Chilakada Dumpa Pulusu (Sweet Potatoes Sour Stew)

Ingredients :
Sweet Potatoes  - 1
Tamarind Pulp / Paste - 1/4 to 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 medium sized
Green Chilly - 3
Grated Jagery - 4 tbsp
Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
Fenugreek leaves - few chopped (can also substitute with fenugreek powder)
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Water - 1 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tsp
Method :
1.First Wash the sweet potato and cut into round or cubes.chop the onions and green chilly.In a bowl mix water and tamarind pulp.prepare 2 cups of tamarind juice.
2.Heat the oil in a kadai add mustard, coriander,cumin seeds,when it splutter add onions green chilly,curry leaves and cubed sweet potato.saute for few mins till it leaves raw smell.then cover the lid and cook for few mins.
3.Now add this tamarind juice to cooking sweet potatoes.
4.Mix well,cover the lid and once bring to boil.Then add jagery,red chilly powder,fenugreek leaves/powder and salt mix well and cook till the sweet potatoes become soft.

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5.Serve with hot rice,Papad or Vadiyam.

Earth Day and Puffed rice mixture / Churmuri

April 22 is the earth day.Earth day is a day designed and inspire awareness and appreciation for the earth's environment. Click here to get more details about earth day .
some of the earth day issues are
1.Maintain and keep environment as green ..
2.The Earth's climate changes faster than normal rate due to pollution. Fight against to the pollution.
3.Conserve the world's bio-diversity.diversity is nature gift but it is threatened from human expansion and activities.
4.Support organic or small farm food. because the world rich farmland washes into the sea,so chemical,pesticides and fertilize causes many harms to our drinking water.
5.Recycle and reuse,The garbage dumps are filling quickly,with that goods might have been reused,recycled or composted.
6.We need to protect water,air,land from the pollution.these are essential resource that we cannot live with out .so protect and save them.
okay,,Let's come to my recipe puffed rice mixture(churmuri)

Ingredients :
Puffed rice - 1 cup
Pea nuts -2tsp
Roasted chana dal - 2 tsp
Green chilly - 3 or 4 (chop length wise)
Curry leaves -1 spring
oil-3tsp
salt to taste
For Garnishing :
Tomato  - 1 (small) chopped
Onion  - 1(small) chopped
Mango -1/2 sized chopped
Carrot - 1 grated
Fine Sev-3 tsp
Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
(Can also use cucumber)

Method For mixture:
1.First heat the oil in frying pan.add peanuts and roasted chana dal saute till they turned itno light golden color.then add curry leaves and green chilly.saute for few sec.now add salt mix well.
2.Now add puffed rice to it saute for few mins till puffed turned to crisp.
3.Turn off the flame transfer into airtight container for store longtime.

For Churmuri :
1.Take the puffed rice into plate.
2.Garnish with all garnishing ingredients mix well and serve.

Papaya & Orange Smoothie

Ingredients :
1/2 Riped Papaya
1 medium sized Orange
10 to 15 Grapes
1 cup low fat Milk / Yogurt / butter milk
1/2 lemon
2 tbsp sugar / honey

Method :
1.Remove papaya skin and chop.peel the orange and slice it.
2.In a blender add chopped papaya and orange slices,grapes and milk.blend into smooth.Add sugar again blend for few sec.If using honey add honey just before serving.
3.Transfer into a glass add ice cubes or refrigerate it for couple of min serve cold.

Semiya (vermicelli) pulihora

Ingredients :

semiya / vermicelli - 1 cup
Tamarind pulp / lemon juice - 3or 4 tsp
pea nuts - 1 tsp
chana dal - 1 tsp
green chilly- 2 or 3
red chilly-2
curry leaves - 1spring
turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
hing - 1/4 tsp
oil - 2 tsp
coriander,cumin,mustard seeds-1 tsp
salt to taste
water - 2 or 3 cup

Method :
1.In a bowl add water,salt,turmeric powder bring to boil.then add vermicelli/semiya.cook for 3 to 5 mins.turn off the flame.strain them in a colander run under cold tap water through it to avoid sticking.
2.In a frying pan heat oil add coriander,cumin,mustard when they splutter,add chana dal,pea nuts fry till they turned to light golden color then add green chilly,red chilly,curry leaves saute for few mins add tamarind pulp or lemon juice cook for 3 or 4 mins till it leaves raw smell.
3.now add strained semiya to it mix and saute for few mins.

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4.Turn off the flame serve hot.

Chana Masala / Chole masala

Ingredients :

Chick peas (kabuli chana) - 1cup / 1canned cooked chick peas

Riped Tomato - 2 medium sized

Onion-1 medium sized

Garlic- 2 cloves

Green Chilly-3 to 4

Red chilly powder-1/2 tsp

Chole masala powder-2 tsp

Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Coriander leaves- few

Salt to taste

oil or butter - 2 tsp

Method :

1.Soak the chick peas about 4 to 5 hrs.Then wash drain the Chick peas.In a cooker or bowl add chick peas and enough water cook about 2 or 3 whistles till chick peas become soft.I

2.mean time chop the onion and tomato and green chilly and garlic.

3.In a cooking pan heat the oil or butter do tempering and add green chilly , onions, garlic and salt fry till onion becomes light golden in color.

3.add curry leaves saute for few mins.now add chopped tomato saute for few mins.cover the lid cook till the tomato turn to soft.here don't add water to it.

4.now drain the cooked chick peas with water into tomato gravy and by using spatula mush few cooked chick peas. cover the lid cook for few mins.Then add chana masala powder and garam masala powder.cook few more mins until the curry thickened.

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5.Turn off the flame and garnish with cilantro.can also add 2 tsp of fresh lemon juice to it.serve with poori or roti or rice.