Spices of Andhra

Andhra Sambar Podi

2020-04-30T10:54:00.003-07:00

Please Check the link below for a detailed video recipe of Andhra Sambar Powder:

Andhra Sambar Powder

Simple & Easy Eggless Dates Cake

2015-04-30T12:31:00.001-07:00

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Eggless Dates Cake

Tomato Dal (Tomato Pappu)

2015-04-30T12:00:00.002-07:00

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Tomato Dal

Chikkudikaya Tomato Curry (Indian Broad Beans & Tomato Curry)

2015-04-28T14:10:00.002-07:00

Please Check the link below for a detailed video recipe of Chikkudikaya Tomato Curry (Indian Broad Beans & Tomato Curry):

Chikkudikaya Tomato Curry (Indian Broad Beans & Tomato Curry)

Andhra Gongura Mutton (Mutton Cooked with Red Sorrel Leaves)

2015-04-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

Please Check the link below for a detailed video recipe of Andhra Gongura Mutton (Mutton Cooked with Red Sorrel Leaves):

Andhra Gongura Mutton (Mutton Cooked with Red Sorrel Leaves)

Dosakaya Pulusu (Yellow Cucumber Cooked in Tamarind Stew)

2015-04-23T12:07:00.000-07:00

Please Check the link below for a detailed video recipe of Dosakaya Pulusu (Yellow Cucumber Cooked in Tamarind Stew):

Dosakaya Pulusu (Yellow Cucumber Cooked in Tamarind Stew)

Ridgegourd Curry with Dried Prawns (Beerakaya Endu Royyalu Curry)

2015-04-21T12:28:00.000-07:00

Please Check the link below for a detailed video recipe of Ridgegourd Curry with Dried Prawns (Beerakaya Endu Royyalu Curry):

Ridgegourd Curry with Dried Prawns (Beerakaya Endu Royyalu Curry)

Okra/Bendakaya Fry

2015-04-14T18:24:00.002-07:00

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Okra/Bendakaya Fry

Chicken Lollipop

2015-04-07T15:17:00.000-07:00

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Chicken Lollipop

Raw Mango Curry (Mamidikaya Kura)

2015-03-26T14:02:00.004-07:00

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Raw Mango Curry (Mamidikaya Kura)

Mixed Vegetable Kurma/Korma

2015-03-24T15:55:00.000-07:00

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Mixed Vegetable Kurma/Korma

Mushroom Fry

2015-03-20T11:52:00.004-07:00

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Mushroom Fry

Prawns with Tomato & Capsicum Curry (Royyalu Tomato Capsicum Curry)

2015-03-18T10:13:00.000-07:00

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Prawns with Tomato & Capsicum Curry

Sambar - Quick & Easy Method

2015-03-17T12:30:00.004-07:00

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Sambar - Quick & Easy Method

Okra Curry with Eggs (Okra/Bendakaya pulusu)

2015-03-13T11:00:00.002-07:00

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Okra Curry with Eggs (Bendakaya/Okra Pulusu)

Cabbage Dal (Cabbage pappu)

2015-03-09T14:48:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 Cup toor dal
3 Cups chopped cabbage
1/2 Medium sized chopped onion
3 Green chillies slit
1 Tomato chopped
Small lemon sized tamarind
3-4 Garlic cloves slightly crushed
Few curry leaves
1 tsp chana dal
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 Dry red chillies
1 tsp red chilli pwd (adjust)
1/4 tsp turmeric pwd
Salt to taste
2 tbsp oil
2 1/2 Cups of water

Process:

Wash the toor dal, drain the water and keep it aside.
Into a pressure cooker take the washed toor dal, chopped cabbage, onion, tomatoes, slit green chillies, tamarind along with 2 and half cups of water.
Pressure cook this for 3-4 whistles.
Once the pressure is off open the cooker and discard the tamarind.
Into a cooking pan take 2 tbsp of oil and once it is hot add the chana dal, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chilly, crushed garlic cloves, curry leaves and fry for a minute.
Then add the cooked dal, red chilli pwd, salt, turmeric.
Now add some water depending on how thin you want your dal.
Cover and cook for 5 mins on medium flame.
After 5 mins check for the consistency of the dal, adjust the seasoning.
Switch off the flame and serve hot with rice or roti.

Happy Tummy :-)

Simple Sweet Puffs (Dil pasand)

2014-04-15T12:12:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

Puff pastry sheets (frozen, store brought)
5 tbsp tutti fruti
3 tbsp freshly shredded coconut (frozen is fine too)
3 tbsp sugar (adjust)
1/4 tsp cardamom pwd

Process:

Thaw the puff pastry sheets for 30 mins.
Add shredded coconut to a pan and fry it for a minute.
Add sugar and keep mixing it, so that the sugar melts and coats the coconut well.
Add in the tutti fruit and cardamom pwd
Mix well, switch off the flame.
Let it cool completly and then fill in the pastry sheets with this filling.
You may close the sheets in any shape.
preheat the oven at 400 degrees farenheit.
Now bake these puffs for 10-15 mins.
Mine took exactly 12 mins,

NOTE: If you cannot get hold of tutti fruti, you can use chopped raisins and dates.

Happy Tummy :-)

Capsicum/Bell peppers Masala Rice

2014-04-05T12:30:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

1 Cup raw rice
2 medim sized bell peppers/capsicum (de-seeded and cubed into 1" inch pieces. You may use any colored bell peppers, i used red and green)
1/2 medium onion chopped
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
Salt to taste
2 tbsp butter/ghee/oil

To make into coarse pwd:
4 dry red chillies (adjust)
1 tbsp urad dal
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
3 tbsp peanuts
8 curry leaves

Process:

Wash the rice and cook it.
Heat a pan and dry roast peanuts and keep them aside.
In the same pan add the red chillies, urad dal, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, coriander seeds and dry roast them on medium till the urad dal changes color and that is when we add the curry leaves and fry for 1-2 mins and switch off the flame.
Cool them completely and grind them into a coarse mixture along with the peanuts.
Heat butter/ghee or oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds.
After cumin seeds splutter add the chopped onions and fry till they change color. (do not add too much onions, as we do not want the onions flavor to over power the flavor of the capsicum)
Next add the cubed bell peppers, salt and fry them for 3-4 mins (do not wait till they turn very soft. we want little crunchiness to the capsicum pieces)
Add the masala pwd and mix well and cook for a minute.
Then add the cooked rice, mix well.
Adjust salt, and let it sit on medium for 1-2 mins.
Switch off flame and serve hot with chips on the side.

Happy Tummy :-)

Lemon Rasam

2014-03-31T21:39:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

3 tbsp toor dal cooked
2 green chillies slit
2 medium sized tomatoes
1 tbsp lemon juice (adjust)
pinch of turmeric
1/8 tsp hing/asafoetida
500 ml water
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 dry red chillies
1 tsp oil
Few curry leaves
Cilantro to garnish

Process:

Blend the tomatoes to a puree.
Take the tomato puree into a vessel along with the water, turmeric pwd, salt, slit green chillies and a pinch of asafoetida.
Put the vessel in high heat and once it starts boiling reduce to medium heat and let it boil for 5 mins.
Add the cooked toor dal (you can add any water left while cooking the dal) along with curry leaves.
Bring it to a boil and let it boil for 2-3 mins.
In another pan take the oil and once hot add the cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dry red chillies along with the remaining asafoetida and let the mustard and cumin seeds crackle.
Immediately add this tempering to the rasam and cover it.
Do not remove the cover for atleast 10 mins (doing this will incorporate the tempering flavour into the rasam).
After 10 mins add the cilantro and lemon juice (add the lemon juice according to the taste. You may check the taste adding little by little at a time)
Serve with rice along with papad or any fry.

Happy Tummy :-)

Simple Chicken Curry

2014-03-31T19:33:00.004-07:00

Ingredients:

1 pound chicken
2 medium onions chopped
2 green chillies slit
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp red chilli pwd (adjust)
1 tsp coriander pwd
1 tsp cumin pwd
1/2 tsp garam masala pwd
1/4 tsp turmeric pwd
salt to taste
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 spring curry leaves
2 tbsp oil
cilantro to granish

Process:

Cut the chicken pieces. Wash 2 times with water and finally one time with turmeric water to remove any impurities.
Heat oil and add cumin seeds, curry leaves and fry till the curry leaves turn crisp.
Add the chopped onions and slit green chillies and fry till onion turn transparent and little brown.
Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 1-2 mins till the raw smell goes off.
Next add the chicken pieces along with some salt and turmeric pwd.
Cover and cook on medium for 5-8 mins.
Add a cup of water along with coriander pwd, cumin pwd, red chilli pwd, garam masala pwd.
Adjust salt and again cover and cook till the chicken is completly cooked and you get the desired gravy consistency.
Switch off flame and garnish with cilantro.
Serve with rice, rotis or any pulao's.

NOTE: Add water in the curry depending on the amount of gravy you want. If you like bit watery gravy to mix it with rice add more water and if you want thick gravy add less water.

Happy Tummy :-)

Andhra Chepala Pulusu (Fish in Tamarind Sauce)

2014-03-30T22:09:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

10-15 fish fillets
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp coriander pwd
1 tbsp cumin pwd
Tamarind (small lemon sized)
1/2 tbsp red chilli pwd (adjust)
10 Curry leaves
1/4 tsp turmeric
Salt adjust to taste
2-3 tbsps oil
Coriander leaves

To Grind into a coarse paste:
1 large onion
1 medium tomato
3-4 green chillies slit (adjust)
1" piece ginger
4 medium sized garlic cloves (peeled)

Process:

Clean the fish, cut it into pieces and keep it aside.
First grind ginger, garlic, green chillies finely and then add the onion and tomato pieces and pulse it (make sure you don't make a fine paste of onion and tomato).
Soak the tamarind in hot water for 10 mins, squeeze the juice and keep it aside (you can also microwave the tamarind with water for 1 min and then squeeze the juice)
Add oil to a deep bottomed pan. Once it is hot add the cumin seeds, curry leaves and the ground paste along with green chillies, coriander pwd, cumin pwd, turmeric and little salt, cover and cook it on medium flame stirring once in a while till the paste is well cooked and the oil starts to ooze out from the mixture.
Then add the red chilli pwd and the fish pieces. Cook it for 5 mins without covering so that the water from the fish comes out and evaporates (this step is important to reduce the smell of the fish)
Add the tamarind juice along with a cup of water, cover and cook on medium for 10 mins (usually it doesn't take more than 10 mins to cook fish)
Finally adjust salt and add some coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
Serve hot with rice.

Happy Tummy :-)

Kakarakaya Fry (Bittergourd fry)

2014-03-30T21:59:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

4 Bittergourds
1 large onion sliced
3 Green chillies slit
1/2 tsp red chilli pwd (adjust)
1/4 tsp turmeric
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp chana dal
1/2 tsp urad dal
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
3-4 dry red chillies
Few curry leaves
2 tbsps oil

Process:

First wash the bitter gourd, peel the skin and cut them into rounds.
Heat some water and add salt to it and let the water come to a roaring boil. Switch off the flame and add the bitter gourd pieces, cover it and keep it aside for 10 mins. Then squeeze the water out of the pieces and keep them aside (this reduces the bitterness to some extent)
Add oil to a pan and once it is hot, add in the chana dal, urad dal and fry till they turn golden brown. Then add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, dry red chillies and fry them for a minute.
Add the slit green chillies and onions and fry them till the onions turn golden brown.
Then add in the bitter gourd pieces, salt, turmeric and mix well. Cover and cook till the bitter gourd pieces turn soft and gets cooked.
Then add the red chilli pwd. Mix well and let it cook on medium high flame without covering for another 5 mins and switch off the flame.
Serve hot with rice.

Happy Tummy :-)

Kashayam for Cold/Flu (Ayurvedic remedy for Cold/Flu)

2014-03-25T13:33:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1" inch piece ginger (peeled and chopped)
1 tsp pepper corns (roughly crushed)
1.5 tsp coriander seeds (roughly crushed)
1 tbsp jaggery
1/4th tsp turmeric pwd
500 ml water

Process:

Mix the finely chopped ginger and crushed peppercorns and coriander seeds with water.
Put it on a high flame and bring it to a boil
Once it comes to boil add the jaggery, turmeric pwd and cover and simmer.
Continue to boil until the water becomes half in quantity (approx. 250 ml)
Switch off the flame and filter.
This kashayam works wonders in reducing cold/flu.

Happy Tummy :-)

Methi Puloa/Methi Rice (Pulao with Fenugreek leaves)

2014-03-24T22:48:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

1 Cup raw rice
1.5 cups tightly packed methi leaves (just take the leaves, discard the stem)
2 small onions sliced
2 green chillies cut in half
2 medium sized tomatoes chopped (i used roma tomatoes)
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp coriander pwd
1 tsp red chilli pwd (adjust)
1/4th tsp turmeric pwd
3/4th tsp garam masala pwd
1/2 tsp fennel pws (DO NOT SKIP ADDING THIS, it gives a very nice flavor to the recipe)
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 bay leaf
Salt to taste
2 tbsp oil

Process:

Wash and soak the rice.
Heat oil and add the bay leaf and cumin seeds.
Fry till cumin seeds splutter and add the slices onion, green chillies, fennel pwd and fry till the onions turn transparent.
Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute or till the raw smell disappears.
Add the choppes tomatoes, coriander pwd, red chilli pwd, turmeric pwd, garam masala, salt.
Cover and cook till the tomatoes turn mushy.
Add the washed methi leaves, mix well and cook covered for 3-4 mins.
Now transfer the masala and the soaked rice to a rice cooker.
Add 2 cups water, adjust salt and switch on the rice cooker just as you cook rice.
If using pressure cooker you can do the same thing (but rice cooker works perfectly for any pulao's)
Serve with any raita and papad.

Happy Tummy :-)

Pineapple Kesari

2014-03-24T22:28:00.000-07:00

Please Check the link below for a detailed video recipe of Pineapple Kesari:

Pineapple Kesari

NOTE:

Cut the Pineapple pieces finely but do not mash them (you want the pieces while eating the kesari)
Do not use the frozen or canned pineapple for this recipe, it will give a terrible smell to the kesari.
Since my family eats less sugar i have added only 1 cup, but you can always adjust the sugar adding little by little and tasting it. so You won't end up adding more or less sugar than required.
Unlike other kesari recipes do not add more ghee or cardamom than given here. You do not want any other ingredient to dominate the taste of the pineapple.

Happy Tummy :-)