Yogurt parfait

Hello All,

Breakfast is the important meal of the day...and when you r working its very diffcult to spend time on breakfast in the mornings..So most of the times this is our simple and healthy breakfast at home..and my hubby just loves this.Here is the recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup of yogurt/indian curd
half banana -> cut into pieces
oats -> spoonful
blueberries-> fistful
dates-> 2 large dates cut into pieces
walnuts -> few
honey-> 1-2 tablespoon

Just mix all the above ingredients and enjoy...You can change the ratio of these fruits and nuts as per your taste..Also you include your favorite fruit..:-) Enjoy

Tomato Pappu

  

Hi Friends,

Today I am going to post another simple yet delicous recipe..."Tomato Pappu"..This is one dish that does not take much time & effort yet can be very delicous..In my home I make varietes of pappu's and this is one of them..Here is the recipie.


Ingredients:
Toor Dal /Kandi Pappu--->1 cup
Tomatoes----->2 finely chopped
tamarind------> size of small lemon
green chillies---->4
onion---------> finely chopped half cup
salt--------->as per taste
turmeric-----> half tb. sp.
red chilli powder---> 1 tb sp


For Tempering:
Urad Dal/Minapappu---> 1 tb.sp
Chana Dal/Senaga Pappu--->1 tb sp
Mustard seeds/aavaalu---->1 tb sp
Fenugreek seeds/mentulu---> 4
Curry leaves--->4
Hing--->pinch to taste
red chillies--->2
garlic--> 2 slices
Coriander/Kottimeera for garnish


Preparation Method:
1) In a pressure cooker, take 1 cup of Toor dal & wash it thoroughly.
2) Once the dal is washed properly add finely chopped onion,tomatoes, green chillies, tamarind, salt,red cilli powder & turmeric
3) Add 3 cups of water to all the added ingredients and close the pressure cooker lid and let it cook
4) Remove after 3 whistles.
5) Add tempering with all the above ingredients mentioned in for tempering...Adjust salt/chilli tamarind as per your taste..
6) Tomato Dal is ready.

You can serve this with hot ghee & rice...and along with some fry..It really tastes yummy :-)

Pesarattu - Upma

Hi Friends,


Today I am posting one of Andhra's special breakfast pesarattu-upma....I love this combination...Frankly eating pesarattu alone feels  like watching a movie without popcorn ;-)...and to top it off ..its the simplest of the recipies and needs very less preparation


Ingredients For Pesarattu:

1 cup Whole Moong Dal (pesalu)
2 tb.sp rice
small chunck of ginger piece
2 green chillies
salt as per taste
water
oil

Recipe:

soak moong dal & rice overnight or atleast for 12 hrs.
Drain the water from dal and grind all the above mentioned ingredients into a smooth paste.( Add water accordingly while grinding)
Batter is ready for prearing dosas..
Optional--->you can add finely chopped onions,ginger , greenchillies  and mix well..You can use this on dosas

->heat a griddle and add few tb.sp of oil....
->Once the griddle is hot pour a laddle ful of batter and spread it round with the base of laddle  & add few tb sp of oil along the edges of pesarattu

->wait till it turns brown...&  turn it to the other side .Pesarattu is ready to serve

Upma Recipie:

Ingredients:


1 cup upma ravva ( fine sooji)
2 green chillies
small ginger piece
1 tomato
1 onion
salt ( as per taste)
water-->2 cups
oil (2,3 tb sp )
curry leaves-->3,4
1 tb sp, urad dal
1 tb sp mustard seeds
1 tb sp chana dal


Recipe:

->Take a cooking pan and heat few tb spoons of oil
-> once the oil is heated add urad dal, mustard seeds, chana dal and fry till golden brown
->Add onions, curry leaves & finely chopped ginger
->Once onions are fried, add chopped tomatoes and let it cook
->Once tomatoes are cooked till soft...add 2 cups of water and bring it to boil
->In the boiling water try adding the sooji  and stir continuously to avoid lumps and mix well
->cover it and let it cook on slow heat for 6,7 mins...and then remove from the stove top.
->Upma is ready to serve...




Enjoy your breakfast






 

Brown rice egg fried rice

Today I was tired after work  and I could see was some left over brown rice...and all I could think of was some fast stir fried egg rice...Here goes the recipe.


Ingredients:

Brown Rice (cooked)-->1 cup
Eggs  --->2,3
cabbage cut into small pieces
lime juice -1 tb.sp
pinch of salt

For Tempering:

Turmeric--->1/2 tb. sp
oil-->2,3 tb sp
Mustard seeds--> few
urad dal---> 1 tb sp.
chala dal --->1 tb sp
curry leaves--->5
red chilli-->3


Prepation Method:

->Take a vok and add few tb . sp of oil and let it heat
->Add all the ingredients that are indicated under "For Tempering"
->Saute All the ingredients till golden brown.
->Add cut cabbage and stir fry for a minute
->Break the eggs and mix it the way you would do with the scrambled eggs
->Once the eggs are cooked completely,,,add the cooked brown rice and stir fry
->Add salt as per your taste and few drops of lime juice


Enjoy the dish

Summer Refreshing Drink-->Cherry Juice

Hi Friends,


Back after a long time....Its summer time now for us...and that made me think of this wonderful simple recipe.

Last week we have been to cherry picking and got a lot of cherries home.Now that I am tired of eating those cherries...thought of transforming them to a colorful splash of drink that could beat this summer heat...and here I present the simplest of simplest recipe that could be prepared in less than a minute


Ingredients:

6,7 red cherries
pinch of salt
few drops of lime juice


Preparation Method :

->Blend cherries, pinch of salt and few drops of limejuice together
->Enjoy your drink ;-)

Have a wonderful day everyone....

dondakaya vepudu

Hi Friends,

Today I am going to post one of my all time favourite dish...Dondakaya vepudu (tindora fry). I still remember...bendakaaya tinte memory perugutundani..dondakaya tinte memory taggutundani anevaaru..So ekkuvaga bendakaya fry ee chesevaallu intlo..But amma eppudu dondakaya fry chesina..emi migalchakunda tinevallam...Ok i will go into the recipie now..:-)

Ingredients:

For seasoning:

->1 tbsp uraddal (minapa pappu)

->1 tbsp chanadal (senaga pappu)

->1 tbsp aavalu (mustard seeds)

-> 1 stem curry leaves

->pinch of turmeric

->pinch of hing

For vepudu:

->1-2 lbs tindora/dondakaayalu washed.

->cooking oil (4 tbsp)

->salt to taste

->chilli powder too taste.

Preparation method:

->chop tindora into round slices.

->In a vessel pour few tbsp of oil and allow it to heat.

->Put all the ingredients mentioned in the seasoning section.

->Stir fry till all the seasoning changes color and add the tindora cut pieces.

->Stir fry occassionally and keep it covered.

->cook until tndora is soft and well cooked.

->Once fried add pinch of salt & chilli powder as per your taste.

->Serve with hot rice.

->Best side dish for this curry would be rasam or mudda pappu

Enjoy the curry...:-)

Strawberry with Whipped Cream

Hi Friends,

Last week we happened to see some fresh yummy strawberries and we bought them home.

Also I want to highlight some good things about starwberries

1.Strawberries have antioxidants which help lower bad cholestorol.

2.It is one of the world's most nutrient rich fruit.

3.The antioxidant power in strawberries can improve and maintain the effectveness of cholestorol lowering diets.

4.Strawberries rank third when compared to the top fresh fruits and vegetables.

Its really exciting to know so many good things about strawberries.So let me tell you the simplest way of eating strawberries

Strawberry with whipped cream:

1.Bowl full of Strawberries

2.Whipped Cream

Take a small bowl full of strawberries and add whipped cream on top and believe me it tastes so delicious and you would want more and more...:-).

Ok guys hope you had fun eating and knowing all the good things about strawberries.I would come up with more recipies soon...bye bye