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.
Showing posts with label MANGO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MANGO. Show all posts

Friday, 15 April 2011

Mukka avakaya mukkalu



Ingredients
  • Raw mangoes        2
  • Mustard seeds       1/4 cup
  • Salt                      1/8 cup
  • Jagger y               1/2 cup
  • Turmeric powder.1tsp
  • Mirchi powder      3to4 tsp

Procedure

  1. Wash the raw mangoes well and wipe it nicely with a cloth and let it dry for a minute. Cut them in to small pieces
  2. Grind mustard seeds into fine powder. Take it in a bowl. Add salt, mirchi powder, crushed jaggery and mix well. 
  3. Add mango pieces to this mixture.Keep it for 1 day.
  4. Next morning juice comes out of the mango pieces. Mix well.
  5.  Now it is ready to eat.This pickle is temporary for 1 month. 
  6. Take with rice or tiffins like  upma etc.





Wednesday, 6 April 2011

MANGO DAL (Mamidi kaya pappu)



Ingredints

  •  Toor dal//kandi pappu   1 cup
  •  peeled and chopped raw mango pieces(sour)                  1/2cup
  •  pinch turmeric powder
  •  green chillies                2to3 
  •  salt to taste


For seasoning
  • mustard seeds   1/2tbsp
  •  cumin seeds     1/2tbsp
  •  garlic cloves      6
  •  dry red chilies   2
  •  green chillies     2
  •  fresh curry leaves , 
  • oil                     2tsp

 Procedure
  1. Cook Dal adding 3cups of  water in a pressure cooker.  ( cook upto 3 whistles)
  2. Heat oil in a heavy bottom  vessel, add mustard seeds and  cumin seeds, garlic, red chillies and curry leaves and  fry for half a minute.
    1. Add this to the  cooked dal along with salt , mango pieces,turmeric powder. Cook on medium flame  till mango pieces become soft. Take with rice or roti.

    Monday, 4 April 2011

    MANGO RICE



    Ingredients
    •  cooked white rice          2cup
    •  turmeric powder            1tsp
    •  peeled and grated raw green mango 1cu Channa Dal                   1tsp
    •  Urad Dal                       1tsp
    •  mustard                         1tsp
    •  curry leaves
    •   Red cihilles                   3
    • Green chillies                  3to4
    • Salt to taste
    •  Ground nuts                   5tsp
    •  Oil                                5tsp

    Procedure
    1.  Cook rice and kept it aside.
    2.  Heat oil in a pan. Add ground nuts fry till they become golden colour . Add  Channa Dal, urad dal, red chillies and fry them till they splutter..
    3. Now add  green chillies, turmeric and curry leaves.
    4. Add  the cooked rice , grated mango  and salt to this and mix well. Keep it aside  for 15 mintes..
    5.  Mamidikaya pulihora/ Mango Rice is ready to serve.