Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Bansiravva Ragi Sangati / Mudde

Bansiravva Ragi Sangati

Ingredients:-

Ragi Powder- 2 Cups
Bansiravva - 1 Cup
Water - 9 Cups
Salt - As per your taste.

(Note: For 1 cup of ragi/bansiravva use 3 cups of water. Since we have 2 cups of ragi powder and 1 cup of bansiravva use 9 cups of water.)

Procedure:-

1) Take 1 cup of bansiravva for 2 cups of ragi powder.
2) Take bansiravva in a sauting pan and fry it for 1 min in medium flame. Then add 9 cups of water and let it boil in a medium flame till it is cooked well. It usually takes 10 mins to cook.Now add salt to taste.
 

3) Once it is well cooked add ragi powder slowly and mix it at the same time. Make sure there are no moulds. 



4) After mixing see the consistency of the ragi sangati . If you think its too dry you can add some hot water to make it smooth.


5) Cook it for 10 more minutes on a medium flame with lid on.
               Healthy and Hot Bansiravva Ragi Sangati / mudda is ready to serve.A very healthy diet for diabetic patients.








Saturday, 24 May 2014

Egg Masala Curry

Egg masala curry
Ingredients:-

Eggs - 6
Tomatoes- 3 (Medium Size) 
Onion - 1 (Medium)
Garlic - 8 pieces
Coconut - 1/2 cup (Chopped)
Red chillies - 2 (Big)
Coriander Seeds/ Dhaniyalu - 1 and 1/2 tspn
Black Pepper - 1/2 tspn
Cloves / Lavangam - 9
Cinnamon / Dhalchina chekka - 5

Talimpu/Popu/Tadka/Seasoning

Oil 6 tspns
Onion - 1 (Medium)
Mustard seeds / Aavalu - 1/2 tspn
Minapappu / black gram - 1/2 tspn
Jeera - 1/4 tspn
Bengal Gram / senagapappu - 3/4 tspn
Curry leafs - 3 stems
Pasupu /  Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Procedure:-

1) Boil eggs.

2) Cut onions and tomatoes to small pieces and grind all the ingredients to paste. (Tomotoes, onions, coconut, lavangam, dhalchina chekka, pepper, red chilies, Dhaniya, garlic)
  
3) Put pan and add oil. Fry all seasoning ingredients. (Avalu, minapappu, senagapappu, jeera, onion, curry leafs)



4) Once Onions turns to light brown color add the grinded masala paste to the pan.
 5) Boil for 15 to 20 mins in a medium flame with lid on.

6) Add eggs and boil the curry for 5 mins in medium flame.

 
7) Add salt and kothimeera/corriander leaves as per your taste. Now tasty Egg masala curry ready to serve. You can serve it with either rice or chapathi.

Egg masala curry




Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Coconut/Kobbari nuvvula Kudumulu and Undrallu

Kobbari Nuvvula Kudumulu and Undrallu

Ingredients:-

Rice - 2 cups
Water - 3 cups
Jaggery - 1 (Medium) or 3/4 Cup grated Jaggery
Sesame seeds / Nuvvulu - 2 tspns
Dry Cocunut - 3 tspns (Grated cocunut)
Yalakulu / Elachi / Cardamom - 3
 
Procedure:-

1) Soak rice in water for 15 min. Dry them on a clean cloth for another 15 more mins. Then grind them in to very fine powder.

 2) Grate Jaggery and soak it in 2 cups of water. It takes 15 mins for the jaggery to become soft in water. Then crush the jaggery with clean hand so that it dissolves in water.

3) Grind cocunut, sesame seeds and ellachi in mixy. Then make a slight hard dough with rice powder, Cocunut-sesame powder with jaggery water.

4) In Idli patra pour 1 and 1/2 cups of water. Make Kudumulu and undrallu with dough and put them in idli plates.

  
5) Put the lid and wait for 7 to 8 mins for the kudumulu to boil.

 
 
                          Tasty Kudumulu and Undrallu ready for Vinayaka Naivedyam.

Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Munakkaya / Drum stick Fry

Munakkaya / Drum stick Fry

Ingredients:-

Munakayalu / Drum stick - 5 ( medium size)
Onions - 2 (Medium Size) 
Ground nuts - 50 grms
Red chillies - 2 (Big size)
Garlic - 6 pieces
Salt to tast
Talimpu/Popu/Tadka/Seasoning

Oil 4 tspns
Mustard seeds / Aavalu - 1/2 tspn
Minapappu / black gram - 1/2 tspn
Jeera - 1/4 tspn
Inguva/asafoetida - 1 pinch quantity. 
Curry leafs - 2 stems

Procedure:-

1) Cut Munakkaya to three inches size.

2) Take pressure cooker and add Munakkaya pieces. Add water (1/4 cup) with salt(1/4 tspn) to it. Wait for 1 whistle.


3) Chop the onions.


4) Put the pan and add oil, once oil is heated add mustard seeds, minapappu, jeera, Senagapappu with curry leafs and fry for 1 min.

 5)Now add onions and fry till they become light brown color.
6) Add drum stick pieces to the seasoning/ thalimpu mixture and fry for 1 minute on medium heat.

7) Grind the ground nuts with red chillies and garlic pieces.


8) Add the ground nut mixture to the drum sticks and mix it well. Heat for 2 mins on medium heat.

Tasty Munakkaya / Drum stick fry is ready to eat.

        

Masala Omlet



Masala Omlet

Ingredients:-

Eggs   - 4
Chilli Powder - 1/2 tspn
Salt - 1/4 tspn
Onions - 1 (small)
Masala Powder - 1/2 tspn
oil for frying omlet
Serves

Three people

Procedure:-

1) Chop onions and add all the ingredients to it. Beat the eggs until the yolks and whites are completely mixed.



2) Heat some oil in the skillet over medium heat. Pour on the eggs mixture spreading them evenly with a spoon. 



Tasty masala omlet is ready to eat. Ideal for break fast or evening snack.