Gutti Kaakara (Stuffed Bitter-gourd)

Ingredients

Bitter-gourd - 1/4 kg
Onions - 200 gm
Roasted Channa dal - 2 tbsp
Red Chili Powder - to taste
Salt - to taste
Oil - to fry

Method 

1. Cut bitter-gourd into 1" inch pieces (remove seeds) and deep fry in oil, keep aside
2. Grind roasted channa dal , chilli powder and salt.
3. Grind and fry onion paste add the above powder and fry a minute
4. Stuff this into the fried bitter-gourd.

Gutti Kaakara Ready !!!

Kandi Podi

Ingredients

• Toor dal - 1 cup
• Moong Dal - 1 cup
• Bengal-gram dal - 1 cup
• Red Chilli - 15no
• Jeera - 1 and 1/2 spoon
• Asafoetida or garlic (based on the flavor)
• Salt - to taste

Method 

Fry all the above separately with out oil. Cool and grind to powder. Add asafoetida or garlic at the last and grind again. 

Serve with Rice n Ghee !!!

Pesarattu Upma

Ingredients 

• Green-gram dal - 1 cup
• Green Chilies - 4
• Ginger - 1" inch
• Jeera - 1/2 spoon
• Onions - 1/2 cup
• Rice flour - 2-3 spoons (makes pesarattu crispy) 
• Oil or Ghee 

Method

1. Soak Green-gram dal for an hour. Drain water.
2. Add  2 green chilies and ginger. Grind and make into dosa batter consistency.
3. Add rice flour and salt to the batter
4. Cut green chilies, ginger, and onions into small pieces. 
5. Spread the batter on tawa like dosa and top with the above and jeera. Add a spoon of oil or ghee to roast.
6. Roast pesarattu on both sides
7. Serve hot hot Pesarattu with coconut or ginger chutney or upma.

Upma

Ingredients

Semolina - 1 cup

Ginger - 1/2 inch 

Green chilies - 2

Curry leaves

Cashew 

Mustard - 1/4 tsp

Bengal-gram - 1/4 tsp

Black-gram -  1/4 tsp

Oil 

Salt - to taste

Method

1. Add oil in kadai add mustard, bengal-gram, black-gram, cashew and fry.
2. Now add green chilies and ginger and fry
3. Pour 2 and 1/2 cups water and leave to boil
4. Add semolina and salt to taste
5. Close with a lid for 2-3 mins
6. Upma ready for pesarattu 

The Best Combi is Pesarattu Upma !!!!

Kaara Podi

Kaara Podi 

Ingredients

Black-gram dal - 1 cup
Bengal-gram dal - 1 cup
Red Chilies - 70 gm
Tamarind - lemon size
Sesame- 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1spoon 
Salt - to taste

Method

1. Fry all the above ingredients separately without oil
2. Grind all the ingredients without adding sesame seeds
3. Add sesame at the end and grind once. 
4. Podi is ready. 

This can be taken with Idly, Dosa or with steamed rice and ghee.

Aava Pulihora

Aava Pulihora 

Ingredients

Rice-250 gm
Water-500 ml
Tamarind- 35 gm
Jaggery - 1tsp

Seasoning 

Bengal Gram - 4 tsps
Black Gram - 2 tsps
Fenugreek seeds -1 tsp
Mustard seeds -2 tsps
Green Chillies - 5
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - Few
Asafoetida - 1/8 tsp
Ground nuts - 1/4 cup
Salt - to taste 
Oil - 8 tbsps

Mustard Paste 

Mustard seed - 1 tsp
Red Chilies - 2

Add water and make smooth paste of it 

Method 

1. Extract the pulp add Jaggery powder, green chilies and salt 
2. Boil the paste till it becomes thick. (Dosa batter consistency)
3. Add oil and turmeric powder to cooked rice and mixture well and let this cool for a while
4. Now add the tamarind extract to rice and mix well 
5. Fry all the seasonings add to the above and mix 
6. Now add the mustard paste to the rice mixture
7. Aava Pulihora Ready !!!

Majjiga Pulusu

Majjiga Pulusu 

Ingredients

Sour buttermilk- ½ ltr

Bottle gourd- 1/2cup

Carrot -1/2 cup

White pumkin-1/2 cup

Tomato-1

Spinach-1/4 cup

To Grind

Soaked Green gram dal- 1tb spoon

Soaked rice – ½ tb spoon

Ginger-1” inch

Coconut – ¼ cup

Green chilies -4

Turmeric- pinch

Salt- to taste

Grind the ingredients to a smooth paste.

Seasoning

Mustard-1/4 spoon

Jeera-1/4 spoon

Red chillie- 2

Hing

Curry leaves

Method

1.      Add the grind paste to buttermilk and keep aside

2.      Boil the vegetables in a pinch of salt water and keep aside

3.      In a kadai add oil and ingredients of seasonings and fry.

4.      Add buttermilk mixture and boil for 2mins

5.      Now add boiled vegetables and keep on flame for 2-3mins bring to boil.

6.      Transfer to serving bowl and garnish with coriander 

      

         Majjiga Pulusu Ready !!!

Kaakarakaaya Kura

Kaakarakaaya Kura (Bitter-gourd Curry)

Ingredients

Bitter-gourd-250 g
Tomatoes-2 large
Onions-3 no
Green chilies-2 no
Grated coconut-1/2 cup
Tamarind pulp-1 spoon
Curry leaves
Coriander
Salt- to taste
Red Chilli powder
Turmeric-pinch

Seasoning

Mustard-1/4 spoon
Jeera-1/4 spoon
Bengal gram dhal -1/4 spoon
Red Chilly-2
Asafoetida-pinch

Method:

1. Cut bitter-gourd into small pieces and mix with a pinch of turmeric and boil. Keep aside
2. In a kadai add 2 spoons of oil add the seasoning ingredients and fry. Add green chilies and curry leaves. 
3. Now add cut onions and fry until golden brown and then add cut tomatoes and cook for 2-3 mins
4. Add boiled bitter-gourd pieces to the above and add salt, red chili powder and tamarind pulp and cook for 2-3 mins.
5. Add grated coconut and keep on flame for a minute. 
6. Take into a serving bowl. Garnish with coriander.

Kaakarakaaya Kura Ready !!!