Challa chakralu\ Curd Muruku

Challa means curd.This muruku preparation is very easy.

Post preparation : Home made curd is good for this muruku.Keep curd out side(not in refrigerator) for one day.

Ingredients:

• Curd : 1 cup
• Rice flour : 1 cup or more
• Salt : as per taste
• Red chili powder : as per taste
• Oil : for deep fry

Procedure:

• In mixing bowl, take curd and make it smooth paste without any lumps with hand.Now add rice flour,salt,red Chile powder and mix till a firm batter is formed.If required add little water.Keep it covered.
• In kadai, take oil for deep fry.In muruku press, take a small ball of batter.
• Once oil is hot, press muruku in oil slowly.Fry them on medium heat.
• Once muruku turn to dark golden color, take muruku onto a hand tissue to absorb oil.
• Repeat same procedure with remaining batter.

Once they become cool, store them in air tight container.Can be stored for 10-15 days.

Potato Fry

Ingredients:

• Potato : 2 nos
• Onion : 1 small
• Oil
• Salt
• Cumin seeds
• Red Chili powder
• Poha\Atukulu : 1 fist full(optional)

Procedure:

• Peel and cut potato, and place the pieces in water.Chop onion and keep aside.In a deep kadai, take oil for deep fry.
• Once oil is hot, put potato pieces and fry them.
• Once pieces are half cooked, add onion.Fry them till onions are cooked.
• I prefer potato pieces to be soft than crisp.Remove the pieces from oil and put them on a tissue to absorb oil.
• Take them to a bowl, add salt,red Chilli powder,cumin seeds.

Serve potato fry with rice, dal or sambar.

Variation: Add poha in oil.Fry them and add them to potato pieces.The combination of soft potato and crisp poha taste is very good.

Carrot,Beans Poriyal

Ingredients:

• Carrot: 1/2 cup(chopped)
• Beans : 1/2 cup(chopped)
• Green Peas: 1 fist full
• Channa Dal : 4tb sp(optional)
• Coconut powder : 5tb sp
• Turmeric
• Green chilies : 3 big
• Salt
• Oil
• All ingredients of Tadaka or talimpu

Procedure:

• Take a vessel.Add oil.Prepare tadaka or talimpu.Once it is done add carrot,beans chopped pieces,Channa Dal.Add green chilies as well.
• Once carrot is 3/4th cooked, add peas,salt,coconut powder and cook well.
• Once it is done, take that to serving bowl.

Serve with hot rice or chapati.

Ravva Laddu\Suji rava laddu

Ingredients:

• Suji rava : 1 cup
• Grated Coconut : 1/4th cup
• Sugar : 1/2 cup
• Ilachi powder : 1/2 t sp
• Kaaju : 10
• Milk(optional)
• Ghee

Procedure:

• In a thick bottom vessel, add 3 tb sp ghee.Fry kaaju, and keep aside.
• In same vessel, add suji rava and fry till rawness is gone.Take rava into a bowl.
• Now add coconut powder,fry for some time.Once it is done, add fried rava,sugar, ilachi powder, kaaju and mix well.
• Add few drops of milk to the mixture to form laddu.
• Take some mixture and give a shape of laddu.

Can be stored for 3-4 days.If milk is not added, you can store it for 10 days.

Note: You can adjust sugar, coconut powder according to your taste.

Raw Banana Curry(Sweet and sour)

Ingredients:

• Raw Banana : 2
• Tamarind Juice : 4Tb sp
• Jaggery : 3 Tb sp
• Red chili powder
• Salt

For Seasoning:

• Mustard seeds
• Oil
• Cumin Seeds
• Urad Dal : 1 t sp
• Turmeric
• Curry leaves

Procedure:

• Peel Banana, cut into small cubes.Put them in salted water.
• Now take a kadai, add 1 cup water,turmeric,cubed banana peices.Do not cook fully.
• Drain the water.In another vessel, add oil and do seasoning.
• Now add cooked banana peices, tamarind pulp,jaggery,salt,red chili powder.
• Cook till tamarind rawness is gone.

Serve with rice.

Batani\Vatana Curry

Ingredients:

• Batani\Vatana(dry) : 1/2 cup
• Tomato : 1 big
• Onion : 1 big
• Potato : 1 small
• Turmeric
• Salt
• Red Chili powder
• Mustard seeds : 1t sp
• Cumin seeds : 1t sp
• Coriander leaves : 3 strings
• Oil : 3 tb sp

Procedure:

• Soak vatana for 5 hrs.Pressure cook for 2 vigils, 2 min.Chop onion,potato,tomato finely.
• In a vessel, add oil.When it is hot mustard seeds,cumin seeds.Now add onions,turmeric.Fry them till they become transparent.
• Add tomato and let it cook for some time.Now add potato pieces, and half cup water.Cover the lid and cook till a thick gravy is formed.
• Now add vatana,salt ,red chili powder.Cook for 5 min.Add coriander leaves.
• Take off from the heat and take into serving bowl.

Serve with chapati or poori.With raw onion slices,lemon peice.