Favourite Snack : Puri for PaniPuri

Ingredients :

Rawa/semolina/sooji 1/4 cup
Maida/all purpose flour 1 tsp
Warm water As needed
Salt As needed

Preparation :

Sprinkle warm water/Soda just enough needed and make a crumbly looking sooji as shown in the picture.

Then add maida and knead well for 10 minutes and add a tsp of oil towards the end.

The dough should be stiff and smooth,so better be careful while adding water and maida. (adding more maida or water will make the poori chewy).Keep aside for 15 minutes.

Roll in the dough on a  clean counter top.Roll very very thin,it was bit hard for me,but still its possible. Cut into small rounds using a lid(I used my mini coffee filter’s lid)

Prick with fork if you don't want the poori's to puff up.

Heat oil and fry the poori's over medium flame till crisp.

You can store in airtight container for a week.

Healthy Snack : Oats (kudumulu)

Ingredients :
Quick cook oats(quaker) 1 cup

Water 3/4 cup
Grated coconut(optional) 2 tblsp
Salt As needed

To temper
Coconut oil (or any) 2 tsp
Mustard 1 tsp
Urad dal 1 tsp
Curry leaves A sprig
Green chillies 3
Hing 2 pinches

Preparation :

Heat a kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table in order. Add water and salt to it and bring to boil.

Add the oats and put the flame to low and mix well. Add coconut if desired and mix well. If its too dry you can sprinkle a tblsp of water.

After a minute, the oats get cooked and becomes sticky rather than brittle. So this is the correct stage to put off the flame. Cool down the mixture and grease your hands. Make equal sized balls and make kudumulu..

Steam cook in greased idly plates for 4-5 minutes. Serve immediately!

Oats snack is ready enjoy with red chutney!!!!

Breakfast Reciepe : Instant Oats Dosa

Ingredients :

Quick cook oats(Used Quaker) 3/4 cup
Rice flour 1/2 cup
Sooji or wheat flour 1/4 cup
Green chilli 1 no, chopped
Coriander leaves chopped 1 tblsp
Ginger chopped 1 tsp
Cumin seeds/jeera 1 tsp
Pepper 1 tsp
Onion 1 no,chopped
Salt         as needed
Water as needed

Preparation :

Make a thin batter of the all the ingredients except onion.

Heat dosa pan and sprinkle the onions and then pour the batter to make dosa.Sprinkle little oil.Cook in medium flame and no need to flip,when the dosa becomes golden brown,take out and transfer to the serving plate.

Enjoy with sambhar or any chutney.

Healthy Breakfast : Oats Idly

Ingredients :


Oats  1 cup
Wheat rava(godhumai rava) 1/2 cup
Curd 1/2 cup
Vegetables of ur choice As needed
Water 1/2 cup+more if needed
salt 1 tsp(adjust per ur taste)
Eno fruit salt 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice from 1/2 of a lemon
Green chillies,finely chopped 2 nos
Chopped coriander leaves 1 tblsp
Chopped ginger 1 tsp


To Temper :


Oil 11 tsp - tblsp
Mustard 3/4 tsp
Urad dal 1 tsp
Channa dal 1 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig


Preparation :

Dry roast Oats for 3 minutes in medium flame until nice aroma comes.Powder it coarsely after it cools down.

Heat a pan with oil and temper the items in the table ‘To temper’ ,followed by the veggies u decided to add and ginger,green chillies,coriander leaves. Give it a quick fry and add the wheat rava and fry for a minute in medium flame.


Transfer to mixing bowl,add salt,curd,lemon juice,water as required and make a batter,which consistency is similar to our idly batter.(neither too runny nor too thick). Mix well. Add Eno fruit salt just before making idlies and mix well. This will give you a frothy/airy batter which gives a soft spongy idly.

Serve hot with any chutney of your choice.

Easy Sweet : Halwa in Microwave

Ingredients :

Corn flour 1/2 cup

Sugar 1 & 1/2 cups

Water 2 cups

Ealchi powder A pinch

Cashews 5 nos.

Ghee   2 –3  tsp

Food colour 1/2 pinch

Preparation :

Mix corn flour,sugar,water and food colour in a large microwavable bowl, without any lumps.

Microwave in high for 6 minutes. After 4 minutes in between, mix once. Again microwave for 6 minutes, stirring in between after every 2 minutes of interval.

Fry cashews in ghee till golden brown and mix well. Grease a plate with ghee and pour in the plate and let it cool down for 1/2 hour or so. Cut into pieces!!!1

Hyderabad Special : Dum Biriyani :)

Ingredients :

1. Basmati Rice – 4 Rice cooker cups (I measure rice with rice cooker cups and rest with US standard cups)
2. Chicken – 2 pounds/1kg, with or without bones cut into medium sized pieces
3. Oil – 1 tablespoon
4. Salt – 2 tablespoon
5. Cardamoms – 2
6. Star anise -1
7. Food color/Saffron – Soak in 1 tablespoon of water.


For Marination:
1. Cloves/Lavang – 6
2. Cinnamon/Dalchini – 1 inch piece
3. Cardamom/Elachi – 4
4. Star Anise – 2
5. Black Cardamon – 2
6. Bay leaves – 5-6
7. Black peppers – 20
8. Javitri/Mace – 2
9. Shaji Jeera/Black Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
10. Yogurt/Curd – 1 1/2 Cup
11. Green chilies – 2, Split
12. Red chili powder – 1 teaspoon
13. Salt – 1 teaspoon
14. Mint – 1 cup, chopped
15. Cilantro – 1 cup, chopped
16. Lemon juice – 2 tablespoons
17. Turmeric – 1/2 teaspoon
18. Ginger Garlic paste – 2 tablespoons
19. Oil – 2 teaspoons


Procedure :

1. Wash chicken pieces and drain completely. Make small slits into the chicken pieces with knife, in this way the spices incorporates well into the chicken. Add salt, lemon juice, turmeric and leave for 10 minutes. Add of the ingredients for marination and refrigerate overnight, or at least 3-4 hours.

2. Rinse the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes. In a heavy deep pan boil about 2 liters of water. Let the water bubble, add salt, cardamoms, star anise, oil to the boiling water and cook for 1 more minute. Now add rice and cook for just 5-6 minutes under medium-high heat(7 out 10 flame setting).
3. Drain the rice immediately. In a different pan add the chicken pieces, spread them flat and add the rice on top of the chicken pieces. Spread rice in the pan, pour saffron water, so that it spreads on some of the rice. Cover with a cloth and keep a plate or some heavy item on top so that the flavor wont go away, and cook for 10 minutes under medium heat(5 out of 10 heat setting) , 10 minutes under high heat(7 out of 10 heat setting) and again 10 minutes under medium heat(30 minutes total).
4. Transfer the rice and chicken pieces into a wide bowl and mix them together.

Dosa/Idly Combination :Tamarind Chutney

Ingredients :

Red chillies - 15/20
Dhaniya  - 1 tbsp
Methi - 1/2 tbsp
Jeera - 1tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp
curry leaves
Oil - 3tbsp
Ginger - small piece
Tamarind Pulp - 5tbsp (thick pulp)

Preparation :


Heat the pan and add 3 tbsp's of oil.
Now add mustard seeds,jeera,methi dhaniya,red chillies,curry leaves one by one..
Fry it for 2min.then remove the pan,now add the ginger pieces..
keep it aside..let it be cool.

Take the food processor now add all the fried items. 
And add  5 tbsp of Tamarind pulp, salt,tumeric powder.

Now the Tangy and Tasty Tamarind chutney is ready..


Note : if you want you can add garlic..