PEANUT BURFI/ GROUNDNUT BURFI / CHIKKI / VERUSENAGA MUDDALU

Ingredients:

Roasted peanuts (groundnuts, verusenagakayalu ) - 1 and 1/2 cups

  jaggery - 1and 1/2 cups

Method

1.Coarsely powder the fried peanuts.

2.Heat up the jaggery in a heavy bottomed vessel without adding any water(not even a drop) .

3.Once the jaggery  melts completely, reduce the heat to low.

4.Grease the reverse side of a plate and keep it ready.

5.Add the peanut powder and stir continuously until it thickens and mixes evenly. This will take a couple of minutes.

6.Pour the mixture over the greased side and roll it out evenly using a spoon n.

 

7.Immediately cut into pieces or make round balls (while still warm) as it may not be possible to cut the burfi or to make round balls  when it gets cool down.

EGG MASALA

Ingredients :

Eggs    -  4

onions   -  2

green chillies  - 4

tomatoes  - 3

coconut  - 1/2

ginger  garlic paste   - 2 tsp

coriander powder  1 tsp

red chilli powder = 1/2 tsp

coriander leaves     

curry leaves

cardamom  - 2

cinamon  1/2 inch

cloves      3

cumin 1 tsp

mustard  1tsp




Preparation : 

Boil eggs  and keep it aside .

put a pan  add  3tbsp of oil  add cloves,  cinnamon , elachi ( crushed ) , add  some cumin, mustard ,  curry leaves

let it crackle  then  add onions chopped and green chilli  and , ginger garlic paste .

add little bit of salt and turmeric to it , then stir  and fry it thoroughly  .

cut coconut into small pieces and make it into fine paste .

make  tomato puree with the tomatoes ,

add the coconut and tomato puree to the pan and fry properly ,

keep the lid closed and cook it for few minutes , and then open the lid and stir properly add little bit of water

add coriander powder , little bit of chilli powder .check the salt and add salt to the taste .

cook it for 4 minutes , then add boiled eggs to it and mix and cook for few more minutes .


garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot  with chapathi , roti , naan , rice , and biryanis or to flavoured rices ..

BREAD UTHAPPAM

Bread slices : 3   (mash them into small pieces)..
curd   : 1 1/2 cup 
sooji / ravva        : 3/4 th cup
 onions : 1 ( chopped into small pieces)
green chilli : 2 no ( chopped)
cumin / jeelakarra : 1 tsp
Coriander leaves / kothimeera / dhania : chooped
salt
oil / ghee

Method:

Mix bread slices , curd , sooji , in a bowl add salt cumin , and mix well as that of idly batter .

leave it for 15 minutes, then mix thoroughly.

put pan on the stove , add some ghee /oil then add the batter which is mixed thickly
Then add chopped onions green , chilli ,chopped coriander leaves to it .. and put the lid on it...

Let it cook for few seconds, cook it on a low flame,

If it is cooked on a high flame it turns dark brown colour.

Turn the uthappam carefully on the otherside and allow it to cook...

Then serve hot with onion chutney or coconut chutney....

Kandi Podi

Ingredients:
1 small cup kandi pappu/red gram/tur dal
1 small cup senaga pappu/bengal gram/channa dal
1 1/4 tsps cumin seeds
7-8 dried red chillis (adjust)
15 curry leaves (optional)
1/2 tsp asafoetida
salt to taste
1 tsp oil
1 Heat a heavy bottomed vessel and add both the dals and slowly, dry roast on low to medium heat stirring constantly till they turn red. Don’t burn them. Remove from pan and keep aside.
2 In the same vessel, add the cumin seeds and toss them on medium heat for 2-3 mts. Remove from pan and keep aside.
3 Next drizzle some oil in the vessel, add the dry red chillis and curry leaves and stir fry for 3-4 mts. Remove and cool.
4 Once cool, grind all the ingredients to a slightly coarse or a rough texture. Add salt to taste and asafoetida and combine. Store in an air-tight container.
6 Serve hot with white steamed rice and a  ghee.

RAAVA LADOO

Ingredients :

sooji /raava - 2 cups.
sugar - 1 cup / 1 and 1/2 cup .
coconut - 2 cups.
cashew/ raisins/ few
milk - 1 cup or 1 and 1/2 cup.
ghee - 3 tbsp
elachi powder - 1 tbsp

method :


put a pan on the stove and add ghee to it, then fry all the cashew and raisins, then keep it aside.

add sooji to a pan and fry untill you get nice smell of sooji/ raava. then add sujar and fry for some time ...
finally add milk to it and mix , turn off the stove , let it cool for some time add grated coconut, cashew , raisins , elachi powder, mix and make into round shape as ladoos .

keep it aside for some time , then u can serve ladoo.

FISH CURRY / NELLORE CHEPALA PULUSU

Ingredients:

Fish pieces ( washed and sliced into medium sized pieces )
Tamarind juice
Red chilli powder
salt
Turmeric powder / pasupu
fenugreek powder / menthi pindi, fenugreek seeds
mustard powder / ava pindi , mustard
curry leaves
onions
tomatoes
butter


Method:

put a heavy bottomed pan and add oil

put some mustartd seeds, fenugreek seeds, onions sliced , and tomatoes sliced to the oil ,fry for about 5 mins

Then add tamarind juice , red chilli powder , turmeric powder a pinch to it ,salt and let it cook for 10 - 15 min. untill it gets well cooked.

Then add fish pieces to it and let it cook untill fish is properly cooked , in mean time add mustard powder, fenugreek powder to itwhile it is cooking.

then finally add butter at last and cook for 5 min.

then fish curry is ready to serve.

fish curry / chepala pulusu is famous in nellore

It goes well with rice, even it can be eaten with idlis , plain dosas .

fish curry tastes good on the next day than the day it is cooked..

enjoy the fish curry

MINT CHICKEN CURRY

Ingredients:

chicken - 1/2 kg
Mint leaves - hand full
fresh coconut - half
ginger - 2 inch ( as u required it )
garlic - 1
onion - 2
green chilli - 3,4
cinnamom - 1
cloves - 2-3
coriander powder
mustard seeds - 1 tsp
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
urad dal - 1 tsp ( optional)
curry leaves .
oil - 3 spoons
salt - as per taste.

Method:

1.Cut, clean and wash the chicken pieces.
2. cut coconut into small pieces , peel the ginger and garlic,green chillies, wash the mint leaves and grind all these into a fine paste in mixer.
3.put a pan , add 3 tsp of oil
to this add cinamom, cloves, cumin, mustard, urad dal, curry leaves ,fry until they become brown, then add onions and fry add little salt so that onions gets fried very fastly.

4. when onions are fried well, then add chicken some turmeric powder, coriander powder and some red chilli powderand the ground coconut paste and fry for about 5 minutes .

5.Then add 2 - 3 cups of water to cook the chicken , then put on the lid, cook untill chicken becomes soften ,check the salt and then garnish with coriander and mint leaves .

6. Serve hot with rice or chapathi, pulkas