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Hello, am back with another recipe. How was the day? Today I did not have any vegetables, so thought of preparing Pulihora ( in Telugu) and Puliogare in Kannada. Usually pulihara is served as prasadam in temples in Andhra, Karnataka. Puli means- sour,  Pulihora tastes sour, spicy hot and salty at the same time. It is considered to be a good stimulant for a dead tongue. It is easy and inexpensive to cook and is a good stomach filler. Here is the recipe; Ingredients are: Green chillies- 7-8 ( Cut in pieces) Red Chillies- 4-5 Groundnuts Cashew nuts Mustard seeds Channa dal- 2-3 spoons Urad dal- 2 spoons Curry leaves Turmeric Tamarind pulp Cooked rice - 1 cup (for 2 persons) Oil- 3-4 spoons Hing Method- 1. In a vessel put the cooked rice. In between the rice add turmeric and curry leaves and leave it aside. 2. Heat oil. Put channa dal, Urad dal, groundnuts, cashews and fry till dal turns golden brown. 3. Now add mustard seeds,...

Hello How are you guys?.. Its been a long time since i blogged and reason is i was busy with exam preparations... Two days back am done with CA inter exams, so now time to relax... which means having fun, explore new ways in cooking, exploring new places, reading new books(new knowledge) and so on........... Today as I was checking my fridge as to what to prepare for evening,I found packet of frozen peas, had few pieces of Gobi as well....so i decided to make peas cum cauliflower paratha. First I decided to do stuffed but its very common so I tried making paratha with peas cum cauliflower mixture. Lets see how it goes: Ingredients:- Frozen peas- 1 cup Cauliflower cut pieces- around 10 Coriander powder- 2spoons Jeera powder- 2 spoons Red chilly powder- as per taste Turmeric-1 spoon Salt-Taste wise Garlic- 3-4 pieces Wheat flour- to prepare chapati Ghee/Oil Steps to prepare- 1. Pressure cook peas and cauliflower to 3 whistles. 2. Grind to pa...