Nuvvula laddu (Til ke laddu)

Ingredients:

1 cup of sesame seeds

1 cup of jaggery

2 tbsp of water
1 tbsp of ghee
1/3 tsp of cardamom powder

Procedure:

Dry roast the sesame seeds and keep them aside. Add grated (or powdered) jaggery to the hot pan, stir occasionally and make sure that the jaggery won't burn at the bottom.
When the jaggery is completely melted add water and cardamom powder.
When the syrup starts bubbling, take a bowl of cool water and put a drop of syrup in it, if the syrup forms a ball then the syrup is ready.
Now add roasted sesame seeds and mix well, remove the mixture onto a plate.
Apply some ghee to your palms and start preparing lemon size balls when the mixture is warm.
(if the mixture cools down it is very difficult to prepare laddus) 

Gavvalu (Sweet shells)

Ingredients:

2 cups of maida flour(all purpose flour)

1/4 tsp of salt

2 tbsp of melted ghee

2-3 tbsp of water(approximately)

Oil for deep frying

3/4 cup of sugar

Procedure:

In a mixing bowl add sifted Maida flour, salt, ghee and mix well. Add little amount of water at a time to make dough.( Make sure the dough is not too soft or too hard)

Cover the dough and rest it for around 5-10 minutes.

Now take a small amount of dough and prepare shell shape with your thumb and pointer fingers. (Or make a small dough ball, press it on the back side of fork and remove it from the opposite direction)

Repeat the same procedure for all the dough.

Keep the shells aside and heat oil for deep frying, fry them in batches for around 4-5 minutes(each batch) on medium to low flame.

After frying remove them into a bowl, keep them aside.

Heat another pan, add sugar and 2tsps of water and let them boil till you get two string consistency.

Add the fried shells to the sugar syrup, mix well.
Once the shells are coated nicely. Transfer them on to another plate and let them cool down.

Store in an airtight container and consume within 2 weeks.

Rava Ladoo

Ingredients:

1 cup of rava(suji or semolina)

1 cup of powdered sugar(icing sugar)

1/2 cup of dry coconut finely shredded

3 tbsp of ghee(clarified butter)

1/2 tsp of cardamom powder

1 tbsp of broken cashew nuts

1 tbsp of kishmish(raisins)

1/4 cup of worm milk (approximately)

Procedure:
Heat ghee in a wok or heavy based deep pan. Once the ghee is hot, simmer the flame and fry cashew nuts and kishmish.
Once the kishmish puffs up, remove them into a small bowl and set aside.
In the same pan, stir in rava and roast it on medium to low flame by stirring continuously. Around 10-15 minutes, now add dry coconut and roast altogether for another 5 minutes.
Add powdered sugar, cardamom powder, roasted cashew nuts    and raisins to the rava mixture. Mix altogether, switch of the flame and remove the mixture into bowl. 
Immediately make ladoos before the mixture cool down.
Add little milk at a time and prepare ladoos. (Adjust milk, if you are not able to make ladoo) 

Bhindi Fry

Ingredients:

2 tbsp of oil

1 medium size onion chopped

3 green chillies, chopped

1 tsp garlic ginger paste

1/2 tsp of turmeric powder

few curry leaves

500g okra(bhindi), chopped

1/2 tsp of chilli powder

salt to taste

a hand full of fresh coriander, chopped

Procedure:

Wash bhindi and dry them before chopping. Chop them according to your wish.

Heat oil in a deep non stick pan, add green chillies and onions. Fry them for 3-4 minutes, stir in turmeric powder, garlic ginger paste and curry leaves.

Cook them for a minute or so then add bhindi, fry them for 4-5 minutes with out placing lid on top. Turn the heat to medium, add chilli powder, salt and 1/2 of the coriander leaves and continue stirring for further 4-5 minutes or until okra is tender.

Serve hot, with a lemon wedge on the side.

Spinach and onion Pakora

Ingredients:

1 large onion finely chopped

1 cup of spinach finely chopped

1 cup of gram flour

1 tbsp full of rice flour

1 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves

1 tbsp of curry leaves chopped 

2 green chillies finely chopped

1/4 tsp of turmeric powder

1/4 tsp of chilli powder

1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda

1/3 cup of water

salt to taste

oil for deep frying

Procedure:

Take a bowl and add all the above ingredients except water and oil.

Mix them together by adding little water at a time. Make thick batter as much as possible, adjust seasoning if needed. 

Heat oil in a medium size saucepan or kadahi(wok). Drop little  bit of batter into the wok and check whether oil is hot or not.

Now drop 1 tsp of batter at a time as shown in the picture.

Prepare these pakoras in batches, fry them on medium flame till they turn golden brown in colour.

Drain excess oil and remove them onto the paper towel.

Serve hot as an evening snack. It is very easy to prepare, I am sure you will love it. 

  

Uthappam

Ingredients:

Dosa batter - 4 cups

1/2 cup of finely chopped onions

1/2 cup of chopped tomatoes

1tbsp of freshly chopped coriander

few curry leaves

2 green chillies finely chopped

oil for greasing

salt to taste

Procedure:

Add finely chopped onions, tomatoes, green chillies, coriander leaves, curry leaves and salt to the dosa batter, mix well.

Heat a tawa and grease it with oil. Now spread two tablespoonful of batter evenly, little bit thicker than a dosa.

Sprinkle few drops of oil on top, cover it and cook till it is golden in colour.

Turn it and cook for a minute or so. Serve hot with coconut & peanut chutney, ginger chutney and sambar.

Coconut & Peanut Chutney 

Ingredients:

1 cup of fresh coconut chopped

3/4 cup of peanuts, roasted and skin off

1/2 tsp of cumin seeds

1/3 tsp of mustard seeds

1 tsp of coriander seeds

1 tbsp of curry leaves

3-4 green chillies

2 garlic cloves

2 red chillies, broken into half

1 1/2 inch of tamarind piece 

1 tsp of urad dal

1 tsp of chana dal

1 cup of water

2 tbsp of oil

salt to taste 

Procedure:

Heat oil in a medium sized sauce pan, add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, garlic cloves, green chillies and tamarind.
Fry them for 2 minutes until they turn golden in colour, then switch off the flame.
Drain the excess oil, blend coconut pieces, peanuts, fried ingredients, water and salt all together. Adjust water to get the consistency you prefer.

Tadka:
Now heat the leftover oil in the saucepan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, red chillies and curry leaves. Fry them until chana dal turns golden in colour, stir in the blended mixture and check the seasoning. 
You can serve with idli, dosa, upma or vada.