Sauteed Shrimp

I love this recipe because i can prepare this dish  in 10 minutes.Goes well as a side dish with rice,pappucharu.

Ingredients:

1 pound jumbo shrimp, unpeeled(22-25 count)
1 tbsp butter+1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp ginger garlic paste or just garlic paste
pinch of turmeric powder
1/4 th tsp red chili powder or pepper.
salt to taste

Method:

1 Clean shrimp using salt and lemon juice and keep side.
2..Heat butter/oil in a large sauteed pan on medium heat.
3.Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder saute for 30 second.Now add shrimp saute for 2 minutes .
4.Add salt,red chili powder.Saute for few more minutes and serve immediately.
5.You can sprinkle some lemon juice before eating if you want to.

Guacamole

Guacamole is one of the most beloved Mexican foods served in the Mexican restaurants as a dip with crispy tortillas along with salsa. It is made with fresh avocados. I like to use it as a substitute to butter on my grilled sandwiches as avocados are loaded with nutrients and healthy fats.

Guacamole with fresh avocados

Ingredients: 
2 fresh soft avocados (cut them into half, remove the seed and scoop the flesh out into a bowl)  
1 small ripe tomato chopped
Cilantro 4-5 sprigs
Half a small onion finely diced
spring onions(optional)
Fresh lime juice
1 jalapeno/Serrano chilies minced
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Mash all the ingredients together with a spoon or fork. Season it with salt and pepper and serve immediately. If serving later add tomatoes just before serving. Cover it with a plastic wrap to avoid changing color.

Note: 
1.Leaving avocado pit in the bowl with guacamole, this prevents it from turning brown to some extent.
2.Can be eaten with store bought tortilla chips or homemade baked tortilla chips, in tacos or as a spread on sandwiches.

guacamole with papdi

Chudva/Atkulu

This is a healthy and filling snack.I usually make 2 versions of this snack. One is this version which tastes amazing when eaten instantly And the other one has long shelf life than this(will post that recipe soon).

Chudva

Ingredients:
4 cups very thin poha/atkulu
2 large garlic pods crushed
3-4 green chilis thinly sliced
1 small onion very thinly sliced(I prefer red onion)
2 tsp coriander seeds(dania)(optional)
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tbsp peanuts
1 tbsp dalia(putnalu)
2 tsp sesame seeds/nuvvulu(optional)
¼ tsp turmeric powder
¼ tsp red chili powder
Pinch of sugar
Salt to taste
2 tbsp oil for cooking

Method:
1.Heat the poha in a microwave safe bowl for 2 min, stirring after one minute or heat them over the stove in non stick pan till they curl up a little bit(takes 3-5 minutes).Keep them aside.

2.In a non stick pan.Heat the oil on medium heat.

3.Saute peanuts and dalia separately till they are light golden color.(I usually take them out and keep aside,because I am always afraid they will burn)

4.Now add garlic after a few seconds add mustard and cumin seeds once they splutter add coriander seeds and sesame seeds sauté for 30seconds.Add green chilies ,curry leaves and onion. Cook till they are light brown and crispy.

5.Now add turmeric powder,salt,red chili powder fry for 30 seconds

6.Now add poha keep stirring until poha turns into yellow in color.sprinkle some sugar.Add sauteed peanuts and dalia.Mix well.Switch off the stove

7.Allow the chudva to cool down before storing in a air tight container.


Note:
Heating up the poha is an important step to get crispy chudva

Pan Roasted Fresh Garbanzo beans(Senagalu)

A healthy snack.I remember my mom roasting them and serving them to us while watching TV.We used to enjoy popping them and eating tasty garbanzos hiding inside the shell. What a healthy way of snacking.

Roasted Garbanzo Beans

Ingredients

Raw Garbanzo pods(do not shell the beans)

Raw Garbanzo Beans

Method:

Take garbanzo pods in a pan. Roast on medium flame till they turn light brown in color. Do not burn. They should turn into crispy pods. Takes 8-10 minutes. That’s it. They are ready.

Instant Sooji/Semolina Uttapam (Rava Uttapam)

This is a quick breakfast recipe.You can prepare these when you don’t have patience to cut any vegetables or prepare any chutney.I love it because of its simplicity and taste.

Instant Rava Uttapam

prep time:20 min

Serves:2

Ingredients:

1 cup fine semolina/rava

½ cup water

½ cup thick curd/yogurt

Salt to taste

1 tsp cumin seeds(zeera) or cumin powder

1 tsp red chili powder (optional)

Method:

1.In a bowl mix curd and semolina.Keep aside for 15-20 min.

2.Now add water and salt.Batter should be little thick like Uttapam batter.

3.Heat tawa.Take a ladle full of batter and pour on the tawa.You don’t have to spread the batter like dosa.Sprinkle zeera and red chili powder.

4.After few seconds add tsp of ghee or oil.cook for 1-2 minutes.Flip and cook for 1 more minute.Serve hot with any chutney.

5.Goes well with allam chutney,tomato chutney

Variations: 

You can add chopped onion,cilantro,green chillies to the batter.