Festive Foods

Mamidikaya Pappu

INGREDIENTS:

Mango......1 medium size(raw and sour)
Toor dal..........1 cup
Green chilly......4
Salt.....as required
Red chilly powder....1/4th tsp(optional)
Sambar powder.......1tsp
Turmeric.........1/2 tsp
Curry leaves......1 stalk

Tampering:
Mustard seeds,Cumin seeds,1 Red chilly,Curry leaves,Hing(asaefotida)

METHOD:

• Peel the mango and cut into pieces.

• Boil the toor dal.When the dal is cooked more than half add mango pieces and green chilly.
• Add little bit salt and turmeric.Cover and cook until the mango and dal cooks completely.
• Add the sambar powder and red chilly powder .Cook for sometime and remove from heat.
• Add the tampering.

Serve hot with rice and papad.

Pulagam

INGREDIENTS:
Rice........1 cup
Moong dal.....1 cup
Salt.....a little bit
Turmeric.....a little bit

METHOD:

• Boil the rice along with moong dal by adding salt and turmeric.

U can take this along with any curry just like white rice.This is a traditional neivedyam(offering)for goddess lakshmi,gowri.

Boorelu

INGREDIENTS:
Moong dal.......1 cup
Grated fresh coconut.....1/2 cup
Sugar.....3/4 th cup
Elaichi.....2

For topu(batter):
Urad dal...1 cup
Rice......3 cups

Soak the dal and rice for 4-5 hours and grind like a dosa batter.

OIl.........for frying

METHOD:

• Boil the moong dal.(don't boil too much).Smah the dal with hand or spatula when it is hot only.
• Grind the sugar with elaichi.Add the dal mixture with sugar mix.Make small rounds and keep aside.
• Heat the oil in a wide pan .
• Keep the dal rounds in the dosa batter and fry them in the oil when the oil is hot.Drain them on a kitchen towel.

Serve them hot with ghee in the center.