Taro Curry

Taro curry is an Indian food recipe were taro is cooked along with tamarind juice and some spices. Taro is also known as chamagadda in telugu, Arbi in Hindi. Chamagadda pulusu is a very famous traditional dish in Andhra Pradesh. Today let’s see how to prepare the Taro curry.

Taro Curry

Ingredients: Serve - 4

• Taro  - 1/2 kg
• Oil – 8tspn
• Mustard seeds - 1tspn
• Urad dhal -1tspn
• Cumin seeds – 1/2tspn
• Garlic pieces - 5
• Curry leafs -as required
• Coriander leaves - as required
• Onion- 1 (large size)
• Tomato- 2 (small size)
• Tamarind Juice - 4glass
• Turmeric powder- 1/2tspn
• Red chili powder - 4tspn (adjust to taste)
• Salt - 3tspn(adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Taro Curry:

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Method:

1. Remove the Taro skin & cut it as medium size pieces. Wash with water cleanly without having any dust.
2. Take 2 glass of tamarind juice in a bowl ensure that juice should be little thick as shown in the figure.(figure 1)
3. In tamarind juice smash 1 tomato with hand and then add turmeric powder, red chili powder &  salt. Taste the juice, if you feel like the taste is not as expected then add necessary ingredients to suit your taste and mix well. (figure 2 & 3) 
4. Now take a big pan, heat oil in medium flame add mustered seeds wait for crackle then add urad dhal, cumin seeds, garlic pieces,few curry leaves and saute for 1 minute.
5. Add onion and saute until onions become soft. (figure 4)
6. Add tomato and saute until tomatoes are smashed. (figure 5)
7. Add taro pieces and saute for 5 minutes. (figure 6)
8. Now add Tamarind juice which is prepared in step 3 and mix well. Close with lid and cook until taro gets cooked well. It’s take the time around 10- 15 minutes. (figure 7 & 8)
9. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve in bowl. (figure 9)

Awesome Taro Curry is ready to serve!

Additional Tips:-

• In step7, saute the taro for 5 minutes then it will cook soon. 

Coconut Milk Rice

Coconuts have many healthy benefits like improving our immune system by acting as an anti-viral, anti-bacterial. It improves digestion and absorption of nutrients, vitamins & minerals. So friends please ensure any coconut-derived ingredients like coconut water, milk, flour, oil is present in your diet chart.

Today lets see how to make coconut milk rice. Its very simple and easy main course recipe.

Coconut Milk Rice

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Rice – 1 glass
• Oil – 2spn
• Bay leaf – 1
• Cinnamon – 1 small inch
• Cloves – 3
• Fennel seeds – ½spn
• Garlic – 6 pieces
• Green chilies – 3 (cut as length wise)
• Onion – 1 (big)
• Coconut milk – 2 glass (which has measured for rice)
• Salt - 1tspn (adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Coconut Milk Rice:

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Method:

1. Wash and  soak rice for 20 minutes.
2. Take a cooker, heat oil in medium flame add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds and saute for 1 minute. (figure 1)
3. Add green chilies, garlic, onions, salt and saute until onion become soft.(figure 2 & 3)
4. Next add coconut milk and cook until milk gets boil by closing with lid. (figure 4 & 5)
5. After milk getting boiled, add rice and mix well.  Close the pressure cooker with weight and cook for 3 whistles in medium flame. (figure 6,7 & 8)
6. Serve in plate. (figure 9)

Additional Tips:-

• In step3 , don't fry the onions deep or else Coconut milk rice color changes.
• In step 4, to prepare coconut milk take 1 full coconut, cut into pieces and grind them in mixer softly by adding 2 glass of water and then filter the mixture in a bowl.
• While preparing coconut milk, first add 1 glass of water along with coconut pieces, grind them and filter it. Then once again grind the mixture with another glass of water, filter it.

Veg Fried Rice

Hope Vegetable Fried Rice doesn't need much introduction so lets directly jump into the preparation process. 

Veg Fried Rice

Ingredients: Serve- 2

• Basmati Rice – 2 cup (cooked rice)
• Oil – 3tspn
• Cumin seeds – ½tspn
• Onion – 1(big)
• Carrot – 1(small)
• Beans – 8
• Peas –as required
• Pepper powder – 1tspn
• Green chilly – 2
• Coriander leaves - as required
• Salt - 1tspn (adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Veg Fried Rice:

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Method:

1. Cook the rice and transfer into plate. keep aside and let it cool.(figure 1)
2. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add cumin seeds wait for crackle. Then add thin slices onion and saute for 5 minutes.(figure 2 & 3)
3. Add green chillies, vegetables and saute for 1 more minute. (figure 4)
4. Add salt, pepper powder and continue sauteing for 1 minute.(figure 5 & 6)
5. Close the pan with lid and cook for 5 minutes in a medium flame.(figure 7)
6. Open the lid, add cooked rice and mix well. (figure 8)
7. Finally garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve in bowl.(figure 9)

 Veg Fried Rice is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:- 

• Cut the vegetables in small pieces so that it will get cooked faster. 

Idli Manchurian

Idli is a very famous south Indian breakfast recipe. Some people would not like to eat idli as it is but they would prefer to have it when some spices are added to it. Today we are going to see Idli Manchurian which is one of the Indochinese appetizer. I am sure you will definitely like it. 
 
Good option for evening snacks.  

Idli Manchurian

  Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Idli – 7
• All purpose flour – 6tspn
• Corn flour – 4tspn
• Salt – 1 & ½tspn (adjust to taste)
• Food color – a drop
• Oil – as required for frying
• Onion -  3 (big size)
• Green chili – 8
• Ginger – small piece
• Garlic – 5 pieces
• Ginger-garlic paste – 1tspn
• Soya sauce – 2tspn
• Tomato sauce – 2tspn
• Coriander leafs – as required
• Water - as required

The following picture shows the step by step process for Idli Manchurian:

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 Method:

1. Take the idli's and cut it as small cubes. (figure 1)
2.  Take a small bowl add 1tspn corn flour, little water & mix well without lumps. Keep it aside.(figure 2)
3. Take a pan, heat oil for deep frying in a medium flame.
4. Take a bowl add all purpose flour, 4tspn corn flour, 1/2tspn salt, food color, 1/2tspn ginger-garlic paste and make a thick paste by adding little water.(figure 3 & 4)
5. Now in this paste dump the idly cubes & transfer into the oil. (figure 5)
6. Fry the idli's for 2 minutes in medium flame and transfer into the plate.(figure 6 & 7)
7. Take a pan, heat 2tspn oil in medium flame add onion, green chili, ginger-garlic pieces and saute for 5 minutes.(figure 8)
8. Add 1tspn salt, 1/2tspn ginger garlic paste, soya sauce, tomato sauce and continue sauteing for 2 minutes.(figure 9)
9. Now add the mixture which has been prepared in step 2 and continue sauteing for 1 minute.(figure 10)
10. Add fried idli's and mix well.(figure 11)
11. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve in a bowl.(figure 12)

Tasty & Yummy Idli Manchurian is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In this recipe idli's should be cool not hot. If the idly is hot then refrigerate for 10 minutes.
• We can also add capsicum to this recipe for more tasty.

Mushroom Pepper Fry

Mushroom Pepper Fry is a very easy and quick fry recipe which can be served as a starters or as main course along with chapati.

Mushroom Pepper Fry

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Mushrooms – 7
• Pepper powder – 1&1/2tspn
• Salt – 1/2tspn(adjust to taste)
• Oil – 2tspn
• Mustard seeds – 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal – 1/2tspn

The following picture shows the step by step process for Mushroom Pepper Fry:

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 Method:

1. Wash & cut the mushrooms as small pieces.
2. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame, add mustard seeds wait for crackle and then add urad dhal saute for 5 seconds. (figure 1 & 2)
3. Add mushrooms and saute for 5 minutes. (figure 3)
4. Add salt, pepper powder and continue sauteing for 3 more minutes. (figure 4 & 5)
5. Serve in a plate.(figure 6)

Mushroom Pepper Fry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• We can also add onion for more tasty.