ALLAM PACHADI / GINGER CHUTNEY ANDHRA STYLE

Delicious and spicy Andhra style allam pachadi (ginger chutney) made with roasted lentils, ginger, chillies, tamarind and spices can be served with dosas, idlis, uttappams etc etc.. If you want to make it a bit milder you can add a little onion, grated coconut and tomato. But I prefer the strong ginger flavour and skip adding them.

Ingredients:
Ginger ......  3 or 4 inch piece
Urad dal ...

AMLA RASAM / USIRIKAYA RASAM / NELLIKAI RASAM

Amla is a great source of Vitamin C. I am trying out many dishes with them as it is the amla season now. This is a simple rasam recipe made with amlas. I have added a little toor dal also as hubby dear does not like anything very sour. You may skip it if you want. Rasam helps in digestion also.




Ingredients:
Amlas ........... 3
Toor dal ........ 2 tbsps
Tomato ......... 1 small
Lemon juice

PESARETTU / UPMA PESARETTU / GREEN GRAM DOSA / ANDHRA PESARETTU

Pesarettu is a popular breakfast dish from Andhra Pradesh. It is made with green moong dal batter  and does not require any fermenting. You may add a little rice flour to make thinner and crispier pesarettu. What makes this dosa different from the rest is that it is served with upma filling and not the potato masala. Allam pachadi (ginger chutney) goes well with this. It is a very healthy

BENDAKAYA PULUSU / ANDHRA STYLE TANGY OKRA CURRY

Pulusu is an authentic curry from Andhra Pradesh . It is made with a variety of vegetables in the tangy tamarind gravy with the addition of spices for flavouring. Bendakaya means bhindi in Telugu. Here is the recipe of tangy bhindi curry. It goes well with plain rice.
This month in our group,"Shhhh Cooking Secretly" I am paired with Sujata Roy. I made this curry with the 2 ingredients

GINGER RASAM / INJI RASAM / ALLAM CHARU

Rasam is a dish made almost everyday in all the South Indian homes. Hence it is made with many variations. I have already posted a few of them . Today's preparation is ginger flavoured rasam. This one is specially good when you have a sore throat.




Ingredients:
Toor dal ... handful (soaked and boiled with tomatoes)
Ginger ... 2 inch pieces (can add more if you like)
Tamarind .. size of a

POHA DOSA / ATUKULA DOSA / AVAL DOSA

South Indian Cuisine has a variety of breakfast recipes and dosa is the most popular one among all. Dosa can be prepared in so many variations, flavours, toppings etc etc...the list can be endless as these days people come up with such innovative ideas.
Today I have prepared the Poha Dosa. Flattened rice or poha is soaked and added while grinding the batter. This dosa is porous in texture and