Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Fresh Fruit Bowl with honey


  • Ingredients
    • Honey
    • Peeled papaya
    • Bananna
    • Apple
    • Orange
  • Direction 
    • In a large bowl, combine all cut fruits and honey 
  • Final Snapshots


Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Coconut Mixed Vegetable Curry


  • Ingredients
    • 3 tbsp oil
    • Onion
    • Salt for taste
    • Minced garlic gloves 4
    • ginger
    • 3 Red chilies
    • Coconut
    • Mustard seeds
    • cumin seeds
    • curry leaves
    • coriander leaves (cilantro)
    • Sambar Powder
    • Asafoetida 
    • Tomatoes
    • Vegetables
      • carrots
      • Potatoes
      • Green peas soaked for 5 hrs
      • Add other favorite vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, beans...
  • Direction 
    • Soak the dry Green peas with water.
    • Make a paste of pealed Tomatoes, Coconut,Ginger
    • Heat 2 to 3 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker and saute the cumin seeds,Mustard seed, garlic,  then add thinly sliced onions. a pinch of asafoetida/hing, red chilli. Continue to saute until the onions are soft and transparent.
    • Add all the veggies 
      • carrots
      • Potatoes
      • Green peas

    • Add the paste prepared earlier to the cooker. Stir until the paste has mixed in with the vegetables, Add water & Sambar Powder & create a slightly thick sauce. 
  • Final Snapshots.




Monday, September 28, 2015

Mullangi (Raddish) Sambhar

  • Ingredients
    • 3 tbsp oil
    • Onion
    • Salt for taste
    • Minced garlic gloves 4
    • Tamarind
    • 3 Red chilies
    • Radish
    • Mustard seeds
    • cumin seeds
    • curry leaves
    • coriander leaves
    • Sambar Powder
    • Asafoetida 
    • Toor dal
  • Direction 
    • Extract the tamarind juice and soak cut radish in a tamarind extract
    • Heat 2 to 3 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker and saute the cumin seeds,Mustard seed, garlic,  then add thinly sliced onions. a pinch of asafoetida/hing, red chilli.
    • Cook Toor dal and keep it ready.(But i add to thadaka directly (not preffered))
    • Add radish along with  tamarind extract

    • pour 4 cups water.
    • Add salt for taste.
    • pressure cook on medium to high flame for 2 whistles. when the pressure settles down on its own, remove the lid. gently mix the sambar.  
    • Garnish with termeric leaves 
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  • Final Snapshots.



Thursday, September 24, 2015

Avalakki


  • Ingredients
    • 3 tbsp oil
    • Onion
    • Salt for taste
    • Thick poha (Avalakki)
    • Turmeric powder
    • 3 green chilies
    • Roasted Peanuts
    • potato chopped small pieces
    • Mustard seeds
    • cumin seeds
    • curry leaves
    • coriander leaves
    • grated coconut (Optonal)
  • Direction 

    • Rinse the poha in clean running water till it become soft with drain kind of vessel
    • Gentle mix by sprinkle the turmeric powder and salt in the poha.
    •  keep aside potatoes by sauting in medium hot oil till light golden and crisp
    • In the same pan add 
      • Mustard seeds
      • cumin seeds
      • curry leaves
      • Onion till becomes brom & then add
      • green chili 
      • roasted peanuts 
      • fried potatoes
      • Finally poha & mix gently
      • Saute the entire poha mixture for 2-3 minutes on a low flame, stirring gently in between.
    • Garnish the poha with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut.
  • Final Snapshots.


Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Pasta with Squash


  • Ingredients
    • 3 tbsp butter
    • uncooked pasta (I used Penne regate)
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced
    • Onion
    • black pepper
    • Salt for taste
    • Tomatoes
    • peeled & cubed squash
  • Direction 
    • Remove the skin of tomatoes by dipping into boiling water
    • Grind  pilled tomato, Long Squash, chilli powder.
    •  Melt butter over low heat in wide sauce pan
      • Add garlic
      • add the onions and saute them till golden.
      • Add cubed squash
      • Add the paste prepared earlier.
      • Add salt & papper. 
      • saute gently on a low flame, so that the squash gets well coated with the butter.
    • Perfectly cook pasta refer my earlier post section2 at   http://adugeprayoga.blogspot.com/2015/09/pasta-with-spinach.html
    •  Add pasta into sauce. Garnish with cheese if required and serve immediately.
  • Final Snapshots.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Scrambled egg dal


  • Ingredients
    • Moong dal
    • 3 tbsp oil
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced
    • Onion - 1/2
    • black pepper
    • Salt for taste
    • Ginger chopped
    • Tomato
    • Red chili powder: 2 tsp
    • Turmeric powder
    • Cumin seed
    • Eggs: 2
    • Coriander leaves
  • Direction 
    • Wash and drain the Moong Dal
    • On medium heat in a cooker, heat the Oil and Allow them to sizzle with
      • Cumin Seeds
      • Turmeric Powder
      • Garlic
      • Ginger
      • Red Chillies 
      • Onion
      • pilled Tomato
    •  Pour in the drained Moong Dal, water, pepper and Salt 
    • Pressure cook on medium to high flame for 2 whistles. when the pressure slightly settles down on its own, remove the lid. gently mix the curry by garnishing with
      • Lemon
      • chopped coriander leaves
      • Egg
  • Final Snapshots.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Pasta With Spinach



  • Ingredients
    • 3 tbsp butter
    • uncooked pasta (I used Penne regate)
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced
    • Chopped baby spinach
    • black pepper
    • Salt for taste
    • grated Parmesan cheese
    • Milk
  • Direction 

    • Make Cream Sauce for Pasta
      • Melt butter over low heat in wide sauce pan
      • Stir in all flour and mix with a wooden spoon until blended. 
      • Add garlic
      • Add milk, stir & let it boil
      • Add chopped spinach (Or other vegetables like corn, red peper etc..)
      • Add salt & papper. 
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    • Perfectly cook pasta (Note:- Pasta should cook in boiling water only & if you undercook or overcook spoils the recipe )

      • Use deep vessel & more water is better.
      • Boil the water
      • For boiling water add salt  & never mix oil (I have seen many blogs recommend to add oil which is not required & will spoil the taste)
      • Add Penne regate pasta.  
      • Stir and check every now and then by eating until it's firm & cooked correctly.
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      • Then switch off the stove & drain the hot water. Then pour pasta into cold water so that further cooking of pasta in hot water is stopped.  
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    •  Add pasta into cream sauce. Garnish with cheese and serve immediately.
  • Final Snapshots.