Fruits Curd Rice

Curd rice and mango pickle is my favorite one. I tried out this curd rice with fruits. This is one of my favorite recipe. Curd also know as yogurt, can be described as a dairy product that is made from fermented milk. Low- fat or skim curd is good for people who are suffering from higher levels of cholesterol. Being rich in calcium, curd is good for the health of bones as well as the teeth. Eating yogurt on a regular basis can help you absorb the nutrients in other food as well. Curd has high vitamin and calcium contents with protein. Try it out and let me know..

Ingredients:

Cooked rice - 1/2 cup

Fresh curd - 2 tablespoon

Coriander leaves - 2-3 sprigs

Curry leaves - 3-4

Hing - a pinch

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Ginger - 1 inch

Seedless grapes - 1/2 cup

Raspberries - 5-6

Strawberries - 3-4

Salt to taste

Method:

Cook rice and spread the boiled rice on a plate and allow it to cool.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, urad dal, hing, ginger when they start to splutter add curry leaves.

Remove from the flame and pour this on rice and mix well.

Then add curd, salt, coriander leaves and fruits to the rice and mix well.

Serve warm or cold with any pickle.

Mango Kolukattai

Every year for Vinayaka chathurthi, we will make kolukattai recipe. This recipe is very easy to make and tasty too. We can use ready made rice flour available in Indian grocery store. I tried this recipe little differently with mango stuffings. Try this and let me know..

Ingredients:

Rice flour - 1 cup

Oil - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

For filling :

mango - 1 (cut into cubes)

Jaggery - 1/2 tbsp grated

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 1 tsp

Method:

Chop mango pieces into cubes and keep aside.

Heat a tsp of oil and add mango cubes and little water and cook till it becomes soft.

Then add grated jaggery and cook till it thickens and finally add cardamom powder and turn off heat and let it cool.

Take a cup of rice flour and add salt to it and luke warm water to it and form a dough. Dough should be little soft.

Grease your hands with little oil and take a lemon size flour dough and flatten them with your hands to a little circle. Now place a tsp of filling in the center and seal all the edges.

Finally place all the kolukattais in the idly cooker and steam it for about 10-15 min.

Kolukattai is ready to serve.

This recipe is on the way to "Srivalli's MangoMela"

Spicy Maggi Noodles

When I was a kid, my mom used to make noodles with lots of veggies. I used to love eating very spicy foods. It is very easy and tasty breakfast and even you can make for dinner. Maggi noodles is my all time favorite. I hope you all will try out this recipe and let me know..

Ingredients:

Maggi noodles - 1 pkg

Onion - 1 medium

Turmeric powder - 1/2 pinch

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil

Method:

Heat 1 1/2 cups of water and bring to boil and add 1 tsp of oil and little salt.

Then add noodles packet in water and cook it for 7 min, till the noodles are fully cooked. Spread the cooked noodles in plate and drizzle some oil so that it don't sticks.

Heat oil in a pan and add onions and fry till onion become light brown.

Then add turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt and cook till raw smell goes off.

Finally mix the cooked noodles to the onion and adjust salt and mix with fork. Cook in high flame for 2 min.

Garnish with masala maker.

Serve hot.

Note:

You can also add the mixed veggies to the noodles.

Puliyogare, Tamarind Rice

Puliyogare is made with tamarind paste and spice powder. It is mostly taken as travel food. Whenever I bored of making sambar, rasam, and curries it is best and variety food for lunch. Here comes my recipe.... Try it out and let me know..

Ingredients:

Cooked rice - 2 cup

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 5

Channa dal - 1 tbsp

Ground nut - 2 tbsp

Tamarind - Lemon size

Hing - a pinch

Salt to taste

Oil

To powder:

Channa dal - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 2 tsp

Sesame seeds - 2 tsp

Fenugreek - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 3-4

Curry leaves - 2-3

Coriander seeds - 1 tsp

Method:

Cook rice and spread it over a big bowl and drizzle some oil so that it don't sticks together.

Dry roast all ingredients for the powder and grind it once it is cool.

Heat oil in a pan and add Mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, hing and groundnut.

Then add tamarind paste and salt to the above and add required amount of water to boil.

Once its boiled well add the powder and cook well for 10 min on low flame on sim till oil comes out. Once its done, mix it to the rice and adjust salt.

Chayote Squash Curry

Chayote squash is a member of squash family. It is also called as chocho. This recipe is easy to make and tastes so good. This can be served with rice or roti. Give a try and post your comments.

Ingredients:

ChowChow - 4

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 5-6

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method:

Wash and peel the squash and cut into cubes and pressure cook for 2 whistles.

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves when they start to splutter add onion and saute till light brown.

Then add salt, turmeric powder,squash and cook for 5 min.

Then add chilly powder, coriander powder and keep it in low and cook for 5 min.

Finally add a cup of water and allow it to cook in low flame.

Serve with rice or roti.

Baby Potato Fry

Potatoes are an excellent source of almost every essential vitamins and minerals. If the potatoes are either mashed, baked or roasted people often consider potatoes as comfort food.

Potatoes are rich source of vitamin c, vitamin B6, and dietary fiber. They are low in sodium, nearly fat-free and easy to digest. Potatoes make nice food for diabetes because they help to control blood sugar levels.

Potato is my all time favorite. I made this potatoes with tamarind paste.

Here goes my recipe...

Ingredients:

Baby Potatoes - 10-15

Onion - 1

Tamarind paste - 1 tsp

Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 4-5

Salt to taste

Method:

Boil baby potatoes and chop into two pieces.

Heat oil add mustard seeds, curry leaves, urad dal when they start splutter add onions and little salt and fry till onions become brown color.

Then add boiled potato pieces and tamarind paste and mix well for 5 min in medium flame.

Then add turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder and mix well.

Cook it in low flame for 15-20 min.

Serve with rice.

Pasta In Tomato Puree

Pasta is an Italian dish. Pasta is very healthy food and this dish is very easy to prepare. Enriched pasta provide an excellent source of folic acid and a good source of other essential nutrients, including iron and several vitamin-B. This recipe can be made spicy according to our spice level. Try it out and let me know...

Ingredients:

Garlic - 3-4 minced

Dry red chillies - 3-4

Tomato puree - 1 cup

Pasta - 1 cup

Extra virgin olive oil - 1 tablespoon

Basil leaves - 5-6

Salt to taste

Method:

Bring the water to boil and add the salt. When the water returns to boil, throw in the pasta and stir occasionally. Cook on medium heat for 10-15 min. Drain and spread the pasta in big plate and drizzle some oil so that it don't sticks.

Heat the oil in non-stick pan over medium heat and saute the garlic, and fry it till light brown and add dry chillies and saute it for 1 min.

Allow to simmer until the tomatoes have reduced and separated from the oil. Keep in low flame for 10-15 min.

Then add Pasta into the sauce and mix well and keep it for 5-10 min.

Finally add Basil leaves and serve hot.