Thursday, December 20, 2018

Didhir Dosa (Instant Dosa)

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup urad flour
  • 2 cups rice flour
  • 1/2 tablespoon fenugreek powder
  • Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Mix all the three ingredients together with water such that it forms a thick batter.
  2. Mix well and grind it in a mixer for a minute or so.
  3. Keep this batter aside for one hour.
  4. Add salt and mix the batter.
  5. Depending on the thickness of batter, you can add little water.
  6. Make yummy dosas and serve them hot with sambhar or chutney or pickle or podi + ghee or all.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Raw Banana Curry


Ingredients:
  • Raw banana - 2
  • Garam Masala (optional) - less than 1/4 tsp
  • Red chilli powder - less than 1/4 tsp
  • Dry coconut - 1 tsp


For garnishing:
  • Channa Dhal - 1/2 tsp
  • Jeera - 1/4 tsp
  • Mustard - 1/4 tsp
  • Curry Leaves - 6-7
  • Oil - 2 tsp


Procedure:

  1. Cut the raw bananas into small cubes and put into a container with water (such that the pieces are just immersed in it) wih salt and turmeric.
  2. Cook in medium flame till it becomes soft.
  3. Drain the water.
  4. Place a pan on the stove and add oil and all other items for garnishing.
  5. Add cooked banana pieces.
  6. Add garam masala, chilli powder, dry coconut and salt to taste.
  7. Keep mixing in low flame for about 5 minutes.

Monday, January 22, 2018

Dalia Pappu Sunnu Undalu

Ingredients:

  • Puttanaalu pappu (Dhalia dal) - 3 cups
  • Raw cane sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups
  • Cashew nuts - 1/4 cup
  • Fresh ghee - 1 cup

Procedure:

  1. Roast puttanaalu pappu in medium heat. Keep mixing continuously. Do this for 5-10 minutes until you get the roasted smell.
  2. Dry roast cashew and crush them to smaller pieces using pestle and mortar (do not grind into powder).
  3. Dry grind roasted puttanaalu pappu until it become fine powder. 
  4. Dry grind the sugar into fine powder.
  5. Mix the following well: the ground roasted pappu, sugar, small pieces of cashew.
  6. Warm the ghee so that it turns liquid (do not boil it; warm it till you can touch it safely).
  7. Put the liquid ghee in the mixture and keep mixing all the ingredients using a spoon or a spatula.
  8. Then mix the entire mixture with your hand such that all the ingredients are evenly mixed.
  9. Then roll the mixture into little balls.
Delicious Dhalia Dal Sunnu Undalu are ready. Try stopping yourself from eating after 1 sunnu unda.