HOTCHULHA

Ingredients:

• Dry peas – 2 Cups
• Carrot – 1/2 Cup Shredded
• Onion – 1 medium – diced into tiny pieces
• Green Chillies – 2 – Diced into tiny pieces
• Curry Leaves – 1 Stem
• Tadka Seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• Oil – 1 Tablespoon
• Salt – to taste.
• Lemon Juice – 2 teaspoon
• Cilantro – 1/4 Cup

Method:

1. Soak the Peas(Green or Yellow) for 4 hours and then pressure cook it for 3 whistles let it cool and drain the water and keep it aside.
2. Take a heavy bottom pan and put 1 tablespoon of oil and let it heat, add the tadka seeds. When they crackel, put the onion, green chillies and curry leaves. Saute them for couple of minutes.
3. Add the peas, salt and continue saute them for 5 more minutes on medium heat.
4. Squeese the lemon juice into this mix and mix it well.
5. Add half off the cilantro and mix it gently. Take it off the heat.
6. Ganish it with remaining cilantro and shredded carrot and serve it while it is warm.

This is a after-school snack or starter for any get-together

If you like, you can garnish it with cucumber and deseeded tomatos.

Yesterday, I had a get together at my home and I made lot of food which also

included Raita too. When we had all the fun and as they were departing, I was

packing the leftover food. I had lots of Raita left over.

I was going to throw this raita to clean the bowl as you know it won’t be

good for the next day. That is when my friend Aruna Yerramalla told me you

can make Uthappa with this left over Raita. I asked her how? That is how I got

this recipe and when I made them, they came out good.

I learned not to throw away the left over Raita, but make yummy Utappa.

Try it out… you will like it.

Also note that this is a healthy snack too.

Ingredients:

• Raita – 2 Cups
• Rice Flour – 1.5 Cups
• Salt – to taste
• Oil – to make Uthappams

Method:

1. In the raita, mix the rice flour and salt and let it ferment for 5 to 6 hours.
2. Take a skillet and put little oil and put 1/4 cup of mix and spread it like pan cakes and put some oil around the uthappa and let it cook.
3. After few minutes flip it other side and cook.
4. Take this in a plate and serve this with any chutney.

Ingredients:

• Soji – 1 Cup
• Dice the following into tiny pieces.
• Potato – 1 Small
• Carrot – 1 small
• Onion – 1 medium
• Peas – 1/4 Cup
• Green Chillies – 5 Cut into long lengths
• Curry leaves – 1 Stem
• Cilantro – 1 Tablespoon – Chop thinly
• Ginger – 1 inch piece – Chop thinly
• Tadka Seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• Cashew – 1 Tablespoon
• Salt – to Taste.
• Turmeric – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Tomato – 1 medium – dice into tiny pieces.
• Oil – 3 Tablespoons
• Water – 3 Cups

Method:

1. Take a heavy bottom pan and put oil and bring it to heat. Put tadka seeds, cashews, fry them for couple of minutes.
2. Add onion, green chillies, curry leaves, ginger and saute them till onion cooks soft.
3. Add Carrot, potato and peas and fry them for couple more minutes.
4. Add in turmeric, salt, tomato and cilantro. Mix it well.
5. Add 3 cups of water and cover it with lid and boil till the veggies are half cooked.
6. Take the lid off and stir in the soji gently and cook till all the water evaporates.
7. Garnish it with cilantro.

Squeeze some fresh lemon juice before serving.

Ingredients:

• Thick Dosa batter –  1 cup
• Chanadal – 1 Tablespoon – Soaked
• Green Chillies  – 3 – Cut into small pieces.
• Onion – ½  – Cut into small pieces.
• Zeera – ¼ Teaspoon
• Oil –  to deep fry
• Salt to taste.

Method:

1. In a bowl put all the above ingredients except Oil and mix them well.
2. Take oil in a heavy bottom pan and bring it to heat. Put spoon full of batter in small balls shape and let them  fry until they look golden brown.
3. Once they are done, take them out with slotted spoon and put them on paper towel so that all the excess oil can be drained. 

Serve this hot and have fun. You also can serve this with any chutney.

Special Utappam 

Ingredients: 

• Dosa Batter – 1 Cup
• Soji – ¼ Cup
• Onion –        1 cut into small pieces
• Green Chillies    – 3 cut into small pieces
• Raw Coconut – 1 Inch Piece – Cut into small pieces
• Cilantro    – 1 Teaspoon -Cut it into small pieces
• Scallions – 1 Stem – Cut into small pieces
• Carrot – ½ piece – Grated
• Salt to taste
• Baking Soda – 1 Pinch
• Oil  – To make Dosa/Utappa 

Method:

1. In a bowl put dosa batter, soji, baking soda, salt and mix it well and keep it on counter for an hour.
2. Before you make Utappas, mix all the veggies.
3. Take a Skillet and put some oil and spread the batter like a thick dosa and leave some oil around the utappam and put the lid on and cook it until the bottom of the utapa looks golden brown.

Serve this delicious Utappam with any Chutney or Podi.

Ingredients:

• Wheat Flour – 3/4 Cup
• Maida(All Purpose Flour) – 1/4 Cup
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 1 Tablespoon to mix in with Flours
• More Oil to deep Fry

Method:

• In a Bowl mix both flours with little bit of salt, 1 tablespoon Oil. Add water as needed to make this dough and keep it aside for one hour.
• Take a heavy bottom pan and pour oil and bring it to heat.
• Make  portions of the dough and roll them like small discs and put that disc into hot oil gently.
• Fry them for a minute or so until you see them become fluffy.
• Take them out and place it on a paper towel, so that the excess oil can be absorbed.
• Repeat this will the remaining portions of the dough.

Serve this hot with Poori  Curry.

Chana Saute

Ingredients:

• Green Chana – 2 cups – cooked
• Shallot – 1 cut into small pieces
• Green Chillies – 2 Cut into small pieces
• Cilantro – 1 Tablespoon – Cut into pieces
• Lemon Juice – 1 Teaspoon
• Tadka Seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Scallions – 1 Teaspoon
• Oil – 1 Tablespoon

Method:

1. Soak the Chana for 4 hours and pressure cook it for one whistle and let it cool before you drain.
2. Take a pan and put one tablespoon of oil and bring it to heat. Put Tadka Seeds and let them crackle.
3. Add cooked Chana and saute it for 7-10 minutes. Lower the heat and add cut Shallots, Green Chillies and Cilantro and Saute it for couple more minutes. Add the lemon juice and Scallions and mix it gently.

Serve this hot to your Family & Friends on a rainy day. I will assure you, they will love it and ask for more…

Semiya Pulihora

Ingredients:

• Semiya – 1.5 Cup – Dry Roasted
• Water – 1.5 Cup
• Tamarind Juice – ¼ Cup
• Green Chillies – 6 – Cut into long lengths
• Curry Leaves – 1 stem
• Peanuts – ¼ Cup
• Tadka Seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• Turmeric – 1 pinch
• Cilantro – 1 Tablespoon – Cut into small pieces
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 Tablespoons 

Method:

1. Take a heavy bottom pan and put oil and bring it to heat.
2. Put Tadka seeds, peanuts, green chillies, curry leaves and saute it for couple of minutes.
3. Add the tamarind juice, 1.5 cup of water, salt, turmeric and bring it to a boil.
4. Add the dry roasted Semiya and mix it well. Cover the pan with lid and let it cook on medium heat until the water evaporates.
5. Sprinkle Cilantro on and serve it hot.

Ingredients:

• Potato – 1 – Cut into one inch pieces
• Green beans – 1/4 cup
• Mutter(peas) – 1/2 Cup
• Carrot – 1/2 cup – cut into small pieces
• Onion – one – Cut into big chunks
• Tomato – 1 big – Cut into big chunks
• Curry Powder – 1 teaspoon
• Garam Masala/Pav Bhaji Masala – 1/4 tea spoon
• Turmeric Powder –  1/4 tea spoon
• Ginger – 1 inch piece.
• Garlic  –  2 cloves
• Coriander Leaves – handful.
• Salt & oil as needed
• Lemon Juice – couple of Tea Spoons

Method:

1. Boil all the vegetables and take the onion & tomato out of the vessel and grind onion, tomato with Ginger & Garlic.
2. Mash the remaining veggies.
3. Pour oil in the pan and bring it to heat. Then put the onion & tomato paste and fry it for couple of minutes. To this add the chillie powder, salt , turmeric powder, Pav bhaji masala and then put the mashed veggies.
4. Mix it very well. Add lemon juice and simmer it for couple of minutes.
5. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

* Server this with store brought Pav/Bread after toasting it with bit of Oil. To get the best flavour, use refined butter(Ghee) in place of Oil.

Ingredients:

• Potato – 1 – Cut into one inch pieces
• Green beans – 1/4 cup
• Mutter(peas) – 1/2 Cup
• Carrot – 1/2 cup – cut into small pieces
• Onion – one – Cut into big chunks
• Tomato – 1 big – Cut into big chunks
• Curry Powder – 1 teaspoon
• Garam Masala/Pav Bhaji Masala – 1/4 tea spoon
• Turmeric Powder –  1/4 tea spoon
• Ginger – 1 inch piece.
• Garlic  –  2 cloves
• Coriander Leaves – handful.
• Salt & oil as needed
• Lemon Juice – couple of Tea Spoons

Method:

1. Boil all the vegetables and take the onion & tomato out of the vessel and grind onion, tomato with Ginger & Garlic.
2. Mash the remaining veggies.
3. Pour oil in the pan and bring it to heat. Then put the onion & tomato paste and fry it for couple of minutes. To this add the chillie powder, salt , turmeric powder, Pav bhaji masala and then put the mashed veggies.
4. Mix it very well. Add lemon juice and simmer it for couple of minutes.
5. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

* Server this with store brought Pav/Bread after toasting it with bit of Oil. To get the best flavour, use refined butter(Ghee) in place of Oil.