Pappundalu/Pappuchekka

Healthy,nutritious and excellent energizer

Ingredients:
1cup Groundnuts
3/4-1cup jaggery
ghee

• Dry roast the groundnuts.
• Cool them,peel the skin off and crush them into half with hand.
• Take a thick  bottomed pan add crushed jaggery and little water and allow the jaggery to melt.
• Now strain the liquid into another bowl so as to remove any unwanted dust or things.
• Now again boil the strained liquid.Boil it until it becomes of thread consistency.
• Turn off the flame,cool the liquid for a few SECONDS,add crushed peanuts mix well and start making balls.

• You need to wet your hand with ghee so as not to be sticky.
• Balls are made as fast as possible as the jaggery mixture  gets solidified as it cools.

• Allow the undalu to cool for a while and then they are ready to eat.

To make pappuchekka,apply ghee to a square plate pour the jaggery peanut mixture to it,make inciscions with knife and allow it to cool.

Dondakaya Koora(Ivy Gourd Curry)

Ingredients:
400g ivy gourd
1 onion
2 tomatoes
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt
oil

• Soak the ivy gourd in water(necessary) for a while and then wash them.
• Chop them in small pieces or 1/2 inch slices.
• Heat oil in a pan add mustard and cumin seeds and then curry leaves.
• Now add chopped onion and fry for a while.Add chopped ivy gourd and chopped tomatoes,salt,turmeric powder mix well,cover and cook for 3 min with lid on.
• Uncover add  3/4 cup water,mix well,cover and cook for 7 min.
• When the ivy gourd pieces are soft add red chilli powder and fry for another 3 mini.e until it becomes slightly dry.
• Turn off the flame and serve this with plain rice.

Kheema Curry

Simple and Quick to make recipe as it is done in pressure cooker

Ingredients:
300g Kheema
1 onion
2 green chillies
1 tomato
1tsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
salt
oil

Garam masala:
3 cloves
1/2 inch cinnamon
1 cardomom
1/2 tsp coriander powder

• Wash the kheema thoroughly.
• Grind the ingredients under garam masala into fine powder.
• Heat oil in pressure cooker,add curry leaves,slit green chillies,chopped onion and fry them.
• Now add ginger garlic paste and fry for few seconds.
• Add chopped tomato,kheema,salt,turmeric powder and mix well for few sec on high flame.
• Turn the flame to low add 1 1/2 cup water,close the lid and cook for 3-4 whistles i.e until kheema is soft.
• Remove the lid check the meat add red chilli powder and cook for 5 min.
• When oil starts oozing out add garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves and cook for another 2 min.
• Turn off the flame and serve this with plain rice.Yummy yummmy....