Gutti Dondakaya/Stuffed Tindora Curry

Ingredients

Tindora/Dondakaya – ½ kg

Onion chopped – 1

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Jaggery/Bellam – 1tsp

Garam masala – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

For paste

Roasted sesame seeds – 3 tsp

Roasted Peanut – 3 tsp

Roasted Poppy seeds – 3 tsp

Red chillies dry – 5

Walnuts – 3 tsp

Cumin powder – 1 tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Red chilli powder – 2 tsp

Bengal gram/Senaga pappu – 2 tsp

Urad dal/ Mina pappu – 2 tsp

Tamarind gooseberry size

(Soaked in water)

For tempering

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Curry leaves -10

Oil – 2 tsp

Method

For Tindora/ Dondakaya

1. Preheat oven to 350⁰C.
2. Cut the both ends for tindora.
3. Cut the tindora upto ¾ part longitudinally and horizontally. Don’t cut upto last.
4. Apply 1 tsp oil to tindora and keep it in oven for 10 mins. Turn it.
5. Again keep it for 10 mins.

For paste

1. Dry roast peanuts, sesame seeds, poppy seeds separately.
2. Heat oil in a pan roast bengal gram, urad dal for 2 mins.
3. Add red chillies and fry for 2 mins. Cool it.
4. Transfer all these ingredients to a mixi jar and grind it.
5. Add soaked tamarind to the jar and make smooth paste.

For Curry

1. Heat oil in a pan and temper it.
2. Add onion and fry until it turns to color change.
3. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 mins.
4. Add grounded paste and fry for 2 mins.
5. Add required water to the pan. Allow it to boil.
6. Add fried tindora, salt to the above pan.
7. Let it cook for 20 mins on low medium flame.
8. Add jaggery powder, garam masala and mix well.
9. Leave it for 2 mins.
10. Serve with roti or rice.

Note:
If you don't have oven, deep fry in oil.

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Chalimidi Andhra Style

Ingredients

Rice flour – 1 ½ – 2 cups

Sugar – ¾ cup

Elachi powder – 1 tsp

Dry coconut powder – ½ cup

Almonds – ¼ cup

Ghee – 3 Tsp

Method

1. Heat ghee in a pan, fry the almonds and remove it.
2. To the same pan, add coconut pieces and fry it.

For Rice Flour

1. Soak rice in water for overnight.
2. Next day morning drain the rice.
3. Spread the rice on the cloth and dry it for 30 mins.
4. Grind the soaked rice for fine paste. Sieve the powder.

For Unda Paakam/Strong Consistency

1. In a bowl add sugar water and mix well.
2. Allow them to boil to get unda paakam or strong consistency.
3. For checking the consistency
4. Take some water in a plate, add a drop of sugar solution.
5. Using your fingers roll it as small ball.
6. If the ball is formed, it is the correct consistency.

For Chalimidi

1. Remove the sugar pan from heat, add almonds, coconut pieces along with ghee and mix well.
2. Add rice flour little by little and keep stirring after every addition.
3. At the end, keep stirring for 5 mins. Transfer it to a bowl.

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Punugulu/Urad Dal Bonda

Ingredients

Rice and urad dal – 1:3

(Soak for 2 hours. We need 1 cup)

Finely chopped onion – ½ cup

Red chilli powder – 2 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Baking soda – ¼ tsp

Salt to taste

Oil to fry

Method

1. In mixi jar, add all ingredients except onion and oil. Grind it.
2. Make smooth batter using small amount of water.
3. Transfer it to a bowl, add onions, salt, baking soda and mix well.
4. Heat oil in a pan, drop like Punugulu and fry till it becomes crispy.

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Cooking With Seeds - Dals.

Seven Cups Burfi

Ingredients

Besan – 1 cup

Milk – 1 Cup

Ghee – 1 Cup

Dry coconut powder – 1 cup

Sugar – 2 ½ - 3 cups

Method

1. Place a heavy bottomed nonstick pan on stove top add above ingredients one by one.
2. Stir continuously at low flame until the mixture becomes thick and leaves the sides.
3. Turn off the stove. Grease a plate with 1 tsp ghee and pour the mixture into the plate.
4. Allow the mixture to cool, cut into desired shapes with a knife.
5. Once it is cooled down, remove the pieces, store in the airtight container.

Note : you can decrease the amount of sugar.

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Sooji Kajjikayalu / Bombay Rava Kajjikayalu

Ingredients

For filling

Sooji / Bombay rava – 1 cup

Sugar – ½ cup

Coconut powder – ½ cup

Elachi powder – 1 tsp

Chopped dry fruits – ¼ cup

(Almonds, raisins, dates)

For dough

All purpose flour – ½ kg

Curd – 3 tsp

Water to make dough

Oil to fry

Method

For filling

1. In a bowl add all ingredients listed under filling and mix well.

For Dough

1. In a bowl add flour, curd and mix well.
2. By adding little and little water, make smooth dough. Cover it. Keep it aside for 30 mins.

For Kajjikayalu

1. Divide into puri size balls. Roll it like puri.
2. Place 1 Tsp filling in the center of puri. Apply some water to the corners of puri. 
3. Close it by attaching two ends. Deep fry in oil. 

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Wheat Flour Dosa

Ingredients

Wheat flour – 2 cups

Buttermilk to make the flour as batter

(Use sour curd to prepare buttermilk)

Chopped onion – ½ cup

Chopped green chilli – 3

Chopped curry leaves – 1 string

Salt to taste

Oil

Method

1. In a bowl add all ingredients and mix well.
2. Add buttermilk to make it a very thin batter, should look like buttermilk consistency. 
3. Heat a tawa on medium heat and add little oil. 
4. When it’s hot, using your hand sprinkle the batter on the tawa, so that it spreads evenly over the tawa. Spread some oil over the dosa, let it cook, gently scrap it and fold. Serve with peanut chutney.

Note: We don’t turn it cook on the other side for wheat dosa.

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Awards

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I got an award from Jaleela for Breakfast recipe. Thank you Jaleela.

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Spinach Pepper Chutney / Palakura capsicum Pachadi

Ingredients

Bell pepper / Capsicum chopped – 1

Chopped spinach – 1 bunch

Chopped tindora / dondakaya – ½ cup

Chopped green chillies – 8

Onion chopped – 1

Salt to taste

For tempering

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Mustard seeds – ½ tsp

Red chillies dry – 5

Curry leaves -10

Oil – 2 tsp

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan and temper it.
2. To this add onion, green chillies, spinach, tindora, capsicum and fry for 10 mins. Cool it.
3. Transfer it to a mixi jar add salt and grind it. Serve with rice or dosa.

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Pineapple Spinach Salsa

Ingredients

Pineapple – ½ cup

Tomato pieces – 1

Chopped onion – ½ piece

Chopped spinach / Palakura – 3 big leaves

Olive oil – 2 tsp

Lime juice – ½ tsp

Pepper powder to taste

Salt to taste

Method

1. In a bowl add all ingredients and mix well. Serve with scoops / chips.

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Pastry cups with Fruits

Ingredients

Puff pastry – 1

Strawberry halves – 2 in each

Blackberry halves – 2 in each

Chocolate chips – 2 in each

Cooking spray

Method

1. Preheat oven to 375⁰F.
2. Thaw the puff pastry sheets as per pocket instructions.
3. Unfold the pastry sheets on floured surface. Roll the sheets.
4. Cut into Square shape. Spray the oil in muffin pan.
5. Place the sheets into the muffin pan. On that place fruits, chocolate chips.
6. Bake for 10 mins. Cool it.

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