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...!!!

Alasanda Vada/ Black Eyed Peas

Soaking Time : 5 hours/ Over night
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : Time for deep frying


Ingredients :

1. Alasanda / Black Eyed Pea - 1 cup
2. Besan / Gram Flour - 1/4 cup
3. Onions - 1 medium
4. Green Chilies - 3 long
5. Curry leaves handful
6. Oil for deep frying

Description:

• Wash and soak the peas for 5 hours. Change water and grind to a coarse batter along with 1 green chilies making sure you grind with just a tbsp of water.
• Remove to a bowl and add chopped onions, curry leaves, green chilies, salt and besan. Mix well to form in shape.
• Heat a kadai/pan with oil and simmer when the oil is hot.
• Pat down the dough as discs and gently deep fry them in oil.

Serve hot....enjoy the delicious snack!!!!!!

Kakarakaya vepudu (Bitter Gourd) Fry

Cooking Time: 60 Minutes

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes


Ingredients:

1. Bitter Gourd / Kakarakaya chopped - 1cup
2. Garlic- 3 cloves
3. Onion- 4 chopped
4. Coconut-2tsp
5. Green Chilly-2 Chopped 
6. Jeera- 1tsps
7. Salt to taste

For seasoning:

1. Oil-1 tblspoon
2. Mustard seeds- 1tsp
3. Jeera- 1 tsp
4. Hing- a pinch
5. Red chillies- 2

Description: 

• Take Bitter Gourd & boil it for 2 mints .
• Filter the boiled Bitter Ground & deep fry them keep it a side .
• Add Garlic ,Onion,Coconut ,Green chilly , & Salt then grind .
• Add oil to a pan for seasoning , Mix grinded past to pan then add fryed Bitter Ground .

Spice & tasty Kakarakaya vepudu (Bitter Gourd) is ready to serve with Chappatii or with Rice..!!!

Bendakaya vepudu/ Lady's finger fry

Cooking Time: 30 Minutes

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes


Ingredients:

1. Bendakaya/Lady’s Finger – 1n1/2 lbs
2. Peanuts – 1/2 cup – lightly toasted
3. Green Chillies – 4 – finely chopped
4. Curry Leaves – 8 to 10 leaves
5. Garlic – minced/grated – 1 clove
6. Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
7. Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
8. Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp 
9. Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
10.  Roasted Chanadal Powder-1 tsp

Description:    

• Wash the Bendakaya/Lady’s Finger well under running water. Pat them dry with a paper towel – this will necessary to make it less sticky and soggy . After they are dry, chop it up horizontally and set aside. 
• Take a wide pan and heat about 2 to 3 tsps of oil.
• Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves and chopped green chillies. Saute for a minute or two. 
•  Now, add the chopped okra to the pan. Saute on medium heat until the okra turn brown. It will take at-least 20 mins for the Bendakaya/Lady’s Finger to be properly done. Half way through it, add the spices – turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt. Mix well and let them fry until done. Keep checking in between and saute them very lightly as they become mushed overtime. 
• When done, check for salt, drizzle a roasted chanadal powder and remove into a serving dish.

Jackfruit Bajji

Cooking Time: 30 Minutes

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients:

1. Ripe Jackfruit Cut in to thick slices 15 nos.
2. Gram Flour( Shanaga pindi ) 100 g
3. Rice Powder 3 tbsp
4. Turmeric Powder 1 tsp
5. Chilli Powder 2 tsp
6. Garam Masala ½ tsp
7. Salt to taste ½ tsp
8. Oil for deep frying

Description:

• Mix the ingredients from 2 to 7

• Prepare batter,adding enough water.
• Dip the jackfruit pieces into the batter and fry in the pre-heated oil till golden brown.
• Serve it hot. 

The juice and spice yummy Jackfruit Bajji's are ready to serve..!!!!

Sorakaya Halwa/Bottle gourd Dessert

Cooking Time: 30 Minutes

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients:

1. Milk-1/2litr
2. Bottle gourd (grated)-4cups
3. Sugar-1 cup
4. Khova/Mava-100gms
5. Elachi powder-1tsp

Dry fruits-for garnish

Description:

1. Roast the dry fruits in tsps of ghee and keep aside.
2. Add the grated bottle gourd to the same pan and fry until the raw smell goes off.
3. Add milk and let it cook on medium flame for 15mins or till the milk is observed.
4. Now add Khova and sugar, Elachi powder.
5. Cook for 10mins stirring occasionally.
6. When the mixture thickens , add the fried cashews and raisins . 

   Halwa is ready to serve.!!!!! 

   

    

Shanaga Pinddi/Besan Laddu

Cooking Time: 30 Minutes

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients

1.  Besan (Bengal gram flour), coarsely ground-3/4 cup
2.  Powdered sugar-3/4 cup 
3.  Ghee-1/4cup
4.  Cardamom (elaichi) powder-1/4 tsp
5.  Dry Fruits -1/2 cup

Description:

• Melt the ghee in a pan, add the dry fruits,gram flour and cook over a low flame stirring continuously till it is golden brown in colour.
• Add the cardamom powder and mix well.
• Remove from the fire and pour onto a plate . Cool completely.
• Mix together the gram flour mixture and sugar.
• Divide into equal portions and shape into laddus.           

Jackfruit payasam (Jackfruit Pudding )

Category: Desser
Cooking Time: 60 Minutes
Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

Ingredients:

1. Thick Coconut Milk 2 cup
2. Jaggery(Sarkkara) ½ cup
3. Jackfruit Diced 1 cup
4. Cardamom(Elakka)Powder 1 tsp
5. Badam 1cup
6. Maida ½ tsp

Description:

• Boil the water in a sauce pan, add jaggery and melt till all the particles separate.
• Pour it in a vessel add coconut milk, jaggery and maida. And mix it well.
• When it comes to the boil, add the jackfruit pieces and cook slowly, till the pieces are tender. When done, add the cardamom powder & Badam .
• Serve it hot

Yummy and creamy Jackfruit Payasam is ready to serve..!!!!

Jackfruit Dosa

Cooking Time: 60 Minutes

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes


Ingredients:

1. Ripe jackfruit bulbs 15 no.
2. Maida 1 cup
3. Wheat Flour (Atta) 1 cup
4. Grated Coconut 1 cup
5. Sugar ½ cup
6. Salt to taste ½ tsp
7. Cardamom(Elakka) Powder ½ tsp

Description:

• Grind along with boiled Jackfruit, Coconut, and Cardamom to a batter.
• Add maida, wheat powder, sugar and salt mix it well.
• Heat the non-stick tawa well.
• Pour a spoonful of batter in the centre, spread with the back of the spoon to a thin round.
• Pour 1 tsp of ghee or oil over it.
• Cook until the underside of dosa turns golden and then gently turn it to the other side.
• Cook for another 2 minute.
• Remove from fire and serve it hot with best combination of ghee. 

Rava Laddu

Cooking Time: 15 Minutes

Preparation Time: 25 Minutes



Ingredients:

1. Rava -2 cups
2. Powdered Sugar-2cup 
3. Elachi powder-1tsp
4. Grated Coconut -1cup
5. Dry fruits-for garnish

Description:

• Roast the dry fruits in tsps of ghee and keep aside.
• Add the rava to the same pan and fry until the raw smell goes off. 
• Add powdered suger and grated Coconut to the rava,Elachi powder. 
• Mixture well 
• Add the fried dry fruits and form into laddus or balls by pressing small amounts of the mixture with your palms.

Store in an air tight container..!!!!!.

Palakura poppu ( Dal & Spinach)

Cooking Time: 30 Minutes

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients:

1. Palak / spinach - 2 cup chopped
2. Toor dal - 1/2 cup
3. Tematos-6
4. Onions-2
5. Mustard - 1/2 tsp
6. Zeera - 1 tsp
7. Red chillies - 2
8. Green chillies -6
9. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
10. Garlic -2
11. Water - 2 -3 cups
12. Oil
13. Salt (adjust to taste)

Description:

• Wash Palak Chop into small pieces.
• Wash dal once and add the palak ,some green chillies, tomatoes,onion,garlic .
• Pour water in pressure cook upto 3 whistles or until the dal and palak cooks soft.
• In a heavy bottomed vessel, take this cooked dal and boil on medium flame stirring frequently. Add salt and water for desired consistency.
• Mean while do the seasoning with mustard, zeera, garlic, red chillies, green chillies and curry leaves.
• When the dal is boiling, pour this seasoning over it and let it boil for 5 more mins. 

That's it!!! Yummy and creamy Dal Palak is ready to serve with chapathi or rice and some ghee...

Menthikoorak Tomato pappu (Methi Tomato Dal)

Cooking Time: 60 Minutes
Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

Ingredients:

1. Kandi pappu/ Toor dal- 1 cup
2. Tomatoes -- 3 (medium sized)
3. Fresh methi-- 1 bunch
4. Green chillies-- 4
5. Turmeric-a pinch
6. Salt- to taste
7. Tamarind (optional)- a small ball

For seasoning:

1. Oil-1 tblspoon
2. Mustard seeds- 1tsp
3. Jeera- 1 tsp
4. Hing- a pinch
5. Red chillies- 2
6. Uddin dal- 1tsp
7. Methi seeds-- 1/2 tsp

Description:

• Pressure cook dal,tomatoes,methi leaves,green chillies and turmeric with 3 cups water.
• Leave it for 3-4 whistles.
• Put some oil in a pan and then fry all the items for seasoning .
• Once they are done then put this cooked dal in it and add salt and then add tamarind pulp to it(optional).
• Leave it for 3-4 mins on the stove. 

Serve this with rice ..it tastes great !!!

Ripen Mango /Pandu Madikaya Chutney

Cooking Time: 30 Minutes

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

Ingredients

1. Chopped mango-1cup
2. Green chillies - 2 chopped
3. Onion- 1cup
4. Garlic -3 cloves
5. Curry leaves: 4-5 in number
6. Asafetida: one pinch
7. Oil -4 tsp
8. Cumin Seeds - ½ tsp
9. Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

Description

• Add oil to the pan with cumin seeds,mustard seeds,curry leaves,garlic,green chillies,onion
• Add chopped mango fry it for 5 mints,with Asafetida at end .
• Grind the mixture in past.

Tasty Ripen Mango /Pandu Madikaya Chutney is ready to serve it with chappathi !!!!