Snake gourd chutney

Quote of the day:Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha

Now for the recipe....

Ingredients:

Snake gourd-1 med
Onion-small
Green chillis-7nos
Tamarind-1/2inch ball
Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
Oil-1/2 tbsp

Procedure:

Peel the skin of snake gourd and cut in to pieces.
Heat oil in a pan and add snakegourd pieces,green chillis,tamarind.
Let it cook till raw smell disappears.kepp it aside and let it cool.
Grind it along with cumin seeds and add cut onions and mix.
Serve it with rice and ghee.

Tomato Rice

Ingredients:

Rice-2cups

Onion-1med

Tomato-3med

Green chillies-3nos

Gingergarlic paste-1/2 tbsp

Curry leaves-6nos

Coriander powder-1/2 tbsp

Jeera powder-1/2 tbsp

Turmeric powder-a pinch

Garammasala-1/3tbsp&whole garammasala(cinamminon,cloves,cardamom)

Bay leaf-1

Red chilli powder-1/4 tbsp(depends on your spice level)

Oil-2tbsp

Ghee(clarified butter)-1tbsp

Mint leaves(optional)-3stems

Salt to taste

Procedure:

cook rice and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan and add whole garammasala and bayleaf&curryleaves.Add onion andgingergarlic paste to if and fry.

Now add coriander,jeera,turmeric,garammasala powders to it.And add tomatos to it cook until tomatos are soft .now add mint leaves to it .

Mix it with rice and add ghee.

serve it with raitha or plain yoghurt.

Quotes

Starting from today i have want to post a qoute before every recipe i upload.so i choose first topic as "LIFE".So here is the quote of today
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.carl sandburg

Green Rice

Ingredients:

Coriander leaves -1 cup
Fresh mint leaves -1/2 cup
Green chillies -7or 8
Green peas-1 cup
Ginger garlic paste-1tbsp
Rice-3 cups
Whole garam masala(cardamoms-4,cloves-6,cinnamon-2inch sticks 2)




Procedure:

Grind corriander leaves,mint leavesand green chillies and keep it aside.

Add 2tbsp of oil in a vessel and add whole garam masala to it.

Add ginger garlic paste and let it fry and add the paste and cook it for 2mins

Now add suffcient water and peas to it.

Once the water comes to boil add the rice and cook until rice is done.

Serve it with yoghrut or raitha.

Gutti vankaya kura(stuffed brinjal curry)

I have been thinking of posting a recipe since long,it took me a while to decide what to start with.I am going to start with wonderfull,flavourfull and versitile vegetable brinjal.(Well to me itz).May be almost everyone from andhra knows about this curry.yet every one makes it with diffrent stuffing

Ingredients:
10-12 fresh tender purple brinjals
2 onions finely sliced
1 tomato
3 green chillis
2 tbsp tamarind paste



stuffing:
4tbsp urad dal
3tbsp chana dal
3tbsp coriander
1/2 cup sesame seeds(optional)
4 red chillis
1 inch cinaminon
1/2 tbsp pepper corns
4 to 5 nos cloves
3 garlic pods
salt
1/2 inch ballsize tamarind

toast all the above ingeredients except sesame seeds.
toast seseme seeds seperately and make powder of it.
stuff the brinjals with this powder by cutting them into plus leaving stem behind

In a wide bottom pan add oil and do tadka with mustard,urad dal,cumin and curry leaves.
Add cut onions and green chillis,fry them until translusent and add tomato and cook until soft.
Now add some water and allow it to boil after this add the stuffed brinjals and cook it on medium flame while strring gently in between.
once after brinjal is cooked now add the tamarind paste , 3tbsp of the grounded powder and chill powder (if needed) to this.
let it cook for a while and turn off the heat and garnish with coriander leaves.
Best served with hot rice,goes well with roti.

Hi
this is chandana....i love to cook n i want share all my cooking adventures.i am basicaly from andhra and loves spicy food.so i try to spice up almost all my food. i do lot of experimenting in cooking...........mean what ever i do i need to wait for the end result to say how it taste.looking forward to share all my recipies with u all.have fun