Sorakaya (Bottle Gourd) vadalu

Ingredients:

Grated Sorakaya (Bottle gourd) – 1 cup

Rice flour – 3 tbs

Sesame seeds – 1 tbs

Jeera – ½ tbs

Grated green chili (or finely chopped) - 3

Salt

Oil

Preparation:

1. Take a bowl and add grated bottle gourd, salt and keep aside for 3 min. Now squeeze water from the mixture.
2. To this mixture; add rice flour, green chili, sesame seeds, jeera, salt, one table spoon of oil and mix well.
3. Take enough quantity of this mixture and flatten it to a round shape and deep fry in oil till it turns golden brown in color.
   

Crackers

Ingredients:

Wheat flour – 1 cup

Raagi powder – ¼ cup

Gram flour (besan) – ¼ cup

Green chili paste – 1 tbs

Sesame seeds – 1 tbs

Cumin – 1 tbs

Chili powder – 1 tbs

Finely chopped Mint leaves – ½ bunches

Finely chopped coriander leaves – ½ bunches

Turmeric – ½ tbs

Ghee – ¼ cup

Oil to deep fry

Salt

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients together except oil.  Add water and make firm dough.
2. Divide the dough into small pieces and roll out into circles.
3. Cut the rolled-out dough into desired shapes and deep fry in oil till they become brown in color.
   

Chilakadadumpa Halwa (Sweet potato halwa)

Ingredients:

Sweet potato – ¼ kg

Sugar - 3 tbs

Ghee – 2 tbs

Green cardamom powder - pinch

Milk – ½ cup

Roasted dry fruits – 2 tbs

Preparation:

1. Boil sweet potato and remove the outer layer. Now take a bowl and mash the sweet potato.
2. Heat kadai and melt ghee. Add sweet potato and saute for 2 min.
3. Now add sugar and milk and keep stirring for 3 min or till it becomes consistent.
4. Now add cardamom powder and turn off the flame.
5. Garnish with dry fruits and serve.
   

Raagi Dosa

Ingredients:

Raagi powder – 1 cup

Dosa batter – ½ cup

Green chili paste – 1 tbs

Jeera – ½ tbs

Salt – pinch

Cooking soda – pinch

Preparation:

1. Take a bowl; add dosa batter, raagi powder, green chili paste, jeera, salt, soda and little water and mix well.
2. Spread dosa batter on pan and apply some oil. Flip dosa and roast well.
3. Serve with coconut chutney.
   

Besan Methi rolls

Ingredients:

Finely chopped methi leaves – ½ cup

Besan – 1 cup

Garam masala – 1 tsp

Green chili paste – ½ tsp

Ginger garlic paste – ½ tbs

Red chili powder – ½ tsp

Salt

Oil to deep fry

Preparation:

1. Take a bowl and add besan, methi leaves, ginger garlic paste, green chili paste, red chili powder, garam masala, salt and 2 table spoons of oil. Mix well and make soft dough (add little water if required).
2. Divide the dough into small balls and make into any desired shape. Deep fry in oil till they turn golden brown in color.
3. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.
   

Pineapple Halwa

Ingredients:

Grated pineapple – 1 cup

Sugar – ½ cup

Cardamom powder - pinch

Chopped dry fruits (cashew & almonds) – 2 tbs

Ghee – 4 tbs

Preparation:

1. Heat ghee in a pan; add dry fruits and fry until they turn golden color. Remove and keep aside.
2. Add grated pineapple in the same pan and cook on low heat till the water evaporates.
3. Now add sugar and cardamom powder and cook for few minutes or until it becomes consistent.
4. Turn off the flame and transfer into a serving bowl. Garnish with dry fruits and serve.