter keep  in a bowl. Make sure the batter is light in weight....

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Tips for Idly Batter / इडली बैटर टिप्स / ఇడ్లీ పిండి చిట్కాలు

Idly Batter Tips : Make sure the batter is light in weight. It is possible by grinding urad dal fluffy, by adding water little by little in regular intervals. The more airy your urad dal is, the lighter your batter and so is your idly. You should be able to see airy bubbles in the urad dal batter while grinding. If you drop a tsp of urad dal batter in a bowl of water, then it should float. Then its is correctly ground. Grind both batters...

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Preparation of Idli Batter / दाल रववा की इडली बैटर /రవ్వ ఇడ్లీ పిండి

Ingredients : Urad Dal ( Minapappu) - 1 Cup Idli Rawa - 2 Cups Salt - To Taste Preparation Process : 1. Soak the Urad Dal for atleast 4 hours. Clean and grind a smooth Batter with required Water. 2. Before you grind the Urad Dal Take Rawa and clean 2 times then add water and soak for 15-30 minutes. 3. After take rawa into a strainer, then squuze the water and add into the grind batter. Mix it well and add required salt. 4. Ferment for...

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Useful Sambar tips /साम्बार टिप्स /సాంబారు చిట్కాలు

Sambar tips : For sambar, toor dal(Kandi pappu) is main factor. Choose best brand/ quality dal. Flat dal gets cooked easier. Before you are preparing dal or sambar anything first roast the dal for 2 min. Then cook. The sambar or dal Recipe will be so Tasty. Use water ratio 1 : 2 and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles in medium flame. While pressure cooking dal for sambar, the optional items you can add are turmeric, asafoetida, one red chilli,...

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Peanuts Green Chily Chutney-मूंगफली की चटनी -వేరుసెనగ చట్నీ

Ingredients : Peanuts(roasted) - 100g Greenchily - 50g Garlic Pods - 6 Cumin - 1/6 Tsp Tamarind - Small Lemon size Salt - To Taste Oil - 1 Tsp Ingredients for Popu / Tadka : Mustard Seeds - 1/4 Tsp Cumin seeds- 1/6 Tsp Red Chily - 2 Hing - 2 pinch Curry leaves - 2 springs Coriander - 1 bunch Oil - 2 tsp Preparation Method : 1. Make a Slits or sliced the Green chilies.Dry roast the peanuts and peel the skin. Keep aside. 2. Take a Pan or...

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Tips for Frying/ వేపుడు చిట్కాలు / फ्राइंग टिप्स

Tips for Frying : Heat the oil thoroughly before adding seasonings or vegetables. Fry the seasonings until they change color, to get full flavour of seasonings. If masala sticks to the pan that shows quantity of fat included is not enough. Add some hot oil and 1/2 tsp of baking soda in batter while making pakodas. When coconut is used in grinding masala, do not fry for a longer time. If you are making patties or tikkis of potatoes, always...

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Goan Fish Curry / गोवा मीन सब्जी / గోవా చేపల కూర

Ingredients : Fish Pieces(cleaned) - 1/2 Kg Red Chily Powder -2-3 Tsp Coriander Powder - 1 Tsp Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 Tsp Salt - To Taste Oil - 4-5 Tsp Curry Leaves - 2 Springs Cilantro(chopped)- 1 Bunch Tamarind - Big Lemon size For Masala Paste : Onion - 1 Tomato - 2 Green Chily - 5 Red Chily - 4 Ginger - 1 inch Garlic pods - 6 Cumin Seeds - 1/4 Tsp Coconut - 2 Inch piece Preparation Method : 1. Take a bowl soak the tamarind in...

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Potato spinach Tikki /Aloo Palak Tikki / आलू पालकटिक्की /ఆలూ పాలక్ టిక్కి

Ingredients : Spinach / Palak(chopped) - 1 Cup Potato/Aloo(boiled &peeled &mashed) - 1 Cornflour - 2 Tsp Chily Powder - 1 Tsp Cumin Powder - 1/2 Tsp Coriander Powder - 1/2 Tsp Chat Masala - 1/2 Tsp Salt - To Taste Oil - To Fry Preparation Method : 1. Take a Bowl add Boiled Potato and mash it with your fingers or masher. 2. Then add Salt, Cumin, Coriander, Chat Masala, Chily Powders. Mix well. Then add corn flour and chopped spinach...

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Masala Bread Upma - मसाला ब्रेड उप्मा - మసాలా బ్రెడ్ ఉప్మా

Ingredients : Bread Slices - 5 Onion - 1 Sliced Green Chily - 5-6 Nos Tomatoes - 2 Chopped Ginger - 1 Inch Ground Nuts(roasted) - 2 Tsp Chana Dal - 1/2 Tsp Urad Dal - 1/4 Tsp Curry Leaves - Handful Cilantro - 1 Bunch Oil or Ghee - 2 or 3 Tsp Mustard Seeds - 1/4 Tsp Chily Powder(optional) - 1/4 Tsp Garam Masala - 1/4 Tsp Lemon Juice - 1 Tsp Salt - To Taste Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp Preparation Method : 1. Take Bread slices and Cut the edges...

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Tips for Cutting & Peeling / ముక్కలు కట్ చేయటం, వలుచుకోవటం

Tips for Cutting and Peeling :Wash vegetables before peeling or cutting to preserve the water soluble vitamins.Peel vegetables as thinly as possible to preserve the minerals and vitamins.Soak potatoes and eggplant after cutting, to avoid discoloration.If you boil vegetables in water, do not throw the water, keep it to make gravies.To avoid browning of apples after cutting, apply a little lemon juice on the cut surface. The apples will...

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Kitchen Tips / Cooking Tips / कुछ बेहतर कुकिंग टिप्स / వంటింటి చిట్కాలు

• If by mistake you have added more salt in your curry than required, then apply this trick. Make a small ball of flour dough and put it in the curry . Boil curry for 5-7 minutes and remove the ball . This would soak up all the excess salt. • If you want to make a rich and thick gravy , then add 3-4 tsp of CASHEWNUT PASTE to your curry . It would also enhance the flavors and nutritional properties of the curry. • To prevent oil from spilling...

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Mutton Pulao in Pressure Cooker /मटन पुलाव /మటన్ పులావ్

Ingredients : Mutton - 1/4 Kg (cleaned) Basmati Rice - 2 Cups (cleaned & strained) Onion - 2 Green Chily - 4 (sliced) Bay Leaf - 1 Cashew Nuts - 3 Tsp Star Anise - 1/2 Cloves - 5 Cardamom - 2 Cinnamon - 1 Inch Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 Tsp Turmeric - 1/4 Tsp Salt - To Taste Coriander Powder - 1/2 Tsp Cumin Powder - 1/4 Tsp Garam Masala - 1/2 Tsp (optional) Oil - 2 Tsp Ghee - 1 Tsp Coriandeer - 1 Small Bunch Pudina - handful Preparation...

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Egg Masala Curry / अंडे की सब्जी / మసాలా గుడ్లు కూర

Ingredients : Eggs - 4 Boiled & peeled Onion - 1 Chily - 3 Curryleaves - 2 springs Turmeric - 1/4 Tsp Chily powder - 1 Tsp Salt - To Taste Oil - 2 Tsp Coriander Ingredients for Paste : Onions - 2 Tomato - 1 Red Chily - 4 Poppy seeds - 1/2 Tsp Coriander Seeds - 1 Tsp Cumin - 1/2 Tsp Pepper Seeds - 8 Cardamom - 1 Cloves - 5 Ginger - 1 inch garlic pods - 6 Preparation method : 1. Take a Pan add 1 Tsp of Oil then add masala Spices, Red...

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Cabbage Manchuria Recipe / क्याबेजी मंचूरिया / క్యాబేజి మంచురియా

Ingredients (for the Fritters) : Cabbage (chopped)- 1 Cup Ginger garlic Paste - 1 Tsp Red Chily Powder - 1 tsp Salt - to Taste Coriander Powder - 1 Tsp Chily Powder - 1 Tsp Maida / Alpurposeflour -1/2 Tsp Corn Flour - 2 Tsp Capsicum - 1/2 Finely shredded Oil - for Frying Ingredients (for the Gravy) : Garlic cloves(minced - 2 Ginger(minced) - 1 tsp Oil - 2 Tsp Pepper Powder - 1/2 Tsp Green Chily(finely chopped)-2 Capsicum(finely chopped)...

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Carrot Stir Fry / Carrot Vepudu / క్యారెట్ వేపుడు

Ingredients : Carrot (clean & grated) - 1/4 Kg Garlic Pods - 6 Green chily(sliced) - 4 Chana Dal - 1/4 Tsp Urad Dal - 1/4 Tsp Cumin - 1/6 tsp Turmeric - 1/4 Tsp Curry Leaves - 2 springs Mustard Seeds - 1/4 Tsp Salt - To Taste Oil - 2 Tsp Preparation Method : 1. Take a Pan add Oil, after Oil heat add garlic Pods, Chana dal and Urad Dal, fry for 2 Min. on medium Flame. 2. After add Mustard, Cumin seeds. After splutter add chilies...

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Sweetcorn Vada / Corn Vada/Mokkajonna Vada/మొక్కజొన్న వడలు

Ingredients : Sweetcorn - 2 Cumin seeds - 1/4 Tsp Ginger - 1 inch Curry Leaves Green chily - 5 Coriander Onion - 1 chop the chily, onion, curry leaves and coriander Besan/gramflour - 2 Tsp Riceflour - 1 Tsp Salt - To Taste Oil - for deep fry Preparation Method : 1. Take sweet con in mixie jar add cumin, ginger. Make a Pasteand 2 Tsp of Sweetcorn cushed. Keep aside. Take all the above Ingredients mix with required salt except Oil. Then...

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Boondi Curry / Boondi Koora (బూందీ కూర )

Ingredients : Boondi (homemade or outside) - 1 Cup Onions(sliced) - 2 Green Chily(sliced) - 3 Turmeric - 1/6 Tsp Chily Powder - 1 Tsp Salt - To Taste Garlic Pods - 6 Cumin seeds - 1/6 Tsp Curry Leaves - 2 Springs Coriander Leaves - 1 Bunch Preparation Method : 1. Making a Paste or crush the garlic pods and Cumin seeds. Keep aside. Cut the Onions and Chilies. 2. Take a Pan or wok add oil after Oil heat fry the onions and chilies. Now add...

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Beetroot Coconut Fry / Beetroot Kobbari Vepudu (బీట్ రూట్ కొబ్బరి వేపుడు)

Ingredients : Beetroot - 1 (peel the skin & grated) Coconut(grated) - 2 Tsp Chana Dal - 1/4 Tsp Urad Dal - 1/6 Tsp Cumin Seeds - 1/6 Tsp Mustard Seeds - 1/6 Tsp Garlic Pods - 6 Green Chily(sliced) - 4 Turmeric - 1/6 Tsp Salt - To Taste Oil - 2 Tsp Curry Leaves coriander(chopped) Preparation Method : 1. Take a Pan or Kadai add Oil, after Oil heat add Peeled Garlic Pods fry for a minute until light golden brown. 2. Then add remaining...

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Cabbage Chutney / Cabbage Pachhadi

Ingredients : Grated Cabbage - 1 Cup Tomato(chopped) - 3 Green Chily(sliced) - 8-10 Ginger(chopped) - 1 Inch Cumin Seeds - 1/4 Tsp Garlic Pods - 6 Tamarind - Lemon size Mustard seeds - 1/4 Tsp Urad Dal - 1/6 Tsp Red Chily - 2 Hing - 1 Pinch Curry Leaves - 2 springs Coriander Leaves - 1 Bunch Oil - 3 Tsp Preparation Method : 1. Take a Kadai or Pan add Oil, after Oil heat add sliced green chilies, Cumin seeds, chopped ginger fry for a minute...

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Mustard Tamarind Rice / Avapindi Pulihora / Avaala Pulihora

Ingredients : Cooked Rice - 1/2 Kg Ground Nuts - 3 Tsp Chana Dal - 2 Tsp Urad Dal - 1 1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds - 1/2 Tsp Curry Leaves - 4 Springs Green Chily(sliced) - 6 Sesame Seeds - 1 Tsp Ginger(chopped) - 2 Inch Red Chily - 3 Oil - 4 Tsp Coriander Leaves - 1 Bunch Hing - 2 Pinch Mustard Seeds(for Paste) - 1 Tsp Salt - To Taste Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp Tamarind Paste(cooked) - 2 Tsp Preparation Method : 1. Take a Pan or deep Vessel add...

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