jilebi

Jilebi

Vijaya Nannegari

Ingredients

1 cup allpurpose flour

1 1/2 cups of sugar

1 tbsp besan

1 tbsp Urad dhal powder

1 tbsp rice flour

saffron few strands

1 tsp of cardamom

1/2 yeast packet ( Fleischmann's )

Procedure

Mix all purpose flour. urad daal powder, rice flour and besan in a bowl .

mix yeast in warm water and mix it above flours without any lumps.

In a separate pan make sugar syrup with single string consistency

add tea spoon of lemon juice, cardamom, saffron and food color to the sugar syrup.

Pour the batter in a mustard bottle ( for dispensing) and make jilebi shapes take them out when they are

light brown and put them in the syrup , and take them out after few mts to a tray.

Besan Ladoo

Besan laddu

Submitted by Vijaya Nannegari

Ingredients

1 cup Besan

1/2 cup ghee

1 cup Sugar

2 tbsp cardamom

Procedure

Put a think Bottomed Pan

Add Ghee and besan and keep frying

Mean while take sugar and mix with enough water ( just so that sugar is immersed )

and make your pakam , single string consistency

When the besan and ghee turns to golden brown, add cashews

Take out from the flame and set to cool

Add the Sugar Syrup to the Besan mixture

Add the Cardamom powder

Let the mixture cool down

When luke warm make them into balls, this yields about 17 laddus

Spinach Pulusu Koora

Spinach pulusu koora

Vijaya Nannegari

Ingredients

1 cup sliced radish

1 cup Peanuts

1 packet frozen spinach

1/2 cup besan

2 tbsp brown sugar

pinch of turmeric

2 tsp Tamarind Paste

1/4 tsp methi powder

Procedure

Boil sliced radish, in water , with a pinch of turmeric

Once radish slices are boiled , add the frozen Spinach

Cook for few minutes

Dissolve Besan in water and mix it with radish and spinach mixture.

Add Chilli powder and salt as per your taste

Add 2 tsp of Tamarind paste

Add Brown sugar to it.

Add Seasoning ( chanadal, urad dhal, methi powder, turmeric , red chillies , peanuts and hing)

This taste very good with Rotis and Rice

Vegetable Baath

Vegetable Baath

by Vijaya Nannegari

Ingredients

1 cup cubed potatoes

1 cup chopped carrots

1 cup Green Onions

1 cup Peas

1 cup chopped Beans

1 cup Cauliflower

1/2 cup Cashew

1/2 cup Raisins

1/2 cup coconut grated

1/2 cup Almonds

1 cup Basmati rice

Procedure

Take 1/2 cup oil in a wok shallow fry potatoes

Take Potatoes out.

Shallow fry , beans , carrots , Cauliflower similar to Potatoes

Marinate all the fried vegetables , with 1 tsp sugar , 1tsplemon juice and desired amount of salt.

Fry cashews , Almonds and raisins, marinate them with salt and lemon juice.

Fry green onion shoots , green chillies and corainder , after few minutes add 1 cup rice .

After rice turns light golden brown, add dry grated coconut ( dessicated) .

Add 3 cups of water and boil

Add Biryani Masala Powder

Add all the vegetables and the frozen peas, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice and salt per your taste.

Cover and cook for few mts.

Blackeye peas vadas

Blackeye peas vadas

Sheela Kavuri

Ingredients
2 Cups blackeye peas
4 green chillies
1/2 inch ginger
salt to taste
Oil for deep frying.

Procedure
1.Soak the Blackeye peas for 5 hrs.
2 Grind all the ingredients except oil into a thick paste , with minimal water.
3. Make them into a vada shape and deep fry them
4. Enjoy them with pea nut chutney

Patoli

Patoli

Sheela Kavuri

Ingredients
3/4 cup chanadal
1/4 cup moong dal
2 teaspoons Jeera
5 to 10 red chillies
pinch of hing
Onion shoots
4 tbsp oil

Procedure

1.Soak the chana dal and moong dal for 5 hrs.
grind the soaked dhals with chillies , jeera and pinch of hing.

2. Microwave the ground mixtures in a microwave bowl for 8 mts with a tbsp of oil.

3. Once the dal mixture cools down , add another tbsp of oil and put it in the grinder for 3 mts.
( the mixture looses its moisture and feels very dry )

4. Saute the onion shoots in 2 tbsp of oil , with seasoning and once the onion shoots are tender , add the ground mixture to the pan.

5. Simmer for 2 mts and take out into a bowl.

Hint : You can use any vegetables , like beans, banana peppers , aloo, etc

Cottage Cheese Pakodia

Cottage Cheese Pakoda

Sheela Kavuri

Ingredients

1 Measure cottage cheese
1 Measure all purpose flour
1 big onion chopped
1 tea spoon jeera
2 green chillies chopped
2 tbsp pickled jalapenos
salt and chilli powder as required
chopped cashew nuts half cup.

Procedure

Mix all the above ingedients into a batter
deep fry and take them out .
serve them with yummy chutney or ketchup