Arati Thokkala Pacchadi

I am a big fan of home-made pickles and chutneys.When I mom makes curries which I dont eat then I use to ask her to make any pacchadi with which I can have my entire meal.Recently I saw this recipe in a cooking show 'Maa Oori Vanta' and tried Arati Thokkala Pacchadi It came out very well.Till then I know that we can make chutney with the skin of the veggies(Beerakaya,Aratikaya) but never tried it before.Made it today for our lunch.Waiting for my hubby to taste and comment on it.



Ingridents:

Arati Thokkalu: From 2 Aratikayalu(chop the Plantian skin into small pieces)
Chenna Dal:2 spns
Urad dal:1.5 spn
Jeera:1 spn
Tamrind:Small Piece
Garlic:3 pods
Salt:To taste
Dry Red Chillies:3
Turmeric Pwd:A Pinch
Oil:2 spns


Procedure:

1.In a pan add oil,when hot add cumin seeds,when they splatter add chenna dal,urad dal and fry till they turn golden color.Now put in the garlic,tamrind,red chillies and fry till garlic turn smooth.
2.Put the chopped plantain skin mix and cook them covered till smooth.Add a pinch of turmeric pwd and Salt to taste.
3.Once the plantain pieces are smooth,turn off the flame and let the mixture cool.
4.Put it in a blender and make it to a smooth paste.
5.Serve it with Rice/Dosa.

Spicy Tomato Rice

In my last India trip we went to Tirupathi ,there I had this Tomato rice in a small stall where they made it in Chiness style.I stood beside him and watched the way he made it.He made it very similar to Veg FriedRice by adding soya sauce,veniger and tasting salt but the only difference is he added cut tomato and curry leaves,adding veniger and ajinamoto to the dish made it taste different.I really loved the taste and had it daily for 3 days.I tried in the same way and could only reach 50% of that taste.

Here is the recipe...

Ingridents:

Rice:1 cup(add 2 cups of water to rice and cook it)
Tomato:3 medium(chopped)
Onion:1 medium(cut to thin slices)
Green Chillies:5 (slit)
Ginger Garlic Paste:1 spn
Curry Leaves:8-10
Ajinamoto(Tasting Salt):1/4 spn
Soya Sauce:2 spns
White Veniger:1.5 spn
Red Chilli Pwd:2 spns(I want the red color to tomato rice so I use half of green chillies and half of red chilli powder as per ur taste U can use either of them to ur choice)
Chopped Spring Onions:4 spns(aptional)
Salt:To taste
Oil:3 spns
Garam Masala Powder: 1 spn(adjust to ur taste)

Procedure:

1.In a pan add oil when hot add cut onions and fry till they turn golden color,now add curry leaves,slit green chillies and fry for 2 mins,add chopped spring onions ,ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw flavor is removed
2.Now add soya sauce,white veniger,tasting salt and fry for another 2 mins, add chopped tomato,cook it covered till tomato turns smooth.At this time add salt,chilli powder,garam masala mix well and check for the seasonings,adjust if needed.
3.Finally add the cooked rice to this tomato masala,mix evenly and serve hot with any Raitha.

Variations:

I had few boiled red beans and potato in the fridge so I added them to this..its just optional.U can add any veggies or just peas to the dish.

Sharing this recipe for EFM-Variety Rice Series in the blog Me and My Kitchen.

Crispy Potato

Today,its raining in our Place.I actually wanted to make something spicy which goes with dal for lunch and prefered making Crispy Potato.This dish is very similar to normal potato fry we make,but the only thing is adding besan and little garam Masala.Small amount of Besan makes the potato crispy.



Ingridents:

Potato:5 no(medium,cut into halves and pressure cook to 3 whistles)
Salt:To Taste
Chilli Pwd:To Taste
Garam Masala:2 spns
Gram Flour 2 spns
Oil:3 spns

Procedure:

1.Peel the boiled potato halves and dice the potato.
2.In a pan add oil,when hot put in the diced potatoes and fry uncovered till potatoes turn golden color.
3.At this time add salt to taste,garm flour and fry till nice aroma comes from the gramflour,make sure that u dont burn the gramflour,fry on low flames.
4.When the gram flour evolves nice aroma sprinkle garam masala pwd and chilli pwd to taste.
5.Fry for 4-5 mins,turn off and serve hot with rice and dal.(I prefer Tomato dal to go with Potato fry).
It can be served as a side dish in the breakfast time with omlete.Eggs n Potato are always a gud combo.