Amaranth leaves stir fry /Mulai keerai Poriyal

where to start....:) after a long time blogging again...reason is that voice in office...hey what happened to the blog...:) cant see any recipes...from a collegue of mine got me out of my trance....the first answer that came to mind was sorry iam busy...but was thinking to myself was it true ....or was it not the in the priority list...:)
so that made me start again...:)...



I got two bunches of Mulai  keerai  at home ended up making a dry curry for chapathi or can be eaten with rice...Turned out good...Ha ha experimented on myself first...So here we go....



Ingredients:-

Keerai/Greens- Two bunches(amaranth Leaves,Thota Kura,Mulai keerai)
Onions- 2
Garlic- 4 to 5 pieces
Red chillies-3
Salt to taste
Sugar- a pinch
Jeera-1/2 tsp
Oil-1tsp
Lemon Juice- 2 tsp
Ground nut and White til/Yellu- 2 tsp
Turmeric-1/4 tsp
Chilli powder-1/2 tsp
Asafoetida- a pinch

Method:-
1.Wash the green/Keerai and cut into small pieces.
2.Cut the onions into small pieces.
3.Heat oil in a pan, add jeera ,asafetida,red chillies.
4.Add onions,garlic,salt,turmeric and fry it a little bit.
5.Add Keerai/Greens,sugar and let it cook for 3 to 5 min.
6.Add coarsely ground Ground Nut and White Til/Yellu powder.
7.Finally Add lemon juice mix well and remove from fire.
8.Yummy subji is ready to eat with chapatti/rice...

 

 

Mutter Paneer Masala

This is a simple peas and paneer receipe that get done very fast but tastes yummy with roti, nan, vegetable pulav or vegetable rice.


Ingredients:-
Paneer - 1 packet
Peas - 1/2 cup(frozen)
Onion - 4
Tomato -2
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Sugar- a little
Oil - 3 tsp
Salt
Kasuri methi - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves -2 tsp

Method:-
1. Cut onions and tomato into small pieces.
2. Put the frozen paneer pieces in hot water and keep it for 10 to 15 min to become soft.
3. Heat a pan, add oil to it. When the oil is hot add ginger garlic paste.
4. Add onions and tomato pieces to it.
5. Add salt,turmeric and chilly powder,sugar.
6. once the onion,tomato's are cooked and become mushy add frozen peas to it.
7. You can add little water to the above if required to make it gravy consistency.
8. Add kasuri methi and mix well.
9. Finally add the paneer pieces to the gravy and let it cook for 3 to 4 min.
10. Garnish with coriander leaves. serve hot with Roti ,Nan or Veg pulav...


 

Gutti Vankaya Kura/Brinjal Gravy/Katherikka Gotsu/Masala

This is one of my  favourite  and it tastes so good that people who doesn't like brinjal will fall in love with it. Gutti vankaya kura is a famous dish in andhra. its tastes very good with rotis, fried rice, vegetable rice/pulav,pulkas etc. lets see how to make it.

If we cut the brinjal and make curry with out the stem the curry will look as below. but tastes the same.

Ingredients:-

Brinjal - 1/2 Kg

Onions - 3

Ground Nuts:- Small cup

White Sesame seeds -  1/2 cup

Tamarind - Small lemon sized

Green Chillies - 4

Ginger,Garlic,Chilly paste - 3 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Jaggery - small piece(optional)

Coriander leaves - few

Green Chillies - 2

Cloves - 3

Bay leaf - 1

Cinnamon stick -2

Stone algae/Kadal pasi - few

Oil - 4 tsp

Method:-

1. soak tamarind in water for 5 min extract juice and keep aside.

2. Fry ground nuts remove outer skin, fry Sesame seeds and course ground it in mixer.

3. slit the brinjal into four on the other side of stem and retain the stem.

4. Keep them in water.

5. Heat  oil in a pan, add Cinnamon stick,bay leaf,cloves,stone algae.

6. To the above add onions,Green chillies fry a little bit and add ginger,garlic and chilli paste.

 

7. Fry a little bit, add brinjal to it(with out water).

8.  fry a little add tamarind water,salt,turmeric,jaggery,chilli powder.

9. one it boils add the course ground nut and sesame seeds powder to it.

10. Mix well and cover it with a plate and cook till it becomes thick gravy.

11. Keep stirring in between.

12.Garnish with coriander leaves.

13. Tasty curry is ready.

14. Serve with rotis,pulkas, ghee rice, pulav, fried rice etc.

 

Note:- Sending this recipe to cook up a meal under 30 min by Srivalli Meal under 30 min

Pavakka Poriyal/bitter gourd sabji/Karela sabji

 Yes you heard me right Bitter gourd sabji. To be very frank i used to hate this sabji since childhood.

But without my knowing i started liking and loving this sabji and believe me it doesn't taste that bitter and it tastes very good. Lets see how to make it.

Ingredients:-

Bitter gourd/Pavakka - 1 big

Salt to taste

Coconut - 3 tsp

Jaggery - 3 tsp

Chili powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Coriander - few

Seasoning:-

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad Dal - 1 tsp

Asafoetida -  a pinch

Method:-

1. wash and cut bitter gourd into small pieces.

2. Add salt to bitter gourd and leave it for 30 min.

3. it will leave little bit water, remove it and cook bitter gourd in micro wave for 6 min.

4. Heat oil in a pan, Add seasoning and fry till golden brown.

5. Add the bitter gourd pieces,salt,turmeric,chili powder,jaggery.

6. Let it cook in low flame for 6 min.

7. Add Scraped coconut and mix well. Garnish with coriander leaves.

8. You can eat this curry with roti or rice. It tastes yummy....

 

Potato Curry/Urulaikiyangu Karamadhu

This is a simple potato curry. Gets done fast and tastes very good with Curd rice, mixed rices or sambhar rice and rotis.

Ingredients:-
Potato - 1 big

Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - few
For Seasoning:-
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Method:-
1. Peel the potato and cut into small pieces and put it in a bowl of water.

2. Drain water and cook in micro wave for 5 min in high.

3. Heat Oil in  a pan ,add seasoning and fry till golden.
4. Add cooked potato, salt ,turmeric and chilli powder,curry leaves.

5. Fry for 5 min till golden.
6. Tasty Potato curry is ready to eat and i had with Curd rice. You can have it with mixed rices, sambhar, rasam rice,rotis etc.


Note:- Sending this recipe to cook up a meal under 30 min by Srivalli Meal under 30 min

Avial/Mixed vegetable stew

My Moms hand has magic. What ever she makes turns yummy and tasty. Avail is one of them, and every one in the family loves it. i learnt this from her. its tastes nice with Dal rice, sambhar,Adai,roti etc. Lets see how to make it. 

Ingredients:-

Carrot - 1

Green Beans - few

Yam - Small piece

Cluster Beans - few

Red Pumpkin - Small piece

Coconut Oil - 2 tsp

Curd - 4 tsp

Curry Leaves - Few

Oil - 1 tsp 

To Grind:-

Coconut - 5 tsp

Jeera - 2 tsp

Green chillies - 5

Method:-

1. Grind coconut,jeera and green chillies and keep aside.

2. Cook the vegetable in micro wave for 7 min or until cooked with little water.

3. In a Pan heat oil, add the boiled vegetables.

4. To this Add ground coconut,jeera,green chillies mixture, let it cook.

5. Add curry leaves and Switch off the stove. let it cool.

6. Heat Coconut oil and add it to the above, mix well.

7. Before serving add curd to it mix well and serve. 

8. I had with hot hot Adai

Note:- Sending this recipe to cook up a meal under 30 min by Srivalli Meal under 30 min

Yenna Katherikka karamadhu/ Stuffed brinjal curry/Guthi Vankaya kura

My Mom makes this yenna katherikka karamadhu or stuffed brinjal curry in a yummy way .......this curry tastes yummy with vengaya sambhar/onion sambhar or Murungakka/drumstick sambhar. this is a very  very tasty curry... When we make it in nonstick pan it consumes less oil than the old traditional method. So lets see how to make it.....

Ingredients:-
Brinjal/Kathirikkai- 250 gms

Urad Dal - 3tsp
Chenna Dal - 3 tsp
Red chillies - 5
Dhania/coriander seeds - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - a big pinch
Tamarind juice - 5 tsp
Salt to taste
oil - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves-few
Dill leaves - few
Method:-
1. Heat 1/2 tsp of oil in a pan fry urad Dal,chenna dal,red chillies,Coriander seeds, asafoetida until golden brown.
2. Let it cool and grind it in a mixie with salt,asafoetida into coarse powder. keep it aside.

3. Cut the stem of brinjal and slit brinjal into 4 as shown below.

4. Fill the brinjal with the ground powder.


5. Heat 1 1/2 spoon oil in a non stick pan and place all the stuffed brinjal in that.

6. Sprinkle tamarind water to it and cover the pan with a plate and cook in low flame for 10 to 12 min.

7. In between just move the brinjals a little bit , care to be taken not to break them.

8. Stuffed Brinjal curry is ready.

9. Garnish with Coriander leaves or Dill leaves.

10. you can serve with hot rice and a tsp of ghee and this stuffed brinjal....or you can have as a side dish sambhar rice or rasam rice or mixed rices.....

Note:- you can use idli chilli powder for stuffing.