Carrot soup with ginger

ingredients:
Carrots chopped 2cups
Onion chopped 1
Small potato 1
Butter 1tsp
Ground pepper 1/4tsp
Ginger finely chopped or grated 1/2inch
Water 3cups
Finely chopped coriander 1tsp


Preparation:
1. Heat Butter in a saucepan and fry Carrots, onion, potato fry for 5minutes.
2. Now add water and ginger stir well and keep it on low flame and cook until vegetables are tender(or cook vegetables on pressure cooker for 2 whistles).
3. Cool it for some time and grind this carrot mixture as a smoothie.
4. Pour this grinded  carrot mixture in the saucepan add pepper powder stir well and keep it on low flame for 2-3 minutes, remove from the flame, garnish with chopped coriander.
5. Serve Hot
(Garnishing is optional) 

Brinjal Tomato Curry

ingredients:

Brinjal 1/4kg cut into cubes

Tomato chopped 2

Onion chopped big 1

Curry leaves one stalk

Dry coconut powder 3tsp

Salt to taste

Red chilli powder 1tsp(adjust to your spice level)

Dhaniya powder(coriander powder) 1tsp

Cumin powder(jeera powder) 1tsp

Urad dal 1/2tsp

Channa dal 1/2tsp

Mustard seeds 1/2tsp

Cumin seeds 1/2tsp

Oil 3tsp

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a vessel add mustard and cumin seeds let them crack and add urad dal, channa dal to it and fry for few seconds, then add chopped onion, curry leaves fry till onions get golden yellow color.

2. Now add tomato fry for few minutes, cover it and cook for 1-2 minutes.

3. Add brinjal and mix well, cover with lid and cook for 2-3 minutes, then add salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder(if needed then add very less amount of water) stir well, cover it and cook for 5minutes.

4. Now add cumin powder, Dhaniya powder, dry coconut powder and mix well, do care full otherwise brinjal becomes more soft or mushy.

5. Cover with lid and keep it on low flame for 5 minutes stir occasionally and remove from the flame.

6. Serve hot with Rice or with chapathi.

 note: you are doing chopping and cooking parallel then its fine otherwise put brinjal pieces in salt water.

Chakralu

ingredients:
Rice flour 4cups
Urad flour(blackgram dal flour) 1cup
Butter melted(venna) 1cup
Red chilli powder 1tsp(or as per your spice level)
Salt to taste
sesame seeds 2tsp 
Cumin seeds(Jeera) 1/4cup
Hing 1/5tsp
water
Oil for deep frying
note:You may need muruku maker or muruku press to make this chakralu(muruku), it will be available indian stores.(in telugu Chakrala giddalu)


Preparation:
1.Heat a pan and fry urad flour on a low medium flame for 3-4 minutes.
2.In a large mixing bowl take all the ingredients without water and oil. 
3.Mix well to make a soft dough by adding sufficient water.

4.Heat oil in a pan for deep frying, and fill the dough in muruku maker and press it directly on hot oil like round shape(muruku maker has different moulds i used star shape mould).
5.You can do like this also press on a greased plastic sheet and take it carefully with forefingers and drop it in the hot oil.

6.Fry this chakralu on medium flame till gloden yellow or gloden brown color on both sides.
7.Take chakralu and drain on paper tissue and cool it completely. Store it in air tight container.  

note: you want plain muruku then use round shaped mould of muruku maker and press them on the oil directly. 

Chicken strips

ingredients:
Chicken boneless, skinless breasts or tenders 1-1/2lb
Bread crumbs 1 1/2-2cups(Garlic flavor)
Salt(as per u r taste)
Red chilli powder 1/2tsp(or 1/4tsp chilli powder, 1/4 tsp pepper powder)
Garam masala powder 1/4tsp
Egg 1
Oil for frying

Preparation:
Cut chicken into thin strips.
Marinate chicken with salt, chilli powder, garam masala powder and keep it aside for 1hour
Now Beat Egg, dip chicken into egg and dredge in breadcrumbs mixture.
Heat 3tsp oil in a skillet or pan, fry chicken, a few strips at a time(3-4).
fry both sides, until golden brown color, drain on paper towel.
serve hot with sauce or with ranch n enjoy......

Capsicum Rice

ingredients:
Rice cooked 2cups
Capsicum chopped 1cup(red, green, yellow, orange)
Green chilli 2
Mint leaves finely chopped 2tbsp
Spinach chopped 1/2cup
Salt to taste
Cumin powder 1/4tsp
Coriander powder 1/4tsp
Garam masala 1/2tsp
Dry garlic powder 1/2tsp
Cinnamon stick 1/2inch
Cloves 2 
Oil 2-3tsp(or Ghee)
i used Olive oil

Preparation:
Heat oil in a pan, fry cinnamon stick and cloves.
Add chopped Capsicum and fry for 2-3 minutes add green chilli, salt, garam masala, cumin powder, dry garlic powder, coriander powder one by one stir well and fry for one minute. Add mint leaves, spinach mix well, fry till they become soft or cooked.
Now add cooked rice to this capsicum mixture mix well, cover with lid and keep it on low flame for 1-2 minutes and remove from the stove.
Serve hot with any gravy or with raita.

Beerakaya Pachadi(Ridge Gourd Chutney)

Ingredients:
Beerakaya(Ridge gourd) 1 
Tomato 1 cut into cubes
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
Garlic Cloves 4
Green chilli 3-4
Tamarind 1inch(soaked)
Salt to taste
Tempering:
Urad dal 1/2tsp
Channa dal 1/2tsp
Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
cumin seeds 1/4tsp
Curry leaves 1stalk
Red chilli 2
Hing pinch

Preparation:
1.Wash and peel beerakaya(Don't peel out full skin, just like in the pic),  cut into cubes.

2.Heat 1tsp oil in a vessel, add ridge gourd pieces, green chilli, tomato pieces, garlic,tamarind and cook, cover with a lid, stir occationally, cook until ridge gourd becomes soft or fully cooked.
3.while cooking add salt, it helps ridge gourd to release water quickly. Don't pour water, while cooking it releases some water that vegetable juice is enough for cooking.
4.Add 1/2tsp cumin seeds(jeera), remove from the flame, cool for some time.
5.Grind cooked ingredients as a course paste(don't grind as full soft paste).
6.Now Heat 2tsp oil in a pan add mustard and cumin seeds, let them crack, add red chilli, urad dal, channa dal fry till they become red, add hing and curry leaves fry for few seconds remove from the flame.
7.Add this popu to the pachadi and mix well.


Serve with rice or use it as a dip for chips

Puffed Rice Upma(Marmaralu talimpu)

ingredients:
Puffed rice 200gm
Onion chopped 2
Red chilli 3
Curry leaves 1stalk
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1/4tsp
Bengal gram dal 1/2tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
Mustard seed 1/2tsp
Urad dal 1/2tsp
Oil 3tsp
Powder ingredients:
Putnala pappu(Roasted bengal gram dal) 3tbsp
Dry coconut powder 2tbsp(Dry coconut 3inch)
Red chilli 3
Garlic cloves 4


Preparation:
Take all powdered ingredients, grind and keep the powder aside.
Take a bowl of water, pour puffed rice(marmara) wash, soak for 2 minutes, squeeze water with u r hand and put it in a bowl.
Now mix soaked marmara,salt and grinded powder together, mix well keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds let them crack, add urad dal, bengal gram dal let them turn brown, add red chillis fry for few seconds,add Onion, curry leaves, turmeric powder fry till golden yellow color.
Now add Marmara(puffed rice) and mix well, keep it on medium or low flame for 3-5 minutes.
Serve hot.