Thursday, August 18, 2011

Black eye kidney beans salad


               
Wash and Soak Black eye kidney beans for 2 hours.
Presser cooks the beans and then drains the water.
Heat the Kadai then fry beans for a while by stirring occasionally.
Add some salt and red chilly powder and combine well.
Turn off the heat and then add Grated carrot, thin slices of raw mango, little lemon juice to taste.
Have it alone or serve with chapatti’s.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sorakaya Pachadi (Bottle ground Chutney)

Ingredients
Sorakaya ( Bottle Ground)150 gm
Tamarind little
Dry red chilies
Green chilies 4
Cumin seeds 1tbs
Urad dal 1tbs
Poppy seeds 20 gm
Salt to taste
Seasoning
Oil 2 tbs
Mustard seeds1 /4 tbs
Urad dal 1/4 tbs
Channa dal 1/4 tbs
Curry leaves
Method
 Heat little amount of oil in kadai.Add dry red chilies, green chilies, Cumin seeds, Urad dal, Poppy seeds and fry it well and keep it aside.
In the same kadai add chopped bottle ground pieces and let it cook until bottle ground pieces becomes soft and cook well.
Then First grind the fried ingredients
Then add bottle ground pieces, tamarind and salt  and make into smooth paste with out adding water.
For seasoning again heat oil in kadai , add mustard seeds . once it  starts splutter add Urad dal, Channa dal and curry leaves.
Mix this seasoning into the grinned paste.
Serve the  bottle ground chutney  with rice along with plain dal.




Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Beans cuury

Ingredients
Beans  1/4 k.g
Dalia Powder  4 to 5 tbs
Seasoning
Oil 2 tbs
Dry red chilies 2
Mustard seeds 1/4 tbs
Urad dal 1/4 tbs
Channa dal 1/4 tbs
Cumin seeds 1/4 tbs
Curry leaves
To make Dalia Powder
Dalia Or Roasted channa dal 1/4 cup
Dry red chilies 6
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds 1/4 tbs
Grind  them all above ingredients with  out water to make into powder.
Store into a container
Method
Wash and chop the green beans
Heat oil in a kadai add dry red chilies , Mustard seeds .Once it starts splutter add urad dal, channa dal, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
Now add chopped green beans into kadai and combine well.
Then add turmeric powder and little salt and stir it.
Close the kadai with lid let it coo until beans cook well and become soft by stirring occasionally.
Open the lid and sprinkle dalia powder and combine well and cook for another 5 mins without lid by stirring.
Turn off the heat and serve beans with hot rice.