Kandi Podi

Ingredients:
1 small cup kandi pappu/red gram/tur dal
1 small cup senaga pappu/bengal gram/channa dal
1 1/4 tsps cumin seeds
7-8 dried red chillis (adjust)
15 curry leaves (optional)
1/2 tsp asafoetida
salt to taste
1 tsp oil
1 Heat a heavy bottomed vessel and add both the dals and slowly, dry roast on low to medium heat stirring constantly till they turn red. Don’t burn them. Remove from pan and keep aside.
2 In the same vessel, add the cumin seeds and toss them on medium heat for 2-3 mts. Remove from pan and keep aside.
3 Next drizzle some oil in the vessel, add the dry red chillis and curry leaves and stir fry for 3-4 mts. Remove and cool.
4 Once cool, grind all the ingredients to a slightly coarse or a rough texture. Add salt to taste and asafoetida and combine. Store in an air-tight container.
6 Serve hot with white steamed rice and a  ghee.

INSTANT RAVA DOSA

Ingredients :

sooji / Raava  - 1 cup .
Rice flour     - 1 cup
Maida   -  1/4 cup
cumin / jeelakarra  - 1tsp .
pepper /miryalu   - 1 tsp (  crushed / powder ).
ginger chopped   -  1 inch
garlic chopped     - 6 pods.
green chilli chopped - 2 no.s
onion chopped -1
salt
water

Method :

Mix all ingredients with water ,batter should be like buttermilk .
heat the pan , then sprinkle the batter with hand ,
if it is not a non stick pan , spray non-stick spray ,wipe clean and sprinkle the batter and apply butter or oil serve hot with pickle ,chutney , use potato stuffing - as that of masala dosa .

onion ravva dosa -

first put onions on the pan  then sprinkle the batter as above .

FISH CURRY / NELLORE CHEPALA PULUSU

Ingredients:

Fish pieces ( washed and sliced into medium sized pieces )
Tamarind juice
Red chilli powder
salt
Turmeric powder / pasupu
fenugreek powder / menthi pindi, fenugreek seeds
mustard powder / ava pindi , mustard
curry leaves
onions
tomatoes
butter


Method:

put a heavy bottomed pan and add oil

put some mustartd seeds, fenugreek seeds, onions sliced , and tomatoes sliced to the oil ,fry for about 5 mins

Then add tamarind juice , red chilli powder , turmeric powder a pinch to it ,salt and let it cook for 10 - 15 min. untill it gets well cooked.

Then add fish pieces to it and let it cook untill fish is properly cooked , in mean time add mustard powder, fenugreek powder to itwhile it is cooking.

then finally add butter at last and cook for 5 min.

then fish curry is ready to serve.

fish curry / chepala pulusu is famous in nellore

It goes well with rice, even it can be eaten with idlis , plain dosas .

fish curry tastes good on the next day than the day it is cooked..

enjoy the fish curry