Masala Vada

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Ingredients:

• Chaana Daal (Yellow Gram) : 1 Cup
• Cinnamon Stick : 1
• Finely Chopped Onion : 1/2 Cup
• Finely Chopped Coriander : 1/2 Cup
• Finely Chopped Green Chillies : 2
• Besan (Chick Pea Flour) : 1 tbsp
• Red Chillies : 3-4
• Chopped Curry Leaves : 4-5
• Jeera ( Cumin Seeds ) :1 tsp
• Salt to Taste
• Oil for Deep frying

Procedure:

1. Wash and soak chaana daal for 4-5 hours.
2. Grind chaana daal, cinnamon stick, red chillies, jeera coarsely. Then add remaining ingredients except oil and mix well. Check the mixture. If mixture is not bonding to form vada add more besan.
3. Heat oil in a kadhai. Make small flat vadas of all mixture. Fry these vadas in kadhai till they become golden brown.
4. Serve these hot vada with any type of chutney or sauce or ketch up.

This is my entry for Vani's RCI:Andhra Festival Food event.

Dudhi Masala (Bottle Gourd Masala)

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Ingredients:

• Small Dudhi (Bottle Gourd): 1
• Curry Leaves: 1 String
• Kala Masala (Maharashtrian Black Masala with Onion & Garlic): 2 tsp
• Hing (Asafoetida)
• Oil: 1 tbsp
• Salt to Taste

For Masala:

• Tur Daal (Yellow Lentil): 1 tbsp
• Sesame Seeds: 1 tbsp
• Coriander Seeds: 2 tsp
• Jeera (Cumin Seeds): 1 tsp
• Grated Coconut: 1 tbsp
• Peanuts: 2 tbsp
• Ginger - Garlic Paste: 1 tsp

Procedure:

1. Dry roast tur daal, sesame seeds, jeera,peanuts, coriander seeds & grated coconut till they become golden brown. Let it cool for a while. Then grind all these masala ingredients to fine paste with small amount of water.
2. Peel the Dudhi and cut into small pieces.
3. Heat oil in a kadhai. Then add curry leaves & hing. Then add masala paste. Cook the masla till it leaves some oil (atleast 5-6 minutes). Then add kala masala, mix well and cook for 1 minute.
4. Then add dudhi pieces and salt. Mix well and cover the kadhai with lid. Let it cook for 2 minutes then add small amount of warm water (according to required consistency). Again cover kadhai with lid and let it cook till dudhi pieces are fully cooked.
5. Garnish this dudhi masala with chopped coriander leaves and serve with roti or chapati or phulka or any rice.

This is my entry for Pooja's VOW:Bottle Gourd and Shrivalli's Curry Mela event.

Dudhi Raita (Bottle Gourd Raita)

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Ingredients:

• Grated Bottle Gourd (Dudhi): 1 Cup
• Cold Dahi (Yogurt): 2 Cups
• Finely Chopped Tomato: 1 tbsp
• Finely Chopped Onion: 1 tbsp
• Finely Chopped Coriander: 1 tbsp
• Jeera or Cumin Powder: 1 tsp
• Salt to Taste

Procedure:

1. Boil grated dudhi till it get transperant. Drain and let it cool.
2. Beat the yogurt for 1 minute.
3. Mix all ingredients in to yogurt very well. If you don't have cold yogurt, keep raita in refrigerator for an hour.
4. Serve this chilled raita with any biryani or sabji.

This is my entry for Pooja's VOW:Bottle Gourd event.

Now it's award time. My good friend Easy Craft of Simple Indian Food gave me two awards. First one is Yum Yum Blog award and second one is Friendship award which is new for me. Thank you very much EC for passing me this awards. Because of food blogging I have lot of new friends so thanks to blogger.



Now I would like to pass this award to JZ of Tasty Treats, Roopa of My Kitchen Treats, Meera of Enjoy India Food and Uma of Essence of Andhra .