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.

  

Bhel Chaat (Puff Rice Chaat)

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups puff rice (Bhel)
• 1/2 Cup boiled potatoes
• 1/2 Cup tomatoes chopped
• 1/4 Cup chopped onion (very small)
• 1   chilli chopped
• Pinch of tumeric powder
• 1/4 Cup green chutney
• 1/4 Cup tamarind chutney
• 1 Cup Thin Sev
• 1/4 Cup Coriander leave.
• salt to taste

Preparation Process: 

• Take puff rice in a mixing bowl, Mash the boiled Potatoes & add.
• Add tomatoes,onion,green chilli,tumeric powder,green chutney and tamarind chutney together.
• Add salt then Mix Evenly.
• Finally add Sev Coriander.

        Serve Immediately. 

Note: For this you can add any of your desired ingredients,but to get the same taste Green & tamarind    Chutney's are Must.

Substitue for Green And Tamarind Chutney is Tomato Chilli Sauce.

Rasmalai

Ingredients:

• Paneer Prepared by using 1 Liter milk
• 1 liter full cream/ whole milk
• 1 tbsp cardamom powder
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced almonds or pistachios

Preparation:

• Knead  Paneer with palm  till it becomes very smooth.
• Make into  smalle size balls and slightly flatten  in the center.
• And boil a them for 5 min in boiling water.
• In another Pan boil 1 litre of full cream milk with the 1 cup of sugar, till water evaporates and milk becomes 80% thick.
• Turn off the flame add cardamom powder and mix well.
• Then squeeze water from Boiled Paneer balls gently and add to the milk syrup,
• Sprikle with Almonds or Pistachios and Refrigerate it  for an hour then Serve.

          Serve Cool Cool!!! Rasmali.

Beerakaya Pachadi(Ridge Gourd Chutney)

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Peeled & chopped Beerakaya
• 1/2 Tbsp Mustard Seeds
• 1tbsp Cumin Seeds
• 1 tbsp Chana Dal
• 1 tbsp Urad Dal
• 1/2 Cup Peanuts
• 1/2 tbsp Coriander seeds
• 2 cloves Garlic
• 5-6 Green Chillies
• Pinch Of Turmeric Powder
• small piece Tamarind (Soaked in water)
• 3 Tbsp Cooking Oil
• Salt to Taste
• Water

Preparation Process: 

• Add little oil in pan on medium flame then fry peanuts then shift into blender.
• Fry Chana dal, urad dal coriander seeds, few cumin seeds,Garlic and gren chillies till they splatters then shift into blender.
• Add little Oil and fry the Beerakaya till it oozes the raw flavour or light brown then keep it aside till it colls down.
• Then Blend all the ingredients by adding salt and little water like a fine paste.
• Then add fried Beerakaya and blend.(not  afine paste)
• Finally seson it with  urad dal, chana dal Cumin seeds,mustard seeds and Turmeric Powder.

         Serve with HOT HOT!!! Rice or Roit,Puri