Burnt Garlic Fried Rice

This is a simple and easy recipe, by Nandini Kini , my Krazzy food group friend.  She has her own blog too . 

Ingredients
Rice :
garlic 7 -8 pods ( chopped finely)
green chillies - 2 -3 (slit)
onion - 1 sliced
veggies - 1 cup (carrots, beans, cabbage capsicum, mushrooms)
sprig onion greens- 1 tbsp chopped fine
soya sauce -1 tbsp (can add a bit more of u want )
pepper pwd - 1 tsp
vinegar -1tsp
salt
oil

Procedure :
Cook rice in the cooker with salt and double the water. once cooked spread on a plate to cool.
Heat two tbsp oil in a kadai. add 2- 3 fiely chopped garlic, fry till it becomes light brown,  add the slit green hillies, and the sliced onions. 
Saute on high heat.  Add the veggies, beans first and then carrot, saute for 2 - 3 minutes. add mushrooms and capsicumand saute for aminute.
add salt. and soya sauce., pepper and vinegar.  mix well
add the cooked rice and mix well.
Garnish with the remaining garlic ( roasted till brown) and spring onion greens )

Chocolate Banana Loaf

Who does not like a banana bread or cake ?  I have baked a few banana cakes and have lost the recipes so many times.  This is a recipe from my favourite site Hebbars Kitchen. 
I used less sugar and the bananas were also not very ripe.  and to top it all the there was also a power cut while the cake was in the oven ! Luckily the power came back within fifteen minutes.. but still the cake did not rise as much ! But the taste was amazing ! It came out more like a loaf as i had used less sugar.

Ingredients :

ripe Bananas ; 2
sugar : 3/4 cups ( depends on the sweetness of bananas)
oil : 1/2 cup
vanilla : 1 tsp
vinegar : 1 tsp
flour : 1 1/2 cup
cocoa pwd : 1/2 cup
baking pwd : 1 tsp
baking soda : 1/4 tsp
salt : 1/4 tsp
water : 1/2 cup
walnut 1/4 cup : chopped
chocolate chips : 3 tbsp



Procedure
1. Blend banana and sugar to a smooth puree without adding any water and transfer to a large bowl.
2. Add oil, essence and vinegar and whisk well till everything is combined.
3. Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt aand cocoa pwder a couple of times,
4. add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and gently fold the batter.
5.  add water and mix well taking care not to over mix.  add the walnuts and mix once.
6.  Pour into a prepared cake tin and top with the chocolate chips.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 deg for 30 min or till the cake is done.

microwave chocolate mug cake

A dessert ready in five minutes ! yumm and delicious ! adapted from the insta post of kitchen ninjas and is quite similar to the recipe from Hebbars kitchen.

Ingredients
 maida   3 tbsp
cocoa pwd  1 tbsp
vanilla 1/4 tsp
baking pwd  1/4 tsp
sugar  1.5 tbsp  ( actual says 3 but 1.5 is quite sweet )
milk  3 tbsp
oil 2 tbsp    (actual says 3, used a bit less tham 2) ( can use melted butter )
chocolte chips or pieces (optional)



Method
add all dry ingredients, except chocolate chips) in a bowl or a big mug
then add the wet ingredients ingredients
mix well till it becomes a dark brown colour and is smooth
(if making smaller portions put in smaller cups or ramekins)
add the chocolate chips and give a sall stir
keep in mcrowave adn micro for 90 secs or so. and enjoy !!

Pappu (dal with greens )

A mild nutritious side to have with rice or chapati.  A fave at home (yes, another andhra fave )

this is my take on the famous andhra Pappu. 

Ingredients :

Tuar Dal : 1 cup  (cooked with less water , slightly well cooked and thick )

garlic :  6  cloves cut finely

methi leaves (can even use paalak or chakotha) ; 1 cup cleaned and chopped finely (used the chopper)

salt

haldi

red chilli pwd  a little

rasam pwd  half tsp ( just for flavour)

method 

in a pan take some oil and add te chopped garlic and fry till it becomes slightly red.

add the finely chopped methi leaves and fry well till a nice smell comes.  add some haldi, red chilli pwd and rasam powder and salt. mix well and then add the cooked dal and a little water and mix well.  add water to get the required consisitency.  this dal is to be thick .  let it boil for a minute and then have it with hot rice and ghee.

Rava Roti

A typical berakfast for all amchis.. kids love it and so do I, especially with fresh butter and chutney pudi.  One can also have it with coconut chutney or have it plain.. It is great to have it hot off the pan ..

Ingredients
Rava
green chillies
banana (for one cup of rava use one banana)
cucumber Grated  ( can also use mangalore cucumber )
coriander leaves
carrot (grated )
methi leaves or dill leaves
ginger grated
bansi rava
curd
salt
sugar

mix all the ingredients together and pat on the pan.  ( Carrot, greens, ginger bansi rava are optional) 

Peas Gravy (for ragda, for masala Puri )

Chaats are an all time favourite .  Masala puri and paani puri and sev dahi batata puri !  Puris i followed the recipe from Hebbars Kitchen.  this peas gravy is an adaptation of the peas gravy from my friend Saigeetha's blog. 

Ingredients :

Masala : 

1.  Coriander leaves 

2.  Mint leaves

3.  Green chillies 

4.. Ginger

5.  Garlic

6.  Cinamom

7. Cloves

8. Garam Masala (optional) 

9. cashews

10. poppy seeds (optional)

11. tamarind

Dried peas (soak overnight and pressures cook)

haldi

salt

garam masala 

tomatoes

oil

Tadka :oil, mustard, jeera, curry leaves

Procedure

Masala :

In a pan take some oil or ghee and fry all the ingredients .

when cooled grind to a smooth paste. 

In a pan , Prepare the tadka the add chopped tomatoes and fry till the tomatoes are pulpy.  then add the masala. and fry till the oil leaves.  Add the boiled peas and salt and some water... and boil .

add haldi pwd, and a bit of garam masala .  

Molaga Pudi

Whenever we go to an adhra restaurant , we are usually in a dilemma whether to have the biryani or the meal, as we would ge the famous pappu and the molaga pudi with ghee !! Super yumm with pappad !!  Always wanted to make the molaga podi and finally did it today !!  Checked many recipes and finally zeroed in the recipe from Hebbars kitchen.  It came out perfect just the way I wanted it..

Ingredients :
1.  Tuar dal :  1/2 cup
2.  Chutney dal : 1/2 cup
3.  Jeera : 1 tsp
4.  Pepper : 1/2 tsp
5..  Curry Leaves  : few
6.. Garlic : 5 cloves
7.  Dry Tamarind powder : 1/2 tsp
8.  Red Chilles  : 6 - 7 (depends on spice level)
9.  Hing : a pinch
10. Salt as per taste

Procedure :

1..Dry roast the tuar dal on low flame till it turns aromatic.  Remove from flame.
2.  In the pan, add the jeera, pepper and curry leavs and roast till the leaves become crisp.
3.  Add the chutney dal and roast for a minute or two.3
4.  Remove from flame onto the plate.
5.  Add a teaspoon of oil in the pan and roast eh finely chopped garlic and roast tillit becomes red.
6. Remove from flame.  add the hing.
7. put all the roasted ingredients in the mixer and add the salt and tamarind powder.  grind till it becomes a fine powder.  check seasoning and add salt as per taste.
8.  remove into a airtight jar.

Green Pulao 

As a kid Pulao was my all time favourite... Mom used to make it for one of the days of Diwali, I just loved it... So, of course, that was one of the first things i learnt to make and it was also my signature dish till I learnt the other types of pulao and fried rice.  But it still is my fave and my comfort food.  

Now, I make this dish only on very very special occasions..

Ingredients :

Masala :

             Grated coconut : 2 tbsp

             green chillies : 3 -4 ( as per taste)

             Ginger : 1 'inch piece 

             garlic   : 5 -6 cloves 

             whole garam masala : cloves - 3

                                     cinamom - 1 inch

                                      star anise , stone flower cardamom

            onion : 1 medium chopped roughly

            tamarind : very little

           coriander leaves _ 

           mint leaves 

 Rice : 2 cups

salt : as per taste

Chopped vegetables : (Beans , carrot, capsicum, gobhi , peas) one cup

water : 4 1/4 cup

cashews : 10- 15 broken

bay leaves _ 1

Method : .

1. grind the ingredients under masala to a fine paste sing very little water ( can also use curd )

2.  In a cooker , add 1 1/2 tbsp oil, (can also use a mix of oil and ghee)

3.  Add the tej patta , and then add the ground masala and fry well till a good smell comes. 

4.  Add the cashews and fry for a minute, then add the chopped vegetables and fry for a few seconds.  add some salt and mix well

5.  Add the washed and drined rice and mix gently.  

6.  Add the required quantity of water and mox throuughly and check the seasoning.

&.. close the cooker and cook for two whistles ( i generally keep it on sim aer tht and give another whistle)

7.  Switch off and wait till the pressure drops and enjoy with raita and pappad.

Note : .

1.  can also use soya chunks and paneer.