Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Guttivankaaya with Chicken


Guttivankaya
Stuffed Brinjal – an Andhra specialty; stuffed with chicken for a change.

This delicious item from Andhra is essentially made of small round brinjals stuffed with minced chicken.

Ingredients:

Boneless Chicken - ¼ kg
Brinjals - ¼ kg ( 8-10 small round shaped)
Garlic & Ginger Paste - 2 tps
Turmeric Powder - ½ tps
Dry Coconut Powder - 4 tps
Coriander Leaves - ½ bunch; chopped finely
Green Chilies - 4 to 5; slit length-wise
Onions - 3 large
Garam Masala - 1 tps
Oil refined - 4 tps
Salt - to taste

Preparation:

Marinate chicken with salt, turmeric powder and little salt for one hour.
Cook for 10 minutes on slow fire. Then add garam masala and grind to paste.
Cut onions and fry them with 1tsp oil for 1 minute. Grind them to paste.
Mix the above two pastes with 2 tsp of coconut powder.
Slit the Brinjals and stuff them with the above paste.
Pour 3 tps of oil in a pan and fry green chilies, ginger/garlic paste and curry leaves and then place the stuffed brinjals in the pan. Cover the pan so that the brinjals would cook properly.
Add the balance paste in the pan, sprinkle 2 tsp of coconut powder, salt to taste, a pinch of turmeric powder. Stir and fry for 2 minutes and then add 2 cups of water. Cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Gutti Vankaya stuffed with chicken is ready to be served.

TIP of the DAY
Most of our households are infested with Cockroaches. Any amount of Pif-Paf’s are of no use and they re-appear. Best way to have a permanent remedy is:
Mix Turmeric Powder and Boric Acid Powder in equal proportions, wet it with water and make the paste as small balls. Let them dry in a shade. Place these balls all over. And see the result yourself after 3/ 4 days.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

My first post in the series of Indian Rural Speciality Foods


Uggani
- a simple and fast snack from Kurnool (A.P.) region

This delicious common-man’s snack from Andhra is essentially made of puffed Rice.

Ingredients:
Puffed Rice - 4 cups
Onions - 3 medium sized
Garlic - ½ glove
Cumin seed - ½ tps
Mustard seed - ½ tps
Bengal Gram( Dry Roasted) - ½ cup
Dry Coconut Powder - ½ cup
Red chillies - 3 or 4
Green Chillies - 3 to 4
Oil refined - 4 tps
Salt - to taste

Preparation:
Soak the Puffed Rice in water for 1 or 2 minutes, decant and keep in a vessel.
Roast the Bengal Gram, Red Chillies and coconut powder and coarsely grind the contents.
Pour 4 tps of oil in a pan and fry cumin seed, mustard, finely chopped green chillies, curry leaves ( kari Patta) and the finely chopped onions. Fry till the onions turn light brown.
Add the puffed rice and stir well the entire mix. Add salt to taste. Finally sprinkle the ground powder and once again mix well.
Uggani is ready to be served.