Sunni Undalu

This sweet is very good for health.It gives you lot of strength.Good to eat one everyday.Its very simple and fast to make.It took me around 30 mins to make it.

Ingredients

1 Cup Urad Dal(Minapappu or Udhi pappu)

1 Cup Sugar

3/4th Cup Ghee.

Actually all the above ratio depends on your taste.If you dont like it to be sweet you can decrease.

Dry roast the urad dal till golden brown on low flame.Be carefull that you should not burn it else it will not be tasty.Actual taste comes from how you roast the urad dal.When you are done keep aside and let it cool.Meantime grind sugar into a powder and put it on a wide mouthed vessel.Grind the roasted urad dal to a powder and mix well.Add ghee and make it into round balls.Ghee will help in holding the dal and sugar together.

1 Cup(rice cup) Urad dal makes 6 sunni undalu.You can increase the quantity accordingly.

Chicken Curry

This is my first non veg dish.I always had an aversion to cleaning the non veg.But finally made it today.It came out very well.I am sure you can try this.

Ingredients

1 Baby Chicken

3 medium Onions

Coriander

2 Green Chillies

2 Tsp Grated cocunut Cocunut

Grind below spices with mortar and pestle

1/2 Inch Cinammon Stick

2 Cardomoms

2 Clove

Marination

1/2 tsp Jeera Powder

2 tsp Ginger garlic paste

2 tsp Garam Masala

2 tsp Dhania Powder

1 Tsp Lemon

Red Chillie Powder

Soak the chicken in Water and add Turmeric and Lemon and clean well.For marination add all the marination ingredients and mix well and keep aside.Meantime Grind Onions,green chillies,cocunut and Coriander into a coarse paste.Saute this paste,1 tsp ginger garlic paste till it becomes light brown.Add the Chicken pieces with the remaining contents and mix well.Cook on low flame for 5 minutes.You can add spices,chillie powder,Garam Masala depending on your taste.Add 1 1/2 cups water and mix well in regular intervals for 10 minutes.Add salt to taste.

Aloo Tikki

Ingredients

3 Potato(Boiled and Mashed)

1 Cup Peas(Boiled or Frozen)

2 Slices Bread

Lemon Juice

Garam Masala

Oil for shallow frying

Chillie Powder

Jeera Powder

Green Chillies

Preparation

Heat 1 tsp oil in a wok and fry the bread so that its a little hard and grind it.Grind Green Chillies and Peas to a little Coarse Level.Mix potatoes,Chillies and peas paste,Jeera powder,Chillies Powder,Garam Masala,Lime Juice,bread Powder(Keep half of it aside too),Salt to taste.

Make the paste into a small ball and flatten them in the shape of cutlet and place it on bread powder and shallow fry till golden brown.

Masala Papad

Thursday we usually have only fruits in the night so i decided to make some snacks in the evening.I made Masala Papad and Carrot Kheer

Ingredients
Papad
Onions ,Tomatoes finely chopped(chop them as small as you can)
Sev
Salt
Chillie Powder/Green Chillies finely Chopped

Garam Masala a Pinch
Lime Juice
Preparation.
Mix the tomatoes(While chopping remove the pulp ),Onions,Salt,Chillie Powder,Garam Masala,Lime Juice and Keep aside for 5 mins.Apply a lil oil on the papad on both sides.Microwave the papad for 30 s and reverse the papad and microwave for 30 s.If you are worried abt tht oil.you can place a tissue on the plate and place the papad and microwave.Spread the Mixture on the Papad and spread evenly and then add Sev.Serve immediately.

Carrot Kheer

Yesterday i made carrot curry and it took me an hour trying to reduce the sweetness.Finally i couldn't succeed,i wanted to take the sweetness to my advantage so thought of making carrot kheer from Priyas blog.I made a small change by substituting sugar with honey to make it healthier.
Ingredients

• Carrots chopped
  Cardamom Powder
• Milk
• Honey

Microwave/Boil the carrots in Milk.Grind the carrots into a Paste.Add paste,Cardamom powder,Honey to boiling milk and mix well.Serve Cool.The quantities depend on how concentrated you like each of the ingredients.

Aloo Kurma

Ingredients

• 4 Medium Potatoes Boiled and Cut into cubes
• 2 Finely Chopped Tomatoes
• 1 Big Finely Chopped Onion
• 2 Tsp Dhania Powder
• 1 Tsp Garam Masala
• 2 Tsp Grated cocunut
• 1 Tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• Chillie Powder
• 2 Cardomams

Preparation

Heat Oil in a wok and Saute Onions until golden Brown.Add ginger Garlic Paste,Grated Cocunut and fry for a minute.Add Tomatoes and cook till the tomatoes are mushy.Add Red Chillie Powder, Garam Masala,Dhania powder,Turmeric and cook for 2 minutes.

Add the Boiled Potatoes and mix all the contents well.Add 2 Cups Water,Elaichi ,Salt to taste and cook covered till you get the desired consistency.Garnish with Coriander.You can have it with Nimakayi Pulihora.

Semiya payasam

Ingredients

• 2 Measures Vermicelli(Semiya)
• 12 Measures Milk
• 1/2 Measure Sugar
• Ghee
• Cashew Nuts and Raisins
• Elaichi

Preparation

Roast Cashew Nuts and Vermicelli in Ghee till light brown.Boil Milk and keep stirring and add Elaichi,Sugar,Vermicelli and mix well.Make sure there are no lumps of Vermicelli and its cooked..You can add more sugar depends on how sweet you would like it to taste.Garnish with Cashews and Raisins.

Serve Hot or Cold.If you are serving Cold add a little cold milk and mix well.