Mixed Vegetable Poha (Atukula Upma)

Ingredients

• 2 cups Poha Thin or Medium
• 1 cup Mixed vegetables diced (peas/carrot/corn/beans/potato) 
• ½ cup chopped onions
• Few Peanuts
• 1/2 Tbsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 3-4 green chillies (slit)
• Few Curry leaves
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 3-4 Cooking Oil
• 1/4 cup Chopped coriander leaves 
• Salt to taste
• Water

Preparation:

• Soak Poha in enough water,let it soak until it turns soft then drain the water completely.
• Chop the vegetables finely and boil them separately either in the microwave or stove.
• Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan fry Peanuts then add Cumin Seeds,mustard seeds let it splatters.
• Then add curry leaves, green chillies,chopped onion, mix well and sauté until it turns translucent.
• Then add boiled vegetables,salt,turmeric and cook for 2 min.
• If needed add little oil and then add soaked poha and mix evenly and continously without sticking it to the pan.
• Cook till it becomes little hot and cooked evenly then turn off the flame.
• Finally add Lemon Juice and garnish With Coriander.

         Serve HOT HOT!!!Vegetable Poha.

Note: Soaking time for poha may vary from types of poha.

  

Rice flour Upma (Vuppudipindi)

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups Rice flour
• 2 Cups Water
• 1 tbsp Urad dal
• Few Peanuts
• 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
• 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
• 2 Redchillies
• 2 Green chillies
• 1/2 cup chopped spring onions
• 1/4 Cup chopped onions
• 1/4 cup chopped potatoes
• Few Curry leaves
• 4 tbsp Cooking oil
• Salt to taste

Preparation process:

• Take a thick bottom pan & Heat Oil on medium flame.
• Add peanuts, uradDal,cumin seeds,mustard seeds,curry leaves,red chillies&green chillies for seasoning.
• Add spring onions,chopped onions and potatoes saute it for 3min.
• Add water and salt then boil water.
• after water boiling reduce the flame and add rice flour slowly and mix evenly.
• cook till it is not sticky.(approxamtely 5-10 min)

        Serve Hot Hot!!! with pickle and milk or curd.(More tasty with warm milk)

Note:Add carrot and peas if ur intrested.

Mysore Bajji (Mysore Bonda)

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups maida (All purpose Flour)
• 2 Green chilies (finely chopped very small)
• ½ Cup onion ( finely chopped very small)
• Sour curd ( to make the batter)
• ¼ tbsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
• ½ Cup Chopped coriander leaves (optional) 
• Few chopped curry leaves
• Salt to taste
• Oil to deep fry

Preparation Process:

• In a mixing bowl take maida add salt, baking powder, cumin seeds chopped green chillies, chopped onions, coriander & curry leaves.
• Adding sour curd make batter consistency with not too thick nor too thin.
• Keep it aside For an hour for
• Take  oil in a frying pan on medium high flame.
• Once the oil hot then drop the batter like small  balls in the oil and deep fry them till they are in golden brown

Serve HOT HOT!!! With Peanut Chutney, Green Chutney or coconut chutney.

Note: Add 2 tbsp of sooji( Upma Ravva ) to get crispy.
         If Curd is not sour prepare the batter before 2-3 hours.

Bhel Poha (Puff Rice)

Ingredients:  

• 4 Cups Bhel (Puff Rice)
• 3 Green chillies
• 1Cup ChoppedOnion (small sizes)
• 1 tbsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
• 1/2 tbsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 roasted chana dal powder
• Salt to taste
• Few curry leaves
• 2-3 tbsp Oil
• water 

Preparation process: 

• Wash bhel (rice puffs) and drain the water.
• Heat Oil on medium flame add mustard, cumin seeds,turmeric powder, curry   leaves,green chillies and chopped onions.
• Add Salt and fry till the onions are in brown color.
• Then add bhel and mix well by adding little little water till they are hot.
• Finally add Roasted chana dal powder, mix and then turnoff the flame.     

          Serve When it is HOT HOT!!! only

  

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.