JANTHIKALU

Most famous childhood snack item for us.......

I find it easy to cook .....

INGREDIENTS:

1. Rice flour / Vari pindi / Biyyam pindi- 1 cup

2. Besan Flour / Senaga pindi - 1 cup

3. Sesame seeds - 1 tbspn

4. Ajwain . Vaamu - 1 tspn

4. Salt - to taste

5. Red chilli powder - 1 tbspn

6. Oil - to deep fry.

PROCEDURE:

1. Sieve rice flour, besan flour, salt, red chilli powder together , so that they all mix well.

2. Add little water, sesame seeds , ajwain and make it into a dough. It should not be soft , as it absorbs more oil. So Let it be a bit dry,

3. Now put this dough into janthikala press.

4. Mean while heat oil in a deep kadai.

5. Press this dough into the hot oil.

 BE CAREFUL WHILE PRESSING. HEAT EXPLODES. YOUR HAND MAY GET HURT.

6.Once  the sizzling stops, take out and put it on a paper. 

7. Once its cool, store it a air tight container. It stays good for weeks.

PAKODI

EASY SNACK ON A RAINY DAY...........

FAST SNACK FOR A SUDDEN GUEST.......

ALONG WITH A CUP OF TEA....

INGREDIENTS:

1. Gram flours / Besan / Senaga pindi - 200 grams

2.  onions - 3

3. Green chillies - 3

4. turmeric - a pinch

5. Salt to taste

6. water 

7. Oil for deep frying

PROCEDURE:

1. Take a bowl and sieve the gram flour

2. Now add all the above items except oil to it.

3. Now add water slowly and make it into a semi firm mixture.

4. Now the oil for deep frying and drop this mixture with your fingers carefully.

5. Now fry them till golden brown in medium heat and serve them hot with a cup of tea.....

chicken manchuria

I like this item very much.I always fight vth my husband for this item.but he ll not allow me to eat it regularly bcoz its the reason for heat in our body.So i learnt how to prepare this n now im doing this at home.recently I did this n it turned out tasty.so here is the receipe..........

Items needed:
1.Chicken (boneless pieces) - 1/4 kg
2.Corn flour - 3 tspns
3.red chilli powder - 1tsp
4.ginger garlic paste - 1.5tsp
5.food color - a pinch
6.salt - to taste
7.Tasting salt/chinese salt/ajinomoto - a pinch(optional)
8.soya sauce - 1/2 tsp
9.white pepper powder - 1/4th tsp
10.ginger - 1"(finely chopped)
11.garlic(5-6) - finely chopped
12.green chilly - 3 (finely chopped)
13.onion - 1 (small)(finely chopped)

Procedure:

1.first you need to marinate chicken pieces.For that,put the chicken pieces in a bowl and add red chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, corn flour, salt,food colour.mix them well n let it marinate for about 30 mins.
2.put a pan n heat oil for deep fry.put the chicken pieces pieces in the oil n fry till the pieces cook.but dont fry for more time.that ll make the pieces hard.
3.now take out the pieces from oil n put them on a tissue so that excess oil goes out.
now take a pan n put 2 tspns of oil.
4.after the oil gets hot put onions, chilli,ginger,garlic,salt,red chillipowder n fry them till onions become transculate.
5.now add soya sauce, white pepper powder.Let it cook for 2 mins.
6.now add chicken pieces to it and add a spoon tomato ketchup n add some water.
7.mis it well for 2 mins.
8.Garnish with coriander and serve hot................
NOTE:for chicken manchuria wet add more soya sauce and water........

Muri mixture

Ingrediants:
muri (maramaralu) - 2 cups
tomato - 1(chopped)
onions(small) - 2(chopped)
ground nuts(fried)- 100 gms
salt
red chilli powder
lemon -1
kothimera(coriander leaves)
Procedure:
1.Take a vessel add onions,tomato, muri and mix it well
2.now add salt, red chilli powder as per the taste and ground nuts.
3.now add lemon juice and garnish it with corriander leaves.
4.Best on a rainy day...........