Egg Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice : 2 cups cooked completely cooled

Oil : 4 tbsp

Eggs : 3 beaten

Garlic : 6 cloves finely chopped

Pepper powder : 1 tbsp

Green chillies : 4 sliced

Carrot grated: 1 cup

Green peas : 1 cup

Green onion or Spring onion : 1/2 cup

Soy sauce : 2 tbsp

Salt : To taste.

Method:

Take a heavy bottomed pan. 

Add oil to the pan and let it heat. 

Add the chopped garlic and fry for about 3 minutes.

Now add the beaten egg and stir it untill you get small pieces of egg. 

Now add chillies, carrot, peas and onion ,and fry for about 5 minutes. 

Add pepper powder, salt and soy sauce, mix and cook for about 2 minutes. 

Add cooked rice and remove from heat. 

Adjust salt to taste. 

Enjoy when it is still hot.

Sago (Saggubiyyam) Pakodi

Ingredients:

Sago: 1/2 cup

Rice flour: 1 1/2 cup

Green Chillies: 2-4 finely chopped or blended

Yogurt: 1/2 cup

Ginger: Small piece finely chopped or blended with chillies

Onion: One small finely chopped

Salt: To taste

Cilantro: 1/2 bunch finely chopped

Dry coconut pwd: 4 tbsp(optional)

Oil: For deep frying

Water

Method:

Mix all the about ingredients except oil. Make it into a thin batter.

Allow it to soak for whole night. To avoid soaking whole night add sour yogurt and let it soak for about an hour.

Now the batter will become very thick. Add little bit of water or yogurt and make it into a batter for pakodi or punugulu. 

Heat enough oil for deep frying in a thick bottomed pan and add small amounts of batter into the oil. Fry until golden brown. 

Enjoy when hot.

Idli Karam

Ingredients:

Channa dhal(Fried channa dhal) : 1 cup

Red chillies: 4

Cumin: 1 tbsp

Garlic: 3 cloves

Salt: According to taste.

Method: 

Fry red chillies and cumin seeds seperately in a pan without oil. Let them cool.

Now add all the above ingredients to a blender, and make into  fine powder.

Adjust salt and red chillies according to taste.

Enjoy with idlies.

Garam Masala

Ingredients:

Cinnamon: 3/4 cup

Poppy seeds: 1/2 cup

Coriander seeds: 1 cup

Cloves(Lavangam): 40 number

Cardamom(Elachi): 10 number

Marati mogga: 10 number

Method: 

Add all the ingredients to the blender and make into fine powder.

Enjoy with various recipes.

Crispy Rice Breakfast Bars

Ingredients:

Oil: 2 tbsp

Miniature Marshmallows: 16 oz 

Crisp rice cereal: 16 oz

Vanilla essence: 1/2 tbsp (optional)

Method:

Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan on a low heat.

Add marshmallows and cook, stir constantly, until marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth.

Remove from heat immediately.

stir in vanilla essence, and add crisp rice and stir to coat evenly.

Take a pan  and evenly coat it with oil. 

Add the mixture to the pan and spread evenly with a spatula.

Let it cool and cut into bars.

Makes 20 - 25 bars.

Oat Meal Dosa

Ingredients:

Urad dhal: 1 cup

Rice: 1 1/2 cup

Oat meal: 1 1/2 cup (I used oven toasted quick cooking oats)

Channa dhal : 1 fist full

Methi seeds: 1 tbsp

Atukulu: 1 cup

Method:

Wash and soak all the Ingredients(you can add the oat meal along with the other ingredients, or add the oat meal just before grinding) in cold water for about 8 hours.

Grind them with water into a thin dosa batter.

Let the batter rest for overnight or untill it raises. 

Heat the dosa griddle, and add one big spoon of batter on the griddle.

Spread the batter with the spoon, add some oil.

Enjoy the crispy and yummy dosa's.

Home Made Pizza

Ingredients:

Pizza Crust:

1 envelope active dry yeast
5ml (1teaspoon) sugar
250ml (1 cup) lukewarm water
50ml (1/4 cup) vegetable oil
5 ml (1 teaspoon) salt
750ml (3 cups) all purpose flour (I added 11/2 cup of all purpose flour and 11/2 cup of atta)

Topping:

15 ml (1 teaspoon) vegetable oil
250 ml (1cup) tomato sauce
1 ml (1/4 teaspoon) each oregano, garlic powder, basil
Also: any of chopped green pepper, sliced mushrooms, chopped onion, sliced, cooked sausage, cooked bacon, sliced pepperoni or salami or ham
500 ml (2 cups) grated Mozzarella cheese

Method:

Sprinkle yeast on water in a large bowl. Add sugar, let stand for 10 min. add oil, salt and about half the flour, beating until smooth. Add remaining flour gradually until the dough is soft, but not sticky.
Knead 200 times on a lightly floured board for 10 min.
Place in a greased bowl. Turn dough so the greased side is uppermost.
Cover, let rise until doubled in bulk.
Punch down, divide dough into two. Cover; let dough relax for 10 min.
Place dough on greased pizza pans, pressing out with palms of the hands.
Brush crust with oil, spread with tomato sauce and herbs. Top with choice of toppings. Sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese.
Bake in 200 degrees C(400 Degree F) oven for about 25 min.

Makes 2 medium pizza's enough for 4 people.

Enjoy