MAMIDIKAI AVAKAYA...

most awaited and most wanted recipe of the year... the world famous and andhra's fame " mamaidikai avakaya".. every house in andhra gets completely busy every summer in making this special recipe.. in most of the places women in the neighborhood will get together to make huge quantities of this pickle that will serve them for the rest of the year.

MAMIDIKAI ROTI PACHADI...

easy to prepare raw mango pachadi recipe, seasons special...

SWEET PACHADI...

my great granny's special "roti pachadi" recipe... mix of spiciness and sweetness is a great treat to your taste buds.. 

UPPU MIRAPAKAI...

andhra's famous seasonal home made recipe... uppu mirapakai...

PAPPULA PODI 2

a simple and easy to prepare podi recipe that is very commonly found in the andhra kitchen's and on the tables of andhra cuisine restaurants...

STUFFED BRINJAL...

stuffed brinjal, flavored with fresh coriander and curry leaves... a great treat to the taste buds... 

PUNUGULU...

punugulu... is a snack item taken along with garam garam tea and is famous in the krishna district of andhra pradesh... i have tasted this for the first time when my granny prepared this for us when we went to meet her in bangalore years ago and i loved it so much that i kept preparing this snack again n again when ever i found time wanted share the recipe with you all... n here it is... it turned out so well that i couldn't stop myself from eating them... hope you guys also like it... 

TOMATO YENDU MIRCHI PACHADI...

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

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... :-)

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... 

DOSAKAYA AVAKAI

hello frnds.. i have already posted a roti pachadi recipe using yellow cucumber, here is an other recipe using yellow cucumber which my athamma (aunt) taught me when she recently visited us in chennai... have to tell you, it was so tasty that i had my whole meal only with this pickle... pickle lovers get ready to droll... bcoz this recipe is gonna rock your taste buds... 

MIXED VEGETABLE PICKLE...

carrot, beans, cauliflower, dhondakaya... a mix of all veggies and outcomes a yummy, spicy andhra special pickle - "mixed vegetable pickle" which is served in all the wedding parties in andhra these days..

NALLA KARAM....

nalla karam... spicy podi recipe for multiple uses...

PAPPULA PODI..

got rid of eating the same coconut chutney's with idly and dosa daily... try this variety of podi which is very popular in andhra... pappula podi is a recipe that you can find on all dinning tables of all andhra cuisine restaurants.. kids also will like this recipe as it is not very spicy and tastes yummy with roasted dal and peanut flavor... 

THOTAKURA PAPPU

though we don't add much veggies in our daily diet, greens are our all time favorite at home... when me n my bro were school going, my mom makes sure that she cooks greens atleast twice a week since we hate eating any other veggies.. thotakura pappu is my bro's favorite and after he left home for higher studies, my mom cooks this thotakura pappu for sure when ever he is back home for vacations.. 

thotakura pappu taste best with avakai (mango pickle), ghee and vadiyallu (prepared by mom)....       

DOSAKAYA PACHADI

presenting you another "roti pachadi" variety, "DOSAKAYA PACHADI", made out of  a variety of cucumber... in andhra most of the people start their meal with pachadi (made in grinding stone and are prepared freshly) or pickles (made in advance, mostly seasonal and are stored for months). hence these items will be present on all the dining tables across the state.. dosakaya pachadi is one among them, and is very frequently prepared in most of the houses...

as we leave in chennai, my mom is not that satisfied with the taste of the cucumber we get here in chennai market. so she makes sure that she will get some cucumbers when ever she goes to our hometown.. recently we went to andhra for one of our family wedding and my mom got few cucumbers to make this pachadi... hope you like the recipe...

NELLORE CHEPALA PULUSU

The world famous fish curry recipe which is cooked using only fresh water fish... nellore chepala pulusu has a very special recognition in andhra cuisine... no other fish curry can beat the taste of this curry ever for me n my bro.. presenting you the most popular recipe of andhra pradesh... nellore chepala pulusu.. get ready to rock your taste buds...

GUTHI VANKAYA KURA...

andhra 's spl recipe guthi vankaya kura... there is a saying in telugu " vankaya vanti kura, seethamma vanti thalli dorakadu" which means "one can't find a curry like brinjal's and a mother like goddess seetha". brinjal recipes are that favorite to andhra people n this is one of the popular recipe in andhra menu..

YERRA KARAM

yerra karam is one of the chutney recipes that is very familiar in nellore and prakasam districts of andhra pradesh.. this is served with tiffin items like dosa, idly, bondas etc., along with coconut chutneys. this is also applied on dosa's and is served as karam dosa... spicy and tasty..

PACHI MIRAPAKAYA PACHADI

as everyone know that andhra is very famous for huge varieties of pickles and roti pachadlu (chutney's prepared in grinding stone), here is a pachadi that is very frequently prepared at my home using grinding stone....