MANJULA'S COOKING BLOG

 PRAWNS CURRY During rainy day, I am preparing prawns curry and for this recipe I used fresh water prawns.We can prepare this prawns curry  within half an hour by using simple ingredients. Prawns takes less boiling time,  that's why we can spend less time for preparation of any prawns recipies.   There are two varieties of prawns available in market, one is fresh water prawns and second one is salt water [ sea ] prawns.We can prepare different varieties of recipies with prawns like prawns curry, prawns fry, prawns-red sorrel leaves curry etc recipies and I had already post gongura-prawns curry / prawns - red sorrel leaves curry .But today I am sharing prawn curry with simple ingredients and it's preparation is very easy.Prawns curry is best combination with hot steamed rice, roti.   LET'S START TO PREPARE PRAWNS CURRY: INGREDIENTS: Prawns - 1 KG Onions - 6 big onions   Tomatoes - 1 Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 spoons   Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 spoon  ...

 ANDHRA CHICKEN CURRY Chicken curry is one of my favorite recipes and today I am preparing Andhra chicken curry. In Andhra Pradesh, Chicken curry prepared in various methods, but through this post, I share a tasty and famous chicken curry. Its preparation is very easy and the taste is amazing. In south Indian people like this chicken curry with white rice and dosa. Many people like dosa- chicken curry combination in breakfast. In this recipe, I used simple ingredients and used bone chicken. Actually, the traditional way of Chicken curry preparation has mainly three steps -  First of all, remove the feathers on the chicken. Apply the turmeric powder all over the skin of the chicken. Turmeric powder acts as anti-fungal and anti-bacterial. Make a fire with wood and burn the chicken on the fire. All portion of the chicken skin should burn on the fire. Now, cut the chicken into small pieces. Chicken should burn on the fire is mandatory in my childhood days. Today maximum people lik...

  COUNTRY FOOD-BHINDI CHUTNEY Okra is also known as lady's finger and Bhendi in Hindi language, Bendakaya in the Telugu language. Most people know two recipes about Bhendi - one recipe is Bhendi fry and another one is Bhendi curry. Today I am sharing a different Bhendi recipe which is one of my favorite dishes. A long time ago I ate this Bhendi recipe in a hotel while I was traveling with my family and it is very spicy to eat at that time. But I never tried this recipe. whenever I am very interested to make new recipes then I had tried at once in a little quantity and all the family members, kids also liked this recipe and it is too yummy with hot steamed white rice and adding of a little bit of ghee. I think mouth-watering to you, who are reading this recipe. My new recipe is Bhindi chutney and I add other extra ingredients for more taste. I know that many people don't like Bhendi recipes because of its mucilage or slimy nature. I had already shared a Bhendi recipe- Bhendi fry...

  PANI PURI Pani puri is very famous street food in INDIA. Pani means water in the Hindi language. Especially north Indians know very well and every evening they taste this panipuri. South Indians and almost pan India people liked this pani puri. School going children, youngsters, office going employees almost all ages of people like this recipe. It is prepared with small dough balls, spicy tamarind water, sweet chutney, Bengal gram masala gravy, potato gravy, etc.we can prepare this pani puri with different methods and various ingredients. Whenever my relatives will come to my home, then I made different styles of pani puris. They enjoyed it a lot and gave appreciation to me. We can do this pani puri with available ingredients in our home. Puri prepared with all-purpose flour or maida. The eating of the pani puris is quite different. First, make a hole in the puri with your fingers and filling with Bengal gram gravy, sweet chutney, and pore full of spicy tamarind water. Now it is ...

PANNEER FRIED RICE   RICH PROTEIN FRIED RICE Fried rice is an Indo-Chinese recipe and We know about vegetable fried rice and use some of the vegetables to prepare. Today I am preparing rich protein fried rice. In this recipe, I used different varieties of vegetables like carrot, green peas, sweet corn, paneer, etc. I am not using basmati rice for this dish. This is very easy to prepare and if we want to add other vegetables but I used these vegetables. Paneer has a rich source of protein and it is a milk product, easily available in the market. It has a rich content of Linoleic acid which fatty acid helps to increasing the fat burning process in the body and decreasing the bad cholesterol which is known as LDL. Paneer has the best source of healthy fats, saturated fats and it has low carbohydrates.100 grams of paneer contains 8 grams of protein, 8 grams of fats. Green peas have rich in essential vitamins - K, C, minerals manganese, iron, antioxidants folate, and rich in fiber. Swee...

  QUICK RECIPE- TOMATO PICKLE Tomatoes are available in all seasons and in all places. Without tomatoes, we can't do South Indian recipes. It is used in almost all recipes. We can prepare various varieties of recipes like chutney, pickle, ketchup, etc. Without tomatoes, we can't imagine tasty recipes, especially in South India. Tomatoes' scientific name is Solanum Lycopersicum and it has a rich source of the vitamin- C, K, potassium, folate [vitamin- B9], fiber, etc. It has an antioxidant Lycopene which helps to reduce the risk of heart diseases, cancer, Chlorogenic acid helps to lower the blood pressure. In a previous post, I published tomato chutney and now I will prepare a quick and easy pickle with tomatoes and we can prepare this pickle within half an hour. We can't wait for ten days or more days for the pickle. Beginners also learn very easy to prepare this pickle and this is perfect to eat with breakfast like dosa, vada, idli, Pongal, upma, tomato bath, etc, and ...

POORNALU/BOORELU Poornalu/boorelu is a sweet recipe and it is prepared with Bengal gram, Jaggery /Sugar, Cardamom powder, All-purpose flour. This is a very easy sweet dish and prepared in every South Indian festival as a prasadam to God pooja. Poornalu another name is Boorelu called in the Telugu language. There are two types of preparation for Boorelu. One is the coating batter is made up of maida / all-purpose flour. The second one is made up of rice, Urad Dal / black gram. Now I am preparing with all-purpose flour. This is very easy to prepare and my family likes this sweet recipe very much. Within half an hour we can prepare this recipe. If we prepare the stuffing yesterday, it will be very easy to prepare just ten minutes. Let's start to prepare: INGREDIENTS : Bengal gram / Senaga Pappu - 2 cups[soaked for two hours] Grated Jaggery -  2 cups Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup[it is optional] Maida / all-purpose flour - 3 cups Itachi / ca...