Dosakaya Papu

Ingredients:
1 cup tur dal/red gram dal/kandi pappu
1 1/2 cubed dosakaya/yellow cucumber
1 onion, chopped
1 tomato, chopped (optional)
big pinch turmeric pwd
2-3 green chillis, slit lengthwise
1/2 tsp chopped ginger
salt to taste
2 cups water
For seasoning/poppu/tadka:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 dry red chillis, de-seed and tear
10-12 fresh curry leaves
2 tsps oil
1 In a pressure cooker, place dal, cubed dosakaya mukkalu, onions, tomatoes, green chillis, ginger and turmeric pwd. Add 2 cups of water and pressure cook

upto 3 whistles. If cooking over stove top, cook till the dal is almost cooked.
2 Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, add mustards seeds and as they jump around, add cumin seeds, garlic, red chillis and curry leaves and stir fry for a
few seconds.
3 Add this to the pressure cooked dal and combine. Cook on slow to medium flame for a few mts till you get the consistency of your choice.
4 Serve with white rice.

Chicken Biryani

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken - 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 - 4-5 slit
Red chillies - 2 (broken into halves)
Ginger Garlic Pase- 1.5" piece
Dalchini - 1.5" piece
Cloves - 5-6
Elaichi -1
Garam Masala - 1 tsp
Biryani Leaf - 2

METHOD:
-Take a vessel and mix Ginger Garlic Paste, Salt, Garam Masala, Red Chilli Powder and add Chicken and fry it till it losses water.
-Heat oil add Biryani Leaf, Dalchini, Cloves, onions and green chillies and fry till onions turn transparent.
-Now add the Whole chicken.
-Add the masala powder,red chilli powder,turmeric,salt and let cook till chicken is done.
-Add rice to the chicken and mix well and fry for another 6 min.
-Add the required amount of water adjust the salt and red chilli powder and cook for 2 whistles and then 10min on low flame.

Mutton Pulusu

This recipe is from my Mother.She makes this wonderful pulusu along with chicken biryani which is the best dish to be eaten along with biryani.

INGREDIENTS:

Mutton-1/2kg

Onion-2 medium

Tomato-1 medium finely chopped

Green Chilies - 6

Cashew nuts- 5

Khus Khus (poppy seeds) - 1.5tsp

Ginger Garlic paste - 1 and half tbsp

Salt - as required

Haldi - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli Powder - 1tbsp

Jeera - 1tsp

Mustard - 1tsp

Oil-2tbsp

METHOD:

-Grind the onions and green Chillies
-Grind the Cashew nuts and poppy seedy to a fine paste.
-Heat oil in another big vessel , once hot add the jeera ,mustard and curry leaves and fry.
-Now add the onions and ginger garlic paste,Haldi,Red Chilli Powder and fry for 5 min.
-Add the cashew and poopy seeds paste and after 3min add tomatoes and saute it.
-Add the whole mutton and pressure cook it till 5 whisiles.
-Add the grated corriander and cook till the required consistancy is reached and serve with chicken biryani.

Its My Blogs First Anniversary

25th September 2009 is a day to remember in my life because that is the day when i started my own blog and i am proud to say that MY BLOG IS ONE YEAR OLD TODAY.Last year when i started this blog i didnt know that i will come this far. 1 year has passed by with 26 posts.

I have learnt some wonderful dishes.The list of wonderful dishes i learnt and the related blogs is coming very soon.I want to thank all the wonderful people who visited my blog and left me those precious comments. I dont know how my 2nd year will go but i hope its goes well with lots more people visiting my blog and leaving more comments.ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU ALL.
I even thank my husband for his support in handling this blog.He also helps some times in taking pictures