Tomato Pachadi (nilava pachadi)

1. 1. Wash and pat dry 2 lbs ripe tomatoes
2. 2. Cut them into pieces and mix salt and turmeric and leave overnight
3. 3. Next day morning, squeeze the water out of the tomatoes and keep aside
4. 4. Place the tomatoes in wide bowls on newspapers (as shown in pic)
5. 5. Put sufficient raw tamarind in the tomato water from step 3
6. 6. Place everything out in the sun for drying for 2 consecutive days
7. 7. 

NOTE: You need 2-3 consecutive days of sunlight for this pachadi

Gulgula Bhajiya

The Recipe

• Grate jaggery, add some water and melt it
• In a bowl, add some wheat flour and lots of dry coconut powder and saunf. Mix well
• Then add the jaggery water and mix till it forms a batter (bajji batter like consistency)
• Add some soda and keep aside for 10 minutes
• Fry them in hot oil (just like you fry bajjis)
• Yummy Gulgules ready!

Challa Merapakay Karam Podi (Ooru merapakay)

The Recipe

• Fry some challa merapakay and let them cool
• Dry roast putnalu lightly and keep aside
• Dry roast dry coconut powder (1/2 of the putnalu) and keep aside
• Dry roast garlic lightly (optional)
• Dry roast jeera lightly
• After everything cools, grind the merapakay+coconut+Putnalu+salt+jeera+garlic(optional)

Peanut (Palli) Karam Podi

 All You Need

• Peanuts 
• Tamarind
• Dry Coconut
• Garlic cloves (Optional)
• Hing
• Kashmiri Red Chilli powder
• Salt
• Putnalu (roasted gram dal)

The Recipe

• Roast peanuts and let them cool
• Roast some tamarind (very less) and keep aside
• Roast some dry coconut lightly and keep aside
• Grind the peanuts, tamarind, garlic clove (optional), Hing, Kashmiri red chilli powder, salt, dry coconut and pulse grind
• Then add 2 tbsp putnalu and pulse grind again
• The texture should be coarse

Instant Potato Dosa

The Recipe

• Peel 2 small potatoes and cut into small pieces
• Grind them along with green chillies and salt
• Add 1/2 cup Sooji and gradually add water (upto 2.5 cups) and keep grinding. you will get a fine paste at the end.
• Now add 1/2 cup rice flour, water, cilantro, chopped onions, Red chilli flakes, jeera, chopped cilantro. Adjust salt.
• Make it into a Rava dosa batter (watery)
• Spread just like rava dosa on a tava

Green Tomato Chutney (Pachadi)

 All You Need

• Tomatillos or green tomatoes
• Sesame seeds (lots)
• Dhaniya seeds
• Jeera
• Urad Dal
• Chana dal
• Cilantro
• Mint
• Tadka -> Avalu, karepaku, inguva

The Recipe

• Heat a spoon of oil and add sesame seeds, dhaniya seeds, jeera, urad dal, chana dal, green tomatoes, cilantro, mint(if available)
• Close lid and cook on medium flame
• Grind once it cools down
• Add tadka

Instant Wheat Dosa

 The Recipe

• Take 1 cup wheat flour, 2 tbsp rice flour, 2 tbsp rava, 2-3 soaked red chilli , 1-2 garlic pods, 1/2 cup curd. Grind with 1 cup water to make it a fine dosa batter consistency.
• You can add 1/4 tsp baking soda if needed, it comes out even better. You can also skip and make dosa.
• Use a cast iron tawa , heat well and make crispy dosa and sprinkle podi on the dosa

Crispy Paneer Manchurian

 All You Need

• Paneer, cut into cubes
• Onions
• Green Bell Pepper
• Green Chillies
• Finely chopped ginger
• Finely chopped garlic
• Red Chilli powder
• Black pepper powder,
• White Corn flour
• Maida
• Salt
• Ketchup + Red Chilli sauce + Dark Soya sauce + Vinegar + Water + Cornflour paste
• Spring Onions

The Recipe

• Cut paneer into cubes. Add Red chillipowder, black pepper powder, corn flour, maida, salt and some water. Mix and coat the paneer cubes
• Shallow fry the paneer pieces and keep aside
• In a pan, heat a tsp of oil and add finely chopped ginger and garlic, onions, greenchillies, green capsicum and salt. Let it fry for a few minutes
• Prepare a mixture of Ketchup + Red Chilli sauce + Dark Soya sauce + Vinegar + Water + Cornflour
• Add this mixture to the onions along with paneer pieces. Cook for a min
• Sprinkle Spring Onions on top. Serve hot

Palakoora Ullikaram

The Recipe

• Heat oil and add onions, garlic, curry leaves, Dhaniya seeds and jeera. Cook for a few minutes
• Then add a spoon of chana dal. Fry more and keep aside
• Heat oil and add Avalu, Chana dal, jeera, Red chillies, karepaku, pasupu. Fry for a min and add chopped Spinach
• Grind the onion mixture first. Add salt and red chilli powder
• Once the spinach gets cooked, add the onion mixture to it.
• Cook well for a few more minutes until it gets fully cooked

Tomato Kothimeera Pachadi

 All You Need

• Dhaniya seeds
• Methi Seeds
• Jeera
• Green Chillies
• Cilantro
• Haldi
• Garlic or Hing
• Tomatoes
• Onion

The Recipe

• Heat oil and add Methulu, Dhaniyalu, Jeera and Cut Green Chillies.
• Let green chilles cook. Then add cilantro, haldi, garlic or hing and cook for a minute more.
• Now fry tomato separately with salt and keep aside
• Grind the Greenchilli mixture first. Then add the cooked tomato and grind again coarsely
• Mix raw onion pieces in the chutney