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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.

Friday 1 March 2013

Coconut powder:Curry leaves chutney, Coriador powder, Cauli flower instant pickle


Coconut powder:

Ingredients
  • Dry coconut               1 cut into small pieces
  • Red chilies                 3 nos. { fried }
  • Garlic cloves              10 nos.
  • Salt to taste
  • Cuminseeds              3 spoons 
Procedure
  1. Take coconut pieces in dry maxi jar and grind  it to course  powder. 
  2. Add all other ingredients and grind again  until it  becomes course powder
  3. Very taste when mixed with hot rice and  ghee.
Coriandor powder
  • Dry mirch         3
  • Coriander         1glass small                                                                    
  • Til seeds           ¼
  • Blackgram dal     ¼
  • Cumin seeds     1tbs
  • Inguva              1 pinch 
  • Salt to taste
 Procedure:
  1. Fry all ingredients one after one in a dry pan and add salt.  
  2. Take all fried  Ingredients in a mixi jar and grind till becomes couse powder.
  3. Very taste when mixed with hot rice and  ghee.
Curry leaves chutney:

Ingredients

  • Tender curry leaves            3 glasses washed and dried
  • Red chilies                         3 nos.
  • Jaggery powder:                3 tbs
  • Tamarind pulp:                  5 tbs
  • Til seeds  :                        5 tbs
  • Turmeric powder:             1/4th. Spoon
  • Salt to taste:
  • Oil                                    2 tbs
Procedure:
  1. Heat oil in a dry pan.  Add red chilies and til seeds, fry it until it becomes little brown.
  2. Add curry leaves and fry little again-..
  3. Mix  jaggery , tamarind pulp, salt and turmeric powder. Grind it until it becomes  course paste by adding sufficient water.
Cauli flower instant pickle

Ingredients 
  • Cauli flower                     medium size
  • Mustard seeds powder     1 small glass
  • Salt                                   1/2 glass
  • Red chili powder             1/2glass (depends on your taste)
  • Oil                                    5tbs
  • Juice of                             3 lemons
  • Turmeric powder              little
Procedure:
  1. Wash and cut cauli flower into small pieces keep aside1hour to dry.
  2.  Add all other Ingredients, mix well . keep it aside for 2days. Mix well.
  3. Serve with rice, upma etc.