Thursday 30 April 2020

Jowar popcorn laddu || జొన్న పేలాల లడ్డు || jolada aralu unde || sorgum popcorn laddu

Jowar popcorn laddu || జొన్న పేలాల లడ్డు || jolada aralu unde || sorgum popcorn laddu with step by step pics and tips. Hai friends how are you all? Hope you are all safe and healthy, stay at home, stay safe to protect yourself, ur family and others.
Today's our recipe is very healthy and tasty laddu prepared using jowar popcorn. We can prepare jowar popcorn easily at home, when i went to my mom's place i purchased 1 pack jowar popcorn to prepare laddu for nagula chavithi festival. In some areas of South India mainly Andhra, Karnataka these jowar popcorn ladoos are prepared for nagula chavithi festival / naga puja. This puja is celebrated on chathurthi (fourth day) after Deepavali amavasya during Karthika masam. We can prepare jowar popcorn easily at home, i will share recipe when i get some jowar. It is difficult to get jowar in my place, my mom pack jowar powder, jowar popcorn and some jowar every time go home 😊.  Mom's are always great in packing, while unpacking only you will know why our bags are that much weight😍😂. Jowar is rich in fibre, boosts immune system, regulates calcium, its gluten free. Jonna rotte / jolada rotti is popular and regularly  can say daily prepared recipe in some areas of Andhra and Karnataka.




Taking this super healthy, regional and tasty jowar popcorn ladoos to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group started by Priya of Priyas Versatile Recipes and taken further till date by Mayuri di who blogs at Mayuris jikoni. We completed recipes from all states from A to Z, so now admin team and members decided a new interesting way for monthly theme that is - one group member in alphabetical order will suggest theme. Later admin team will pair interested members, then we share 2 secret ingredients among us and prepare recipe using it and all other members will guess it. I got chance to suggest theme for this month and theme i decided is #MilletMagic - any recipes prepared using any millet. Healthy theme isn't it :) . This week i am paired with Sasmita, she is from Odisha, i love all her recipes especially photography they are very mesmerizing, do check her space for fusion, innovative, regional and tasty recipes. She gave jowar popcorn and peanuts as secret ingredients with which i prepared this delicious and festive laddu recipe. Inturn gave her onion and pepper powder, with these she prepared healthy and tasty vegetable ragi soup. I bookmarked her Odia style potala rasatandoori momo recipes to try. Eagerly waiting to see recipes shared by blogger friends for my theme. Check out my drawing for theme 😻.




Let's start recipe..


  

                              Jowar Popcorn laddu

Preparation time : 10 min
Cook Time : 30 minutes
Serves : 15 ladoo's
Category : Sweets / Regional
Recipe Cuisine: Andhra, Karnataka
Main ingredient: jowar popcorn
Author : Aruna SarasChandra


   


Ingredients


jowar popcorn - 150 gm 
groundnuts - 1/2 cup
roasted chana dal / putnalu - 1/2 cup
jaggery - 1 cup
elachi powder - 1 tsp
ghee - 2 tsp

Instructions

1) Dry roast peanuts on medium to low flames, when it fry well add roasted chana dal fry for a minute and keep it aside to cool. (** check tips)



2) Now in the same pan dry roast jowar popcorn for a minutes on low flames. If you prepared popcorn freshly then skip this step, use it directly. Take fried popcorn, groundnuts, roasted chana dal in a plate and start preparing jaggery syrup.




3) Soak jaggery in little water and boil till jaggery dissolves in water .



4) In order to remove dust from jaggery strain the above.



5) Now take the above jaggery mixture in a wide pan add few drops of ghee and boil it on low to medium flames. 





6) Boil it by stirring till you get one string consistency. (**check tips)



7) Now add fried popcorn, peanuts, roasted chana dal, elachi powder mix everything well, you can see strings forming on ingredients by jaggery.  



8) Mix the above continuously on low flames, when jaggery strings stops then switch off the flames and let the mixture cool for some time. So that you can mould ladoo, do not leave it long time mixture will become hard. (This is the main step to get perfect shaped ladoo **check tips).




8) grease your hands with ghee, using spoon or any ladle take some mixture and start moulding ladoo. Take care of ur hands, as mixture will be heat, if you let it cool completely then you cannot mould ladoos, then you have to compromise it as jaggery coated popcorn instead of ladoo 😂😉. As i was alone while preparing ladoos i am not able to capture ladoo moulding pic 😁😇. Let the ladoos cool for sometime then store it in airtight container. 




That's it crispy, delicious, healthy and festive jowar popcorn ladoos are ready to serve. Store it in airtight container they will stay crisp for minimum 1 month.

Tips

** You can prepare jowar popcorns freshly.

** You can also add cashew nuts, almonds, raisins to make it more healthy.

** Frying peanuts, roasted chana dal and jowar popcorns will keep ladoos crispy for long time.

** i prefer 1 string consistency to prepare these ladoos as they become hard quickly if wait for thick consistency.

** do not burn jaggery syrup it will spoil ladoo taste, if you feel jaggery syrup burnt then better stop it and prepared syrup freshly.

Hope these tips are useful, also check other ladoo recipes by just clicking link below pic..

                     


                                                Oats and nuts ladoo

                             
                                                        Besan Ladoo     

                     Poha Badam Ladoo

                              
                     Ragi Peanut ladoo            


       Sabudana Coconut Ladoo




              Puffed Rice/Maramarala Ladoo

                               
                               
                                                  bread gulab jamun



                          Sweet Pongal
                

                             Pineapple Sheera 



Hope you like this crispy, healthy, delicious and festival jowar popcorn ladoos. Give it a try and drop your comments in inbox.

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Sunday 26 April 2020

Poha Chivda || అటుకుల మిక్చర్ || how to prepare poha chivda in 15 minutes

Poha chivda || అటుకుల మిక్చర్  || poha mixture with detailed video and tips. Hai friends how are you all ? hope you are all safe and healthy. Poha chivda is very crispy, tasty and healthy snack prepared by adding different nuts. We have 2 different varieties of poha - thick & thin, today i am preparing chivda using thin poha. We can also prepare chivda using thick by deep frying, i will share that recipe soon. Coming to our thin poha chivda, i used almonds, cashews and raisins to make to more healthy. We can store this poha chivda fresh more than a month when it is stored in airtight container. In this lockdown period everyone staying at home and craving for snack all time. We can prepare this poha in 15 minutes easily, there are many varieties of poha chivda today i am sharing the one which i prepare regularly. Green chillies added in it are fried well, i added saunf which enhances its taste, you can skip it.



Taking this healthy poha chivda recipe to FoodieMondayBloghop fb groups #244SnackMania theme. Here each blogger will gets chance to suggest theme according to alphabetic order. That member will suggest 2 themes, other members will vote it, the one with more votes will be selected for theme. Today's theme was suggested by Renu, she suggested us to share any snacks fried or non fried that can be stored for minimum 15 days. Check out Renu's place for tasty and healthy recipes. I bookmarked Renu's sprouted wheat flour bread , paush bada, sprouted wheat flour no knead bread recipes to try it soon.Do check her space, you will love it.                                                                              




  
    
                                                         Poha Chivda 

cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 300 gms 
Category : snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Indian 
Main ingredients : thin poha 
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   


Ingredients

thin poha - 200gms
oil - 4 tsp
groundnuts - 2 tsp
roasted chana dal / putnalu - 2tsp
dry coconut slices - 2 tsp
cashew nuts - 12
almonds - 12
raisins / kismis - 12g
green chilli - 4
red chilli - 4
curry leaves -1 sprig
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
fennels seeds - 1 tsp /saunf - 1 tsp(optional)
salt as per taste
sugar - 1 tsp(optional)
hing - 1 pinch

Instructions

1) Dry fry poha for a minute and take it into plate.

2) Heat oil in a pan, add groundnuts fry it, when it starts changing color add roasted chana dal fry for few seconds.

3) then add cashews, almonds, raisins, fry well.

4)now add green chillies, red chillies fry it well. Then add mustard, cumin and fennel seeds fry well. Later add  curry leaves, turmeric powder, salt fry everything well.

5) Switch off the flames and add fried poha and saute everything well.

6)At last add sugar, saute everything well. Let the chivda cool completely.

our chivda is ready store it in airtight container, this will stay fresh and crispy more than a month.

  
Tips

** Do not burn poha, just fry till it becomes crisp or for a minute.

** Fry all nuts and tempering on low to medium flames, do not burn it.

** Adding saunf / fennel seeds is optional but it gives good taste to chivda.

** You can skip sugar or you can add sugar powder instead of sugar.

** Do not store poha when it is hot, let it cool completely then store it. 

** Store it in dry and airtight container only.

Also check other snack recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

                     
                                dalmoth namkeen

                   
                                 Omapodi || karapusa || sev





                                                  spicy masala peanuts
   
                                   
                                  JackFruit seeds Vada


                                      Paneer pinwheels

                                        Pepper sev


                                         Corn flakes chivda

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Monday 20 April 2020

Red sauce pasta || Pasta in red sauce

Red sauce pasta || pasta in red sauce || pasta in tomato sauce with tips(will upload video and step by step pics soon). Hai friends, how are you all? stay home, stay safe and stay hygiene. With all your blessing and support i started my new journey in YoutubeWatermelon slushie  is my first video. Please check out, subscribe and share your inputs. Today i am sharing kids favorite recipe pasta prepared using homemade tomato sauce. Surely your kids will love to this and never no to it. I used bambino wheat spiral pasta to prepare this with available veggies at home. I used carrot and capsicum we can also add sweet corn, peas in it. Herbs are not available right now so i skipped it & only cheese spread is available at home so i used it instead of parmesan cheese. Trust me it tasted very yummy, cheese and lip smacking. 



Youtube video link:

https://youtu.be/YBFqAElGFb0


Foodie Monday Blog Hop 


Taking this recipe to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb group's #243LittleChef theme. Today's theme was suggested by Priya, we bloggers are sharing simple recipes with kids in this period.It is good to involve kids while cooking, so that they will get interest in cooking. My recipe is for grown up kids who have little knowledge in cooking. I love Priya's writing, photography a lot and always tries to adopt it. she is the person who helped me to join in this talented group :). Priya is multi talented chef, chef, content writer, editor, she write reviews and she love photography and travelling. I bookmarked priya's Mooli ki roti and oats dosa recipes to try soon. check out her recent ambe dal recipe surely you will enjoy it..

                               

  


                             Vangi bath masala powder

Preparation time - 30 minutes
Serves : 4
Category : International / kids friendly / breakfast /snack
Recipe Cuisine: International
Main ingredients : pasta, tomato
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   


Ingredients

wheat spiral pasta - 200gms
tomatoes - 3
red chilli - 1
butter - 2 tsp
garlic - 4
onion - 1
carrot - 1
capsicum - 1(small)
red chilli flakes - 1 tsp
black pepper powder - 1 tsp
tomato ketchup - 2 big spoons(adjust)
Italian herbs - 1 tsp(i did not used)
cheese - 3 to 4 tsp( i used 1 small cup cheese spread)
salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Cut tomato in X shape and boil it in water along with red chilli for 5 minutes.

2) Once it is cool peel tomato skin and blend it into puree.(**check tips)

3) Boil 1 and 1/2 to 2 liters of water with salt and oil, then add pasta in it.

4) Cook pasta till became smooth and cut easily with spoon.

5) drain water from pasta and keep it aside, used drain water in sauce preparation.

6) Heat butter in a pan add chopped garlic pieces fry till it changes it color.

7) Now add onions fry for few seconds then add chopped carrot and capsicum pieces. Do not overcook veggies, now add tomato puree cook everything well for 2 minutes.

8) Now add red chilli flakes, pepper powder and herbs(u can skip if not available) mix everything well.

9) Add some pasta cooked water to the above as per your consistency and cook it for few minutes, our red sauce is ready.

10) Now add boiled pasta in the above red sauce, mix everything well and cook it for few minutes.

11) At last add parmesan cheese or grated cheese cubes or any cheese of your choice.

That's it very yummy, creamy and lip smacking pasta in red sauce is ready to serve, serve hot and enjoy with family 😍.

Tips

** If you want pasta more spicy boil red chillies with tomatoes, it will had spicy to your pasta.

** As both herbs is it available at this time i did not added, if it is available at your you can add it, to get good flavors and taste in pasta.

** Do not overcook pasta, you can also skip adding veggies.

** Add cheese before serving on hot pasta.

Also check some starters and snacks recipes, surely your kids love to have it 😋.

                               
                  Bengal style - Vegetable chop || vegetable cutlet


                       Gobi Manchurian


              
                  corn cheese balls

              

               Baby corn manchurian


                      Baby corn fritters


          Dry cabbage manchurian

                          Paneer Tikka


           Rava / Semolina Pizza



          Veg chow mein noodles

 



                          Paneer pinwheels

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