Thursday, July 24, 2008

Rasam


Ingredients :

1.Toor dal - 1/2 tea cup

2.Tomatos (chopped) - 4

3.Tarmarind - Lemon size

4.Garlic cloves - 4(Paste)

5.Salt - to taste

6.Rasam Powder - 3 tbl spoons
(Rasam Powder)

7.Coriander Leaves - to garnish

8.Ghee - 1 1/2 tbl spoon
Procedure :

1.Pressue cook toor dal,tomato pieces,tarmarind and add 1 1/2 tea cup water with 3 whistles.

2.Now take that from cooker and grind that.

3.Take pan add garlic paste,grinded dal paste,rasam powder,coriander leaves,salt,ghee mix it.

4.Now keep it on stove and boil for 10mins and serve it with rice.

Rasam Powder


Ingredients :

Toor Dal - 1 tea cup

Jeera - 1 tea cup

Dhaniya - 1/2 tea cup

Pepper - 1/2 tea cup

Red chillies - 8

Procedure :

1.Fry all separately in pan without oil and grind it.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Gongura Pachadi


Ingredients :

Gongura bunches - 1 lb(1/2 kg)

Tarmarind - 1/4 to 1/2 size of lemon

Green chillies - 6 to 8

Red chilli - 1

Curry leaves - 4

Garlic cloves - 15(small)

Jeera - 1/4 tbl spoon

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tbl spoons

Chana dal - 1/2 tbl spoon

Oil - 5 tbl spoons

Salt - to taste

Onion - 1 (chopped)

Procedure :

1.Separate gongura leaves from the stems. Wash gongura leaves and keep in cooker and then add green chillies,garlic cloves - 5,Jeera,tarmarind and add little water in that(1/2 tea cup).Pressue cook for 2 whistles.

2.Now take that from cooker drain the water add little salt and graind that cooked gongura leaves.

3.Take pan add oil and heat it.Now add mustard seeds,chana dal,red chilli,garlic cloves- 10,curry leaves for 2mins.

4.Now add grainded gongura and fry for 15 to 20mins.

5.Add chopped onions in that and have with hot rice. Add little oil in rice and have it.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008