Rice flour pakoda(pakora)

ingredients:
Rice flour 2cups
Onions  2
Green chilli finely chopped 2
Curry leaves chopped 1stalk
Ginger finely chopped 1tsp
Salt to taste
Oil

Preparation:
1. Peel the skin and finely slice the onion.
2. In a mixing bowl take onions, rice flour, green chilli, curry leaves,ginger and salt mix well with out adding water.
3. Leave it for 15-20 minutes.
4. Now you can observe onions released some moisture that is enough for binding the ingredients together.
5. Heat oil for deep frying, knead the mixture.
6. Slowly drop the onion mixture into hot oil and fry, when the pakoras cooked and become crisp remove from the oil or till golden brown. 
7. Repeat the same process for the rest of the mixture.

Serve hot and enjoy.......

Spicy peanut powder/Verusenaga podi

 ingredients:
Verusenaga pappu/Pallilu/Peanuts/Ground nuts  1cup
Dry red chilli 12
Garlic pods 6
Cumin seeds/jeera 2tsp
Dry coconut powder 2tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil 1tsp

Preparation:
1. Heat a pan and roast ground nuts/verusenaga pappu on medium flame, peel off  the skin and keep aside.
2. In the same pan add oil and fry red chilli for 1minute, add cumin seeds/jeera fry for one more minute remove from the stove.
3. Cool the ingredients completely.

• Now grind red chilli, cumin seeds, salt as powder.
• Add Garlic pods, Fried ground nuts and dry coconut powder grind as a coarse powder.

 

Serve with idli, dosa, hot rice with Ghee.
You can use this powder in preparation of curries also...
Store it in a dry air tight container.

Tomato-Capsicum Rice

ingredients:
Cooked rice 2 cups
Onion chopped 1
Ginger -garlic paste 1/2tsp
Tomato chopped 2
Red capsicum chopped 1/2cup
Green chilli chopped 3
Chopped cilantro 2tbsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1/4tsp
Hing pinch
Meat masala powder 1tsp
Garam masala powder 1/4tsp
Bay leaves 1
Cloves 2
Cinnamon 1/2"
Oil 2tbsp  

Preparation:
1. Heat oil in a pan fry bay leave, clove, cinnamon and add onion fry for 2mins.
2. Add ginger-garlic paste fry till it leaves oil, add tomato, capsicum and green chilli mix well and fry.
3. Add salt, turmeric powder, hing mix well and cook on medium flame for 2-3 minutes.
4. Add meat masala powder, garam masala powder mix well and cook it for 1 minute, add chopped cilantro mix well.
5. Fry till the mixture leaves oil, now add cooked rice to it and mix well, keep it on stove for one minute and remove from the flame.

 Serve hot with raitha.....

Bittergourd stir Fry(kakarakaya vepudu)

ingredients:

Bitter gourd(kakara kayalu) peel, slice into rounds 1lb

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder1/2tsp

Red chilli powder 1tsp

Dry coconut Powder 3tsp

Garlic cloves 2

Cumin seeds (1/2+1/2)tsp

Mustard seeds 1/2tsp

Oil 4tsp

 Preparation:

            Grind Red chilli powder,

                      Garlic 

                      Cumin seeds as powder and use it as chilli powder.

1. In a mixing bowl take bitter gourd slices, salt, turmeric powder mix well and keep a side.

2. Now Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds let them crack, add bitter gourd slices.

3. Mix well, cover with lid and cook for 5minutes on medium flame, stir occasionally.

4. Now remove lid, add chilli powder mix well and fry until it gets golden yellow color or bit crispy.

5. Add Dry coconut powder mix well and keep it on medium flame for 1-2 minutes remove from the stove.

Serve with rice & dal combination or with pappucharu, Curd rice.......

Mango Fish Curry

ingredients:

Tilapia fillets 3(make 6-8 pieces)

Onion finely chopped 1

Ginger -garlic paste 1tsp

Tomato finely chopped 1

Raw mango pieces 1/2cup

Tamarind extract 3tsp

Salt to taste

Red chilli powder 1 1/2tsp(adjust to your spice level)

Turmeric powder 1/2tsp

Fish masala powder 1/2tsp

Garam masala 1/4tsp

Oil 4tsp

Cloves 2

Cinnamon 1/2"

Coriander leaves finely chopped 2tsp

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a pan or vessel fry cloves and cinnamon stick.

2. Add Onion fry till translucent, add ginger-garlic paste fry till the mixture leaves oil.

3. Now add tomato fry for 1minute, add fish pieces, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder,fish masala powder and mix well.

4. Cover with lid and keep the stove on medium flame for 2minutes.

5. Add Tamarind extract and 1cup water mix well and cook for 5-10 minutes.

6. Now add raw mango pieces mix well cook for 2minutes or until fish become soft.

7. Add garam masala powder, chopped coriander leaves mix well and wait for 1-2 minutes, remove from the stove.

    

Serve hot with rice....

Capsicum Puffed Rice

ingredients:

Puffed rice 3cups

Onion finely chopped 1

Tomato finely chopped 1

Ginger garlic paste 1/2tsp

Green chilli finely chopped 2-3

Capsicum chopped 1/2cup

Green onions chopped 2

Coriander leaves chopped 2tbsp

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder pinch 

Popu:

Oil 3tsp

Mustard seeds 1/2tsp

Cumin seeds 1/2tsp

Channa dal, urad dal 1/2tsp(optional)

Hing pinch

 

Preparation:

1. Wash and soak puffed rice for 3-5minutes and drain the water, keep aside.

2. Heat oil in a pan add popu items one by one and fry.

3. Now add chopped onions fry for 30 seconds, add ginger-garlic paste mix well and fry till it leaves oil.

4. Now add Tomato mix well and fry for 1 minute.

5. Add Green chilli, capsicum, green onion mix well.

6. Add salt, turmeric powder mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes keep the stove on medium flame.

7. Now add puffed rice mix well, add coriander leaves keep it on low flame for 2 more minutes remove from the flame. 

Serve hot( sprinkle some lemon juice on top).

you can serve this as break-fast or evening time refreshment.

note:
if you want add garam masala powder also it gives nice flavor to your puffed rice.

Spicy Coconut Powder(Kobbari karam)

ingredients:

Dry coconut (sliced)1cup

Garlic cloves 6-8

Red chilli's 5(adjust to spice level)

Salt to taste

Preparation:

1. Dry roast red chillis for a minute until they become crisp(you can use oil 1/2tsp for frying).

2. Grind red chilli with salt as a powder.

3. Now add sliced dry coconut, garlic cloves grind as a coarse powder, do not make it as fine powder.

4. Store it in air tight container.

• Serve it with hot rice with ghee.
• You can also serve with idly/dosa.
• You can even use it in vegetable stir fries.