Potato Upma Curry

Hi friends,im back after a lovely trip.The trip was amazing.im back here with lovely memories and cherishable moments.

Meanwhile I thought of the recipies running here....i think i missed some wonderful recipes in these days..but no probzz,this weekend i thought of going through the recipes that i have missed.

And coming to todays recipe..This is my fav vegetable,guess everyones fav.wtever may be the dish..if it comes with POTATO,then the dish will be simply delicious.This is a very simple and delicious recipe and my grannie used to prepare this esp on saturdays... dontno why??The name iteself tells us(the ingredients here are similar to semolina upma,but instead semolina we'll use potato) wt are the ingredients required to prepare this curry,lets check...

Hey forgot to say...my dad is very good at doing this curry :)

Ingredients

Potato

Onion

For Seasoning

Oil

Urad,Chana Dal,Mustard Seeds-1 tbsp

Jeera-1/2 tbsp

Turmeric-1/2 tbsp

Green chillies 4

Red Chillies 3-4

Ginger Paste 1/4 tbsp(optional)

Garnish

Curry Leaves

Cliantro

Lemon juice 3-4 tbsp(as per ur taste)

Directions:

Take Peeled Potatoes,cut them into cubes and pressure cook and mash them

Mean while chop onions,green chillies.

Now in a frying pan heat oil and add seasoning stuff in the above order..add onions now itself.Let them fry till onions turns to pinkish color.

Now add mashed potatoes,salt and mix throughly.

Garnish with curry leaves,cliantro and lemon juice..mix well

Goes well with rice,roti.

Note:My mom sometimes add tamarind juice instead of lemon....i prefer lemon :D

Jamie from Flavor Pantry tagged me ..here are some more things abt me:

What was I doing ten years ago?

Hmmm...means 1998,doing my high school studies.When it comes to school and esp high school i enjoyed alot..at the most than anyone.Our school has a gr8 record of all round performence in the city and wtever science fair,elocution,painting,Dance,singing..v were the first to participate and grabbed alott of prizes.comin to my dept...i used to participate in dance,essay writing and comin to sports..throwball,volleyball etc.I have a gr8 bunch of frnz at that time and to everyones surprise v r still in contact with one another..i think that is one of the best part of my life.

If somebody asks me abt my schooling i can't end the topic like that..so itzz a bit elobarative ;)

What are five things on my to-do list for today (non-work related)?

Hmm..

1.To complete this as soon as possib a go for bath,my mom is scolding there ;)

2.To start sid's book Morning,Noon & Night brought from my frnd.

3.Hey I forgot..to prepare lunch

4.Go for little shopping

5.To clean my room..itzz really messy :(

What are five snacks I enjoy?

Anything Spicy...

1.Panipuri

2.Pav bhajji

3.Nutty Crunch

4.Bhajji Mixture

5.Lays..hehehe

What things would I do if I were a billionaire?

Let me become..then ill think wt to do with that,but the first thing i'ld love is travelling with my family..esp with my dad(nanna took me to many places in india..n i wan to make him travel around the world),lotss of shopping to me n my mom till i get bored...and the list goes on folks.

Places I’ve lived:

Travelled alott..

But coming to home..itzz Hyderabad

Jobs I’ve had:

Im a S/W engineer in one of the fortune 500 companies...and this is my first job.

Tag You’re It!

Medhaa

Uma

Cham

Sailaja

Sireesha

If anyone from the abv list did already..then ignore this.

Have a gr8 weekend...

Madatha Kaja(sweet rolls)in a diff look

I tried a very different recipe in a different way.I did Madatha Kajas...A very popular andhra sweet,Tapeswaram is very famous in doing madatha kajas.The difference is the shape of Kajas..Check my version of doing Madatha Kajas.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup-All purpose flour/Maida

3/4 tbsp-Baking Soda

Ghee

Rice Flour

Cardamon/Elachi Powder

Water

Oil

For Sugar Syrup

1 1/2cup- Sugar

1/2 cup-Water

Directions:

Mix maida,baking soda and elachi powder with water similar to chapathi dough.

Now make the as small balls...roll like chapathis.

Now on that add ghee and rice flour..make sure these should be distributed evenly and entirely.

Now roll the chapathi and cut into small rolls

Press the each roll with hand and make them flat

Heat oil a heavy bottomed vessel fry the rolls till it turns to golden brown color

Preperation of Sugar Syrup:

Meanwhile prepare syrup

In a vessel pour sugar and water.

Sugar melts and stir ocassionally...till there is thick consistency.

Atlast pour those fried rolls in the sugar syrup..make sure the syrup should be hot enough while ur transeferring rolls.

Take rolls from the syrup and serve.

Note:I want to make a diff shape,so i tried this.For actual kaja shape my mom told to cut the chapathi into ribbons and roll them carefully.

Happy Moments to Share

i got a few awards from my fellow bloggers.

First one....Uma and Hetal awarded me Rocking girl,thanx for ur awards dear.

They think im rocking...but u all people rocks and makes me rocking...hehehe.

By this time i hope everybody receives this award...i wanna pass this award to some of my friends,

the list is below.

I am Tagged by my dear friends Sireesha and Neha !!!!!!!!!!

1) LAST MOVIE U SAW IN A THEATER?

the last movie I saw in theater was Kantri(Telugu one)........a very boring one :((

2) WHAT BOOK ARE U READING?

Midnight Dreams by Sid

3) FAVORITE BOARD GAME?

First of all I dont like board games but to choose a few Chess,snake and ladder,TT

4) FAVORITE MAGAZINE?

Womens era..lotzz of gosipps,hehehe ;)...not very specific can go with anything

5) FAVORITE SMELLS?

loves the smell of earth while raining,sweet smell of Jasmine at night on a sunny day..we have jasmine palnt at our backyard..i luv them and my deo too...:)

6) FAVORITE SOUNDS?

Children laugh,soothing music,n alott

7) WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

i am ignored by the person i love

8) WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN U WAKE?

"Let me sleep for few more minutes(hrs) mom...!!!",my everday dialog with my mom..hehehe

9) FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE?

alott girls..im completely street bie,eats alott of junk food n escapes my rotiune meal(mom scolds me on that)..to name a few Panipuri,fruit juices near to my home,icecreams at Yati,Subway,Coffeeday,McDonald and the list goes on.........

10) FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?

Not Married yet...too early to think...LOL

11) FINISH THIS STATEMENT—’IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I’D’

Build my dream home n car..shopping alotttttttt(c how many t's r there..;) ofcourse and to help financially some children for their studies

12)DO YOU DRIVE FAST?

Ocassionally..but i stopped driving now

13) DO U SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?

No.

14)STORMS–COOL OR SCARY?

Cool.

15) WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?

No Car yet

16) FAVORITE DRINK?

Bru instant Coffee made by mom,Banana Juice(hmm..lot of calorie) n it depends

17) FINISH THIS STATEMENT-IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD…

Plan to go for shopping,Sleep

18) DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?

No

19) IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY OTHER COLOR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?

Burgandi.

20) NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS U HAVE LIVED IN?

Hyderabad.

21) FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?

cricket,Tennis,F1 to name afew

22) ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?

Both of them known to me through her blog....they are wonderful and have a lovely blog.

23) WHATS UNDER YOUR BED?

Let me check....hehehe...Nothing.

24) WOULD U LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN??

Defintly Yes.......

25) MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?

Morning Person.

26) OVER EASY OR SUNNY SIDE UP?

over easy

27) FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX?

My Home,and anyplace with my best friends..ill just relax there

28) FAVORITE PIE?

Not a pie-lover!!!!!!!!

29) FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?

I love Chocolate, Butterscotch.

30) OF ALL THE PEOPLE U HAVE TAGGED, WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?

Lemme see who'll respond n let u know..hehehe

I'l like to pass this awrd and meme to the below all.....
Medhaa
Cham
Dee
Sagari
Sailaja

Jamie

Congratulations to you all

I got one more award by subha ravikoti,thanx alott for passing this award to me

Trip to Vizag:

Hurray a small trip to vizag and araku with friends.Planned alott..(mischeif..hehehe).I travelled most parts of India with my parents only,but if it comes with friends..that wuld be rocking right...!!There wont be any restrictions and we'll rock at vizag beach.I've been to vizag so many times..but this is very spl 'coz itzz wid friends.Looking fwd to enjoy alott.At the same time miss u alott friends..im leaving 2mrow and will be back on monday(i guess..not decided yet..hehehe).

Hope U all miss me tooooo......

A lovely award from Jamie with a crispy snack

Im flattered,itz amazing...spellbound.Im new to cooking and you all people pampered me alott.Hardly three months and i received these many awards,so many new friends,new recipes and yeah with these memes even we are knowing abt our fellow bloggers.Isn't that wonderful...??absolutely amazing.

Inspirational Award By Jamie

Today morning unusal(yeah today itzz saturday and all S/W engineers have office 'coz of some elections held last week and it was declared holiday on last thursday....very bad kada :( ... ) while i was hurrying to my office,i received a comment from Jamie.....and to my surprise itzz a lovely Inspirational award from her.

Jamie from Flavor Pantry started this award.The idea behind this award is Inspiration.Isn't that sounds interesting....??ofcourse Yes....

"This is given to bloggers whose stories and recipes inspire us. Whether it’s to eat healthier, dive back into our past to conjure up something we ate as children, or just make the light bulbs in our brains go on with a new idea for a recipe.

As recipients of this award, please share with us what inspires you and then pass on the Inspiration Award to 4 other deserving bloggers."

Feel free to post the Inspiration Award Logo on your site for the whole blogsphere to see and yeah it is not fair if I wont mention about the logo photo,this is taken by Beth from Dueling Foodies.

I'm inspired by alott of things but to mention few...the list is as follows:

1.If someone appreciates my recipes and not only that anything I did even at my desk.

2.The lovely nature...especially the first rain after a tough summer and the smell of earth after its raining..i'll be electrified if i experience that :D

3.I'm a humorous person and if someone likes my presence and if they feel that they are missing me...I just love thatt,that's really inspirational..i wont let them down by anyother personand will be very trueful to them.

4.Yeah,I still remember with my first dish,nobody in my family including me dare to eat but my nanna(dad) is the first person who says that's most delicious and later i ate that..then i realized its the worst one,hehehe.Nanna always appreciate my work..i love the importance nanna gives to me.I love him.

Its really wonderful to know abt things that inspired you...a nice award Jamie cameup with.

I'd like to further pass this award to:

Medhaa-who is always there behind me and encouraged me alott

Cham-Haaa dear,every post of mine is begins with ur comment,such an amazing dear you are.I hope this time im the first one who passed this award to you('coz b4 im passing any award to u..u already been there by receiving it...hehehe,suchaa stardom you have...).

Uma-Mana telugu aada paduchu(means a Telugu Women) with her wonderful and inspirational set of comments.

Sireesha/Sailaja-Telugu aada paduchulu with lovely recipies,i feel so close when i receive comments from siri and sailu

its been said i should pass this to 4 persons...im passing to siri n sailu at a time 'coz both r very inspirational to me..i cant leave anyone above.

Onion Pakoda:

See Jamie gave a coffee cup inspirational award and im ready with a lovely snack..which is an all time favorite to every one.

First monsoon came and i was really happy...yuppiee,without any pause i started doing pakodis...a lovely combination for a cool,breezy weather.

whataa combo..watching rain from the window having coffee(i have jamie's cup now..hehehe) with pakodis.

Ingredients:

Chopped Onions 3-4

Besan flour 1/2 small cup

Rice flour 1/2 small cup

Green chillies 3-4

Soda(optional) 1/2 pinch

Water

Salt as per your taste

Oil

Directions:

Mix all the above ingredients except oil with water..make it as a paste

Heat oil in a pan and drop the paste as small drops.

Let it fry till it turns to golden brown color.

Remove from kadai and place them on a tissue paper,so that it absorbs the remaining oil

Pakodis are ready..for better taste serve with tomato sauce(optional)

Note:Rice flour is added for crispiness..if u dont want very crispy u can reduce the measure

Tamarind Pulihora and Some awards by Sireesha......

Tamarind(Chintapandu)pulihora...generally called as Pulihora.A very well-known authentic southindian recipe.By default for every other function and festivals people esp in my house pulihora is very common...starting from Barasla~Naming cermony to wt not for sankranthi,ugadi,diwali and the list goes on... :D.

My grannie and my aunt is very good at making pulihora..for a better and unique taste they add Mustard seed paste..in telugu we'll call "Aava" to pulihora...gosh the taste is as unqiue as any other hand made pulihora's.

Though we have pulihora in our house very common,I love eating "Pulihora prasadam" from temples..standing in the queue and getting handful of pulihora and eating..that feels like heaven.

I love eating pulihora made by my aunt(grannie is no more :(.... ) and the pulihora at temples,esp tirumala venkateswara swami's pulihora prasadam..such a delicious one, still a mystery wt all the'll add for pulihora.Whenever we were been to tirupati,Nanna used to give the pujari's 5 or 10 n used to get even more pulihora..n v enjoyed eating that.... :D

Even we can make Pulihora with left over rice also...

Here is my way of doing....

Ingredients:

Cooked rice

Tamarind Pulp - 1 cup

Turmeric powder - 1 Tbsp

Mustard seed Paste-1 1/2 Tbsp

salt per taste

For Seasoning:

Oil

Hing/Inguva

Chana Dal

Urad Dal

Mustard seeds

Peanuts

Green chillies

Red chillies

Curry Leaves

Directions:

First compelte the seasoning part..take a pan make oil to heat and add the seasoning stuff as per the order above.

Meanwhile for mustard paste grind the mustard seeds and keep that aside.

Now come the tamarind part..cook the tamarind pulp for 2-3 min sitll it thickens.

Now take a wide mouth plate 'coz u can mix well and in that add cooked rice add turmeric,salt,mustard seed paste,tamarind pulp and seasoning stuff.
Mix it well and add enough oil at the end if reqires....'coz the more oil u add,the more tast n tangy it'll be.

This will tastes more tangy as the hours pass on.

Enjoy with Curd.

My Awards by Sireesha:

My friend Sireesha passed me two awards...im flattered siri.Thanks alott dear.

"Nice Matters Award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world.”

I hope by this time many people got this award. I would like to further pass this awards to:

Medhaa

Sailaja

Jamie

Neha

Here comes my favorite one.I love if somebody calls me a chatter box.I remember first time my mom called me when i was in 3rd or 4th standard and from that time the person whoever meets me they concluded thatzz an apt one for me :D hehehe.

I never felt bad and instead i felt very happy if someone taggs me.......

Thanx a million siri for remembering me dear.........

I pass "Good chat Blog Award" to the following fellow bloggers....they are well deserved i hope...:D

Medhaa

Cham

Sailaja

Uma

Asha

Congratulations to all the awardee....

Minapa Rotti~Urad Dal Rotis

Here comes one more south indian tiffin,if some one get bored of eating Idils,here comes a nice tiffin which replaces usual idly.

Generally nanna is not interested in idlis so some times amma used to prepare this insted of making idlis.

The ingredients are same as idly but here we'll make this as dosa

Ingredients:

1 cup urad dal/minapappu

1 1/2 cup Idly Ravva

salt per ur taste

Oil

Directions:

I think every one knows how to prepare idly batter....if not here is my(or my mom's)way of preparing...It varies from one to other.

Soak Urad dal overnight and grind it as thick batter.

Now add idly ravva which is cleaned thoroughly to the batter.

Dont sqeeze all the water while adding ravva 'coz this may cause idlies to become harden...this is my mom version... :))

Add required salt.

For Minapa Rottis:

Take required batter into a bowl add required amount out of water

Dont make this as dosa's kinda batter or as idly one.

Batter should be in a medium thickness.

Heat a non stick pan,take batter into a big spoon/garita/cup and spread it over the pan evenly.

Do this in a high flame...once it turns to golden brown color turn it other side let it be for 1 more minute.

Delicious Minapa Rottis are ready to serve.

We can use any kind of chutnys for this tiffin.

But nanna's fav is Avakaya or Honey n even i lov this eating with a pickle or honey.

Note:One can even garnish this with chopped carrot,oninon,cliantro...

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