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Madhu's vantalu
Ingredients:
Medium size carrots about 4
Small Green bell pepper – 1
Green chilles- 5
a handfull of coriander leaves
few curry leaves
Tamarind paste and salt.
Dry ingredients :
chana dal – 3 tsps
urad dal – 1 1/2 tsp
dhania and jeera – 1/2 tsp each
Take these four ingredients in a dry pan and toast them till light brown. Once warm transfer these [...]
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Madhu's vantalu
Ingredients:
Tindora: about 25
Green chilles: 5
Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
Garlic cloves :2
few curry leaves
tamarind paste – 3 tsps
jaggery/sugar: 1/4th tsp (optional)
salt to taste and
talimpu ingredients.
Procedure:
Wash the tindora and cut the edges off. Cut the tindora to small pieces.
Slit the green chilles.
In a pan put the cumin seeds and fry for few seconds. Remove.
In the same pan, add [...]
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Madhu's vantalu
Appetizer:
Strawberry punch, masala vada, nachos with mango salsa.
Main course:
Sorakaya pachadi (bottle gourd chutney), Guttivankaya kura (stuffed brinjal curry), Beans,carrot & lima beans fry, Puliyogare noodles, Bisibelebath & Curd rice.
Dessert:
Mango Mousse
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Madhu's vantalu
Sankranthi Subhakanshalu!
photo courtesy:
123greetings
Sankranti (Telugu: సంక్రాంతి ), is a festival that signifies the beginning of the harvest season for the farmers of India.It is also called ‘Makara Sankranthi’, it is celebrated primarily in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Maharashtra. (above article taken from wikipidea, more info click here….
In Andhra pradesh, my home state we [...]
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Madhu's vantalu
mango pickle and gongura chutney
Andhra pradesh, my home state is very popular for eating hot and spicy food. Coming to pickles, the most populous one’s are aavakaaya (mango pickle) and gongura pachadi (red sorrel leaves chutney). In Andhra, we make lot of instant pickles which are supposed to be consumed in two to three days. [...]
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Madhu's vantalu
After a long break, I am finally back to blogging. Though i love posting recipes, since i was away for so long I was too lazy to get back. But my friends kept pushing me to get back to blogging. So, here i am finally after six months. Not sure how often i will be [...]
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Madhu's vantalu
Ugadi Subhakanshalu.
Wishing you all a very Happy NewYear.
Ugadi is the New Year’s Day for the people of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. In Andhra and Karnataka it is called Ugadi, whereas in Maharashtra it’s called Gudipadava. Ugadi marks the beginning of new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon’s orbit.
On Ugadi we make [...]
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Madhu's vantalu
Atukula (poha/Avalaki) upma is very common tiffin (breakfast) item in Karnataka. The first time I tasted this was in my in-laws house. I am not sure if Andhra people do this upma or not, but my mom never made this. I loved it the very first time I tasted it. All I can say is [...]
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Madhu's vantalu
I have had the above picture in flick r photos for about three months now. I uploaded it thinking i will post the recipe soon.
But i kept postponing it. Few of my readers have asked me that they could not find the recipe. I am sorry about that. Finally i am posting the recipe today.
Life [...]
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Madhu's vantalu
Thotakura pappu is a very common dal in the Andhra house holds. I remember my mom making this dal at least twice a week. After moving to U.S Amaranth leaves have become like a childhood memory for me. I don’t see them that often in the Indian grocery stores here. But when i [...]
