Mushroom Cashew Masala(Restuarant style)

 Hai friends today I am coming with yummy and tasty recipe called "Mushroom Cashew Masala".

This is very simple and tasty recipe. This goes nice with rice , biryani, chapathi , naan. We really enjoyed 

with both pulav and naan . I this recipe i dint add the cream. Adding cream gives nice taste to the dish. Ok 

lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Mushrooms-1 pack(! lb)

Onion-1

Salt to taste

Kashmiri chilli powder-1 to 2 tsp

Lemon juice-1 tsp

Coriander leaves handsfull

Butter-1 tsp

Cashew-1/4th cup

Garam masala-1/2 tsp

Coriander powder-1/2 tsp

For masala

Tomatoes-2

Green chillies-2

Elachi-2

Cloves-4

Cinnamon-1 small stick

Peppercorns-1/2 tsp

Garlic cloves-2

Ginger-small 2 pieces

Curd-1/4th cup

Cashew soaked-1/4th cup

Procedure:

Here are the list for masala

Tomatoes-2

Green chillies-2

Elachi-2

Cloves-4

Cinnamon-1 small stick

Peppercorns-1/2 tsp

Garlic cloves-2

Ginger-small 2 pieces

Curd-1/4th cup

Cashew soaked-1/4th cup

Add one by one and grind to smooth paste. Now masala is ready. Keep it aside

Method:

Place the add oil and heat it.

When oil gets heat add the mushroom chunks and cook until half cooked

Add the cashew and fry for 1 minute or golden brown.

Now the mushrooms are half cooked and cashew also cooked. Keep this aside

Place another pan  add oil and heat it. When oil gets heat add half tsp jeera

When jeera pops soon add the chopped onions . Fry until transparent

Add coriander powder, garam masala and Kashmiri chilli powder(We can use regular chilli powder too 

but use little less if you use regular chilli powder

Add grinded masala mix well and add  salt too. Mix well cook for 2 minutes. Later add the water and 

cook until masala gets thicken

When gravy gets thick add the mushroom and cashew. Mix well

Cook this for 2 to 3 minutes and add the 1 tsp ghee

Add chopped coriander and lemon juice too . Cook for 1 minute.

Mix well .Now the curry is ready

Serve it hot with Biryani or Naan. or Chapathi.

Aratikaya/Plantain Podi Koora

 Hai friends today I am coming with yummy and tasty curry 'Aratikaya Podi Koora". This is very simple and unique recipe. This can be prepared with or without onion. I made this curry in both ways. I loved it both ways. This curry goes nice with rasam rice and sambar rice. This we can add the tomato too. When i feel bore with some curries i love to change some ingredients and try new recipes. In the same way we can do Potato and Sweet Potato. Ok lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Aratikayalu/Plantain-3

Salt to taste

Chilli powder to taste

Oil-1 to 2 tsp

Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp

Jeera-1/2 tsp

Urad dal-1 tsp

Chana dal-1 tsp

Dry red chilli pieces few

Curry Leaves few

Procedure:

Here are the raw bananas. Clean well with water and cut the ends.

Keep them in the water. Place the vessel on the stove and heat it

Boil the raw banana until the fork or knife insert.

Off the heat and take out from the water.

Make it cool and peel the skin. Grate it as shown here,

Here is grated raw banana.

Method:

Place the pan add oil and heat it. When oil gets heat add the urad dal and chana dal. When chana dal is 

light brown add the mustard seeds,jeera.dry red chilli pieces and curry leaves

add the salt and chili powder mix it immediately in low heat.

Soon add the grated  cooked plantain. Mix it well and off the heat

Now curry is ready

Gutti Vankaya Ulli Karam

 Hai friends today I am coming with yummy and easy recipe called "Gutti Vankaya". This is very easy and tasty recipe. I mostly prepare this. When guests come this is very nice recipe. Small and tender brinjal are good for this curry. This is Andhra Spl dish .Ok lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Brinjal-1 lb

Onion(big)-1

Salt to taste

Chilli powder to taste

Turmeric little 

Oil-2 tsp

Water-1/2 cup

Curry leaves few

Preparations:

Take small vankayalu.

Cut the brinjal as shown here and add in the salted water.

Cut the onion into chunks. Add the onions, salt, turmeric and chilli powder in the jar.

Grind to coarse. Keep this aside

Now stuff the masala into the vankaya . Do all the vankayalu  and keep it aside.

Method:

Place the pan add oil and heat it.

When the oil gets heat add the stuffed vankayalu in the pan.

Now cover it and  cook them in low heat for 3 minutes .

Open lid and add half cup water .Mix it and cover again and cook for 5 minutes.

Check in the middle  add crushed curry leaves just turn the brinjal while cooking.

After 5 minutes  the curry is done.

Serve it enjoy with hot steamed rice.

Mango Pulihora

 Hai friends today i am coming with yummy and tasty dish "Mango Pulihora". This is very tasty. I really loved it. Fresh Raw mangoes gives nice flavour and tasty to the rice. In India we get the raw mangoes during summer only. But in America we get whole year. I really love the pulihora. I enjoy the pulihora so much. This is my favourite. This is simple .Lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Raw Mango-2

Rice-2 cups

Turmeric-1/4 +1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Green chillies-10

Chopped Ginger-1/2 tsp

Dry red chillis-few

Peanuts-1/4th cup

Cashew-1/4th cup

Urad dal-1/2 tsp

Chana Dal-1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp

Jeera-1/2 tsp

Curry Leaves few

Hing little pinch

Preparations:

Clean the mango and peel the skin

Grate both mangoes and keep it aside

Cook the rice by adding little turmeric

Method:

Place the deep bottomed pan add oil and heat it. When it gets heat add the cashew , peanuts, urad dal  

and chana dal

Fry untill light brown. Now add the mustard seeds, jeera, green chillies ,dry red chillies, chopped ginger  and curry leaves

Add grated mango and mix it well

Add the little turmeric and salt mix it well

Add the cooked rice and mix it well

Now Mango pulihora is ready to serve.

Veg Pulav(Without Grinding Any Masala)

 Hai friends today I am coming with yummy tasty and easy recipe called "Veg Pulav".This is very simple easy and tasty pulav. I love this very much.In this Veg Pulav there is no need to grind the masala paste.This pulav dont need Tomato and Coconut too. In this pulav we can use potatoes,soya,beans,carrot,Cauliflower too. I tried with all veggies. We can use what ever veggies are in handy.Ok lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice-2 cups

Onion-1

Veggies-carrot,beans,cauliflower.potatoes-1 cup

Corainder handsfull

Pudina Handsfull

Spices-elachi,cloves,cinnamon,big elachi.japatri.Star anis,bay leaf, marati mogga

Salt to taste

Turmeric-1/4th tsp

Chilli powder taste

Gibger garlic paste-1 tsp

Oil-2 tsp

Ghee-1 tsp

Water-3 cups

Preparations:

Here are the whole spices we need Elachi,cloves,cinnamon,bay leaves,star anis,Ja patri.

Chop the vegetables carrot,beans and cauliflower.

Slice the onion too.

Clean the basmati rice well with water .Drain the water and add the fresh water and soak for 30 minutes.

Method:

Place the deep bottomed or pressure cooker and heat it.Add oil and ghee

Add the spices and fry well

When the spices fried well add the sliced onions and fry till transparent

When onions turns transparent add 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute

Add  the veggies and fry it

When the veggies cooked 50 percent add the chopped coriander and mint(I used frozen mint)mix it well

Add the soaked rice and fry for 1 minute

Add turmeric, salt and chilli powder the masala should coated well to the rice and add required amount water

pot-1 cup rice-1 1/2 cup water

pressure cooker-1 cup rice-1 cup water

Cover it and cook for 10 minutes(or until rice cooked well)

Now the pulav is ready.

Serve it hot with yummy yummy raita.

Ghugini(Bengali Street Style Chat)

 Hai friends today i am coming with yummy and tasty recipe called "Guggini".This is very tasty chat. This is best streetstyle chat. This is bengali dish. This is best street style chat. This recipe tastes yummy by adding simple masala. That masala is called Muri Masala/Bhaja Masala. This gives unique taste. Lets go to the recipe

Ingredients:

Yellow peas-1 cup

Onion Chopped-1 cup

Salt to taste

Green chillies-2

Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp

Jeera-1/2 tsp

Dry red chillies few

Garlic-1 clove

Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp

Oil-2 tsp

Sugar-1 tsp

Tomato chopped-1

Curry leaves few

Chopped coriander few

Coriander powder-1 tsp

jeera powder1 tsp

Turmeric1/2 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder-to taste

Bhaja Masala

Whole coriander seeds-1/2 tsp

Jeera-1 tsp

Saunf/Fennel Seeds-1 tsp

Elachi-2

Preparations:

First clean the dry peas well with water and add more water and soak for 4 to 5 hours.

After 5 hours drain the water and add the fresh water and salt.

Cook this in the Instant pot for 20 minutes or cook in the pressure cooker for 3 whistles.

Now the peas are cooked well. Keep this aside

Bhaja Masala

Take Corainder seeds, Jeera, Saunf and Elachi in a pan and dry roast in low heat.

When it roasted well. Make it cool down.

When it is cool down completely add in the mortor pestle and make it powder or grind them in the grinder.

Now keep this masala aside.

Masala Paste:

Mix coriander seeds powder,Jeera powder,Turmeric and Kashmiri Chilli powder in a bowl and mix it well.

To this add the water and make it a paste and keep it aside.

Crush or grind the green chillies and garlic make a paste.Keep this paste aside

Method:

Place the deep bottomed pan add oil and heat it.

Add the mustard seeds ,Jeera  ,dry red chillies  and fry it.

Add the chopped onions and curry leaves and fry till it turns to light brown.

When onions cooked well add the chilli garlic paste and ginger garlic paste fry for 1 minutes.

Now add the chopped tomatoes and fry till it get mushy.

Add the masala paste and water boil it

When it starts to boil add the cooked paste mix it well.

Add the salt and sugar too

Cover it and cook for 3 to 4 minutes

When it is cooked well add the bhaja masala and chopped coriander.

Now the Ghugini is ready to serve.

Serve with samosa,chopped tomatoes,chopped onions,nimki,sev,tamarind chutney,green chutney and lemon juice.

Now the chat is ready to have it.

This is the best and tasty chat ever.

Cranberry Rasam

 Hai friends today i am coming with yummy and tasty recipe called "Cranberry Rasam",This is simple yummy and healthy recipe. This is good substitute for tamarind.I really love rasam and sambar. But now i am supposed to take tamarind. But now i am not missing the rasam. Instead of tamarind i am using cranberry it tastes same. This we get for only 2 months. We can buy fresh cranberry and store in the freezer. We can have it whole year. I made jam  and pickle with cranberries.Soon i will come with jam.I already posted pickle in my blog. Ok lets go the reciep

Ingredients:

Cranberries-1 cup(Fresh or frozen)

Garlic-2 gloves

Peppercorns-1/2 tsp

Green chillies 2

jeera-1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil-1 tsp

Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp

Jeera-1/2 tsp

Methi seeds-1/4 th tsp

Jaggery-Little

Curry Leaves few

Turmeric little

Hing little pinch

Coriander seeds Handsfull

Preparations:

Take the garlic ,peppercorns  .jeera and green chillies in the blender and blend to coarse. Keep this mixture aside

Take cranberries in the jar and blend to puree .Transfer to the bowl and add 2 to 3 cups of water and ix it well. Keep this aside

Method:

Place the deep bottomed pan add the oil and heat it.

When it gets heat add the mustard seeds,methi seeds   and fry in low heat till nice aroma comes.

Later add the curry leaves and cranberries and fry it.

Now add the grinded masala and fry it.

Now add the cranberry mix too.

Now add the salt,turmeric,hing,jaggery to it and make it boil for 5 minutes.

Mix it well

When the boiling is done and chopped coriander

Now rasam is ready to servewith hot steamed rice

Multi Grain Jantikalu(Murukkulu)

 Hai friends today i am coming with yummy yummy snack "Multi Grain Jantikalu". This

 is very tasty. We really enjoyed it. This I saw in online and give it a try. I changed some ingredients.

 Really it tastes yummy and spicy. This takes little time to prepare but we can prepare the mix few days 

back and we can mix when ever we want. Ok lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Rice-2 cups

Moong dal-1/2 cup

Chana dal-1/2 cup

Urad dal-1/2 cup

Poha-1 cup

Sabudana-1/4th cup

Coriander seeds-2 tsp

Jeera-1 tsp

Ajwain-1 tsp

Sesame seeds-2 tsp

Salt to taste

Chilli powder to taste

Oil-2 tsp+2 cups

Procedure:

First clean both Rice and dals separately with water and drain completely.

When they are drained well .Dry them on the cloth for 4 to 5 hours or overnight.

When they dried well. Dry roast the rice and dal separately in low heat .

Keep the rice and dals aside to make it cool

In the same pan add the poha and dry roast in low flame and keep it aside.

Add sabudana too in the pan dry roast in low heat and when it is roasted keep it aside.

Dry roast both coriander seeds and jeera separately in low heat .When it gets heat off the heat and keep it aside.

Make it cool

Now add rice, dals, poha , sabudana ,coriander seeds, jeera  in the blender and blend to smooth powder. Now make the powder

Now sieve the powder to get smooth powder.

Now the powder is ready.

Method:

Take the rice and dal mix in the bowl add chilli powder ,salt, sesame seeds, ajwain  and hot oil.

Mix it well.

Later add the hot water and mix it well. Make the smooth dough.

Keep it aside for 15 minutes.

In the meantime add oil in the kadai and heat it.

When it is getting hot take the dough in the murukku press and press it on the foil or tray to get small murukku shape.

When oil is heat slowly drop the pressed murukku in the oil.

Fry in medium heat till it gets light brown.

Take out from oil and place on the paper to absorb excess oil.

Now the murukku are ready.

When the murukku are completely cool. Store in the dry jar,

Enjoy with tea.

Diwali Decor 2020

 Hai friends today  i am coming with simple craft for diwali . This we can prepare from plaster of paris.This we can buy bulk in order. Today i am showing how to do

Items Needed

Plaster of paris-1 box

Glue-1 tin

Arcylic colours

Glitters

Jewels

Artificial flowers

Chikkudu Kaya Pickle(Flat beans Pickle)

 Hai friends today i am coming with yummy and tasty pickle(Chikkudu Kaya Pickle". This is very new to me when i saw in  youtube. I was really surprised and give it a try. It came out so good. I made this pickle from my backyard beans. Fresh and organics veggies from our garden makes us feel happy.Ok lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Ingredinets:

Chikkudu Kayalu/Broad beans-1 lb

Tamarind-small lemon size

Salt to taste

Chili powder to taste

Turmeric little pinch

Oil-1 cup

Garlic-6 to 7 cloves

Mustard seeds-1 tsp+1 tsp

Methi seeds-1/2 tsp

Jeera-1/2 tsp

Dry red chillies few

Curry Leaves few

Chana dal-2 tsp

Urad dal-2 tsp

Dry red chillies few

Curry leaves few

Preparations:

Clean well the beans with water and drain the water .

Now dry the beans on the towel or paper.

When beans completely dry cut the ends as shown in the pic

Tamarind

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Now take the small lemon size tamarind in the bowl and add 1 cup of water and boil it.

When it gets cool  mix it well and drain the pulp and keep it aside

Mustard seeds and Methi seeds powder

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Place the pan add both mustard and methi seeds .Fry this in low heat.

Take them in a bowl and make it cool.

When it gets cool add them in the mortar and pestle or blend to smooth powder in the blender

Method:

Place the pan add 1 cup of oil and heat it. When it gets heat add the beans and fry it

 till the beans are cooked.

Take out from the oil and keep it aside

Now in same oil add the chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, jeera garlic ,curry leaves and dry red chillies and fry for 1 minutes.

Later add the tamarind pulp and fry till the water gets evoparated.

When it gets cooked add the turmeric, chilli powder and the salt

Mix it well and fry for 1 minute.

Finally add the fried chikkudu kayalu , mustard seeds and methi seeds powder  and mix it well.

Cook this for 1 to 2 minutes and off the heat.

When it gets cooled  transfer the pickle in the clean dry jar and store it

Serve this with hot steamed rice.