Amarnath/Totakura leaves cooked with onions and sauteed with coconut powder, green chili paste. High in nutrition, quick and easy to prepare.

Kakarakaya/Bitter Gourd sauteed in oil to dark brown and seasoned with red chili-garlic powder, jaggery. This is my all time favorite dish from my grandma's kitchen.

Tomato gravy cooked with onions and chana dal with a touch of masala powder. This tangy tangy tomato is fast and easy to cook.

Eggplant stuffed with sesame, coconut, peanut, other spices and seasoned with tamarind juice. This spicy eggplant dish will add a refreshing tang to any meal.

Pav Bhaji is a famous street food in India. Potato, carrots, green peas, cooked with special pav bhaji masala, with a tochu of butter and served with buns is a favourite dish for many.

Malaysian Goreng mixed with a Italian flavor for Pasta lovers. Garden Pasta cooked with olive oil, spring onions, soy sauce, red chili paste, ketchup. Perfect for light dinners.

Eggplant/Brinjal/Gutthi vankaya is a famous dish in Andhra. I got this recipe from my friend Jyothi. Round eggplants cooked and stuffed with peanut, red chili powder, gives it a special taste and easy to prepare.

Thick gravy curry made with drumsticks/munakkada, tomatoes and onions. Onions and tomatoes gives it a sweet and sour taste while drumsticks add the flavor, making it a delicious dish. Serve hot with white rice.

Cheater recipe with less oil when ever you feel like eating special items. Tindora/Dondakaya baked and then sauteed with onions, besan flour, peanuts and cashews gives it a pakoda style taste. Tastes good with white rice or roti.

This is every day favorite for many and served in most of the weddings. Lentils and vegetables makes it protein rich and nutritious while drumsticks gives it a nice flavor. You can add vegetables of your choice.

One more quick and easy preparation. Snake gourd cooked with Split Green Gram gives a cooling effect to the body.

Gongura pacchadi, I am not sure about the English term but scientifically called Hibiscus cannabinus is one popular dish in Andhra. Gongura leaves and green chilies steamed cooked together and grinded with garlic, cumin seeds, gives it a delicious taste.

I usually dont like to eat carrot curry because of its sweet taste, but this is one simple dish I like to eat again and again. Carrots cooked and then sauteed with onions, green chili paste and garlic, gives it a special taste and aroma. Serve hot with rice or roti.

This is very quick and easy prepartion. Medium gravy curry made with egg plant, onion, tomatoes and Yogurt.

Traditional pulav rice, made with mild spices , coconut and white rice. This is a very mild dish, tastes good with any Kurma.

Tomato Pacchadi Recipe

Palak Pulav........