PULIHORA (TAMARIND RICE)

INGREDIENTS:
Left over rice - 3 cups
Oil - 5tbsp
Haldi -1tsp
Hing - a pinch
Chana dal - 2tbsp
Urad dal -1tsp
Red chillies - 4
Green chillies - 6-7
Peanuts - 3tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1tbsp
Jeera - 1tsp
Ginger finely mashed - 1"
Tamarind pulp - 6tbsp
Salt- as required

METHOD:
-To the rice add 1 tbsp oil , a pinch haldi and little salt and mix well.
- Heat 3tbsp oil add peanuts , chana dal and fry for 2 min.
- Now add mustard seeds , jeera , green chillies , red chillies, curry leaves and fry for 3-4 more mins.
-Switch off the flame and now add the finely mashed ginger and let fry for 1/2 min
-Add the whole mixture to the rice and mix well
- Heat 1tbsp oil add a pinch of haldi , hing and salt and fry for 1 min.
- Now add the tamarind pulp and cook for abt 5-7min till the mixture thickens.
- Add the tamarind mixture to the rice and mix well and serve.

ALOO CHAT

INGREDIENTS:
Boiled Aloo - 3
Sweet chutney - 3tbsp
Onions (finely chopped) - 2
Salt - as required
Red chilli powder - 1 and 1/2 tsp
Chat masala - 1tspOil - for deep frying

METHOD:
- Cut the boiled aloo into bit size pieces and deep fry till golden brown
-Drain them well on a tissue paper till all the excess oil has been soaked
-Add the sweet chutney , onions, salt, red chilli powder and chat masala and mix well.
-Serve with a few more onions on top.

JEERA FRIED RICE

INGREDIENTS:
Boiled rice- 2cups
Jeera - 1tbsp
Cloves - 2-3
Green chillies - 3-4

METHOD:
-After the rice is cooked spread in in a plate and leave. In this way the rice grains won't stick to each other.
-Heat oil add the jeera, pound the cloves and add.
-Just before switching off add the greem chillies and add to the rice and mix well. Tastes well when served with the spicy dal fry(one of my previous posts)

ALOO BONDA

INGREDIENTS:
Boiled aloo - 4
Finely chopped green chillied - 3
mustard seeds - 2tsp
chana dal - 2tbsp
salt - as required
haldi - a pinch
red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
besan - 10-15tbsp
water as required
eating soda - 2 pinches
oil- for frying

METHOD:
-Mash the boiled aloo and add green chilli, salt , red chilli powder and haldi.
-Heat a tbsp of oil once hot add chana dal and mustard seeds.
-After they splutter add the aloo mixture and let fry for 3-4 min.
-Take besan add salt, haldi , red chilli powder, eating soda and required water to make a very thick batter.
-Make small balls of the aloo mixture and dip them in the besan and drop them in hot oil and fry till golden brown.
-Serve with ketchup.

CUTLET CHAT

this is the exact procedure used by the hundereds of bandiwallas in hyderabad to make the delicious cutlet chat....very simple but a little time consuming but worth all tht effort...nd believe me if you have ever tasted the hyderabadi bandi chat then u'll definitely love this recpe too....so try out and let me knw

INGREDIENTS:
Boiled potatoes - 2
Soaked white peas -100gms
Green chutney - 2tbsp
[ 1/2 bunch pudina + 1/2 bunch coriander leaves + 2-3 green chilles make a paste of all these]
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Red chillie powder - 1tsp
Salt as required
Oil - 4-5 tsp
Sweet chutney - as required
Finely chopped onion - as required
Curds - 3-4tbsp

METHOD-In a pressure cooker boil the soaked white peas till done , remove a handful of the boiled peas and grind into paste in the mixie. add this back to the rest of boiled peas and mix well.
-Mash the boiled potatoes and add a pinch of turmeric powder and mix well and make patties.
-Heat a pan add oil and shallow fry the patties till golden brown on each side.
-Heat little oil in a kadai, now mash the cutlet and add red chillie powder, garam masala powder and salt and add little water and wait till it boils.
-Now add the required amount of boiled peas to this and 1/2 tsp of green chutney mix well and boil for another 3 min.
-Serve this with finely chopped onions sweet chutney(i used the smith and jones bhel puri chutney as it was tangy and sweet and it was perfect for the chat) and curds

MASALA PURI

INGREDIENTS:
Pani puri puri's - 1 packet
Boiled and mashed alu - 3-4
(after mashing the alu add little salt and red chilli powder and mix well)
Salt - as required
Red chilli powder - as required
Chat masala - as required
Sweet chutney - 1cup
(instead of sweet chutney i used smith and jones bhelpuri sauce and it was just perfect for it)
Curds - 2 cups
(beat it well and add 1/2 tsp of chat masala and mix well)
Finely chopped onions - 2 large
Thin sev - 2cups

METHOD:
-Make hole in the puri
-Put sum alu mixture into the puri
-Now add little salt , red chilli powder and chat masala
-Add 1tbsp of curds, about 1/2 tsp sweet chutney or bhel puri sauce
-Now add the onions and sev and serve.

PRAWNS PULAO

INGREDIENTS:
Prawns - 1/2 kg
Rice - 1/2 kg (wash and leave them)
Oil - 4tbsp
Jeera - 1/2tsp
Onions 1 big - (chopped into long slices)
Green chillies - 3-4 slit
Red chillies - 2 (broken into halves)
[Ginger - 1" piece
Garlic - 5pods
Dalchini - 1" piece
Cloves - 4-5
Elaichi -1
Star anise - 1/2
Coriander seeds - 2tbsp
Jeera - 1tsp
Khus Khus (poppy seeds) - 1tsp ]
grind all the ingredients in the square brackets

METHOD:
-Heat oil add jeera, red chillies, onions and green chillies and fry till onions turn transparent.
-Now add the prawns and fry for another 5 min.
-Add the masala paste fry for 2-3min and add red chilli powder,turmeric,salt and let cook till prawns are done.
-Add rice to the prawns and mix well and fry for another 5min.
-Add the required amount of water adjust the salt and red chilli powder and cook for 3 whistles.

CHICKEN LOLLYPOP

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken Lollypops - 10
Ginger garlic paste - 2tbsp
Salt as required
Red chilli powder - 1tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
Garam masala powder - 2tsbp

METHOD:
-Take the lollypops and clean them well .
-Now add the rest of the ingredients to the lollypops and marinate them for abt 2hrs.
-Heat oil and deep fry the marinated lollypops.

SPICY SHALLOW FRIED CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken breast pieces - 3
Garlic - 3pods
Ginger - 1/2 " piece
Red chillie powder - 1tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt as required
Cloves - 3-4
Peppercorns - 7-8
Dalchini - 1/2 " piece
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Green chillies -3
Oil for frying

METHOD:
-Take a knife and make incisions on the chicken
-Take all the ingredients other than salt and chicken and make a fine paste
-Now add the salt to the paste and mix well
-Apply this paste to the chicken and marinate it for abt 45min to 1hr
-Heat oil on a pan and shallow fry the chicken on both sides till golden brown

PESARA DOSA

INGREDIENTS:
Pesara pappu (moong dal)- 1 cup
Green chillies - 3-4 ( finely chopped)
Oinon - 2 medium size (finely chopped)
Ginger - 1" piece
Oil as required
Jeera - 2tbsp
Salt as required

METHOD:
-Grind the soaked dal and ginger into fine paste
-Heat the dosa pan and sprinkle oil
-Spread the batter like dosa and sprinkle finely chopped onions green chillies and jeera.
-Fry till done