Ash gourd juice

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Traditional Sweet Dosa

Ingredients:

Maida or Wheat flour -- 1 cup

Rice flour                    -- 1/2 cup

Jaggery powder.         --  4 tb spoons

Cardamom powder            -- 1/4 tsp

Pinch of salt 

Water 

Oil for frying 

Method :

Take a cup of water add jaggery powder and melt with a spoon 

Now add wheat flour ,rice flour,salt and cardamom powder

Add sufficient water and mix with out lumps

Batter should be like dosa batter

Heat griddle and make dosa on medium flame 

Sprinkle oil and roast both sides

Egg Fry

                                                                  Ingredients:

                                                            eggs   --     4 boil and remove shell ,cut into 4 long pieces
                                                           onion  ---    1 large,  peel,wash and cut into long thin pieces
                                               green chillies ---     4 wash and cut into small pieces
                                                   salt to taste  ,       pinch of turmeric powder
                                               garam masala  ---  1/2 teaspoon
                                                                oil   ---   2 table spoons
Seasoning -  1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds , 2 red chillies , curry leaves

METHOD :  heat oil in a cooking pan add seasoning , fry for a minute ,add onion ,green chillies ,fry till transparent , add turmeric powder ,salt and garam masala stir well and and egg pieces ,stir once and remove into a serving bowl .don't stir much after adding egg.

Beetroot curry

 

Ingredients  :

beet root ---  1/4 kilo

                                                                  onion     --   1
                                                                  green chillies -- 6
                                                                  salt to taste
                                                                  oil  ----  2 table spoons
                                                                  pinch of turmeric powder
seasoning --  2 red chillies , 1 tea spoon black gram Dal , 1/4 tea spoon cumin seeds , 6 garlic pods , curry leaves

METHOD - peel ,wash and cut beet root into small pieces , cut onion and , green chilly .in a pan heat oil add seasoning and fry for a minute,add onion and green chilly and fry till transparent ,now add beet root ,salt and turmeric, and cook on low flame with the lid on. add a little water and cook till done.

Spicy Maramaralu

Ingredients :maramaralu (puffed rice) - 4 glasses
                   oil - 1 tea spoon
                   salt - 1/4 tea spoon
                  red chilly powder - 1/4 tea spoon
Seasoning ; red chillies -2 , garlic pods - 4 (mash ),curry leaves

METHOD ;heat oil in a pan add seasoning fry for 1 minute add puffed rice ,salt,red chilly powder mix well and fry for 2 minutes on low flame .

Chicken Pulao (andhra style)

Ingredients : 
                   chicken - 1/2 kilo clean and cut into pieces
                   rice   -   1/2 kilo ,wash and drain water
                   salt to taste
                   red chilly powder - 3 table spoons
                   onion -  4 cut into large pieces ( that is one onion cut into 4 pieces )
                   garam masala powder  -   5 table spoons ( you can check my blog for masala powder recipe)
                   turmaric powder - 2 tea spoons
                   oil  -  6 table spoons
                   ghee - 2 table spoons
                   ginger garlic paste - 3 table spoon
                   water- 2 litres
Seasoning : red chillies - 6, cumin seeds 2 tea spoons ,bay leaf -6 ,curry leaves

METHOD : in a pressure cooker take chicken and add 1 table spoon ginger garlic paste ,salt , 1 table spoon red chilly powder , 1 tea spoon turmeric powder , 2 table spoons oil ,mix well and pressure cook till one whistle on low flame .keep aside. in large pan or cooker heat  remaining oil and ghee add onion pieces and fry for 3 minutes on low flame now add seasoning and fry for 2 minutes , add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes on low flame and now add cooked chicken and fry for 5 minutes on high flame now add rice ,salt , red chilly powder,garam masala powder, turmeric powder and fry for 5 minutes on low flame , now add water and mix well and cook on low flame with the lid on till done .
                  

Chepalu Pulusu

Ingredients :
                   fish - kilo ,clean and cut
                   onion - 3 (ground into paste )
                   tamarind paste - 4 table spoons
                   salt to taste
                   red chilly powder -2 table spoons
                   masala powder - 2 tea spoons ( mixed powder of cardamom ,cloves and cinnamon)
                   turmeric powder - 2 tea spoons
                   oil - 6 table spoons
Seasoning - 2 red chillies , 1 tea spoon cumin seeds , 1 tea spoon fenu greek seeds, 1 tea spoon mustard seeds , curry leaves ,coriander leaves .
cook this in a flat pan ,for extra taste you can add raw mango pieces.
METHOD : apply 2 table spoons of salt and 1 table spoon of turmeric powder to fish pieces before cleaning ,keep aside for 2 minutes and wash ,this is to remove bad smell of fish . in cooking pan heat oil add seasoning , fry for 1 minute add onion paste ,fry on low flame for 5 minutes ,add salt ,red chilly powder ,turmeric powder , fry for 2 more minutes add fish pieces and fry for 2 minutes add tamarind  paste , masala powder and 4 glasses of water and cook for 15 minute on low flame.while stirring take care not break fish pieces. it would be better use flat spoon .

Semya Pudding

Ingredients :
                   semya ( vermicelli ) - 4 table spoons
                   milk - 1/2  litre
                  sugar to taste
                  custard powder(vanilla) - 1 table spoon
                  cardamom powder - 1 tea spoon
                  1 tea spoon ghee
METHOD :heat ghee and roast semya add milk and cook till semya is cooked add sugar,in 1/2 cup water add custard powder and make a paste , now add this to cooked semya and stir well and cook for 2 more minutes and finally add cardamom powder .turn off fire and let it cool and refrigerate. serve chilled.

Cheruku Rasam

cheruku rasam means sugar cane juice .at our place we get this almost in every street . this is made of fresh sugarcane crushed along with ginger and lemon juice .

Chocolate pudding

Ingredients - milk - 1/2  litre
                     corn flour - 1 cup
                     dark chocolate slab - 180 grams
                     sugar - 1 cup
                     vanilla essence - 1 table spoon
                    
METHOD : in a thick bottom pan add milk and let it boil. while milk start boiling add sugar and let the sugar dissolve .in 1/2 cup of water mix corn flour and make a  paste,and add this to boiling milk and add chocolate slab and vanilla essence ,cook on low flame only,keep stirring and when pudding starts thickening pour into a greased tray and refrigerate.serve cool.