Wheat Rava Upma

               In south india upma is a famous break fast item. Preparation time also less, it takes only few minutes . It is one of the best simple dish.


Ingredients:
1cup Wheat Rava
2 1/2 cup water 
1 Medium size onion sliced
1 tomato medium size
2 Green chillies
2 tbsp Green peas
1 tsp Urad dal (minapa pappu)
1 tsp Channa dal
1 tsp Mustard seeds
10-15  Curry leaves
Small peice ginger
4 tsp oil
Salt to taste


Method:
  Heat 1tsp oil in pan after oil heated then pour rava and fry for couple of minutes and take it out from the pan. 


Heat oil in a  pan add  mustard, urad dal, channa dal after the mustard seeds pops add ginger and green chillis. Stay for few seconds then add onion and curry leaves and fry till translucent, add tomato and fry well.
Now add green peas and fry.


Then pour water in the pan add salt to taste and allow it to boil, it will take few minutes to boil,
then add rava and stir carefully without lumps.


Reduce the heat to low-medium cover the pan with lid and cook it for 6-7 minutes or until rava is cooked. In case rava is not cooked properly with that water then sprinkle little bit water and cover with lid and keep on low heat for 2minutes.


Serve  hot wheat rava upma with any pickle, sugar or any chutney power

List of Spices

 Indian Spices list in Telugu

            South india Telugu is one of the language. In every day cooking style  generally we are using so many spices. 

In English	In Telugu
Toordal	Kandi pappu
Black gramdal	Minapa pappu
Green gramdal	Pesara pappu
Bengal gramdal	Senaga pappu
Roasted dal	Putnala pappu
Chick peas	Senagalu
Dry red chillies	Yendu mirapakayalu
Garlic	Velluli
Turmeric powder	Pasupu
Mustard seeds	Avalu
Cumin seeds	Jilakarra
Coriander seeds	Dhaniyalu
Asafoetida	Inguva
Fenugreek seeds	Menthulu
Sesame seeds	Nuvvulu
Semolina/Cream of wheat	Upma Rava
Sago	Saggubiyyam
Wheat flour	Godhuma pindi
All purpose flour	Maida pindi
Peanuts/Groundnuts	Verusenaga Pappu
Cashew nuts	Jeedi pappu
Rice Flakes	Atukulu
Jaggery	Bellam
Cloves	Lavangalu
Cardamom seeds	Yelakulu
Cinnamon	Dalchini chekka
Nutmeg	Jazi kaya
Saffron	Kumkuma puvvu
Bayleaf	Biryani aaku
Tymol seeds	Vammu
Dry ginger	Sonti
Poppy seeds	Gasagasalu
Pepper	Miriyalu
Ginger	Allamu

My first post - Carrot Halwa

              Kesari is one of traditional sweet in south indian recipes and it is one of the sweet we made it fast. But carrot halwa takes little bit more time to prepare than normal semolina/sooji/rava kesari.

ingredients:
1. Carrot: 1/2 kg or 5medium size grated carrot
2. Milk : one litre
3. Sugar : 2 cups
4. Ghee : 1/4 cup
5. Cashews : 3 spoons(tsp)
6. Raisins : 2 spoons(tsp)
7. Almonds : 2 spoons(optional)
8. Cardamom power :1/4 spoon(tsp)




Method:
 First clean the carrot and grate the carrot. put pan on stove add 2spoons ghee  fry the cashews  and keep aside. then fry the grated carrot in the same pan.
now its time to pour milk, pour the milk in the pan n cook carrot along with milk.
keep the flame in medium and stiring slowly. non-stick pan is preferable other way while boiling milk sticks to the bottom of the pan..
milk dissolves fully  and becomes thik gravy with carrot then add sugar
cook it in medium flame 5-7 minutes and add the remaining ghee stir till the halwa doesn't stick to the pan. 
at last add cardamom power raisins, cashews. it gives a rich flavour to your delicious halwa