How to prepare Uggani(Puffed rice Upma).

[caption id="attachment_266" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Uggani[/caption]

This is the most popular break fast in Andhra.Very easy  to prepare.It can be prepared with in 15 min.This is the perfect break fast for lazy mornings.As it is known as puffed rice its very light to have it in the morning or as the evening snack.If we are preparing it as evening snack Mirchi bajji is the best combination with this. Now here comes  the making process  of uggani.

Ingredients:

• Puffed rice:10 cups.


• Onion:1 medium sized.


• Tomato:1 medium sized.


• Green chillies:5-6(adjust to your spice level).


• Turmeric powder:1/4 tsp.


• Dry coconut(grated):1tbsp.


• Roasted gram(Putnala pappu):2 tbsp.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Jeera seeds:1/4 tsp.


• Chana dal:1 tbsp.


• Urad dal:1tsp.


• Curry leaves:6-7.


• Salt:adjust to taste.


• Lemon juice:2 tbsp.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):1 tbsp.


• Oil:2 tbsp.

Procedure:

• Grind  the grated coconut,fried gram into a fine powder and keep it aside.


• Now grind the green chillies ,little amount of salt to a fine paste.


• Cut the onion  into thin slices and tomato into small pieces.


• Heat the oil in a big kadai and cracle mustard seeds.


• Now add jeera,curry leaves,chana dal,urad dal.


• Now add onion and fry it until it turns brown color.


• Add turmeric powder,tomato pieces and fry until tomato becomes soft.


• Now add green chilli paste and salt and fry it well.


• Soak the puffed rice in a plenty of water for 2-3 min.


• Take a fistful of soaked puffed rice and squeeze the water completely.


• Repeat the same process to all puffed rice.


• Now take the fried mixture to the squeezed puffed rice and mix it well.


• Add Fried gram,coconut powder,lemon juice and mix it well.

Now serve with chips or mirchi bajji.

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How to prepare Coconut Rice

This is very simple to prepare.Its very tasty.This is my lunch box favorite.

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Ingredients:

• Rice:1 cup.


• Fresh Grated coconut:1/2 cup.


• Urad dal:1/4 cup.


• Ghee:1 tbsp.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Jeera:1/2 tsp.


• Curry leaves:5-6.


• Coriander(chopped):1 tbsp.


• Cashew:5-6(optional).


• oil:1tbsp.


• Green chillies:5-6(adjust to your spice level).


• Salt:adjut to your taste.


• Water:13/4 cup.


• Chana dal:1 1/2 tbsp.

Procedure:

• Cook the rice for upto 3-4  whistles and add ghee ,required salt and fluff the rice.


• Soak the urad dal just before one hour


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  Dry roast the urad dal just it turns light brown color or until good aroma comes.Roast in a medium to low flame.


• Heat oil in a wok and cracle mustard seeds.


• Add jeera,Curry leave,Chana dal,Green chillies and fry until it turns brown in color.


• Add cashew and fry for less than one minute.


• Now add grated coconut,urad and stir for 1 min.


• Now add it to the rice and stir it well.


• Now add chopped coriander on top of it.

Note:

• Don't over roast the urad dal.


• Fry the cashew with low flame because the cashew will turn black so fastly.

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Vermicelli Upma(Uppittu)

It is very easy to prepare and it is one of the fastest making breakfasts.It looks soo yummy and very tasty to have this breakfasts

[caption id="attachment_183" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Semiya Upma[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Vermicelli :1 cup.


• Oil :3 tbsp.


• Curry leaves:3-4.


• Red chillies:4-5(adjust according to your spice level).


• Tomato:1(medium sized).


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Jeera:1/2 tsp.


• Salt:Adjust to taste.


• Water:1 and half cup.

Procedure:

• Roast the vermicelli by adding 1 or 2 tsp of oil for 3-4 min in a medium flame.(until they lightly change the colour).


• Remove and keep aside.


• Now heat oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds.


• Now add jeera,curry leaves,Red chillies  and fry for one minute.


• Now add onion and fry until they turn light brown in color.


• Now add tomato pieces and fry until it becomes soft.


• Now add water and close the lid.


• After it starts boiling add salt and vermicelli.


• Now close the lid and allow it to cook on a medium flame.


• Now give a stir once and turn off the flame.

Note:

• Dont over roast the vermicelli.


• Instead of using red chillies, we can use green chillies.

 

 

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Instant Raagi Dosa.

This is my Monday favorite.Normally on Monday mornings i like to prepare very easy and fast making breakfasts.This is one of the variety which i prepare.

This is a very healthy breakfast because this raagi is very useful for health because it contains rich iron .

As we know less varieties of this flour.This is one of the easiest and healthy way to take this.

This will be very tasty with tomato and onion chutney.

[caption id="attachment_188" align="aligncenter" width="168"] Ragi dosa[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Raagi flour:1 cup.


• water: add sufficient.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Chana dal: 1tbsp.


• Coriander leaves( chopped):1 tbsp.(optional).


• Curry leaves(chopped):1 tsp.


• cooking soda:1 pinch.

Procedure:

• Take the raagi flour into a vessel and add salt,Cooking  soda to it.


• Now add sufficient water to it and mix it thoroughly.It requires more water.


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  Make as thin dosa batter.

  
  


• Mix it properly without having lumps.


• Now add chana dal,coriander leaves,curry leaves and give a stir.


• Now heat the tawa and make sure that we should not do over heat .


• Now pour the batter as we pour the dosa batter .


• Add oil to the dosa and let it roast.


• Now change the dosa to other side and allow it to heat.


• Now remove the dosa from the tawa.

Note:

• It absorbs more water while making the batter.


• Give a stir before making every dosa.


• It will easily form lumps.so,mix it properly and make sure of not having the lumps


• It will take more time to roast.

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Kadai Dal

[caption id="attachment_192" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Kadai dal with chapati[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Toor dal: 1 cup.


• Tomatoes:2 medium sized.


• Onion:1 medium sized.


• Ginger garlic paste:1 tbsp.


• Mustard :1tsp.


• Cumin seeds:1 tsp.


• Turmeric powder:1 pinch.


• Curry leaves:4 -5.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):1 tbsp.


• Green chillies:3-4.


• salt:Adjust to taste.

Procedure:

• Clean the dal neatly and pressure cook it for 2-3 whistles.


• In the mean time cut the onion into small slices and tomatoes into small pieces.


• Slit the green chillies.


• Heat the oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds.


• Add jeera,green chillies and fry for few seconds.


• Add ginger garlic paste and fry for one minute.


• Add curry leaves,onion and fry until it turns golden brown.


• Add tomato pieces and saute well and add turmeric powder,salt and fry for one minute.


• Now add  cooked dal and fry give a nice stir.


• Now add coriander leaves for garnishing.


• Now the kadai dal is ready.


• This is the super combination for chapathi or roti.

Okra(Ladies finger) curry

[caption id="attachment_123" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Okra curry-1[/caption]

Okras are very good for health.These are one of the favorite food for Indians.These have high fiber content and so many benefits are there by eating this okra.

From these okra we can prepare so many kinds of varieties like fry,curries,Now i am giving one of the variety of preparing curry.

Ingredients:

• Okra:1/4 kg.


• Onion:1 Medium sized.


• Tomatoes:2 Medium sized.


• Green chilies : 6-7.


• Curry leaves:3-4.


• Haldi(turmeric) :2 pinches.


• Salt:adjust to taste.


• Cumin seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):2 tbsp.


• Methi leaves:3tbsp.


• Curd:4 tbsp.


• Oil:3 tbsp.


• Garlic pods:5-6.

Procedure:

• Wash the Okra(bendi) cleanly and wipe it off .


• Cut the Okra into pieces.


• Cut the onion,tomatoes,green chillies intp pieces.


• Heat the oil in a kadai.


• Now crackle the mustard and add cumin seeds.


• Now add onion pieces and fry for half a minute.


• Add turmeric powder,tomatoes,green chillies and fry until they are golden brown in color.


• Now add Okra pieces and salt and fry for few minutes.


• Now add little water and Methi leaves and close the lid.


• Allow them to cook.


• Hardly it will take 7-10 min to cook.


• Now open the lid and add curd,coriander leaves and give a stir.


• Now mash them into fine paste.

Note:

• For extra taste add seasoning with little amount of oil,mustard,cumin seeds.

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Idly Upma(From idly leftovers)

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Ingredients:

• Idli  :      5-6(large).


• oil   :     2 tbsp.


• mustard : 1/2 tsp.


• cumin seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Turmeric/haldi: 2 pinches.


• urad and chana dal:1 tsp.


• Green chillies:3


• Curry leaves:4-5.


• Coriander(chopped):1 tbsp.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Lemon juice:1 tsp.

Procedure:

• Mash the idlis  into fine powder(or if u want into small pieces).


• Slit the green chillies into half.


• Heat the oil in a kadai.


• Cracle the mustard seeds and add cumin seeds.


• Add Urad and chana dal and fry until it turns light brown.


• Add green chillies,curry leaves,salt,haldi and fry for few seconds.


• Now add  the mashed idli powder and fry until it just heats.


• Add the lemon juice on top of it.


• Now turn off the stove and add chopped coriander.

Note:

• Only take the left over idlis(fresh).


• For evening snacks take the morning break fast idlis.


• While mashing the idlis if you feel it is so dry  add very little amount of water.


• Be careful while adding the salt because remember that we already added the salt while preparing the idlis.

 

 

 

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Beans Fry

[caption id="attachment_124" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Beans Fry[/caption]

Ingredients:

• Beans:1/2 kg(prefer tender one).


• Onion:1 medium size.


• Grated coconut:2 tbsp.


• Fresh coriander leave(chopped)s:2 tbsp


• Curry Leave:7-8.


• Mustard seeds:1 tsp.


• Cumin seedss:1 tsp.


• Turmeric powder:1/2 tsp.


• Chana dal:1 tbsp.


• Green chillies:4-5.


• Salt:adjust to taste.


• Garlic:3 pods.


• Oil:2 tbsp.

Procedure:

• Clean the beans and cut it into required size(i prefer small size).so,it looks nice after cooking.


• Pressure cook the beans pieces and chana dal  with the sufficient water by adding the salt which is sufficient for only beans pieces for 2 -3 whistles .


• Grind tha green chillies,grated coconut,garlic pods into a fine powder.


• Now heat the oil in a frying pan and cracle the mustard seeds and then add jeera,curry leaves.


• Add Onion pieces and fry until it turns into light brown color.


• Add Ground mixture(Grren chillies,grated coconut,garlic pods) into the frying pan and fry until the garlic raw smell goes off.


• Now add boiled beans and chana dal and fry for 2 min and add required salt(if necessary).


• Finally garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

This will be good combination for chapatis,rotis and side dish for rice.

Note:

• Always remember that take the tender one to get the good taste.


• Don't over boil the beans.


• Be careful while adding the salt while boiling the beans.(don't add more).


• Add only the required quantity of salt which is sufficient to beans pieces.

I will be thankful if you comment below.

Your comments may be helpful for improving my recipe presentation.

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Pepper chicken

Ingredients:

• Chicken: 1/2 kg.


• Turmeric powder:1 tsp.


• Pepper:15 to 20.


• Tomato pieces:1/2 cup.


• Onion pieces:1/4 cup.


• Coriander Powder:2 tsp.


• Cloves:3.


• Curry leaves:5.


• Garlic paste:1 tsp.


• Oil:2 tbsp.


• Salt:adjust to taste.

Procedure:

• First clean the chicken and keep it aside.


• Grind the pepper into pieces(not into powder).


• Mix the pepper,salt,turmeric powder thoroughly and add chicken and mix the chicken pieces with pepper,turmeric powder,salt and keep it aside for 30 minutes.


• Now add oil in a kadai and heat it.


• After heating the oil add cloves,onion pieces and fry until it turns into brown color.


• now add chicken pieces and curry leaves and fry it for 1 -2 min.


• Now add 1/4 cup water and close the lid and allow it to boil.


• Now garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.