Gobi Manchurian

Ingredients
All purpose floor(Maida)
Corn Floor
Cauliflower(Gobi)
Onions
Ginger Garlic and Green Chilli Paste
Tomato Ketchup
Soy Sauce
Capsicum - chopped lengthwise(optional)
Garlic Slices (Optional)

Method of preparation
1. Make the cauliflower into small florets. put the florets in water and Microwave it, until they are half cooked.

2. Mix the all purpose floor, corn floor(very less quantity), Ginger Garlic and chilli paste and Salt in a bowl
(Note: More quantity of the corn floor makes it much crispy).

3. Make the above mixture a batter by adding water.

4.Heat Oil in a deep pan. Dip the Cauliflower in the above batter and deep fry until they are golden brown.



5. Take another vessel/pan. Put a small quantity of oil and let it heat.

6. Add the onions(long cut slices), capcicum(long cut slices),Garlic (long cut) and Chilli(long cut) and fry it for some time.



7. Add Soyasause and Tomato Ketchup to the above. Mix it well.




8. Add the Florets to the above, and toss. Garnish it with the Spring onions.

Tasty Gobi Manchurian is ready. Serve hot as appetizer along with your favourite red or green sause.

Challa Pulusu

This is one of very famous dish of our place Manthani.

Ingredients
Buttermilk(pulladi, Sour)
Ghee
Green chillis
Mustard seeds
Jeera
Asafoetida (Hing)
Curry Leaves
Ginger
Besan flour
Coriander
(Bhendi,Drumsticks and Radish are optional)

Method of Preparation
1. First mix 2 spoons of besan with buttermilk well(without solid balls).

 2. Take kadai and add 1 to 2 table spoons of ghee.

3. After ghee is heated , add mustard seeds.

4. Wait till mustard seeds pop then add jeera, chilli and grated ginger and 2 whole elaichi (cardommom), curry leaves. Add vegetables(optional).

5. Let it boil for 5 minutes. Then add the buttermilk mixture to it and boil for 10 minutes until it starts boiling.

6. Add salt and garnish with coriander.

Note: Shall post some pics soon.

Happy Ugadi

I wish you all and your families a very happy and prosperous Ugadi. Hope you all have a wonderful year coming.

Sarvadhari Nama Nutana Samvatsara Shubhakankshalu.

Quick Salad (onions and tomato)

This is a fast and easy salad my mom taught me, when I was in bachelors. I used to make this and eat with rice. Make sure you have some mouthwash/refreshner after having this. Just kidding.. its good to have it.

Ingredients
Onions
Tomato
Coriander(Optional)
Salt to taste

For Tadka/Popu:
Oil
Mustard Seeds
Jeera (Cumin Seeds)
Urad dal

Method of Preparation
1. Chop onions, coriander and tomatos into very small pieces.
2. Do tadka by adding oil in a small bowl. after oil is heated, add mustard seeds, let them splutter. Add Cumin seeds and urad dal. Let the dal turn a little golden colour.
3. Add onions and tomatos with tadka. Add salt to taste.
4. Mix Coriander to the above mixture.

Salad is ready. This Salad goes nicely with rice.

Note: Shall post some pics soon. Now-a-days all my pics are of my son. Soon will share some pics on cooking :)

Cauliflower Pickle

Hi all,

This was done on my son's 21st Day by my mother. Everybody loved it. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients
Cauliflower - 1
Red Chilli Powder
Mustard Seeds Powder - 4 Tablespoons
Fenugreek Powder - 2 Tablespoons
Turmeric
Salt to taste
Lime Juice

For tadka
Oil
Mustard Seeds
Asafoetida
Red Chillies

Method of preparation
1. Cut/tear cauliflower into pieces. Small size is better.

2. Add Fenugreek powder, red chilli powder, mustard seeds powder, Salt and turmeric to the cauliflower pieces.

3. Do the tadka with oil in small vessel (let the oil get heated, then add mustard seeds - let them splutter. Add red chillies, Asafoetida) and add it to the above mixture.

4. Let it remain for 3-4 hours for the florets to pick up the taste. Enjoy the pickle with rice or roti or with upma.

Preparation time: Less than 10 minutes (marinate - atleast 4 hours)

New addition to my family

Its been so long that I wrote something in my blog. Wanted to share the good news that, we now have a new addition in our family, my son Ishaan born on Feb 5th.