Sunday, February 1, 2026

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

Friday, November 28, 2025

Gummadi Attu

 All You Need

White pumpkin

Urad dal

Salt

Haldi

Hing

The Recipe

Cut white pumpkin into small pieces and mix salt, hing, haldi 

Put heavy weight on the pieces so water gets squeezed away

Meanwhile, soak urad dal for 6hrs and grind smoothly. No need to ferment.

Mix the batter and pieces 

Put the attus with your hand and close the lid and cook on a very low flame

Friday, November 21, 2025

Malai Kulfi

What you need

  • 340 ml Heavy cream
  • 350 ml Evaporated milk (1 tin)
  • 415 ml Condensed milk (1 tin)
  • 2 White bread slices (edges removed)
  • Elachi Powder
  • Dry nuts for garnish


The Recipe

  • Combine all ingredients. Make sure to cut the bread into small pieces.
  • Blend them together and pour in a shallow container
  • Freeze
  • Remove from the flat mould and cut into thin rectangles. Sprinkle dry nuts on top

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Bhel Puri

 All You Need:

  • Finely cut onions
  • Finely cut tomatoes
  • Finely cut ginger (very small piece)
  • Finely cut green chillies
  • Finely chopped cilantro
  • 1 tsp peanut oil
  • 1 cup sev: 3 cups moori
  • Salt
  • Flat Papdi (optional)

The Recipe:

  • Roast Peanuts in a spoon of oil
  • Mix Onions, tomatoes, ginger, green chillies, peanuts, oil, sev, lemon, salt, cilantro
  • In the end add moori. Mix and enjoy!

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Chamadumpa Fry (Arbi Fry)

 All You Need

  • Chamadumpa
  • Curry leaves
  • Seasoning Mix - Salt, Turmeric, Red chilli powder, Dhaniya Powder, Jeera Powder, Hing, Besan

The Recipe

  • Boil Chamadumpa pieces and let it cool
  • Peel the skin and cut into small circles
  • Add the seasoning mix to the chamadumpa circles
  • Mix and keep it aside for 5 mins
  • In a pan, heat some oil and add curry leaves followed by chamadumpa pieces. 
  • Roast till it is red on both sides

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Chinthachiguru Pappu

 All You Need

  • 6 tbsp toor dal
  • 3 tbsp moong dal
  • Green chillies
  • Chinthachiguru
  • 1 small tomato
  • Haldi
  • Few onion slices
  • Tadka - avalu, chana dal v little, methi powder vlittle, karepaku 

The Recipe

  • Boil toor dal and moong dal together along with few onion slices, green chillies and turmeric
  • Hand pound few green chillies coarsely and keep aside
  • Heat oil in a pan. Add tadka followed by chinthachiguru, tomato, karepaku, haldi, ground green chillies and choped cilantro. Add a small glass of water and let it cook on a low flame. Keep adding few tbsp of water as needed
  • Once it is well cooked, add the dals and salt and a tsp of sugar. Let it simmer for sometime and turn off the stove.


Friday, February 21, 2025

Ragi Dates Cake

 All You Need

  • 1/2 cup Ragi flour
  • 1/2 cup Wheat flour
  • 12-14 Mejdool Dates
  • 1.5 cups Hot milk
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup butter or oil
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • Banana paste few spoons (optional)

The Recipe

  • Soak the dates in hot milk for 30 minutes. It turns soft. Grind it into a paste
  • Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl
  • Then add butter and dates mixture. Mix well.
  • Pour it in a baking pan and top with some chopped walnuts
  • Bake for 356 degrees Fahrenheit for around 40-50 mins