Kitchen-Kollections

Sankrathi Shubakankshalu

Today is special day for all south indians as its sankranthi or pongal festival. Its actually called makara sankranthi..on this day, sun enters makara i.e. capricorn sign – 10th sign of the zodiac. This is the day when ladies of the house makes lot of tasty dishes! One of them is minapa garelu. Here is the recipe…

Ingredients

1 cup Urad dal
2 Green chillies
1 big Onioin finely chopped
1 tbsp small pieces of ginger
Salt – According to taste
Jeera
Oil

Method

• Soak Urad dal in water for about four hours.

• Drain the water completely and grind the dal adding some salt (Dont use water while grinding).

• Add finely chopped onions, green chillies, ginger pieces and jeera to the dough. You can add a little chilli powder too. Then make the dough into the the shape of vada. You can do this on a ziplock bag easily.

• Deep fry till golden brown. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

ENJOY!!!!!

Hiiii everybody…I wish you all a very Happy New Year!  I received some fabulous entries for my Kitchen-Kollections cookies and biscuits fest. Thanks a bunch to Aquadaze, Preety, Sindhura, and Rajee for actively participated in this event.

Here are the entry details

Entry 1 – Beautiful and very artistic – Holiday lights cookie tree by aquadaze

Entry 2 – Nutritious – Oatmeal cookies by Preety

Entry 3- Yummy Amond cookies by Sindhura

Entry 4- Chocolatey Choco chip nutty cookies by Sindhura

Entry 5- Really tempting Biscuit pudding by Sindhura

Entry 6- Delicious Strawberry Tart by Sindhura again

Entry 7 – I really liked this entry. Jam centered cookies by Sindhura. Children would love this for sure.

Entry 8- Finally tasty cookies by Rajee.

Thank you all for participating.

 We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.