Wednesday, August 5, 2009

poornam

chana dal - 1cup
jaggery - 11/2cup
ilachi powder-1/4tsp
cook chana dal in cooker by using 2 cups of water.after cooking strain all the water from it.cook until the remaining wetness evoparates then add jaggery to it.it melts in it and turns into liquid form stir well until it thickens oterwise it'll get burnt.add ilachi powder now.this is basic poornam to make purnalu(boorelu),bobbatlu(poli) etc.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

mango pulihora

rice - 2cups
mango -1
curry leaves-2 strings
cumin -1/2tsp
musturd -1/2tsp
chana dal -1tbsp
urad dal -1/2tbsp
ground nuts or
cashwes -2tbsp
turmeric -1/4tsp
sesame seeds-2tbsp
oil -11/2 tbsp
salt
asofoteda -1/4tsp
red chillies -2

1). peel the mango and cut it into small pieces then steam boil them in a cooker by putting them in a bowl.after that mash them and keep aside.
2).roast sasame seeds and powder them.
3).cook rice with water in 1:2 ratio by adding few drops of oil and turmeric into it.
4)then add oil to pan after heating it up then add cumin and musturd to it when started splutturing add ground nuts or cashews ,chana dal and urad dal when they r turning into brown add red chillies and curry leaves .finally add asofoteda.
5)add this tampering , mangopulp and sasame powder to cooked rice add salt upto ur taste.
tips:-1)if u want sasame powder u can add it otherwise u can skip
2)u can skip to boil mango by adding grated mango directly to the rice.