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Gutti Vankaya(Stuffed Brinjal)

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GUTTI VANKAYA is prepared by stuffing brinjal with onion and other spices. It is a very popular dish in Andhra, often taken with rice.                Brinjal is a great source of vitamins and minerals, improves heart health, strengthens bone health and also good for eye. Ingredients: Brinjal(small sized) - 18 Onion - 3 Cloves - 5 Jeera - 1tbsp Dhaniya powder - 1tbsp Ginger Garlic paste - 1tbsp Green chillies - 2 Coriander Turmeric - pinch Chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp Curry leaves - spring Salt Oil - 1 ladle Preparation: Add sliced onions, cloves, jeera, dhaniya powder, ginger garlic paste, green chillies, coriander, turmeric, chilli powder to a blender jar and make it to a paste. Rinse small brinjals and slit each brinjal from base, now soak them in salted water for 10 minutes. Stuff each brinjal with prepared onion paste and keep it aside. Method: Heat oil(for shallow fry) in iron kadai and add stuffed brinjals, curry leaves and leave it for 10 min
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Rava Upma(Sooji Upma)

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RAVA UPMA is a popular breakfast made with Sooji. It is the easiest and quickest instant breakfasts. There are many varieties of upma that are commonly made. It is made by continuously stirring semolina(sooji). Upma goes well with Pesarattu.                                                         Jump to Pesarattu recepie             Sooji is rich in iron, fiber, protein, rich in B vitamins, contains no cholesterol and also boots energy.                                                                 Ingredients: Sooji - 1 cup Onion - 1 Red/Green chillies - 2 Ginger - inch Salt Water For Thadka: Oil - 1 tbsp Ghee - 1 tbsp Urad dal - 1 tbsp Chana dal - 1 tbsp Cumin(Jeera) - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp Curry leaves - spring Peanuts Preparation: Heat pan , add sooji and roast on a low flame. Stir continuously. Do not brown the rava as the flavor of upma changes. Transfer to a bowl. You can also use instant roasted rava, available in super markets.
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Chamadumpa Fry(Colocasia Fry)

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CHAMADUMPA FRY(COLOCASIA FRY) is a deep fried dish. It goes well with sambar, dhal..                Chamadumpa is rich in fiber and nutrients, controls blood sugar, has anticancer properties also helps in loosing weight. Ingredients: Champadumpa (Colocasia) -  10 Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 tbsp Salt Riceflour - 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tbsp Turmeric - pinch Coriander(Dhania) powder - 1/2 tbsp Jeera powder - 1 1/2 tbsp Curry leaves - spring Oil Water Method: 1.Wash Chamadumpa with water to remove dust and boil them in a pressure cooker with enough water for two whistles. 2.Allow the pressure cooker to release by itself, now drain water and peel the skin. 3.Cut the peeled vegetable into half. 4.For marination take a bowl add Chamadumpa, chilli powder, salt as per your taste, rice flour, ginger garlic paste, tuemeric, dhania powder, jeera powder, curry leaves and mix them.  Let it marinate for 10 minutes. 5.Heat oil for deep fry and ad
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Ginger Chutney

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GINGER CHUTNEY (Allam chutney) usually eaten with idli,dosa,vada. It tastes slightly sweet, spicy and tangy. There are many ways to prepare ginger chutney, i am sharing the recepie which i make for breakfast.               Ginger has antibacterial properties, helps in digestion, reduce cholesterol levels. Ingredients : Ginger - 2 inches Tamrind(lemon size) Urad dhal - 2 tbsp Chana dhal - 2 tbsp Coriander seeds(Dhania seeds) - 1 tbsp Refined oil - 3 tbsp Red chillies -  3 Salt Water Jaggery Preparation: Wash and soak lemon sized tamrind for 20minutes and extract juice. Clean ginger well, peel the skin and cut them to thick slices. Method: 1.Heat oil in a pan, add ginger slices and saute until it turns light golden color. 2.Now add urad dhal, chana dhal, dhania seeds, red chillies and fry them. Transfer these to a plate. 3.Add all the cooled ingredients to a blender jar along with tamrind juice, salt, jaggery and little water. Blend all these to a sm
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Pesarattu

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PESARATTU (Pesara-Green gram, attu-Dosa) is a famous breakfast especially in Godavari districts. It is a healthy and nutritious dosa loaded with lentils, ginger and garlic. Try pesarattu with upma it's a very good combo.                                                                            Jump to Upma recepie                 Green gram is packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein, good source of antioxidants, aslo helps in loosing weight. Ingredients: Green gram - 1 cup Ginger - inch Garlic - 4 pods Green chillies - 3 Rice flour - 2 tbsp Turmeric - inch Refined oil Salt Finely chopped onions Coriander Water Cumin seeds Preparation: Wash green gram(or use moong dal) and soak them in water for overnite. In the morning, drain the water and rinse well. Add green gram, rice flour(for crispiness), ginger, garlic, green chillies, turmeric, salt(adjust according to your taste) and water to blender jar to form thick paste, if needed add some w
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Onion Rava Dosa

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RAVA DOSA is a popular breakfast in Andhra. Rava stands for sooji. The best part was this dosa doesnt need any fermantation, you can prepare the batter within couple of minutes and very simple to prepare by following step wise pictures. Ingredients: Sooji - 1cup Maida(All purpose flour) - 1cup Rice flour - 1cup Wheat flour - 1/2 cup Basin - 1/2 cup Salt Jeera(cumin seeds) - 1 tbsp Refined oil Water Finely chopped Onions Finely chopped Chillies Method: 1.Take a bowl add sooji, maida, rice flour, wheat flour, basin, salt(adjust according to your taste)and jeera. 2.Now add water and mix well without lumps. The batter should be slurry. 3.Heat tawa and spread some oil, onions and chillies, mix dosa batter and pour the batter using ladle. Maintain some holes, then only it will be called as Rava dosa. 4.Cook dosa on medium flame once it turns golden brown colour, flip on the other side. 5.Now dosa is ready to be served.
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Pulihora

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PULIHORA (also called as Tamrind rice )was offered as prasadam for GOD during festive seasons, whereas temple style pulihora was different.                  Andhra Pulihora is a tangy rice dish loaded with tamrind and turmeric.  Its not only flavorful but also easy to prepare. Follow step by step cooking instructions. Ingredients: Boiled rice - 1/2 kg Turmeric - 3 pinches Refined oil for mixing with rice - 1 tbsp Green chillies - 7 Ginger - 1 inch Jaggery - 1 tbsp Tamrind - Handful Salt For Thadka: Groundnut oil - 5 tbsp 2Ground nuts Red chillies - 4 Curry leaves - spring Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp Black gram - 1 1/2 tbsp Urad dal - 1 1/2 tbsp Hing - pinch Cashews Methi seeds - 1/3 tbsp Preparation: Take handful of tamrind to a bowl and soak it for an hour. Now extract tamrind pulp by squeezing it and filter the pulp. Add required amount of salt and jaggery to the extracted pulp. Boil this extract for about 15mins to form a thick paste. M
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