Cauliflower Manchuriya (Gobhi manchuriya)

Ingredients for cauliflower manchuria: 

• 1 medium Gobhi (Cauliflower)
• 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
• 1 tbsp Corn Flour
• 1 Chopped green chili
• 2  tbsp Ginger & Garlic Paste
• 1 Cup  Chopped Onions(medium sized)
• ¼ cup chopped Garlic pieces
• 1/4th tsp Ajinomoto
• 2 tbsp Soya Sauce
• 1tbsp Chilli sauce
• 2-3 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
• Cooking Oil to fry
• ½ Cup Chopped Coriander Leaves
• Water
• Salt to taste 

Preparation Process :

• Boil the water and then add the Cauliflower  let it cook for  3 min then drain the water
• Make a paste of maida, corn flour and salt using water.
• Dip the gobi florets in the paste and deep fry till golden brown. Keep them aside.
• Heat oil in another pan and add  ginger & garlic paste fry till it  oozes the raw flavour, add chopped green chilli &chopped onions,Chopped garlic add salt and fry.
• Mix Chilli sauce, soya sauce and tomato Ketchup and Ajinomoto into it.  
• Add Deep fried Gobi and mix well.
• Garnish it  with coriander leaves.

Serve HOT HOT!!! Cauliflower manchuriya with Tomato ketchup

Capsicum Curry ( Green Bell Pepper Curry)

Capsicum Curry with all the ingredients ready to available in the kitchen for a different taste. 

　Ingredients:　

• 3 Large Capsicum finely chopped
• 1/4 Cup Dry Coconut powder
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• 2 Green chillies
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1/4 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tbsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp Ginger& Garlic paste
• pinch of turmeric powder
• salt to taste
• 1/2 cup Milk or Cream
• Few curry leaves
• 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves 　

Preparation process:　

• Heat oil in a pan for tempering add mustard seeds,cumin seeds, turmeric,ginger & garlic paste, curry leaves then add chopped onions, green chillies and fry them till the onion oozes the oil.
• Add capcicum pieces and fry for few minutes.
• Then Add dry coconut powder and cream then mix well and cook till the capsicum pieces are soft.
• Finally add the salt and garnish with coriander leaves.

       Serve Capsicum curry with HOT HOT!!! Rice

Note: To make it more colourful use Red and Yellow Bell peppers along with Green Bell      peppers

Hyderabadi Vegetable Dhum Biryani

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of good quality basmati rice
• ¼ cup green peas
• 1 cup sliced onions
• 2 green chillies (chopp horizontal)
• ¼ cup green beans diced
• ¼ cup carrots diced
• ½ cup potatoes diced
• 1 cup cauliflower florets
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes
• 4 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 whole cardamoms
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/4 cup Cashews
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp red chilli powder
• ½ cup yogurt
• ½ cup freshly chopped mint leaves
• pinch of saffron
• Salt to taste
• Fried Bread Pieces(Optional)
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 3tbsp Desi ghee
• water

Preparation Process: 

• Wash the Rice and soak it for half an hour, then half cook the rice by adding 2 cups of water ( if possible cook the rice by adding more water and half cook then drain the water) 
• Heat Desi Ghee & Oil in a big thick bottom pan on medium flame, add the cloves,cinnamon,cardmoms,bayleafs,cumin seeds,  turmeric powder and then add cashews and fry. 
• Add ginger&garlic paste, mint leaves and fry then till the mint leaves are like fully dried... 
• Then add Chopped red chillies, diced potatoes,cauliflower florets,carrot, green beans, green peas and add chopped tomatoes.. 
• Add redchilli pwder and salt and mix well, cook for 3-4 min.
• Then add yogurt, saffron & 1/2 cup water to cook the also vegetables half. 
• Shift the half of masala in another bowl, then add the half  of the cooked rice in the pan and add the masala we is in another bowl and then add the remained cooked rice on top of it...( it is as simple as like layers of masala rice masala and rice..)  
• Don' mix it as yet. Now cover with a lid and let it steam for 15 minutes on low heat, then turn off the flame and let it be for another 20 miutes.. 
• Finally add the fried bread pieces and gently mix the masala and the rice from the bottom the flavours released are aromatic. 

         Serve HOT HOT!!! with Raitha...

Note: Add 1/2 tbsp of Biryani masala to get more Spice

Tamalapaku(Beetel Leaves) Bajji

Ingredients 

• 5-6 Beetel Leaves
• 1/2 cup Gram Flour (Besan)
• 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• 1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder(Or Green chilli paste) 
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 
• Salt to taste
• Pinch Of Baking Powder (Baking soda)
• Oil for deep frying

Preparation Process: 

• Wash beetel leaves and cut them in which shape u like.
• Add cumin seeds,salt & baking Powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric mix besan like a smooth thick batter by using water little little..
• Take oil in a pan for deep fry on medium heat.
• Dip each beetel leaf in the prepared besan batter and slowly drop into hot oil.
• Fry the betel leaves on both sides until golden brown.
• put them on absorbent paper.
• Serve HOT HOT!!! with finely chopped onions,lemon & Tomato ketchup.

Aratikaya kura ( plantain curry)

Ingredients: 

• 4-5 Raw small bananas (peeled & cubed)
• 1 tbsp Chana dal
• 1tbsp Urad dal
• 1tsp Mustard seeds 
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 2 tbsp coriader seeds 
• Few Curry leaves
• 1/4 cup coriander leaves
• 2-3 peeled garlic
• 1 medium sized chopped onion

Preparation process: 

• Take a pan heat it on medium flame add chanadal then add urad dal,red chilies,cumin seeds,coriander seeds, and roast till they are brown. 
• Add peeled garlic and salt to it and blend it like a powder. 
• Heat a pan on medium flame add oil for tempering add cumin&mustard seeds,pinch of turmeric powder,add curry leaves,chopped onions and fry . 
• Now add the peeled  banana cubes mix genlty for 2min ,then add the prepared powder and mix well then cook for about 3-4 min 
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve HOT HOT !!! with rice

Note: The powder which we prepared can be store in the kitchen for fast cooking.

Kadai Panneer

Ingredients:

•  ½ lb Panneer
•  ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
• 3  Green Bell pepper(Capsicum)
• 1 ½ Cup Chopped Onions
• 2 chopped Tomatoes
• 1 long piece Ginger
• 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
• 2 Bay Leaf (Patta)
• 4 Cloves (Lavang)
• 1 piece Cinnamon
• 4 tblsp Clarified Butter

Preparation Process:

• Cut Panneer into small square cubes, capsicum in medium size pieces.
• Make a Paste of onion, tomato, ginger, salt, red chili powder.
• Heat clarified butter in a pan.
• Add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon.
• Then add onion, tomato, ginger paste.
• Continue cooking it on medium flame till oil begins to separate.
• Add capsicum pieces cook for 3- 4 min and then add panneer.
• Cook on low flame.
• When the capsicum cooking is done put off the flame.

Garnish with Coriander Leaves Serve HOT HOT!!! with Naan,Roti,Parata.

Aloo Bonda

Ingredients:

 

• 2 Large Boiled, Mashed Aloo (Potatoes)
• 2 Green Chilies (chopped)
• 1tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 Cup Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• 1cup gram flour(Besan)
• Salt to taste
• Red chili powder to taste
• 1/4th tsp Garam Masala powder
• 1/4th tsp turmeric powder
• 1tbsp lemon juice
• Cooking Oil enough for deep fry

  

How to make aloo bonda:

 

• Take a pan add 1 tbsp oil and heat it then add cumin seeds,mustard seeds,turmeric,green chillies.
• Add mashed aloo (potatoes) ,salt, chili powder, garam masala, coriander, and mix well then put off the flame and add lemon juice.
• In a bowl take a cup of gram (Besan) flour, add pinch of turmeric powder, little salt to it, Add little water and mix and make a batter like neither too thick nor too lose.
• Make small round balls of aloo (potato) stuff.
• Heat the oil for fry 
• Dip each ball in the batter and deep fry them till they are in golden brown.
• Serve HOT HOT!!!aloo bonda with Tamarind chutney or mint chutney.

 

Tomato kurma

Ingredients:

• 8 - Medium size Tomatoes (chopp each 4 slices)
• 1 Cup chopped Onions
• 1 table spoon Ginger garlic paste
• 3 Red Chill
• 1 Table Spoon Red Chili Powder
• 1/4 Table Spoon Turmeric Powder
• 1 Cup Chopped Coriander Leaves
• 3 Table spoons cooking Oil
• Water
• ¼ Cup peanuts
• Cashewnuts-8
•  Cinnamon-1 stick
• cloves-2
• Cumin Seeds-1 tbsp
• Mustatrd seeds-1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Preparation process:

Take a pan and keep it on medium flame roast the peanuts, Red chillies and add cloves, cinnamon stick cashews and onions add water and make a paste finely, then on medium flame add oil to the pan add cumin seeds,mustard seeds, ginger&garlic paste and fry till it looses the raw flavour  and add turmeric powder, red chilli powder salt then add tomatoes and the paste to it and if needed add little water to cook the tamotoes then add coriander leave to garnish.

Serve it with Roti,parata or Rice

Cabbage Rice

Cabbage Rice is one of the easy and tasty South Indian recipe with rice.

Ingredients:

§   1-1/2 cup Basmati Rice

§  1 Cup Chopped Boiled Cabbage
§  1/2 Cup mint Leaves paste(Pudina)

§  2 Table Spoon cooking  Oil (Butter)

§  1 Table spoon Cumin Seeds
§  1/2  Table spoon seamoline seeds

§  2 Table spoon Ginger garlic paste

§  1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder

§  1 Cup sliced Onions

§  2 Green Chilies (chopped)

§  1/2 cup chopped Coriander Leaves

§  Salt to taste

Preparation Process:

 Wash the rice and cook evenly, while rice boiling take a nonstick pan and add Butter  or cooking oil on medium flame then add cumin seeds, seamoline seeds  turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste fry it till the  smell  goes from it, add chopped onions  fry till they becomes  transparent  then add the chopped green chilies next add mint paste and fry  it on medium flame for about 3min then add boiled cabbage into it add salt and cook for 3 min and now its time to add the Cooked rice into it then mix evenly  that’s when it will be finished, change it to a serving bowl garnish with coriander leaves  and serve when its hot.