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MANA VANTALU: SWEETS
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Sugar - 1 cup. Ghee - 1 tbsp. Peel and mash the bananas. Pour ghee into a nonstick pan, add the mashed bananas and roast for 10 min. Add the sugar and roast for another 10 min. Add the crushed cardamons. Take off the pan from stove and transfer the halwa into the greased plate. Spread and cut into squares or diamond shapes. Carrots - 1 lb. Ghee - 1/2 cup. Milk - 2 cups. Sugar - 1 cup. Almonds - 1/2 cup (sliced lengthwise). Scrape, wash and grate the carrots. Sugar - 1 cup.
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MANA VANTALU: curries
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Brinjals - 6 small. Onions - 1 big. Seasoning - 1 tsp of chenna dal, urad dal, mustard seeds ,pinch of hing 1/2 tsp of jeera, few red chilli pieces and curry leaves. Turmeric - 1/2 tsp. Salt - as required. Chilli powder - 1 tsp (adjust according to taste). Oil - 3 tbsp. Curry powder - 3 tbsp. Cut brinjals into thin slices lengthwise . Chop onions into small pieces. After mustard seeds starts to splutter, add onion and fry until light brown. Potato Gravy (for puri). Open the p...
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MANA VANTALU: DAAL & OTHER VARIETIES
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. DAAL and OTHER VARIETIES. Toor dal (kandi pappu) - 2 cups. Tamarind - big lemon sized piece or 2 spoons of paste. Onions - 1 big. Salt - as required. Chilli powder - 1/2 spoon. Turmeric (pasupu) - 1/2 tsp. Sambaar powder - 1 1/2 to 2 tsp. Coriander leaves - few. Seasoning - 1tsp of mustard seeds, 1/2 tsp of jeera, pinch of hing, few curry leaves. Put dal in pressure cooker, add double quantity of water and cook until 3 whistles. Add coriander leaves according to your taste.
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MANA VANTALU: CHUTNEYS & POWDERS
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Red chillies - 10 to 15. Salt - as required. Tamarind - small lemonsized ball. Oil - 2 tsp. Seasoning - 1 tsp of chenna dal, urad dal, mustard seeds ,pinch of hing 1/2 tsp of jeera, few red chilli pieces and curry leaves. Grate the coconut or cut into small pieces. In a small pan fry the red chillies. Grind the coconut, red chillies, salt and tamarind adding minimum water required. After mustard seeds starts to splutter, add this to the grounded coconut chutney. Oil - 2 tsp.
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MANA VANTALU: BREAKFAST
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Urad dal - 1 cup. Idli rava - 2 cups. Salt - as required. Soak the urad dal with sufficient water for 6 hours. Just few minutes before grinding the dal, soak rava in sufficient water. Grind the dal into soft batter. Remove the excess water from rava and add to the batter. (Take a handful of rava into palms, squeeze excess water and then add to the batter.). Add the salt and mix properly. Keep it aside overnight to allow it to ferment. Urad dal - 1 cup. Rice - 3 cups. Grind th...
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MANA VANTALU: RICE VARIETIES
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Rice - 3 cups. Tamarind - 1 cup(about 100 gms). Turmeric - 2 tsp. Salt - as required. Oil - 1/2 cup. Chenna dal - 1/4 cup. Peanuts (optional) - 1/4 cup. Mustard seeds - 2 tbsp. Jeera - 1 tsp. Hing - 1 tsp. Curry leaves - few ( as you like). Red chillies - about 15. Green chillies - 7. Soak tamarind and extract thick juice (pulp) out of it. Cook rice and keep it aside. Take rice into big vessel when warm, add salt and little oil. Mix well. Rice - 2 cups. Salt - as required.
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MANA VANTALU: December 2007
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Sugar - 1 cup. Ghee - 1 tbsp. Peel and mash the bananas. Pour ghee into a nonstick pan, add the mashed bananas and roast for 10 min. Add the sugar and roast for another 10 min. Add the crushed cardamons. Take off the pan from stove and transfer the halwa into the greased plate. Spread and cut into squares or diamond shapes. Carrots - 1 lb. Ghee - 1/2 cup. Milk - 2 cups. Sugar - 1 cup. Almonds - 1/2 cup (sliced lengthwise). Scrape, wash and grate the carrots. Sugar - 1 cup.
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MANA VANTALU: SNACKS & SAVOURIES
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Urad dal - 4 cups. Green chillies - 10 to 12. Ginger - small piece. Curry leaves - few. Salt - as required. Oil - for deep frying. Soak urad dal for 6 hours. Grind into smooth batter with ginger adding minimum water required. You can also add greenchillies and onion while grinding or cut into small pieces and add to the batter. Also add curry leaves and salt to the batter. Heat oil in a pan. Drop this into oil and fry till golden brown. Chenna dal - 4 cups. Garlic - 3 cloves.
