Fritters with idly batter left overs(Punugulu)

Very easy and tasty fritters.With in less time and less effort we can prepare.Most of the time i will prepare as evening snacks.

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Ingredients:

• Idly batter:1 cup.


• All purpose flour(maida):1/2 cup.


• Curd:3 tbsp.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):2 tbsp.


• Green chillies:3-4.


• water:required quantity.


• Salt:adjust to taste.


• Oil:To deep fry.


• Cooking soda:1 pinch

Procedure:

• Cut the green chillies into small pieces or grind into a fine paste.


• Mix the Idly batter,maida,salt,coriander leaves,Chilly paste,curd,cooking soda in a bowl.


• If required add little water to it.


• Heat the oil in a kadai.


• Now take the gooseberry sized batter and fry it in the oil until it turns golden brown.


•  Now the yummy fritters are ready.

Note:

• Don't add too much of water to this batter.


• It is just like idly batter.

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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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Gongura Pappu(Dal)(Basic Andhra Style)

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Ingredients:

• ToorDal:1 cup.


• Onion:1(medium sized).


• Garlic Pods:5-6.


• Gongura(Mesta) leaves:1/2 cup.


• Turmeric :2 pinch.


• Tomato:1 (small sized).


• Tamarind pulp:1 tsp.


• Red chillies:2-3.


• Green chillies:7-8(adjust to your spice level).


• Salt:adjust to your taste.


• Mustard and cumin seeds:1tsp.


• oil:1 -2 tbsp.


• Bay leaves:3-4.

Procedure:

• Wash the dal and keep aside.


• Cut the tomato,onion into  pieces.


• Keep onion,3-4 garlic pods,tomato,Green chillies,Gongura leaves,turmeric and add required quantity of water to boil.


• At last add tamarind pulp and salt and pressure cook upto 2-3 whistles.


• Now remove the lid add coriander leaves and in low flame  let it boil for another 2-3 min.


• Now remove the cooker from flame and remove excess water and mash it with the help of ladle.


• Now add the excess water and give a nice stir.


• Now lightly mash the remaing garlic pods.


• Now heat the kadai and cracle mustard seeds and add jeera.


• Now add Red chillies,lightly crashed garlic pods ,bay leaves  and fry until  the garlic pods lightly change the color.


• Now add this to the mashed dal  and immediately close the lid so that the flavour remains like that.


• At last give a nice stir.

Note:

• Add less amount of tamarind because we are adding red sorrel leaves.

 

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