Andhra Kitchen

Besan Laddu

2006-11-08T00:58:00.000-06:00

Ingredients :

Besan (Senagapindi) - 1 cup

Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup

(those who prefer to eat more sweet, can add little more)

Elaichi powder - 1 tbl spoon

Ghee - 1/2 cup (melted)

Cashew nuts for topping

Process :

1. Heat 2 tbl spoon of ghee in a pan and fry besan on low flame till the raw smell disappears .

2. Switch of the flame and allow to cool off . Add powdered sugar , elaichi powder and melted ghee . Mix well and make them into round shaped balls like laddus .

3. Top them up with cashew nuts .

Fish Curry

2006-11-07T09:16:00.000-06:00

Ingrediants :

Fish Pieces - 4

Tarmarind Paste

Cumin Seeds - 1 tbl spoon

Lavang - 4

Elachi - 3

Ginger - small piece

Garlic - 1/2

Small Onions - 2

Green Chillies - 4

Red Chilli Powder - 1 1/2 tbl spoon

Turmeic Powder

Salt

Corainder leaves

Process :

1. First jeera , lavang , elachi , ginger , garlic grinde it . Then add onion pieces in that and grinde it.

2. Take pan add oil and heat it. Now add green chillies and grinded onion paste and fry it well untill it turns brown.

3. Now add redchilli powder , turmeric powder , salt and fry for sometime.

4. Now add fish pieces and fry it . Now add tarmarind paste and water and boil the curry until the fish boils .

5 . Then Garnish with corainder leaves and serve with hot rice .

Simple Egg Curry

2006-11-04T12:40:00.000-06:00

Ingredients :

Boiled Eggs - 4

Onions - 2

Tomato - 2

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbl spoons

Red chilli powder - 2 tbl spoons

Coriander/dhania powder - 2 tbl spoons

Turmeric powder

Salt - 1 to 1 1/2 tbl spoon

Oil - 4 tbl spoons

Coriander leaves

Procedure :

1. Hard boil eggs, remove the shell and keep aside . Take pan and heat oil - 1 tbl spoon and keep turmeric powder in that and fry eggs and take it out.

2. Now add still more oil - 3tbl spoons and heat oil and keep chopped onions, ginger garlic paste and fry for few minutes .

3. Then add chopped tomatoes and fry for few minutes . Then add eggs along with red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt . Add little water and Cook the curry until the oil separates .

4. Then garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Coconut Mango Chuttney

2006-11-02T15:25:00.000-06:00

INGREDIENTS :

Cocunut - 1cup

Mango pieces -1cup

Green Chillies - 3

Salt

Curry Leaves

Mustard Seeds

Urad Dal

Chana Dal

Jeera

Garlic

Oil

Process :

1 . Grinde jeera , garlic , greenchillies . Then add coconut , mango pieces , salt and grinde it.

2. Take Pan and add oil in that . Heat the oil. In that add mustard seeds , urad dal , chana dal , curry leaves and fry it. Now keep that in grinded mix.

Ravva Laddu

2006-11-02T09:41:00.000-06:00

Ingrediants :

Sooji - 1cup

Sugar - 1cup

Cashews

Freshly grated coconut

Ghee - 3/4cup

Elachi

Process :

1 . Heat ghee in a pan and fry sooji on a low flame until golden color . Remove from fire and set aside .

2 . Heat ghee in another pan and fry cashews, grated coconut .

3 . Mix fried sooji,cashews,coconut,sugar and elachi. Mix well. Remove from heat.

4 . Now mix ghee in that and make round balls and serve .