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Monday 1 February 2021

Rayalaseema Pugyalu for uggani|| choor puggi || Onion Bajji || Adoni popular street food pugyalu

Rayalseema, Adoni special street food choor puggi or pugyalu || Onion bajji . Choor puggi recipe with step by step pics and tips. We also call this pugyalu as bur buri in Kannada. Surely you will thinking that- "Now what is this choor puggi yaar" right 😂 , choor puggi mean small bajji's. Hope you got some idea, d't stop here keeping reading you will get more information about my native place Adoni 😍. I am born and brought up in Adoni city, Kurnool district. Adoni is famous for many things, mainly city with many religions so we Adoni people surely know Telugu, Kannada and Hindi/Urdu languages. Ranamandala temple, Maha Yogi lakshmama avva, Mangaraya temple, hanuman statue, Maremmavva temple, Panchamukki Anjaneya swamy temple, many church and masjid's. And Mantralayam - Lord Raghavendra Swamy temple is near to Adoni. Adoni is also called as second Mumbai, as it is famous for marketing mainly cotton market in our childhood. We had many cotton comities in Adoni, but many of them are closed now.

Uggani bajji is popular breakfast recipe in Adoni, some other popular street foods are mirchi bajji, bhel, gobi manchuria, cut mirchi, vankaya bonda, aloo bonda. Sweets like paal kova we get freshly prepared paal khova, khova bun, iyengar bakery puff, dil pasand. Drinks like nanari also known as suganda in some areas of Andhra and many more. Today I am sharing one of my family fav choor puggi or bur buri in Kannada, we also call it pugyalu in Telugu. This is prepared using gram flour, it is crispy from out and soft inside. This is best tea time snack, as side dish for lunch and we Adoni people love to have it with Uggani 😋.Surely there will be some name for this bajji's in your place, let me know that name in comment box. I saw this funny shape in my bajji, find fun in your cooking and enjoy your cooking skills 😍.

Now d't ask me this creature name😄, just enjoy the way my baby squirrel enjoying 😍.

What is the difference between onion pakoda & this onion bajji

** Onion pakoda batter will be thick, we prepare this using very very little water.

** For onion bajji we prepare batter not much thick or thin by adding water.

** Texture of pakoda will be hard and crispy inside and outside.

** Texture of this onion bajji will be smooth inside and crispy outside.

** Onion Pakoda shell life is more, it stay crispy for long time.

** This onion bajji/pugyalu taste crispy for some time and have to finish it in a day.

Let's start our recipe..

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this crispy and tasty onion bajji / choori puggi recipe to FoodieMondayBloghop fb group's #283StreetFoodOfIndia theme. By this time you are all aware that I am part of this lovely group where we bloggers share recipe for theme suggested by a person in alphabetical order every week. This week theme is suggested by "Priya Iyer" who bogs at "thephotowali". I love her presentation and clear explanation about recipes. I bookmarked her recent PavBhajji, Gujarati Vatana valor bateta tuver nu shaak recipes to try soon. Do check out her blog for many healthy, regional and very interesting recipes from different places.

Choor Puggi / Pugyalu

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cook time : 20 min

Serves : 250 gms

Category : snacks

Recipe Cuisine: Rayalseema

Main ingredients : Gram flour

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Gram flour / senaga pindi - 1 cup

rice flour - 1/4 cup

finely chopped onion - 2

finely chopped green chilli - 2 tsp

ginger pieces - 1 tsp

curry leaves - 1 sprig

coriander leaves - 1 tsp (finely chopped)

red chilli powder - 1 tsp

turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

ajwain / carom seeds - 1 tsp

cooking soda - pinch(optional)

salt - as per taste

oil - to deep fry

Instructions

1) Add oil to heat in a wide pan on low flames and then take onions, chopped green chilli, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves in a wide bowl.

2) Now add gram flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt, ajwain seeds and pinch of cooking soda to the above.

3) Now add water little by little and mix batter, batter should not be too thick or too thin.

4) Now add 1 tsp of hot oil to the above and mix everything well.

5) Check oil heat by dropping some batter if it comes up quickly then our oil is ready to prepare bajji. Now take some batter with your fingers and drop it in oil.

6) Fry the above both sides till it changes color.

7) Repeat the same process for remaining batter, fry it both sides till it changes color on low to medium flames and take it into plate.

Tips

** Skip adding red chilli to get yellow color to bajji.

** You can also add ginger garlic paste instead of ginger.

** Instead ajwain/carom seeds you can also add cumin seeds.

**Do not fry bajji on low flames, if you feel oil is more heat. Then switch off the flames for sometime and start again.

** Serve this snacks with tomato ketchup or with any chutney's.

Hope you liked our Adoni popular street food Pugyalu, also check other snack recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

Also check other related recipes from my blog and channel, by just clicking the link below pic..

Potato Lollipops

Nachos with cheese dip

corn cheese balls

Baby corn manchurian

Baby corn fritters

Dry cabbage manchurian

Paneer Tikka

Rava / Semolina Pizza

Veg chow mein noodles

Stuffed Mirchi bajji

Paneer pinwheels

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Sunday 31 January 2021

Banana Sheera || Banana rava kesari || Banana Halwa using red banana || Sevvalai rava kesari

Banana Sheera || banana halwa || banana rava kesari using red banana. It is delicious and very tasty recipe, it is very easy to prepare sweet recipe using banana and semolina. I used red banana to prepare this banana halwa, you can use any variety banana to prepare this rava kesari. Red banana is also known as "Sevvalai" in Tamil. Rava kesari is one of the main prasadam recipe we prepare during many festivals. Like simple rava kesari we prepare this banana rava kesari during puja's like satya narayana swamy pooja, vara lakshmi pooja or on normal days too. Like above kesari recipe we can also prepare many sheera/kesari bath recipe using fresh fruits like Pineapple rava kesari, strawberries and even chocolate too.

We can also use milk to prepare rava kesari to get creamy texture, but we cannot store it for long time. So I prepared adding water, prepare according to your wish. Today I used red banana instead normal banana. I know you are thinking that why I am using red banana why not normal yellow banana, here is reason from few months we started eating red banana regularly as it is very healthy. Red banana's are plumper and sweeter than yellow banana's. Red banana is nutrient rich, contains high fiber, rich in anti-oxidants and best immunity booster when compared to yellow variety bananas. Red banana has more beta carotene and vitamin c than yellow variety banana(info from wiki). And yes it is only available in some areas of South India, popularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. I d't have more information where these banana's are available in India. Do comment if you know any info about it :) Try to include red banana's in your diet regularly if you get it in your areas.

Do check out some sweet recipes from blog and YouTube channel From blog

**Chakker Pongal

** Pineapple rava kesari

** Flax seeds laddu

** Coconut rice & chana dal sundal

** Narali Bhaat

** Karanataka style temple pulihora

** Oats & nuts laddu

Event : Shhhhh Secretly cooking challenge

Taking this soulful and healthy sweet corn soup to "Shhhhh Secretly cooking challenge" fb group started by Priya, and taken further till date by Mayuri di, I bookmarked her baked apple to try soon. Do check her space for wonderful recipes. 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.

This month theme Warm Desserts was suggested Rafeeda who blogs at The Big Sweet Tooth. And we both are paired for this month, she is very friendly and very talented chef. I liked her blogging style and presentation a lot, I bookmarked her Jam cake rolls to try soon. Coming to theme Rafeeda gave me cardamom and cashew nuts as secret ingredients, in turn I gave cocoa powder and walnuts to her. Using these ingredients she prepared yummy fudge brownie pie. Do check out her space for wonderful recipe..

Banana Sheera

Preparation time : 10 minutes

Cook Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 2 people

Category : Sweets/Desserts

Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Main ingredients : banana, semolina

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Red banana - 1 (you can also use any other variety banana)

semolina - 1 cup

Sugar - 3/4 cup (adjust)

ghee - 1/2 cup

cashew - 7

raisins - 7

cardamom powder - 1 tsp

water - 2.5 cups

Instructions

1) Add 3 tsp of ghee in a wide pan, to this add cashew nuts fry it on low flames. When it starts changing color add raisins fry till they becomes fluffy. It these fried ingredients in a cup and keep it aside.

2) In the same pan add semolina fry it on low flames till rava changes color & you get nice aroma.

3) Add mashed banana, sugar to the above fried semolina and mix everything well.

4) Now add 2.5 cups of water, 1 tsp of ghee, cardamom powder and mix everything well. Cook this on flames by closing lid for 5 minutes.

5) Our banana rava kesari is almost done, add 2 tsp of ghee to kesari mix everything well and cook it for few minutes on low flames.

6) Finally add fried cashew nuts, raisins on banana rava kesari and mix everything well. If you want you can also add ghee as per your desire.

That's it our banana rava kesari using red banana is ready to serve.

Tips:

* Instead of red banana you can also use any other variety banana.

* As red banana is more sweet I added less sugar, you add 1:1 semolina : rava as per wish.

* Adjust ghee, cashew nuts & raisins as per your desire.

* You can also use fried semolina too.

* Instead of water you can also add milk too.

Hope you liked my healthy version banana rava kesari, also check some other related sweet recipes from my YouTube channel & blog by just clicking the links below pic..