Soujanya's Kitchen

Ingredients 1 cup sago (Soaked Over night) 1 cup Water 3/4 cup finely chopped coriander 2 tbsps Ghee/oil Salt as required 2 tbsp Peanut powder For seasoning 2 tsps Chana dal 2 tsps Urad dal 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1 tsp Chopped green chillies 1 red chilli 1 tsp Curry leaves Method Heat the pan, pour some oil and add Chana dal and urad dal. Fry till they turn little brown. Add mustard seeds. Once it splutters add green chillies, red chilli and curry leaves to it. Now add soaked sago and water to it. Cover with lid and cook till sago becomes soft. Add little salt, take out lid and cook till water gets evaporated. Add peanut powder and cook for two minutes on a low flame. Garnish with chopped coriander. Serve hot Sabudana Kichdi with evening Coffee or Tea.

Ingredients 1 cup Godhuma rava (Broken wheat) 2 cups Water 3/4 cup finely chopped tomatoes 2 tbsps Ghee/oil Salt as required Roasted Cashew nuts For seasoning 2 tsps Chanadal 2 tsps Urad dal 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1 chopped onion 1 tsp chopped ginger 1 tsp chopped Green chillies 1 red chilli 1 tsp Curry leaves Method Heat the pan, fry rava in little ghee and keep it aside to cool. In the same pan pour some oil and add Chana dal and urad dal. Fry till they turn little brown. Add mustard seeds. Once it splutters add chopped onions, tomatoes and remaining seasoning to it. Now add water to it. When water gets boiled, add little salt. Add rava and stir it by adding some more ghee. Add fried cashew nuts and cover with lid and leave for two minutes on a low flame. Serve hot Upma with any of the pickles or chutneys. You can also add little lemon juice (optional) and have it.

Chole tastes good with Chapati or Bature . You can also have Chole masala ( by chopping onions and squeezing 1 lemon slice on it) as evening chat . Ingredients 1 cup chole 2 Potatoes 2 Onions 2 Tomatoes 2-3 tbsps tamarind juice 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste 3-4 Green chillies 1 tsp Chilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder ½ tsp Turmeric 1 tbsp Chole masala Salt to taste 1 bunch coriander 1 tbsp Oil Method Soak chole overnight Pressure cook potatoes & chole (3-4 whistles) by adding ½ sp salt & turmeric to it. After cooling take chole from the cooker & drain it. Take half of boiled chole & grind it to paste & keep it aside. Put another half of boiled chole as it is. Finely chop onions, tomatoes, Green chillies, Curry leaves. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions fry till they turn to golden brown colour. Now add green chillies, ginger garlic paste to it. Add Boiled potatoes & chole paste. Now add all the dry powders (Dhaniya, chole masala & red chilly, salt) to ...