BheeraKaaya Pesarapaapu Koora

This is again a beginner's dish!!! I learned this from my mother. This goes very well with rasam/pachipulusu.

INGREDIENTS

1. Oil
2. Mustard Seeds
3. Onion
4. Green Chillies-slitted
5. Curry Leaves
6. Haldi
7. Ginger Garlic Paste
8. Salt to taste
9. Moong Dal.
10. Ridge Gourd.(Bheerakaaya)

METHOD:

1. Heat a pan and oil.
2. Add Mustard seeds.
3. Add onion+green chillies.
4. Add Curry leaves.
5. When onion become translucent; add haldi and ginger garlic paste.
6. Now add Moong dal.
7. Add salt
8. Mix it well and cook for ½ minute.
9. Now add the diced Ridge Gourd.
10. Mix well.
11. Keep the lid and cook until done.

Simple Tomato Curry

This is very easy to prepare. Once again, this we prepare when we come home tired in the late evening. I like this a lot. We can add our toppings to this curry. Just add an egg and it becomes more delicious. We can also add dried prawns to this; but i yet dont know the procedure to do it. And naveen prepared this by adding Mehthi and fresh prawns to it. That was awesome!!! It took me by surprise :-) It made me fall i love with him again :-) I was the happiest woman that day; as he prepared exclusively for me. Even this recipe would follow soon. Unfortunately am unable to add any pictures. Well!!! for now here is this simple recipe.

TOMATO CURRY

Ingreds:

Tomato-8 (Medium Sized)
Onion-3(Medium Sized)
Chillies-4

Mustard Seeds-1/2 tsp
Jeera-4 tsp
Urad Dal(Mina Pappu)-2 tsp
Oil as desired
Salt-As Required
Haldi-3 tsp
Curry Leaves-8

Pre-Requisites:
1. Cut the chillies into halves. Keep them a bit longer don’t cut them too small.
2. Chop the onions (finely sliced)
3. Cut the tomatoes into ¾ cubes.

Procedure.
1. Heat oil in pan
2. Add mustard seeds + jeera
3. After 3-4 seconds; add onion and chilli together.
4. Add curry leaves.
5. Stir fry till the onions become translucent and a bit brown.
6. Add Ginger/Garlic paste.
7. Add haldi 3 tsp.
8. Now add tomato pieces.
9. Stir and mix well.
10. Put the lid on the pan.
11. Preferable take a shallow lid so that you can pour some water on the lid; this would avoid the stickening of the curry to the pan.
12. After 25-20 minutes the tomatoes will be cooked.
13. Now add gram masala powder. Mix it well.
14. Put off the stove after 4-5 seconds.
15. Garnish with Coriander.

Serve hot with steamed rice or chapathi.

Enjoy!!! :-)

Mom's Kitchdi

Hi,
I don’t know what is this recipe called as. Whether it is Hyderabadi Kitchdi or just Kitchdi. My mom cooks it so deliciously; and hence I decided to call this as my mom’s kitchdi. This is very easy to cook and takes a very less time. Whenever we return home tired from shopping or traffic ; we tend to cook this as it is easy and very delicious.

Ingredients:

Shajeera – 1 tsp.
Lavangam-1
Tej Pattha-1
Patta-1/2 inch
Karipattha(Karivepaaku)
Onions-2(medium sized)
Potato-2(medium sized)
GingerGarlic paste – 2 tsp.
Red Gram Dal-1/2 Glass [ Red gram dal is also called as siri senaga paapu].
Rice-Glass.
Water-3 Glasses.
Green Chillies(Slitted)- 4
Ghee/Oil.
Salt to taste.
3 Pinches of pasupu(Haldi).


Procedure:
Soak the dal for around 30 mins.
Wash rice and keep a side.
Heat a vessel(Bhandi) and put oil/ghee in it.
When its enough heated, put ingredients 1,2,3,4.
After few seconds(before the above ingredients are totally fried) ; add chillies.
After few seconds ; add Karipattha.
When the fragnance of Karipattha emanates add onions.
Stir them till they are translucent.
Add haldi.
Add ginger+garlic paste.
Mix it well.
When the fragnace of haldi+ginger/garlic paste emanates; add salt.
Add potato(cut it into cubes).
Now; add rice and the soaked dhal to the container.
Let them sink in the aromas of the spices we’ve added for few seconds.
Now add the 3 glasses of water.
Let it cook till the rice is done.
Garnish with coriander.

Kitchdi goes well with pachi pulusu and paapad. Or just eat with some curd and pickle.

This one was great!!! Delicious!!! Memory of this one is mouth watering. HATS OFF to Naveen!!! Recipe would soon follow :-)