Pesarapappu Vadiyalu / Pesara Vadiyalu / Moong Dal Vadiyalu / Moongh Dal Vadam / Andhra Style Vadam / Vadam / Vathal Recipe

Pesarapappu Vadiyalu

Ingredients

Yellow moongh dal - 1 cup
( soak it for 4 to 5 hours)
Salt to taste ( around 3/4 tsp
Ginger chopped - 1 tsp heaped
Green chillies -4
( add according to your taste)
Jeera/Cumin - 1 tsp

Method

Drain the water out from the dal grind dal,green chillies,ginger to a very smooth thick paste.
Sprinkle very little water while grinding.
Add salt and jeera mix well. Use your fingers or spoon and place small ball of dough on a clean thick plastic sheet.
Dry these vadiyalu till crisp, store it in a container.
When needed just deep fry till crisp and serve them as side dish for rice.

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Cool Bar Style Lime Juice / Restaurant Style Lemon Juice Recipe / CoolBar Special Fresh Lime Juice / Kerala Coolbar Lemon Juice / Cool bar Style White Lime Juice Recipe - Summer Drinks

Cool Bar Style Lime Juice

Ingredients

Green lime medium size - 1

( cut into 8 pieces and seeds removed )

Powdered Sugar - 1 tbsp

( add more if needed)

Salt a pinch

Cashew nuts - 3

( soaked in water for 30 minutes and ground to a smooth paste)

Crushed cardamom - 1

Water - 2 cups

Ice cubes few

Method

Take a mixi jar add all the ingredients and blend till lemon pieces are just crushed.

Do not blend too much then juice will become bitter.

Filter the mixture and serve cold.

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Baked Peaches Recipe / Easy Baked Peaches With Cinnamon Sugar - How to Make Baked Peaches

Baked Peaches

Ingredients

Ripe peaches - 3 medium size

( cut into half and remove the seed)

Butter - 3 tbsp ( Cut into 6 small cubes)

Brown sugar - 6 tsp

( add more if needed)

Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp

Method

Preheat  the oven at 375 deg.F . mix cinnamon and sugar together , keep it aside.

Take a baking dish and arrange all the peaches cut side facing up, place some butter in the middle of each peach.

Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on top, bake for 15 minutes until golden brown and tender yet firm and holding its shape.

Each oven is different so temperature and cooking time may vary.

Best served with vanilla ice cream.

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Ragi Curd Semiya / Curd Ragi Semiya Recipe / Thayir Ragi Semiya Recipe / Ragi Thayir Semiya / Finger Millet Vermicelli Curd Bath / Bagala bath With Ragi Semiya - Millet Recipes

Ragi Curd Semiya

Ingredients

Cooked Ragi semiya / Ragi vermicelli - 2 cups

( cook according to the instruction on the readymade packet)

Milk - 1/4 cup

Curd - 1 & 1/2 cups

Salt to taste

Grated carrot for garnish.

Tempering

Mustard - 1 tsp

Chopped cashew nuts  - 2 tsp

Raisins - 1 tsp

Chopped ginger - 1/ tsp

Chopped green chillies - 1

Curry and coriander leaves few

Hing - a generous pinch

Method

Mix curd, milk and salt into the ragi sevai ans mix well.

Heat oil in a pan and temper it with ingredients.

Pour the tempering and coriander leaves into the curd mixture and mix well.

Garnish with grated carrot and serve chill.

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Ragi Sevai Upma / Ragi Semiya Upma / Finger Millet Vermicelli Upma - Millet Recipes

Ragi Sevai Upma

Ingredients

Ragi sevai -2 cups

( cook it according to the instruction on the readymade packet)

Chopped onion-1/2

Chopped tomato-1

Chopped green chillies-2

Curry leaves-little

Salt to taste

Grated ginger-1/2tsp

Grated coconut - 6tsp

Tempering

Oil - 1tbsp

Mustard-1/2 tsp

Urad dhal -1 tsp

Channa dhal - 1tsp

Jeera - 1/4 tsp

Method

Cook the ragi sevai according to the instruction on the ready made packet and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan temper it with above ingredients. Now add the onions , ginger , green chillies , few curry leaves and fry till light brown.

Add the tomato & salt saute for a minute and add the cooked ragi sevai , gently mix in medium low flame till combined 

Switch off the flame and garnish with coconut & serve it hot.

Note:

To make your upma more colorful and interesting add vegetables.

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Ragi Rava Dosa Recipe / Finger Millet Sooji Dosa Recipe / Instant Ragi Rava Dosa / Ragi Rava Roast - Dosa recipes

Ragi rava Dosa

Ingredients

Ragi flour / Finger Millet flour - 1 cup
Rava / Semolina - 1/2 cup
( do not roast the rava)
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Sour curd-1tbsp
Salt to taste
Crushed pepper - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds/Jeera - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Chopped onion - a handful
Chopped green chillies - 1
Chopped ginger - 1/8 tsp
Water - as needed
Oil as needed to cook the dosa

Method

Take a bowl add all the above ingredients.
Pour water and make a thin/pouring/buttermilk consistency, make sure there are no lumps.Rest the batter for 10 minutes.
Heat an iron dosa tawa and grease it with some oil, take a ladle of batter and drizzle or splash all around the tawa.do not fill up the gaps and don't pour it like the normal dosa. The dosa should give you a lace / netted effect.
Pour some oil in between and around the dosa,in medium high flame cook till crisp and light golden brown. Do not flip the otherwise.
Enjoy these hot dosa with chutney or Idli Podi.

Note:

a) You can also make this dosa plain without adding onion.
b) Each time mix the batter well before pouring on the tawa because the rava will settle at the bottom. After some batches batter will become thick so dilute it again.
c) Batter must be like a thin buttermilk / pouring consistency.
d) Flipping the dosa and cooking the other side is optional.
e) For this dosa iron tawa is the best.

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Kalavai Chutney Recipe / Restaurant style kara chutney / Tamil Nadu Kara Chutney / Kadamba Chutney - Chutney Recipe

Kalavai Chutney

Ingredients

Onion - 1/2 chopped

Tomato - 1 large

Ginger - 1 tsp

Garlic - 3

Green chillies - 3

Red chillies - 2

Mint Leaves, Coriander leaves, Curry leaves - together a handful

Salt to taste

Tamarind - a small piece

Grated coconut - a handful

Oil - 2 tsp

Method

Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan fry the mint, coriander and curry leaves till they shrink, keep it aside.

In the same pan add remaining oil fry onion, tomato, ginger , garlic, coconut , chilies till light brown.

Cool the ingredients add salt to the onion mixture and grind to a semi smooth chutney.

Lastly add the fried mint/curry and coriander leaves and pulse. Do not grind to a fine paste.

Serve this chutney with dosa or Idli.

Note:

Tempering this chutney is optional.

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Muttai Panirayam Roast / Egg Paniyaram Roast / Muttai Paniyaram Recipe - Egg Recipes

Muttai Paniyaram Roast

Ingredients for the paniyaram

Eggs - 3

Salt and pepper to taste

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Chopped green chillies - 1

Chopped onion - 1 tbsp

Chopped onion - 1 

Oil as needed to cook paniyaram

( Beat the eggs well with above ingredients. Heat a paniyaram pan pour some oil in the holes pour a ladle of the egg mixture and cover with a lid. Turn them gently and cook till light brown. Remove from pan and keep it aside)

Other ingredients

Chopped Tomato - 1 large

Chopped onion - 1

Ginger and garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Garam masala - 3/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Chopped curry and coriander leaves - few

Slit green chillies - 4

Oil - 3 tsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan fry onions , few curry leaves and green chillies till light brown, add ginger /garlic paste and fry till raw smell has disappeared.

Add tomatoes and dry masala powders in low flame cook till tomatoes are mashed well.

Add the egg paniyaram toss and switch off the stove. Do not mix too much the paniyarams will break.

Garnish with curry and coriander leaves and serve as a starter or as a side dish.

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Koozh Vadam / Koozh Vathal / Arisi Koozh Vathal / Kuzh Vadam - Summer Recipes

Koozh Vadam

Ingredients

Sona masoori rice /Raw rice - 2 cup

Sago /Javvarisi/Sabudana - 1/4 cup

( Do not use nylon sago, use the white fat variety)

Salt to taste ( around 1 tsp)

Green chillies - 4

(ground to a fine paste)

Lemon - 1/2

Hing - 1/2 tsp

Jeera /Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Water - 5 cups

Method

Wash and soak rice and sago together in water overnight. Next take drain out some water and grind it to a very smooth thick batter. 
Boil 5 cups of water in a heavy vessel when it starts to boil add the hing, ground green chillies paste, salt and jeera reduce the flame.
Now slowly add the ground rice/sago batter and keep stirring till thickens make sure they don't form lumps.
To check if its cooked wet your fingers and try to touch the hot cooked batter ( be careful) if its not sticking to your fingers then your batter is cooked and switch off the stove.
Squeeze the lemon into the batter mix well cover with a lid.
Once the batter is cooled put it into a murukku press with a star shape or 3 holes shaped plate and press it on a plastic sheet.
Dry them in sun for 2 to 3 days or till its crisp store it in a plastic container.
Deep fry these vadams in hot oil and enjoy.
Note:
a) Make sure you grind the batter to a smooth semi thick batter.
b) Water quantity may differ to 4 to 5 glasses depends upon the quality of rice.
c) If by mistake your cooked batter is loose don't worry just spoon them out on sheet and dry. Only the shape will differ.

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Jeera Soda / Jeera Soda Masala Powder / Nimbu Masala Soda / How to make Jeera Soda - Summer Special Drink

Jeera Soda

Ingredients

Jeera / Cumin seeds - 1/4 cup

Black pepper - 1/2 tbsp

Black salt / Kala Namak - 1 tbsp (heaped)

Chaat masala - 1 tbsp (heaped)

Method

Heat a pan add the jeera and pepper dry roast till light brown colour.Do not over fry and burn them.

Switch off the stove and let them cool completely.

Take a mixi jar add all the ingredients together and dry grind to a fine powder.

Cool and store it in a clean bottle.

How to make Jeera soda?

Take some lime juice, sugar and needed jeera soda masala powder and mix till sugar dissolves.

Pour cold plain club soda and enjoy chill!

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