PULIHORA...

pulihora... a must recipe at my home during all major festivals... and made with my favorite pulihora mix prepared by my super mom... 

pulihora is a variety rice that is prepared in majority of the houses across south india not only during festivals but also prepared regularly for lunch boxes... and this is a item that is prepared  in all temples as prasadam...

GODHUMA RAVA PAYASAM...

a different sweet dish made out of broken wheat... healthy, yummy, delicious... it is said that goddess lakshmi likes the dishes made of broken wheat... and since my mom was performing some special puja on friday's she is preparing this sweet for prasadham.. though i hesitated to taste it in the beginning, i loved it after having it... now i wanna hav it again n again... hope u also will droll for it... 

PALAK TOMATO CURRY...

 palak curry for roti's and puri's... rich in nutrition's, yummy, tasty, healthy... 

TOMATO YENDU MIRCHI PACHADI...

a mouth watering recipe for all pachadi lovers... tomatoes flavored with roasted red chili's... yummy, spicy and tasty...

KARIVEPAKU CHICKEN FRY...

presenting you the awesome delicious chicken stater... karivepaku chicken fry...

VANKAYA PACHADI...

there was an article in the local newspaper in nellore recently which showed that brinjal is a veggie that is very frequently cooked in majority of the houses and that to at least twice or thrice in a week in and around nellore district. brinjal is that favorite to people in andhra... so there are as many dishes as we can prepare using brinjal and here is one pachadi variety that my mom prepared after years and i tasted it for the very first time and loved it... trust me it's a treat to all brinjal lovers... hope you like it... :-)

MASALA RICE...

masala rice... since we have many restricted days to have non veg at home specially on saturdays, and we don't eat a lot of veggies, my mom always prepares this variety of rice which taste like biryani and we love it a lot. so when ever we have guests on these special days when my mom doesn't allows me to cook non veg, i prepare  this variety of rice... 

we had guest at home today and since it is thursday and many don't eat non veg my mom prepared this for lunch... i loved it so much that i wanted to share it with you all... hope you like it...    

TOMATO KETCHUP...

home made tomato ketchup... yummy and tasty...

PALATHALIKALU...

andhra special sweet dish palathalikalu... my mom's favorite sweet... palathalikalu is a kind of payasam made using rice flour that is prepared in most of the houses across andhra pradesh during important festivals... my mom insisted me to share this recipe in my blog since she loves this dish.. i am sure even you will love it... 

PUDHINA CHICKEN FRY...

wanted to try some different recipe for preparing chicken and this was a trail version of what i made "pudhina chicken fry". it turned out really well and i loved it to the core... could not wait till i try it for the second time as it turned out awesome during my first trail it self and wanted to share this recipe with u guys... hope you will also love it...

GOBI MANCHURIAN...

gobi manchurian everyone's favorite Chinese food specially for kids... whenever i prepare this dish i remember my younger sister who stays in bangalore... i just cant imagine how fond she is of this dish and how excited she will be while having it... i admire the way she eats food when she has her favorite food served on table... she is also a foodie and her love towards food can be clearly seen on her face... hope your kids face glows like a 1000 volts bulb when you serve them with this yummy dish once they are back from school hungry...

PAPPU PONGAL...

pappu pongal is one dish i hated to the core till a few years back but has become one of my favorites and most preferred breakfast these days... though many prefer having it with groundnut chutney, i love having it with sugar or sambar... yummy,mouth watering...  

TIME TAKEN : 30 MINS, SERVES: 3

INGREDIENTS:

RICE	1 CUP
GREEN GRAMS (PESARA PAPPU)	½ CUP
WATER	6 CUPS
JEERA (CUMIN SEEDS)	1 TSP
CRUSHED PEPPER	1 TSP
CURRY LEAVES	20 – 30 LEAVES
OIL OR GHEE	3 TBSPS.
ASAFOETIDA	A PINCH
SALT	TO TASTE

METHOD:

 Ø  Wash and soak the rice and green gram together for 15 – 20 mins. Now add 6 cups water, salt and pressure cook it for 1 whistle and further cook it for 10 mins on a low flame and off the gas. Once the pressure is released, open the lid and mash the cooked rice smoothly.

 Ø  Now heat oil or ghee in a heavy bottom vessel and temper jeera seeds, crushed pepper and curry leaves, off the gas add asafoetida. Add the this mixture to the mashed rice and stir it well. (if you feel the pongal is too thick, add hot water to the rice to get the desired consistency).

 

SUGGESTIONS:

 ü  You can also add onions and green chili’s while tempering if desired.

 ü  Cashews can also be added which gives a great taste.

ONION SAMOSA...

onion samosa's... my favorite from childhood days but sadly had opportunity to have them very rarely (may be only becoz i get them very rarely i love them so much). 4 years back one of my uncle got these onion samosa's from a very famous shop in nellore called "baba samosa's". from then on i kept trying them at home but never got the exact taste and i used to get very disappointed. few months back i saw the recipe of chef sanjay in his personal website and followed that recipe with little changes and the samosa's turned out so well and exactly matched to the taste of "baba samosa's" and from then on i prepare them very frequently at home... hope u like it...<3 <3 <3

KOBBARI RASAM...

from my childhood there is only one recipe followed at my home to prepare rasam... since i got bored of tasting the same for years now, i always wanted to try something different in preparing rasam and i got this awesome rasam recipe from one of my grandmom who visited us in chennai last year, from then on when ever i get a chance to prepare rasam i cook only this recipe... in love with this super tasty rasam...

TOMATO CURRY...

tomato curry... easy to cook and best curry for chapathi's and pulka's... can be cooked faster and will be fresh when packed for lunch..

PEPPER PRAWNS...

a quick and easy to make prawns recipe... spicy and yummy... 

PRAWNS PULAO...

got bored of preparing all types of biryani in the same way.. so just tried this new recipe for prawns and it really turned out awesome... taught of sharing the recipe with you all... hope you guys like it...

KOBBARI VADALLU...

presenting you another awesome recipe by our ancestors and cooked by my great grand mom and my grand mom on all spl occations, the best sweet dish you will love to have again and again... you can't just stop with having one... these days innovative desserts can never compete with such sweet dishes which are good in taste and also good for healthy...

SEMIYA PAYASAM...

semiya payasam... this is one of the recipe that is very frequently prepared at my home on auspicious days like thursday, friday and saturday... why i call these days auspicious is because my mom does special pooja's on these days of week and prepares a sweet dish as prasadam... so it is been a tradition of making sweet dishes on these days and when ever my mom asks for my opinion i tell her to make this recipe... and even when my mom is out of town and i have to cook some sweet dish this is the recipe i prepare because it is simple to make and tastes yummy... 

PACHIMIRAPAKAYA PACHADI II...

many pachadi lovers are in great trouble these days as the doctors are suggesting many to avoid groundnuts in their daily diet mostly for those above 40... so one of my mom's friend suggested this recipe to my mom.. n we tried it today for breakfast with dosa and it tasted great... hope it is useful for you guys... 

CHILI CHICKEN KEBAB...

yummy tasty spicy chicken stater cooked without oil... easy to cook healthy chicken recipe.. have a great sunday...:-) :-)