Bombay Saagu | Aloo - Potato Gravy

Potato is one of my all-time favorite vegetable as we can make different kinds of dishes using potatoes. It can be used for the main course, side dishes like palya or gravy, you can prepare soup, you can use it as a starter and more. Today am going to share a simple and easiest dish called potato saagu|aloo gravy. It can be served with rava dosa, neer dosa, poori, or rava idli. I like this gravy to be slightly spicy. It does not take much time to prepare, here I am going to share the recipe with you all today.

Cuisine: Karnataka  | Preparation: 10 minutes
Cookin: 20 minutes | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Potatoes                -  3 medium size
Oil                         -  1 tbsp
Chana dal              -  1 tsp
Urad dal                -  1 tsp
Curry leaves          -  1 spring
Mustard seeds       -  1 tsp
Onion                   -  1 large size
Green chilies -  2
Turmeric powder   -  1/2 tsp
Besan powder       -  2 tsp (gram flour)
Water                   -  1.25 cups
Salt                      -  as per taste
Coriander leaves   -   2 tbsp

Method:

Boiling Potatoes

• Rinse and wash 3 to 4 potatoes very well and cut into the middle. In a pressure cooker, boil the potatoes along with salt for 3-4 whistles in a medium flame. 
• Once the cooker is cool, take off the potatoes and peel them and smash in a smasher or using hand. keep aside.

Making Saagu:

• Take a deep Kadai/pan, add oil to heat. add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
• Add chana dal, urad dal and fry till color change to little brown.
• Add curry leaves, chopped onions, and green chilies and fry for few minutes or until onions turn transparency. 
• Now add boiled and mashed potatoes and fry for 2 minutes.
• Add water, turmeric powder and besan powder to it and stir well.
• Adjust the salt as per taste, and add more water if the saagu becomes thick. Let it boil for a few minutes in a medium flame.
• Once it is cooked well, switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with rava idli or rava dosa.

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Carrot - Beans Palya | Karnataka Special Stir Fry Recipe

The combination of carrot and beans is a perfect dish that goes very well with chapati or paratha. It can be served with rasam and rice as well as a side dish. It is very simple and easy to prepare. This recipe looks simple but very delicious in taste. It is loaded with a lot of nutrients as the main ingredients are beans and carrots. It is dry in texture with its own softness. Carrot beans palya is one of the side dish which is prepared during the wedding, or any other functions.

Cuisine: Karnataka | Cooking: 15 minutes
Preparation: 15 minutes | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Carrots              -  2 carrots or 300 grams
Green beans      -  1/4 kg or 300 grams
grated coconut   -  5-6 tbsp
Salt                   -  1 tsp or to taste
Water                -  to boil veggies
Green chilies -  2
Onions              -  1 small size
Turmeric           -  1 tsp

To Tempering:

Mustard seeds  - 1 tsp
Urad dal           - 1 tsp
Chana dal         - 1 tsp
Curry leaves     - 1 spring
Oil                   -  2 tbsp

Method:

1. Wash beans and carrot well in running water and soak water completely.
2. Peel the carrot and discard the edges of beans.
3. Now chop them into small pieces, keep them aside.
4. Bring water to boil and add chopped beans and carrot to boil in a medium flame, until the carrot becomes a little bit of soft.
5. heat a cooking pan/deep Kadai, add oil, mustard seeds. once mustard seeds splutter, add chana dal and urad dal until it turns little brown in color.
6. Now add curry leaves, green chilies, and chopped onion and fry till it becomes transparent. do not fry over.
7. Add turmeric powder and boiled veggies and fry by adding salt to taste for a few minutes.
8. Once it is done, add grated coconut and mix well.
9. Serve hot with chapati.

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Banana Ice-Cream Smoothie

Banana ice cream is a healthy smoothie to beat this summer. This is a simple, easy, and quick recipe to prepare. This is prepared using a ripe banana and vanilla ice cream. You can prepare this recipe by using other types of fruits as well. Banana smoothie is one of the best energy drink for summer. Ice cream gives a rich texture in any kind of smoothies when it is perfectly blended. This is so fresh, smooth, and creamy. 

Cuisine: Karnataka | Time: 10 minutes | Serves: 2 

Ingredients:

Banana                   -  2 large
Milk                        -  3/4 cup chilled
Vanilla Ice cream    -  2 scoop
Ice cube                 -  2
Almond                  -  4
Cashews                -  4

Method:

1. Before making smoothies, prepare ice cubes, freeze the ripe banana for 15 minutes and chill the milk.
2. In a mixer jar/juice maker, add frozen and chopped bananas.
3. Now add ice cubes into it and blend it well until a smooth paste.
4. Add chopped dry fruits, chilled milk and grind it well.
5. Now add 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream and grind it well and make it a thick paste.
6. Banana smoothie is ready to serve. you can store in the fridge or serve immediately.

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Coconut Upma | Sooji - Kayi Uppittu

I am very happy to write this special Kayi/Coconut Upma recipe with you all as this is a very rare recipe that you can find. I feel it's very special as the taste is very nice and different compared to other varieties of upma. I learnt this from my MIL, I was curious to taste this when I saw her preparing for the first time and after tasting I just loved it. 

Usually, people will prepare upma/sooji by using rava/rice etc, but I had never heard/seen coconut upma anywhere. Here I am sharing this recipe with you all today, try this at your home and enjoy the food. This is one of the tastiest and easy to make the recipe. It is nutritive, easy to digest and healthy too. You will get a flavour of fresh coconut, it gives more taste when you eat with a banana.     
                                          

Cuisine: Karnataka | Cooking: 20 minutes
Preparation: 15 minutes | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Fresh Coconut      -  1 cup
Broken rice            -  1 cup
Milk                        -   1/2 cup (as required)
Salt                        -   as per taste
Coriander leaves   -  1/2 cup
Lemon                   -  1 or 2

To Temper:

Oil                      -  1 tbsp
Mustard seeds   -  1/2 tbsp
Chana dal          -  1/2 tbsp
Urad Dal            -   1/2 tbsp
Peanuts             -   1 tbsp
Curry leaves      -   1 spring
Green chillies    -   4-5

Method:

1. Take freshly grated coconut and grind it into powder. ( it should not be paste).
2.  In a mixing bowl, add grind coconut, broken rice, salt and mix well by gradually adding milk. ( don't add too much milk, consistency should be thick). keep it aside.
3. Now take an idli cooker and grease idli plates by applying ghee.
4. Now pour this mixer and cook for 10 to 15 minutes in a medium flame.
5. After 15 minutes, switch off the flame and let it cool completely.
6. Once it cools down, take off idlis from idli plates and make it smash using hand. (like upma). set aside.
7. In a deep Kadai/pan, add oil, mustard seeds and let it splutter.
8. Add chana dal, urad dal, Peanuts and let it cook till a little bit brown in colour.
9. Now add curry leaves, green chillies, fry for a few minutes.
10. Once it is fired, add smashed idlis, coriander leaves and mix well until all the tempering ingredients mix together.
11. Switch off the flame and add lemon juice. 
12. Mix it well again and serve hot tasty coconut upma.

                                                  

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Tangy - Tomato Rice

Chitranna is one of the favorite rice recipes for most of the rice lovers. Chitranna can be prepared by using either lemon or tomatoes. So today am sharing tomato chitranna made with tangy tomatoes and onions. It is a very easy and quick recipe and also tastes really good. Few people think tomato rice is nothing but a tomato bath but its wrong. Tomato bath is completely different from tomato rice. Tomato bath is prepared using masala items but in tomato rice, we don't use any masala.

 

This is a Karnataka style of rice. We can prepare this by using leftover rice or when you are in hurry, and on lazy Sundays, And ideal for lunch box. It looks very simple and requires fewer ingredients. But tastes really good, we can feel the flavor of tangy tomato, half fry onion, and chili tastes. It is totally yummy food for me and I just love this food. Try it out in your home, taste it, and give your feedback.

Cuisine: South Indian | cooking: 15 minutes
Preparation: 15 minutes | Serves: 4-5

Ingredients:

Cooked rice      -   1 pavu/cup
Water              -   2 glass/cups
Tomatoes         -   4
Onion               -   1
Oil                   -   4 tbsp
Mustard seeds   -   1 tbsp
Chana dal         -   1 tbsp
Peanuts            -   2 tbsp
Curry leaves      -   1 spring
Green chilies -   4-6
Turmeric            -   1/2 tbsp
Salt                   -   as per taste
Coriander leaves -   2 tbsp

 Method:

1. First, pressure cooks the rice by adding water and cook for 2 whistles in a medium flame.
2. In a meantime, chop the tomatoes, onions, and coriander leaves into small, and chop green chilies into slit lengthwise and keep aside.
3. Check the cooker, if pressure is out from cooker or once cooker cools down, open the lid and transfer the rice to a wide bowl and let it cool.
4. Take a deep pan/Kadai, add oil followed by mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, and peanuts and fry till they turn into little brown color.
5. Now add curry leaves, green chilies, turmeric, and fry for 2 minutes. Next, add onions and half fry or fry till it turns transparency. (half fried onions always gives better taste)
6. Take chopped tomatoes and add them into it and saute till raw smells go off. it takes about 2-3 minutes.
7. Once all done, switch off the flame and add cooked rice and mix well.
8. Add coriander leaves and serve hot.

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Instant Rava Idli

Rava idli is one of the most popular south Indian breakfast. It is made up of with Rava/semolina/sooji. This Rava idli is very easy and quick to prepare as there is no need for grinding and fermenting is required. Using fresh curd makes Rava idlis tastes well. It goes well with coconut chutney or tomato saagu. For preparing puffy and soft idlis mainly you require two ingredients which are fresh curd and roasted Rava. Here I am going to share this recipe with you all today.

Cuisine: Indian | Cooking: 20 minutes

Preparation: 5 minutes | Serves: 4-5

Ingredients:

For Idli Batter

Roasted Rava/sooji     -  2 cups

Thick curd                 -  1 cup

Water                       -  1 cup (adjust thickness)

Salt                          -  as needed   

Coriander leaves        -  3 tbsp

Grated carrot             -  4 tbsp 

Baking soda               -  1 tbsp

To Temper:

Mustard seeds      -   1 tbsp

Chana dal            -    2 tbsp

Urad dal               -   1 tbsp

Curry leaves         -   1 spring (chopped)

Broken Cashews   -    8-7

Oil                       -    1 tbsp

Ghee                    -    1 tbsp

Baking soda          -    1 tbsp

Green chillies        -    1-2 (chopped finely)

Method:

• In a pan, add oil and ghee to heat, once heated add mustard seeds to splutter, followed by chana dal, urad dal and broken cashews. saute till dals and cashews turn little brown, it takes about 1-2 minutes.
• Now add chopped curry leaves, chopped green chillies and fry for few minutes.
• Once done with tampering, low the flame and add roasted Rava/sooji into it and start frying for 2-3 minutes.
• Rava should be mixed well with tampered ingredients. once it has done, switch off the flame and keep it aside to cool.
• Once it cools completely, take Rava mixture and add curd, salt to taste and baking soda and mix well.
• Check the salt and adjust the batter thickness by adding water. Let the batter be medium thick. Mix it well and set it for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare an idli maker to stand by greasing with ghee/oil. Add glassful of water and pour in idly cooker/steamer and keep it aside.
• Now take a Rava batter, mix well again and immediately pour in the idli maker stand.

• Place the idli maker stand in the idli cooker/steamer and cook for 10-15 minutes in a medium flame. 
• You can insert a knife or spoon in the centre of the idli to check if it is cooked properly.
• Once it is done, remove the idli stand from cooker/steamer and let it cool for 2-3 minutes. (don't take off the idlis from idli moulds/stands when it is hot, you won't get proper puffy idlis as it sticks to moulds)
• After a few minutes or once it cools off, apply little oil/ghee to spoon and remove idlis using it.
• Serve with coconut chutney or tomato gojju/gravy.

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Bread Upma - Best Evening Snacks

Bread upma is one of the best times to pass snacks to have along with hot coffee in the evening. It is a very easy and quick recipe and ideal for your kid's lunch box. The only ingredients mainly required are bread, which is readily available in the market/shops and ingredients for tempering. If the edges of the bread hard, then slice them off or no need of removing it. Bread upma can be made up with fresh bread or sometimes when you have leftover bread and you are bored of eating plain bread you can prepare this recipe and serve it when it is hot with tomato ketchup/sauce to get the yummy taste.  

  
Cuisine: Indian | Cooking time: 10 minutes
Preparation time: 10 minutes | serves: 4-5

Ingredients:

Bread slices             -  15 
Oil                          -  6 tbsp
Mustard seeds         -  1 tbsp
Chana dal               -   1 tbsp
Urad dal                 -   1/2 tbsp 
Green chilies -   5-6 slit lengthwise    
Curry leaves            -   1 spring
Ginger-Garlic paste  -   1 tbsp
Chopped onion        -   1
Turmeric powder     -   1 tbsp
Sugar                     -   1 tbsp
Salt                        -   as required
Coriander leaves      -   2 tbsp
Grated coconut        -   1/4 cup
Lime juice               -    few drops

Method:

• Firstly roast the bread slices both the sides on a Tawa in a medium flame into a golden brown and crispy.

• chop all the bread slices into small pieces. remove edges if the bread is hard and also chop onions too and keep aside.                                                                                                              

• Take a deep Kadai/pan, heat oil, and ghee. when oil is warm add mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, and fry till dals are turned brown in color.

•   Once it has done, add curry leaves, ginger-garlic paste, and saute for 2-3 minutes.

• Now add chopped onions and fry till onions get transparency. Half fry the onions always gives an outstanding flavor to any kind of dish.

• Now add turmeric and saute till the raw smell of turmeric goes well.

•  Once it gets mix well, add slit lengthwise green chilies and saute for 2-3 minutes. Adjust the chilies according to your preference. 

                          

• Now add sugar(optional), salt and mix well. If you making upma with sweet bread, then you can skip the sugar. and adjust the salt as per taste. 

• After adjusting the salt, add chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut. and mix fell.

• Now its time to add chopped bread slice. make sure while string bread slice mixes up well with tampering ingredients along with ghee.

• At last mix well by adding a few drops of lemon juice. Bread upma is ready to serve. 
• Serve when it is hot with tomato sauce/ketchup.

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Broken Rice Upma - Akki Thari Uppittu

This is one of my favorite recipes which is made with broken rice instead of rawa/sooji. It is very tasty and mouthwatering too, it can be served for breakfast or evening snacks. This broken rice upma(ಅಕ್ಕಿತರಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು)tastes different
from the regular upma. If you use lilva beans to this, you will get an unbeatable aroma which makes this upma very special. It can be served by making it into small balls too, as the same look a little attractive for kids. 

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Breakfast/snacks 

Prep Time: 5 mins         |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

Broken rice                  -  2 cup

Water                          -  5 cups

Onion                          -  2

Green chilies -  6-7

Curry leaves                -  1 spring

Oil                              -  3-4 tbsp

Salt                             -  as needed.

Grated coconut             - 1 cup

Coriander leaves           -  few

Ginger                         -  1 Inch (optional)

Lemon juice                 -  Few drops

To Temper:

Ghee                  -  2 tbsp

Mustard seeds     -  1 tbsp

Urad dal             -  1 tbsp

Channa dal         -  1 tbsp

Hing/asafoetida   -  1/4 tbsp   

Cashew               -   6-7

Method:

1. Heat a Kadai/pan to dry roast broken rice in medium flame until a roasted smell of rice goes and till it turns light golden brown. Set aside to cool.
2. Meanwhile, let water complete boil.
3. Take another pan, heat oil and ghee. add given Temper items, mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, cashews, curry leaves, asafoetida/hing, green chilies, and curry leaves. Fry them all.
4. Now add chopped onion and ginger, fry till raw smell goes and saute till it becomes transparent. Don't fry too much it makes broken rice upma fresh less.
5. Add 5 cups of water and salt and bring it to boil. When water starts boiling, Taste the water to check for salt, if it is slightly salty, it will be perfect once to add broken rice.
6. Once it has done, now reduce the flame to low and start adding broken rice slowly with one hand and stir continuously with the other hand, so that it does not form lumps to the boiling water.
7.  It Will splutter so be careful with it. Mix well until it becomes thick by absorbing water.
8. Now cover with a lid for few minutes. be sure flame should be low after boiling water.
9. After 5-6 minutes, switch off the flame and stir well with few drops of lemon juice.
10.  At last, garnish with coriander leaves and grated coconut.

        Delicious broken rice upma ready to eat. Serve hot with curd or chutney.

Note:

• The water quantity is more for this broken rice upma because rice observes more water when it starts boiling.
• Half fry of onions makes upma more tasteful.
• adding cashew is optional.
• Few drops of lemon juice at the end give little tangy taste.
• This is plain upma. you can add tomato or other vegetables like lilva beans, beans, carrot, or potato.

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Citron Lime Rice - Herlekai Chitranna

Chitranna is prepared in many varieties, this recipe is one among them. The fresh and bitter tang of citron gives a different flavour. We extract the juice and prepare chitranna from it and the peel is used to make pickles which gives an outstanding mouth-watering taste. Citron lime rice is very popular in the southern part of India. This is a seasonal fruit which is good for health. This rice is very easy to prepare and can be prepared quickly.  Here I am going to share the recipe today.

    
Cuisine: India| Cooking: 15 minutes
Preparation: 5 minutes | serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice             -    1 ½ cups/pavu
Coriander leaves       -   3 tbsp
Green chillies           -    4-5
Turmeric powder      -    1 tbsp
Salt                          -    as per taste
Citron juice              -    1 fruit juice
Onion                       -    1 big size 
Grated coconut         -    ½ cup

To Temper:

Oil                           -   4-5 tbsp
Mustard seeds          -   1 tbsp
Urad dal                  -    1 tbsp         
Chana Dal                -    1 tbsp
Peanuts                   -     2 tbsp
Curry leaves            -     1 spring
Hing/Asafoetida       -    a pinch (optional)

Method:

1. Cook rice apart by adding water in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles in a medium flame and allow it to cool and set aside.
2. Heat a deep pan/Kadai by adding oil in it. Once heated add peanuts and stir till it turns a little brown.
3. Now add mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal and fry for a minute.
4. Once chana dal and urad dal turn a golden colour, add green chillies, curry leaves and a pinch asafoetida/hing and Fry for a minute.
5. After 1 minute, add onion and turmeric and fry until onion gets transparency and raw smell of turmeric goes well.
6. Once it is done switch off the flame and adds prepared rice followed by citron lime juice and salt.
7. Mix all together properly, check for salt and sourness. If needed add more citron juice and adjust the salt.
8. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut and serve it hot.

Notes:   

• Take care of peanuts, chana dal and urad dal. Do not overcook or undercook as it spoils the taste of the rice.