Mango dipped in spicy gravy

Mango is all time favorite of mine or anyone, seen very less people who say I don't like mango., this recipe is an Konkani recipe......my friend Sunitha who got this Ambya Sasam......after tasting this I could not resist of preparing it by myself.

It is a very simple dish, which can be side dish for lunch or also can have in the evening.....

Required is 2 ripe mangos for 3 servings. After  peeling the skin make slice of mango and keep it aside.

For the Gravy, 

4 to 5 red chillies or according to the spice you like.
1/2 table spoon urad dal fried.
1/2 tablespoon mustard seeds.
Grated coconut about 100 gms.
salt to taste.

Grind all and add it to the sliced  mango bowl.
Temper with mustard and curry leaves.

Cabbage Pakoda

I would love variations in cooking. Just tried out this Cabbage Pakoda adding only cabbage in the place of onion.

For 3 to 4  servings 

Time for preparation 10 min

Making time 10 minutes 

Took small cabbage chopped finely

Coriander leaves  about half an hand ful washed and chopped 

Green chilles 2 you want more u can use

Half a tea spoon red chilli powder

1cup of or 200 gms of chana flour 

For that

1 tablespoon or 2 tablespoons of rice flour. (For crispness) 

Ajwain seeds of 2 teaspoons

Salt to taste

Mix chana flour and rice flour,  add all the other ingredients and add water to mix it well.

To the consistency of any pakoda mixing.

Take a kadai add oil and drop a lemon sized flor to deep fry and serve it with any chutney 

Curry Leaves Rice

Ingredients

250 grams raw white rice

Curry leaves about an hand full or 50 grams.

Either one can use Asafoetida  or 

Garlic cloves about 4 to 5

Green chilles according to the spice required. Since I do not eat spicy food I have added  one  chilly.

How to do:

Cook rice, rice should not be sticky for that use 1:2 rice:water and pressure cook for 2 or 3 whistles.

secondly grind the curry leaves with garlic cloves and green chillies. 

Take a pan, take  2 tablespoons of oil, add the grounded curry leaves to this and saute for 5 minutes.

once you get the aroma of curry leaves cooked off the gas.

Let the rice cool for few minutes then add the rice to the cooked curry leaves and add salt.

Mix it well and serve garnished with cashews. 

Banana Stem Dry (Dindina Palya)as in Kannada

Banana Stem is always good for Health. 

Very Simple way

When you buy banana stem, remove the outer part till you get a bit softer 

middle part.

Then cut it into small pieces.

Put it in water,

while cutting we get fibres  will be there 

remove it using ur fingers

and strain it and then either pressure cook it or cook it directly.

Then temper it with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves red chilles and garnish with grated coconut.

Alu Tikki very Simple way

After kidscome back fromSchool they need varieties, this was one of the simple Alu Tikki which I tried out

Just you need 2 medium potatoes

boiled and smashed.

Add chili flakes, garam masala, salt and turmeric powder,

add kasuri methi and then mix it well.

Make any shape and roll it on the rava which is chiroti rava.

I keep rava which is roasted(once I get it from the shop I roast it)

Finally, shallow fry it using ghee.

Serve hot with Ketchup.

Mavinakai Gojju (Raw Mango sweet and sour)

Mango Gojju, everyone's favorite because of the taste, sweet and sour.

For one medium raw mango 4 servings can be done. (we can also try this with ripe Mango)

Very easy to make it,

All you need is, 1 medium sized raw mango, Jaggery or Sugar, mustard seeds, 1/4 teaspoons, 1/4 teaspoons of cumin seeds, curry leaves few, finely chopped coriander leaves chopped for garnish.(optional)


goes this way,

Take a medium sized Mango, clean it, either you can peel the skin or after boiling  you can peel it.
I take out the skin and pressure cook it.
Take a kadai, add oil,add mustard, after it cracks, add cumin, add green chilles chopped, add curry leaves, saute and add the pressure cooked mango and squeeze it and take out the seed.
add little turmeric powder, if required add water and sugar or jaggery and let it boil for 5 minutes,till we get the thickness

Serve with roties and it can also be side dish for rice.

Sabudana Kichidi

Sabudana (Tapioca) 

Tapioca is extracted from Cassava root, is used mostly in vegetarian diet.
It tastes good, we have few recipes for this,

One of the well-known recipe is Kichidi, most of them when they are fasting prefer this dish.

 For 2-3 servings

Ingredients:

Sabudana 200gms
Chana dal 1/2 
Fried gram dal powder 2 table spoons 
Red chillies 2-3
Coriander leaves few finely chopped.
Curry leaves few leaves.
Groundnuts 2 table spoons.
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon.
Mustard and cumin seeds for tempering.
Oil 2 tablespoons.
Salt to taste.

If you are using fried gram powder or groundnut powder you can add grated coconut.

How to make it,

One need to take care of soaking part, soak sabudana  for 20 minutes.
Strain the water, let it get set.
After an hour or so, take it out and temper it with your own liking spices.
1. I mix strained sabudana with either fried gram dal powder or fried groundnut powder.
both tastes very good. 
2. Take a kadai, oil, add mustard, after it cracks, add cumin seeds, add chana dal, red chillies or green chilles, groundnut, saute for 5 minutes.
3. Add curry leaves, turmeric powder.
4. Mix it well and add Sabudana to this and mix it well adding salt also.
5. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot.