About Me

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Over the last few decades I've spent a number of hours cooking for my family of 5. My husband is a retired bank Manager and my 3 boys are IIT graduates. Now I'm sharing my knowledge and thoughts to the world through this site. Whether you are a busy mom or a student learning to cook, you will find this blog helpful for cooking simple and easy to make food for yourself and the whole family. Hope you enjoy my recipe blog! I also love listening to devotional songs. Please browse through my devotional blogs to know more about them. I am always looking for ways to improve my blogs. Please leave your comments. If you like to see recipe of any particular dish or lyrics of a devotional song, please also let me know. Thanks for reading my blog.

Tuesday 13 December 2011

Thalimpu rott i(rice upma )

Ingredients

Rice soji (rice ravva)       1 cup
Green gram                          1\4 cup
water                            21\2 cups (depends on suji thick ness )            
salt to taste
Oil                               5 tbs

For seasoning
  • Mustard seeds                ½  spoon
  • Cumin seeds                  ½  spoon                   
  • Green chili                       2
  • Red chilli                         1
  • Curry leaves
Procedure
  1. Take oil in  a thick bottom cooking vessel, seasoning with mustard seeds, Cumin seeds, Green chili, Red chili and  Curry leaves.
  2. Add water and green gram, cook until green gram become soft.
  3. Add salt mix well, Pour rice soji slowly, mix well and  cook it until the soji become soft. Serve after 10 minutes with potato curry or tomato chatni. 
                                   
                      
                          



Friday 2 December 2011

Cauli Flower Pickle

Ingredients

  • Cauliflower                1 cup cut into small pieces
  • Carrot                       1  cup cut into small pieces
  • Garlic                        5 to 6
  • Lemon Juice              5 tsp     
  • fenugreek (heat and grind) powder:   1 pinch
  • Mustard Powder       1/4cup
  • Oil to fry                  
  • Green chilli                 8 cut into pieces vertically
  • Salt (To taste) 
  • Turmeric Powder      1 pinch
Procedure
  1. Take oil in a thick bottom vessel and fry cauliflower pieces,  carrot pieces seperately  for 5 minutes. 
  2. Take it in a vessel.
  3. Add lemon juice, garlic cloves, mustard powder,green chilli, turmeric powder, fenugreek powder and salt together. 
  4. Mix well. Keep it for two to three days mixing intermittently. After three days, it will be ready to eat.
  5. It will remain ready to eat for two days, thereafter keep it in refrigerator.
  6. Mix well and serve with rice , upma or roti etc.