Thotakura Fry:

Andhra's favorite green is Thotakura.some one calls as koi-thotakura.after of course Gongura . Every morning in the streets of our Village you will hear vegetable vendor shouting and selling these farm cut fresh greens. Koi thotakura is the one with red stems and locally grown in Andhra.

My first dish in chennai is this one only.
 madhu likes it very much.......................................
so it takes place in my weekly menu....

Thotakura can be stir fried , cooked with dals/lentils,
 To day I post this  recipe...it is  very tasty and can be a side dish with plain rice, and roti.

Ingredients:


 2 (kattalu) Koi Thotakura, washed, dried and coarsely chopped along with the stems
Salt diluted in 2T of water

 1 t mustard seeds

 1 t cumin/jeera
 1 t urad dal/black gram
 2 t chana dal/bengal gram
 4-5 curry leaves (optional)
 2 T cooking oil
 8-10 garlic pods.
8-10 green -chilies.
Method:

1. Wash and dry the leaves on a kitchen towel, make sure its dried thoroughly. Then coarsely chop the leaves along with the stems discarding any tough ones.

2. Heat oil in a large pan, add mustard seeds and let it splutter for a minute, then add the rest of the seasoning ingredients and let it fry for a minute.

3.Add cutted green-chilies. fry it well.

4.Add the chopped onions.mix it well live it for 2-4 mins .add curry leaves.

5. Add the chopped leaves and stir occasionally for even cooking, sprinkle the salt or salty water over the leaves, saute and cover with a lid for 4-5 mins.

6.cut and crush the garlic pods .add this  crushed garlic to cooked leaves.mix it well.

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serve with rice and roti .

its really tasty and healthy item.

PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN----VANDEMATHARAM

..................MERA BHARAT MAHAN.............................

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL

Poha

Attukula Upma :

Hello friends...today I wake up late... I want to prepare Tiffin with in 30 mins.

I think it which one is tasty and simple and fast preparation...........

I saw attukula box in my kitchen shelf. Then I start to prepare this one....


Ingredients:
Onion : 1 Big no.
Green chilly : 4 or 5.
Carrot : 1 big no.
Mustard seeds : 1 tspn.
Zeera seeds : 1/2 tspn.
Urad dal : 1 tspn.
Chana dal : 1 tspn.
Red chilies : 1 or 2.
Ground nuts : 3 spns.


Preparation:
First put kadai on stove. Cut onions and green chilies ,carrot.

Pour 3 tspns of oil on kadai, after few seconds add mustard seeds, zeera seeds,

After few seconds add red chilies, ground nuts, green chilies, onions, carrot, curry leaves.

Add the water in attukula bowl .live it 5 mins.

Add poha in our temper without water.



Then add salt mix it well.

Live it 5 mins.

My attukula upma is ready to serve and eat.

Serve it hot….its really good taste…….you like it…….

Its so simple na….

With in few mins we are preparing one healthy and tasty dish.

Mehandi designs:

Hello friends,these are simple mehandi designs ....offcourse all of you know this..................

Here one is my left hand mehandi design and another one is right hand...
offcourse this is also common thing.

This design is my left hand one ..........
           it is placed through right hand

This is my right hand design ..........
     it is placed through my left hand................

Its so cool na ................
first time i tired to do this (draw with left hand)....

other angle of my right  hand

After  15 mins i wash my hand
After Washing:

how is it ..............its cool na ...............ha

Aratikaya Fry:

Pachi Aratikaya vepudu (Raw Banana Fry):

It is simple and tasty fry.preparation also so simple and fast.

Ingredients:
Raw banana (plantain) - 2
water for boiling
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Dried red chillies - 3
Curry leaves - few
Split black gram - 2 tsps
Cumin - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Tamarind paste - 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying

Preparation:

Cut the banans into 2 -2 peceies.

take one bowl add water and salt.and add banana peceies.
boil the bananas in water for about 15 minutes.

Once boiled peel the skin and grate it as shown below.

     (Optionally after boiling banana can be thoroughly mashed to prepare this dish.)

Apply half teaspoon of tamarind paste thoroughly.

Now in a pan take 3 spoons oil and preheat it.

Add seasonings and wait for them to pop up.

Once these starts smelling good add turmeric powder. and add 1/2 tspn of salt and
redchilli powder as per taste and mix it well.

Immedietely add the grated banana to it and mix it well.

Then our raw banana fry is ready to serve.

serve it hot with sambar or any rasam and dal, which is great combo for this.

sweet corn fritters

Sweet corn fritters

Hi all ,this dish is snack item as well as side dish also…….

Ingredients:

Sweet corn kernels       :         2 ½ cups.

Green chilly                   :         5 nos. (add more if u want more spice)

Salt                               :         1 tspn.

Rice flour                      :         1 cup.

Basin (senaga pindi)      :          1 cup.

Corn flour                     :          2 tspn.

onions                           :          1 big no.

curry leaves

PREPARATION:

First take one mixer jar add salt, chilies, kernels.

Grind it .

Take one bowl Add onions, cut chilies,

Add mixed kernel paste. Add all flours (rice, all purpose, corn)

Mix it well

Put the kadai on stove.

Heat the oil,

Prepare fritters with your hand.

Deep fry the fritters.

Then your yummy corn fritters are ready to eat.

Serve with tamato ketcheup.

 

happyfrienship day to all