Miriyala pulusu (or) Pepper stew

One day  i was talking to my friend and she said she is cooking this dish on that day, then i asked her for the recipe , and when i tried it , i just fell in love with this recipe. Its perfect for winter. Just make this once and you will have a cold or caugh free season :)

Preparation time : 30 mins
Serves : 6 to 7

Ingredients :

Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Urad dal : 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek seeds : 1/4 tsp
Red chili : 3
Curry leaves : one spring
Garlic cloves : 6 big
Onion : one medium size
Tomatoes : 2
Salt : to taste
Chili powder : to taste
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Tamarind paste : 5 Tbsp
Water : 4 to 6 cups
Coriander leaves : Handful

To roast :
Pepper cons : 3 tsp
Coriander seeds: 1 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Chana dal : 1 tsp
Urad dal : 1 tsp

Method :

Dry roast the ingredients listed under 'to roast' .
Make it into a fine powder using mixie.
Keep this aside.
Cook tomatoes and grind them into paste .
(I just slit tomato and kept it in microwave for 2 mins or until soft)
Keep this aside .
Add Garlic and onion to mixie and whip it once.
Or rather you can even crush them once using motor and pestle . Keep it aside.

Now take a pan , heat it, add 2Tbsp of oil once hot, add urad dal, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, red chili one by one and let them crackle a bit.
Add crushed onions to it and fry till color changes to golden brown.
Now add the tomato puree, salt, turmeric powder and chili powder.
Fry nicely till oil oozes out .
Once oil comes out , add the roasted powder that we made earlier.
Fry everything till it becomes like mass.
Add Tamarind puree let it heat up.
Add water and Let it boil for 15 mins.
Garnish with Coriander leaves.
Your dish is ready to serve !!
Enjoy your dish :)
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Muree mixture or bhel

This is our all time favorite snack ... Evening after we are back from school , my mom and aunt used to prepare this and they used to serve this in a paper cone :)

Preparation time : 15 mins
Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Puffed rice / Mureelu : 3 cups
Chopped Onion : 1/4 cup
Chopped Tomato : 1/4 cup
Roasted peanuts : 1/4 cup
Boiled Yellow peas : 1/4 cup
Bajji : one or two (Optional) chop it roughly
Lemon juice : 1 Tbsp
Coriander leaves : 2 Tbsp chopped
Sev or Mixture of any kind : 1/4 cup (optional)
Finely chopped Green chili : 2 Tbsp
Salt : to taste
Chat masala : 1tsp

Method :

Take a bowl , Add all the ingredients mix well .
Your taste yummy muree mixture is ready to serve.
Serve it immediately , otherwise it will become soft ...
Enjoy your dish :)
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Butter milk stew (or) Mujjiga pulusu

This is the recipe from my in laws house and i so love this dish ....

This tastes excellent , give it a try and i am sure you will love it too...

Preparation time : 20 mins
Serves : 3

Ingredients :

Sour Butter milk : 4 cups
Bottle gourd : 250 grams
Spinach or any other green leafy vegetable : 2 hands full
Chana dal : 3/4 cup
Coriander seeds : 2 Tbsp
Red chilis : 4 to 6
Salt : to taste
Urad dal vadi (or) chitti vadiyalu : 1/4 cup
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Urad dal : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves : few
Garlic cloves : 6
Turmeric powder : pinch
Coriander leaves chopped: 2 Tbsp

Method :

Soak chana dal, coriander seeds and red chili in water for around 4 hours.
Grind them into a nice paste with out adding any water.
Mix salt in it.
Keep some of this batter aside - around 1/4 cup
Keep a pan and add oil for deep frying ..
Once oil is hot , take small batter of chana dal and then put it in oil.
Let them fry in medium flame for 5 to 10 mins.
Take them out onto a paper towel.
Keep them aside.

Take a pan , heat it up, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, garlic cloves , turmeric powder and sauté them a bit .
Add cut bottle gourd, cover and cook for some time till they are done.
Add cut spinach let it cook a bit .
Now add butter milk.
Let it come to boil, once bubbling , add the paste of chana dal we kept aside while stirring it continuously.
(Adjust the consistency of stew to your desire, by adding water or by adding chana dal paste)
Add salt and chili powder to your taste.
Cook for 5 minutes.
Add wadi and punukulu.
Take it off the flame.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Your dish is ready to serve.

Most of the times i forget to keep the chanadal batter, so at that time i use some besan mixed with water.
Enjoy your dish :)
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