Mullangi Pachadi(Radish Chutney)

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of grated white radish
2 tsp scraped fresh coconut
4-5 green chillies
1 tsp fried gram
5 garlic cloves
1 tsp tamarind juice
Salt
oil

Tempering:
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
oil

• Peel the skin and grate the radish.
• Fry the garlic and green chillies in little oil,remove.
• In the same oil fry the grated radish until it becomes dry(colour shouldnot be changed).
• Cool the above fried ingrdients.
• Now first grind the fried gram into fine powder and then add fried ingredients,salt,coconut,tamarind grind them into fine paste.
• Check for the salt,and then do the tempering.
• Add the tempering to the pachadi.Mullangi pachadi is ready to be served with plain rice,curd rice and even with idli or dosa.Yummy....

Aakukoora Annam

Ingredients:
2cups Rice
5bunches greens(Amarnath or palak or methi)
3 onions(1/2 inch slices)
4 green chillies(slit them)
2tsp peanut powder
salt

Powder:
3tsp coriander seeds
2tsp urad dal
2tsp chana dal
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
2 dry red chilli
oil

Tempering:
1/2tsp mustard seeds
1/2tsp cuminseeds
1/2tsp urad dal
1/2tsp chana dal
1tsp broken cashewnuts
oil

Preparation:

• Wash the leaves and chop them finely(if using methi leaves don't chop).
• Cook rice in enough water,spread it on a plate and cool it off.
• Fry the ingredients under powder in little oil,cool them and then grind into a fine powder.

Process:

• Heat oil in a pan add the ingredients under tempering and fry them.
• When the dal turns brown add green chillies and sliced onions and fry them.
• Now add chopped greens and fry them well until they wither away completely.
• Now add cooked rice,salt,powder and peanut powder and mix well for a min.
• Turn off the flame and serve it with raitha or any masala curry.

Tips:Add lemon juice and grated coconut to enhance the flavour.

Carrot Vepudu

Ingredients:

500g carrots

1 onion

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1/2 tsp urad dal

1 sprig curry leaves

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

salt

oil

• Wash,chop the carrots finely and boil them with 1 1/2 cup water for around 12-15 min until soft.
• Heat oil in a pan add the tempering ingredients and fry them.
• Now add sliced onion and fry them.Add boiled carrot pieces.
• Add salt,turmeric powder,red chilli powder mix well and allow it to cook for 3min with lid on.
• Remove lid mix well for a min and turn off the flame.
• Serve it with plain rice.

Tips:We can prepare the beetroot fry following this recipe.