Breakfast from Andhra - Pesaratu

Think about Andhra ,things that strike your mind are Avakkai oorgai, Gongura Chutney and Pesaratu. Pesaratu is one of the wholesome and filling breakfast which can be had with spicy Ginger chutney. This is a very tasty combination that can make a difference in the usual breakfast menu of dosa and idli.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup of green moong dal

1 cup of channa dal

1 onion - sliced thinly

2 green chillies

1 small piece of ginger

Salt to taste

Oil as required

Method :

Soak the moong dal and channa dal for about 2 hours after washing it well

Grind it along with ginger, green chillies to make a adai batter consistency

Add the sliced onions and adjust salt to taste

Heat a dosa griddle

Take a laddle full of batter and pour it like a dosa

Flip it to cook well and serve hot with Ginger Chutney

This yummy Pesaratu goes to Cooking with Seeds Event at Priya 's place

Delectable Dish from Chettinand cuisine - Kuli Panniyaram -

I love Kuli Paniyaram, and has always wanted to make it at home. After so much thinking and talking at home, I finally got my Kuli Panniyara pan. Though I am yet to make the dish in my pan. I made it for my nieces, K and T when they had come down to India in July. They loved it. Its always a pleasure when there is some one who relishes the foohat you cook. that kind of motivates me always to cook a vareity of dishes.
This Kuli Panniyaram is very simple. I made use of left over Dosa batter, addes some spices along with onion and green chillies.

Ingredients:

1. Dosa Batter - 2 cups
   
2. 1 Onion - cut into small pieces
   
3. 1 green chilli - cut into fine pieces
   
4. A small pinch of turmeric powder
   
5. Salt to taste
   
6. Mustard Seeds
   
7. Oil as required

Method:

1. Heat the Kulipanniyaram pan. Add a little oil in each of the holes.
   
2. While it heats up, in a seperate wok add a little oil along with mustard seeds.
3. Let them sputter, add the onions and green chillies. Saute for a minute or two.
4. Add this to the batter, along with turmeric powder and salt.
   
5. Mix the batter well
   
6. When the Paniyaram pan is hot, laddle in one spoon of batter into each of the holes and let it cook well

7. Keep tossing the panniyaram till its cooked well.
8. I had downplayed the level of spice as my nieces are not used to the level of spice we use here in India. Serve the panniyaram with chutney or sauce, I was given no time to serve it even with Sauce, the plate got over even before I could put it on the table. The girls loved it.

Sending these Panniyarams to Srivalli's Snack Mela

Kid's Delight - No Fire Cooking - Round up 2

Ok, here comes the second round up of Kids Delight - no fire cooking event. I did not want my post to be very long, hence opted for a second roundup.

Pradyna send us her Dadpe Poha



Shalini send us her Choclate Banana Smoothie



Sushma 's creations are

Fruit Chat

Mango Pineapple Smoothie


Chatpat Boondhi
Tostito scoops
Sev Poori
Chaas

Here comes my creations, for the event

Dairy Milk Shake Panchamirtham

Murukku Ladoo

Kid's Delight No fire cooking - Roundup 1

Hi Everybody, I know this is a very late post. But it always better to be late than never. So here I am with the Round up of Kid Delight - no fire cooking event round up. It was wonderful to see the creations of fellow bloggers in this area. Quite a challenging one to think beyond smoothies and fruit juices, we do have a very different array of dishes that is gonna get lined..
I owe a huge apology to Srivalli, who is brainchild of this event series, for the very late roundup.
A Big thank you for all who have participated in this event. It was wonderful to have your contributions.
The recipes are listed in no particular order. So let the drum roll begin...

To begin with Srivalli s posts. She had given 7 very different ideas. Here they are

Chocolate dipped Fruit Pops Fake Chocolate Fondue Masala Peanut Chat

Chocolate Marie Biscuit Balls aka Tsunamika Cake

Banana Delight

Soft Serve Banana Ice Cream.

Homemade Peanut Butter

Hung Curds Sandwich Sandwich with Hung Curds Dip

Mom s chef send us these wonderful receipes

Funny face wholewheat sandwich

Sugarfree Ginger fruit mocktail

Fruit chat Cheesy Snacklets
Nupur send us her No bake oats burfi

Vaishali 's recipes are

Fruit Smoothie Onion Tomato Raitha
Zesty FruitsPriya Suresh send her wonderful creations

Green Lady Orange Dates Smoothie
Banana,Pear & Chocolate Shake Vegan Parsley Walnut Pesto

Fresh Fruits Cocktail



PJ send us the following

Fruity breakfast crunch Bonda Juice
Banana Relish Harini send us this Mixed Nut Burfi

Stay tuned for Roundup 2

"Only" Curries Event

Curries are an intergral part of our daily life and cooking. No matter whether its south or north, east or west .. Curries are always there, from Thai red curry to a normal potato fry that we do , all fall under the category of curries. So ladies, bring along all the curries that you do in the next month for this event that I am hosting. Please do check the giveaway for this event in Pari's Blog

Rules for giveaway
For winning the giveaway the participants after sending the entry to me have to leave the link of the entry in Pari's event announcement page and have to clearly inform Pari how they are eligible for it as
1. They need to follow her blog publicly
2. They have to be a fan on the face book page in her blog.The winner has to provide Pari with the address at cookingoodfood@gmail.com so that she can make arrangements for getting the giveaway delivered.

Rules of The Event
1. Any number of fresh entries can be sent but only 2 enties from the archive will be accepted. Archived entries to be reposted, else will not be accepted.
2. Only vegetarian dishes
3. Use of logo is mandatory as it helps spread the word.
4. The entry should be linked back to my event announcement page and Pari's 'Only'- Curries giveaway page.
5. The winner of the book from Tarla Dalal will be chosen by Pari by random. org at the end of the event from the links left in her event announcement page.
6. Format of entry
Blog's name
URL of the Receipe
Receipe name
Linkpic resized to 300pixel
Country
7. I will post the round up within 7 days of event completion unless there's an emergency.
8. I can not win the giveaway as I'm guest hosting it.
9. Non bloggers can also participate, in that case they can send entries to me and I can post them on their behalf
10. Send in your entries to akamalika@gmail.com

Happy Blogging ladies, looking forward to your entries.