Beetroot Halwa

 

Prep time-under 15 min
Cook time-under 30 min


Ingredients :

Beetroot grated - 2 cups heaped
Sugar -3/4 cup
Milk - 2 cups
Cardamom powder -1/4 tsp
Almonds/Badam - 10
Cashew nuts - few
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Maida - 1cup



Description :

• Wash, peel the skin and grate beetroot.
• In the same pan, heat a tbsp of ghee, add grated beetroot and fry .
• Then add 2 cups of milk and cook the beetroot on low flames, stirring in between. Cook till the beetroot becomes soft and all the milk evaporates.
• Then add sugar until sugar dissolves and gets mixed well with the beetroot.
• Now add cup of maida in water and mix well with beetroot continuous stirring in low flame is required  .
• Add cardamom powder, ghee and cook for a few more seconds.
• Garnish with cashew nuts, almonds . Serve hot or warm.

Pesarattu Dosa/Green Gram Dosa

Cooking Time: 30 Minutes

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes


Ingredients:

1. Whole green gram(Pesalu) - 1 cup
2. Raw rice - 1 tbsp
3. Green chillies - 2
4. Onion - 1 medium sized chopped finely
5. Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
6. Garlic - 5 (optional)
7. Coriander leaves- 1 tblsp chopped
8. Hing  - a pinch
9. Salt - to taste Water - as required

Description:

• Soak green gram(Pesalu) with rice overnight for 8hrs-10hrs.
• The next day drain water and grind it with ginger and green chillies to a smooth batter, add little water to make to batter consistency.
• Then mix in salt, hing, chopped onion, garlic and coriander leaves and mix well. 
• Add water if the batter is too thick.
• Heat a dosa on pan, take a laddle full of batter and spread it thin like dosa. Sprinkle oil on the sides and cook on both sides.

While Serveing put bit butter on it..!!!

Yammmmy :)  Pesarattu dosa is ready to be served... can also serve it with tomato sauce or with red chilli chutney , but tastes best with coconut chutney!!!!!

Gongura pachadi / Red sorrel leaves

Cooking Time: 15 Minutes

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes


Ingredients :

1. Gongura leaves / Red sorrel leaves -2 cups
2. Turmeric-one pinch
3. Green chillies-4 chopped 
4. Tamarind - 1 tsp
5. Salt (rocksalt) -1 tsp  
6. Onion peeled -1 cup* chopped into small 
7. Red chillies -2
8. Curry leaves- 4-5 in number
9. Mustard-1 tbsp
10. Urad dhal -2 tbsp  
11. Sesame seeds -1 tbsp 
12. Cumin seed-1/2 tbsp 
13. Asafetida-one pinch
14. Oil for fry

Description:

• Wash gongura leaves, fry in a pan with green chillies and onion in little oil .
• Add some turmeric close the pan with a lid, cook for a while .
• Grind mixture well with  tamarind and salt as per taste.
• Season the mixture with Red chillies,Curry leaves,Mustard ,Urad dhal,Sesame seeds,Cumin seed,Onions and add asafetida at end.

Tasty Gongura pachadi is ready to serve with Rice and Chapatti.. !!!

For yammmy tast add *Ghee while serving .. am sure u will love this recipe... :)  

Kakarakaya / Sweet & Sour Bitter Gourd

Cooking Time: 60 Minutes

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes



Ingredients: 

1. Bitter Gourds – 250gms
2. Tamarind – 20gms
3. Grated Jaggery – 40gms
4. Curry leaves – Few
5. Fenugreek Seeds – 3 Seeds
6. Bengal Gram – 1 1/2tsps
7. Black Gram – 1tsp
8. Mustard Seeds – 3/4tsp
9. Cumin Seeds – 3/4tsp
10. Turmeric Powder – 1/4tsp
11. Red Chili Powder – 2tsps
12. Salt to Taste
13. Oil – 6tsps 

Description: 

• Heat a pan and add oil to it.
• When the oil is hot add fenugreek seeds, bengal gram , black gram, mustard seeds ,cumin seeds and add chopped curry leaves fry well.
• Now add cooked bitter gourd pieces and mix well. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder and add the ground tamarind paste.
• Add some (10 to 15ml) water and cook covered on slow flame for 3 minutes.
• After 3 minutes remove the lid and cook for a minute. 

Transfer the curry to a serving bowl. Serve hot with plain rice or with chappathi...!!!