Andhra Pickle or Avakai

Ingredients:

• 2 Big raw Mangoes



• 1/2 cup Black mustard seeds (Rai)powder



• 1/2 cup Red chili powder



• 1/2 cup salt



• 3 tbs Amchur powder


• 3 tbs Methi seeds



• 1 tsp Haldi powder (Turmeric powder)



• 1/2 cup Til oil (sesame seeds oil, any oil can be used if sesame oil is not available )

Method:

1. Wash the mangoes and dry them well.


2. Cut them in half and take out the seed (jeedi).


3. Then cut the mango in small pieces.


4. Make a powder of mustard seeds in dry grinder.


5. Now take a big dish. Mix mustard seed powder, red chili powder, salt, methi seeds and haldi. Now add the oil and mix again.


6. Now add the mango pieces into the mixture, and then put it in an air tight container.


7. Leave it for 2 days and then mix it again. Four days after you mix it enjoy the Avakai (Andhra Pickle)

Lauki kofta

Ingredients:

• 1 Small lauki (Bottle Gourd)



• 2 Cups Besan (Gram Flour)



• 1 tsp red chili powder



• Salt to taste



• 1/4 tsp baking powder



• cooking oil to deep fry



• 2-3 tsp coriander seeds (Dhania)



• 2 tsp Garam masala powder



• 2-3 green chillies



• Small piece ginger



• 2 garlic cloves



• 2-3 tomatoes



• 1 tsp cumin seeds

Method:

kofta or pakodas:

First grate the lauki . Then squeeze the water little bit from the grated lauki. Take a dish put
besan in it and now add red chilli powder, a little salt, and baking powder. Then put grated lauki
and mix it. Now heat the oil and make it like pakodas. Fry the pakodas until they are a little brown.

How to make the gravy:

Grind green chilles, ginger, garlic and then make a mixture of them. Cut the onions and tomatoes. Heat the pan and put 2-3 tbs oil. Put coriander seeds, onions, and the green chilli mixture in the oil. Then add tomatoes into the oil. After they are fried, put them all in a grinder and grind them. Then add garam masala and cumin seeds as well as salt. Grind it again until it is as smooth as gravy.

Keep the gravy and pakodas seperate. About 10 minutes before eating put the pakodas in the gravy. Enjoy this delicious recipie!

Homemade Donuts

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour





• 1/2 cup sugar





• 1/2 cup milk





• 2 tbs vanilla extract





• 2 tbs baking powder





• 1 egg





• about 1/2 stick butter





• cooking oil for frying

Procedure:

1. Melt the butter using the microwave.





2. In a bowl, put the sugar, milk, vanilla, butter, baking powder, and the egg stir until smooth.





3. Add the flour (do not use all of it) into the mixture, and mix everything again.





4. Leave the batter in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.





5. After the 30 minutes, put the remaining flour on a board and put the dough on top of the flour. Flatten it with a rolling pin until it is one inch thick (just like making rotis).





6. Use a small bowl to make circles and then make a small hole in the center to make it look like a flat donut.





7. Deep fry the donuts and take it out of the oil when it is golden brown.





8. If you would like, add icing, frosting, whipped cream, sprinkles, etc.

Moongdal Kachodi

Ingredients:

• 1 cup moong dal



• 1-2 teaspoons somp



• 1-2 teaspoons chili powder



• 1 teaspoon kalonji



• salt for taste



• 5 cups atta (Wheat flour)



• oil for deep frying

Procedure:

1. Cook the moongdal for 25 minutes or however long it takes for it to cook.



2. Let the moongdal cool for two hours.



3. Take a pan and put 2-3 tablespoons oil in it.



4. After it is heated put somp, chili powder, salt, and the cooked moongdal into the oil and let them fry until it becomes dry.



5. Put the atta, kalonji, and a little bit salt along with a couple of spoons of oil in a large bowl. Then pour enough water so it becomes like a dough.



6. Make round balls with the dough and put some the moongdal mixture inside it.



7. Make the balls into round flat circles.



8. Deep fry the circles.



9. Enjoy this dish with Indian chutneys, and/or pickles!

Green peas puri

Ingredients

• 1 to 3 cups peas (frozen)
  
• 3 to 4 green chilles
  
• Small peice of ginger
  
• 2 to 3 garlic cloves
  
• Whole wheat flour (Atta) 4 to 5 cups
  
• Salt to taste
  
• Cooking oil to deep fry
  
• Water if you need it

Method

First grind green peas.Then grind green chillies, ginger, and garlic. Add both pastes together and put garam masala powder and salt in a bowl.Then mix it all together. Now, put the whole wheat flour in it and make it like puri dough. Make round balls and squish it until it becomes like a round puri. Finaly, fry it in oil.

Alu chap Recipe

The Breadcrumbs, Curry, and the Stuffed Chap

These are the finished Alu Chaps

Ingredients

• 4-5 potatoes



• 1 pack of white bread



• 2 big onions



• 2-3 green chilles



• 2-3 cloves of garlic



• 1 small peice of ginger



• 1 ts garammasala



• a little bit of cuminseeds



• salt for taste



• cooking oil to deepfry



• plain bread crumbs or soji



• water

Method

• First boil the potatoes.



• Then make the paste of greenchillies, ginger,and garlic.



• Cut the onions



• Take a frying pan put oil put cuminseeds fry it then add greenchilles paste and onions



• Fry it put the garammasla powder fry it add the salt now.



• Put the boiled potatoes and make a dry curry and keep it aside.



• Take water in a bowl. Take one slice of bread, dip into water and then squeeze the water. Take a plastic paper spread the bread in it then put the potota curry in it and close it then roll it in bread crumbs or in soji.



• Make similar "rolls" with all the curry (look at the picture for the shape) .



• Then deepfry it in oil until it becomes golden brown.



• Enjoy them with ketchup or Chutney.-