Bottle gourd dal (or) aanapa kaaya pappu

Preparation time : 30 mins

Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Bottle gourd : 1 cup

Moong dal : 1/2 cup

Garlic : one whole

Urad dal : 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp

Green chili : to taste

Salt : to taste 

Curry leaves : few 

Coriander leaves : few

Method :

Wash, peel and cut bottle gourd into cubes.

Soak moong dal for one hour.

Take a pan, add urad dal, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chili and garlic while sauteing them a bit.

Add Soaked moong dal and cut bottle gourd.

Add little water, salt, cover and cook for 15 mins.

When done adjust consistency by adding some water.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Enjoy your dish :)

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Nedondakaaya curry

I don't know the english name of this vegetable. 

In our language it is called as Nedonda kaaya. (looks like ivy gourd, but when cut you can see seeds in side like pointed gourd )

Storing of this vegetable after buying : You should wash and cut it first, on the day you bought it and then store, other wise insects will come inside.

Preparation time : 20 mins
Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Nedonda kaaya : 1/4 kg
Salt : to taste (But this curry takes very less salt, so be careful while adding salt )
Whole red chili : 8 (you need little more red chili for this curry)
Ghee : 1 tsp
Urad dal : 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp

Method :

Wash and cut nedondakaaya .
Take a pan , heat it, add ghee, add urad dal, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and red chili , sauteing them a bit.
Add cut nedonda kaaya, salt, splash tbsp of water , cover and cook.
(It will take 5 mins approx)
When done, remove lid and fry it for some time (Till you get a light brown color)
Serve it with hot rice.
Enjoy your dish :)
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Kalipina rotti / urad rotti

Preparation time : 30 mins
Serves : 3

Ingredients :

Urad dal : 1/2 cup
Rice : 1 cup
Water : 2 1/2 cups (approx)
Ginger : 2"piece
Green chili : to taste
Cumin seeds : 1 tbsp
Hing / Asafotida : pinch
Salt : to taste

Method :

Grind urad dal and rice to make it into ravva (Kind of sooji texture, you should not separate flour).
Keep it aside.
Grind green chili . ginger and keep it aside.
Now take a bowl, add ground ravva, paste that we made, hing, salt and cumin seeds.
Mix it once.
Add water (make it into dosa batter consistency)
Keep it aside for 8 hours.

Take a pan, add 1/4 cup of oil, add this soaked ravva mixture.
Cover and cook on low heat for 15 mins, turn over and cook for 15 mins.
You rotti is ready to serve.(Serve it hot preferably)
Enjoy it when it is hot :)
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Telaga pindi Kura

Telaga pindi is the cake that comes when oil is taken out from sesame seeds.
After delivery if you eat telaga pindi you will get more breast milk.

Preparation time : 30 mins
Serves : 3

Ingredients :

Telaga pindi : 1 cup
Garlic : one whole
Red chili's : 10 (or) to taste
Drum stick leaves / Munaga aaku : 1 cup (optional)
Salt : to taste
Water : 1 cup
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Urad dal : 1/2 tsp

Method :

Take a pan, heat it, add 4 tsp of oil.
Add urad dal, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, red chili's, garlic one by one in that order sauteing them a bit.

Once garlic is done, add drum stick leaves, fry them.
Add water, salt.
When water boils, add telaga pindi.
Mix it good.
Fry it for 15 mins approx.
(Don't fry it too much)
You can also use Ridge gourd (1 cup)or bottle gourd(3/4 cup) in stead of drum stick leaves.
Enjoy your dish with hot rice :)
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Urad flour patties / minaga pindi billalu / burlu pindi billalu

Preparation time : 15 mins
Makes :12
Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Urad flour : 1/2 cup
Rice flour : 1 cup
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Hing / Asafotida : 2 pinches
Salt : to taste
Chili powder : to taste
Sesame seeds : 4tbsp

Method :

Take a bowl, add flours, cumin seeds, salt , chili powder and hing.
Mix well.
Add water and make dough (like chapati dough).
Make balls and roll them in sesame seeds.

Pat them on cover and make patties.

Deep fry them in oil.
They will puff up like puri's.
Serve them hot.
Enjoy your dish :)
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Pickled ridge gourd

Ridge gourd called as beerakaaya in our language. We make a kind of pickling with raw ridge gourd and it will stay for 3 to 4 days in refrigerator. Here is the recipe of it (ooresina beerakaaya).
In this same manner we can do Ivy gourd, Carrot, Capsicum, Radish, Maamidi allam (Mango ginger), Small onion. (But for these others cumin seeds are optional).

Preparation time : 15 mins
Serves :2

Ingredients :

Tender Ridge gourd : 2
Lemon  : one
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Turmeric powder : 2 pinches
Red chili powder (or) Green chili paste : to taste
Salt : to taste
Oil : 1 tsp

Method :

Wash and peel ridge gourd.
Cut them into small pieces and add them to bowl.
Now add salt, cumin seeds, lemon juice, chili powder, turmeric powder and oil to it.
Mix it good and keep it aside for some time for the ridge gourd to absorb all these.
Serve it with dal rice.
Enjoy your dish :)
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Raw Banana Curry / Aratikaaya podi kura

Preparation time : one hour
Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Raw Banana : 2
Salt : to taste
Garlic : 1 whole
Urad dal : 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Red chili : to taste
Green chili : to taste
Curry leaves : few
Coriander leaves : few

Method :

Wash banana and roast it on flame.

Roast it till the entire green skin becomes dark black.

Wash it under running water and remove skin.
(If you don't wash it , then it is hard to remove skin and the cooked banana inside becomes hard.
If you wash it then it is easy to remove skin and cooked banana inside remains soft.)

Mash it once and then add salt to it and mash it again.

 Take a pan, heat it and add two tsp of oil.
Add urad dal, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, red chili, green chili and garlic in that order while sauteing them a bit.

Once garlic is cooked, add mashed banana.
Mix it good.
Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Serve it with hot rice.
Enjoy your dish :)
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