Kitchen-Kollections

I am posting after a long time because of one obvious reason…i am due in august So most of the time goes by in relaxing..so did not get much time to post few new thing which I tried recently. One of the recipe is of Yellow lentils or moong dal attu or pancake (you may call it). Here is the recipe -

Ingredients

1 cup soaked yellow lentils ( 1 hr is enough for soaking)

2 dried red chillies

Salt to taste

Method

• Grind lentils with the chillies into a smooth paste. Add salt and mix well.
• Heat a griddle and spread the batter evenly in circular movements so that it becomes a perfect round.
• Sprinkle some vegetable oil on the corners and with a spatula, invert it so that both sides cook well.
• Serve hot with either sambhar or some chutney.

I was tried this upma from a magazine almost 7 yrs back..till then i knew only rava upma. This upma is really tasty. There is quite number of versions for this upma..some dont add tadka or popu at all but i do because I love the spicy nature of red chilli.I generally add lot of veggies sometimes i even add sprouts…after you make the upma….just add littlelemon juice!! It really enhances the flavour!!!!! This is quite common recipe but many might not know about this so here is the recipe in a jiffy.

Ingredients

1 cup poha
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 chopped green chillies
1 cup frozen veggies – beans, carrots, corn
1 cup moong sprouts(optional)
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1/2 tsp lemon juice
A pinch of turmeric
1/4th spoon of red chilli poder
Salt to taste

For tadka

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp jeera
1/4 tsp Gram dal
1/4 tsp urad dal
2 red chillies
10 curry leaves
Oil – 1 tsp

Method

• First of all, sprinkle some water on poha and keep it aside.Take a pan and add oil. Add the tadka ingredients and fry till they turn light brown. Add onions, green chillies and curry leaves and cook.
• Add the chopped veggies and sprouts. Add salt, turmeric and red chilli powder. Cook tilll all veggies are done. Add the poha and mix it well. Cook for 2 more minutes then switch off. While serving, add a little lemon juice and mix it. It tastes YUMMY!!

I like to stuff noodles with lot of veggies…otherwise its quite boring to eat just noodles….one bowl of hot noodles..and a hot cuppa of tea…its enough for a brunch

This dish is one of the favourite breakfast dishes in andhra. The only thing is that you don’t get the pan that easily…Its actual name is almost like a tongue twister for me..”Aebleskiver pan  ” Well for making gunta ponganalu..you require this pan..after lot of internet searching…and mall searching..i finally found it in a mall right besides my home!

To make guntaponganalu, you need dosa batter (3 cups raw rice with 1 cup urad dal soaked for 8-9 hrs and then grind it in a mixer jar adding one handful of cooked rice/poha or 1tsp of methi seeds along with sufficient amount of water)

Ingredients

1 cup dosa batter
onion – 1/2 cup finely chopped
green chillies – 3/4 finely chopped
soaked chana dal(1/4th cup)
soaked ground nuts (1/4th cup)
coriander leaves
salt and oil

Method

• Mix chopped onions, green chillies, soaked chana dal,soaked ground nuts,coriander leaves and salt to the dosa batter.
• Place the ponganalu pan on the stove on medium heat, when it’s hot, add about half tsp of oil and batter to each hole. After few minutes , slowly turn the ponganalu to the other side with the help of a skew or a back side of a spoon.
• Add few drops of oil again after turning them and let them cook  and turn crispy on slow heat.

 Enjoy it with ginger chutney!

This is an instant version of pizza! It will be ready in no time and its quite a tasty snack! I am submitting this entry to Bayleaf’s Bread Mania

Ingredients

4 bread slices
1/2 cup boiled corn
1/8 cup chopped onion
1 chopped green chilli
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1 tbs milk
1 tsp Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Parmesan cheese

Method

• Slightly roast the bread slices on both the sides on a flat pan.
• Now take a bowl and mix all the ingredients – corn, onion, green chilli, tomato, milk, oil and salt, pepper. Mix it well. You can add chopped coriandar too.
• Take a spoonful of the mixture and spread it evenly on the bread. Top it with little parmesan cheese.
• Bake it the oven (375F) for just 5 minutes. Its done! enjoy it with sauce!

Most of us dont like to do a lot of cooking on friday evenings or weekends..at least I dont. And I keep looking for ways to reduce my time to cook and cooks tasty things in less time. This recipe is simple and quick way of making something totally delicious and can serve as evening snack or as party appetitzer. 
 
Here is the recipe..
 
1 pack of Gits Rava Idli Mix/ left over homemade idli batter
1 medium size onion
4-5 Green chillies
Chopped Coriander
Finely chopped ginger
3-4 spring onions , finely chopped
2 pinches of salt to season
 

Method

• Follow the recipe written on back cover of the gits pack and mix it in water. Leave it on for 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile mix all chopped onions, chilli, coriander, tomatoes,spring onions and ginger, and add salt for light seasoning. if you have other vegetables that you want to add you can do that also. You can also try other seasonings like italian seasonings…  be creative!!
• Take a deep pan, add some oil and pour 1/4 cup batter and spread evenly and thickly.
• Take a spoonfull of above mix vegetables and spread evenly on the batter. Add few drops of oil around corners of attu and let the attu cook for 2-3 mins per side.
   
  you can make small pancake size attu or one big uthappam style attu…..the small attus of 2 inch diameter can be used excellent apetizer…
   
  This is a very low fat and light dish…unlike uthappam and it can be done very fast. Serve hot with any sambar or plain attu is as excellent tasting as with a companion..If you like spicy…try chopped jalopenos…Sure to blow wind out of your ears. Happy Cooking.