Pottu Pesarapappu

Ingredients:

1. Pottu pesara paapu-1/2 glass
2. Onions(thinly sliced)
3. Green Chillies
4. Tomatoes
5. Mustard Seeds
6. Jeera
7. Salt
8. Red Chilli Powder
9. Haldi
10. Curry Leaves
11. Coriander

Procedure:

1. Take a vessel. Heat water in it.
2. When water comes to a boil –add the dal and a few pinches of haldi to it.
3. When the dal is about get cooked; take a pan.
4. Add oil for tampering.
5. Add mustard seeds and jeera.
6. When they crackle add slit green chillies, crushed garlic and curry leaves.
7. After few seconds add onions, ginger garlic paste and haldi.
8. I prefer to add some coriander leaves at this moment ; as it adds to aroma and to the taste
9. When the onions become translucent; add tomatoes.
10. Now add red chilly powder and some salt.
11. Check if the dal is cooked …and if it is cooked add this tampering to the dal.
12. Mix well ; and if required you may add some more water.
13. Garnish with coriander and serve with rotis or rice.

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!!! :-)