How to make goru chikudu curry/cluster beans curry

Goru chikudu curry is the one of my favorites curries.  Even though it belongs to beans family it's flavor is so different.  And if you cook with moong dal it will enhance the taste of the curry. Let's start the process.

Ingredients:
250gms Cluster Beans
50gms Moong Dal
4 Garlic Cloves
1 Spoon Cumin seeds
1 Spoon Urad Dal
1 Spoon Chana Dal
1 Spoon Mustard seeds
1/2 Spoon turmeric powder
1/2 Spoon Red Chili  powder
Salt for taste
4 Spoons oil

Method
1. Chop the beans and put it in pressure cooker for 2 to 3 whistles.

2. Meanwhile in another vessel add moong dal and half glass of water and boil it for 5 minutes.

3. Heat another pan and add oil, urad dal, chana dal, mustard seeds and crushed garlic and cumin seeds to it.

4. After it is roasted add the boiled beans and moong dal to it and cook it for 5 minutes.

5. Add salt and red chili powder, stir it and cook it for another 5 minutes.  Put it in a nice bowl and serve with rice.

Coconut Chutney/Kobbari Pachadi

Coconut chutney is everyone's favorite chutney from north to south India. This chutney can be used as dip in idli ,dosa or with rice. We can make coconut chutney in so many different ways. I am going to show you guys one of the ways of how to make coconut chutney. Let's look at the ingredients.

Ingredients:
Half Coconut
3-4 Red chilies
3-4 Garlic gloves
3 Spoons chana dal
1 Spoon urad dal
1 Spoon cumin seeds
1 Spoon mustard seeds
5 curry leaves
3 Spoons oil
5 Grams Tamarind
4 Spoons yogurt or curd
Pinch of asafoetida (optional)
Pinch of turmeric powder
Salt to taste.

Method:
1. Cut coconut flesh into small pieces.

2. Heat the pan and add one spoon oil, 2 spoons chana dal, red chilies and roast it.

3. Blend coconut, roasted dal and chilies, cumins seeds, garlic gloves, tamarind and salt into paste with yogurt.

4. Then heat a pan, add 2 spoons oil, urad dal,chana dal, mustard seeds, turmeric powder, asafoetida, curry leaves and spread it on coconut chutney. That's it. Coconut chutney is ready. Enjoy it with rice or idli.

How to make simple vegetable sandwich

Bread is the one of the commonly used item in most of the homes. In our home too we use bread for breakfast, deserts, snacks and sometimes as a lunch. Today I am going to show you how to make a very simple vegetable sandwich.

  

Ingredients
2 Bread slices
1 Onion
1 Small Carrot
1/2 Green Bell Pepper or Capsicum
Mayonnaise
Pinch of Salt and Pepper

Method

1. Chop the onions, carrot and bell pepper.

2. Mix with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Keep it aside.

3. Heat the pan and place the bread. Roast both sides. Repeat with other bread slice.

4. Then place a bread slice on the plate and spread the vegetable stuff on top of the bread.

 5. Place the other bread slice on top of the vegetable stuff.

6. Then cut the sandwich diagonally and serve with ketchup.

 

How to make a raw banana chutney/Aritikaya pachadi

Most people like bananas because they are very tasty and healthy too. I love bananas as well. From raw banana we can make so many varieties of curries. But not a lot of people do not know that we can make chutney too. Today I am going to show you how to make a very tasty raw banana chutney. What are you guys waiting for? Lets go to the kitchen and start.

Ingredients:
2 Raw Bananas
5 Green Chilies
4 Garlic Gloves
1 Spoon Cumin Seeds
2 Spoons Tamarind Juice
Yogurt for consistency 
Salt for taste.

For Tadka:
2 Spoons oil
1 Spoon Chana Dal
1 Spoon Urad Dal
1 Spoon Mustard seeds
Pinch of Turmeric Powder
Curry Leaves

Method:

1. Peel the bananas.

 2. Put them in pressure cooker and cook until you hear 3 whistles.

3. In a blender add garlic cloves, green chilies, cumin seeds, tamarind and salt to the boiled bananas and blend it.

4. After blending it into fine paste add yogurt to it.

 5. Then in a small pan heat the oil add all tadka ingredients and mix it with the fine paste, that's it. Very tasty banana chutney ready to be served with rice.

How to make Double Ka Meta/ Bread Halwa

Bread Halwa is one of the favorites sweets for my husband. I made this sweet for my husband on his birthday. It is easy to make and rich in taste. Are you guys ready for yummy bread halwa?

Here are the ingredients:
Whole Pack White Bread
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Water
1 Bar Butter
5 Almonds

1. Take the bread and slice it into small cubes.

2. Heat the pan add butter, after butter melts add bread to the pan.

3. Mean while in another stove boil water and add sugar to it.

4. Roast the bread until it turns into the brown color.

5. After then transfer bread to melted sugar and let it sit for about five minutes or until bread absorbs the melted sugar.

6. Heat the pan add two spoons of butter then add mashed almonds and roast it.

7. Finally transfer the bread mix into a bowl, decorate it with roasted almonds and serve to guests.

Painting A Small Wooden Box

Painting a wooden box

It's not that hard and need not required painting skills to create decorative jewelry box. You should have interest and time that's it.  Now lets start the fun project.

1. Get a plain wooden box. You can find one in any crafts store.

2. Grab different paint colors and paint brushes.  Also items that you can find in any crafts store.

3. Select a theme and start painting.

4. Finally enjoy what you have created.

Flowers Theme Paitning

Outside of the box

 Inside of the box

Other Painting Theme

Peacock feather on the top

 Flowers on the side

How to make Thotakura kadala/Amaranthus stems curry

 1.Chop the onions, green chilies and stems.

2. Heat the pan and pour oil then add urad dal, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, pinch of turmeric powder and some curry leaves.

3. After the seed mixture turns light brown color add chopped onions and chilies.

4. After onions turn into golden brown color add chopped stems

5. Add half spoon of red chilly powder and salt for taste.

 6. Add water (about 1/4th cup).

7. Put lid on for 10 minutes or until stems become soft.

8. Before turning stove off just add 1/4th cup of milk.

9. That's it.  Delicious stems curry is ready.