PESARATTU

                  Pesarattu is andhra's special breakfast. It is also  popular as MLA pesarattu in andhra restaurants. 'Pesarattu - Upma' is a mouth watering dish. Traditionally we serve pesarattu with ginger chutney.

FOR BATTER  : 

Whole Moongdal / Split Moongdal  :  1 cup
Rice   : 1/2 cup
Green Chillies       :    2
Ginger        :    Small Piece
Zeera


PREPARATION  : 

•  Soak whole moong dal & rice atleast 6hrs. (If it is split moongdal soak for 2hrs). 
• Grind soaked moongdal & rice along with green chillies, ginger and salt in to smooth batter.
• No need forment the batter, if your not making pesarattu immediately refrigerate it.
• Heat the frying pan. Pour a small bowl of batter and spread it in to a thin round layer as you do for normal dosai.
• Drizzle little oil around the pesarattu.
• Sprinkle chopped onions, green chillies, ginger pieces and zeera.

• Roast until pesarattu gets light brown colour. Flip the pesarattu to another side. Cook for 2 mins.
• Then your pesarattu is ready and take pesarattu in to a plate.
• Keep hot upma in the middle of pesarattu. 
• Serve traditionally with ginger chutney or coconut chutney.

Raitha / Raita

 A raitha is very simple preparation. It's just a liquid salad. Adding vegetables with yoghurt  like carrot, cucumber, tomato, onion and green chillies to yoghurt. Mixing carrot is healthy  and tasty. Usually raita is a accompaniment with  biryani ,pulao recipes. we can eat raitha with roti also. With any variety rice items it goes very well.

FOR PREPARATION  :

Yoghurt / Curd   :  1 Cup

green chilles : 2


Onion    : 1

Grated Carrot   : 1/2 Carrot

Salt to Taste

 Chop onion and green chillies into small thin pieces. Beat a cup of yoghurt in to smooth consistency. Add onions, green chillies, grated carrot and salt. You can also add small keera pieces in raitha. It helps to reduce body heat. Raitha is ready. Can serve with any rice items or roti.

CORIANDER RICE

                  Coriander rice easy to prepare with fresh and  flavourful coriander leaves. This recipe quiet simple and flavorsome.


WHAT I USED  :

Boiled  Rice   :  2 Cups
Coriander Leaves  : 1 Big bunch
Green chillies   : 3
Onion     : 1
Ginger & Garlic Paste  : 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Zeera  : 1 tsp
Oil or Ghee   : 4tsp
Cashew nuts (Optional)
Curry leaves

 HOW I MADE IT  :


   Clean and chop a bunch of coriander leaves. Grind corainder leaves and green chillies and keep it aside.

Take a pan and heat oil or ghee add zeera, cashewnuts (Optional) and curry leaves. when it spluters add chopped onion, when it becomes transulant add ginger garlic paste. Stir it well.  Add grinded  Coriander paste, turmeric, salt. Cook until it leaves raw flavor then add boiled rice to it. Mix it well. Check the seasoning. Gournish with coriander leaves.

RAVA LADDU/ RAVA LADDOO/ SUJI LADDU/ SEMOLINA BALLS

         Ravva laddu is popularly known indian sweet. Ravva laddu made easier. U can try ravva laddu when time is short. Ravva laddu is a simple and delicious recipe. There are several versions of ravvaladdu recipe, But i used to follow only one version which my mom used to prepare from my childhood. One variation is the use of cardamom powder which i avoided. Peoples who likes the cardamom flavour they can add cardamom powder at the end. I used only badam / almonds in this recipe, almonds are loaded with protiens, vitamin E, Fiber, Calcium, Magnesium which is good for health and skin.

RAVVA LADDU RECIPE : 

INGREDIENTS :

Semolina / Upma rava / Suji  : 1 Cup

Sugar       : 3/4 Cup

Grated coconut  :  1/4 Cup

Badam, Cashewnuts, Raisins  :  1/4 Cup

Ghee      :     3 tsp

Few tbsps of Milk


            Take wide bottomed pan and heat 3 tsps of ghee, once ghee is hot enough, simmer the flame and roast cashewnuts, raisins and badam. When all nuts turn to golden colour add grated coconut and roast for  4 mins then add semolina in it, stir continously. Make sure flame is very low, Roast Ravva till its well roasted and aroma starts coming out.

 Turn of the stove and add sugar to this mixture. (U can add powdered sugar also) Mix well. For making laddoos need to add 4,5 tbsps of hot milk. Take ravva mixture in to a bowl and sprinkle hot milk on the top and start making laddoos. Then ur ravva laddu is ready.