Andhra Recipies

ARATIKAAYA MASALA PULUSU RECIPE – A traditional south Indian raw banana dish recipe fried along with spices and tamarind paste.

3-4 tblsp vegetable oil
5 raw bananas, peeled and cut in 4 pieces each.
One stem curry leaves
1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rai dana)
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tblsp Tamarind pulp
5 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 inch piece ginger, chopped
1 tsp rice
Salt to taste

How to make aratikaaya masala pulusu:

• First make a paste of ginger, garlic, rice with a little water and keep it aside
• Now boil the raw bananas covered till they are soft and keep aside.
• Heat a wok now and add the oil to it.
• In it add the mustard seeds and curry leaves and let them splutter.
• Now add the ginger-garlic-rice paste into it and add all the ground spices.
• Fry for a minute and add the tamarind paste to it.
• Mix the tamarind paste well and add 2 cups of water.
• Now add the banana pieces and let cook for two minutes or till the gravy thickens.
• Serve hot sprinkled with coriander leaves

GONGURA CHICKEN RECIPE

A spicy chicken curry with the distinctive taste of its main ingredient gongura or sorrel leaves

1/2 kg chicken, cleaned and cut into pieces
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
10 cloves of garlic
1/2 inch piece of ginger
For the curry
3 tblsp cooking oil
4 cloves (laung)
4 whole green cardamoms (hari ilaichi)
2 bay leaves
1 large cinnamon stick
200 g gongura leaves
1 large onion thinly chopped
1 stem large curry leaves

How to make gongura chicken:

• Boil the chiken and ginger garlic with some salt in a pressure cooker.
• Fish out the ginger garlic and make a paste of it and keep aside.
• Now in a pan heat oil and add all the whole spices.
• Once they start spluttering, add the ginger garlic paste, green chilies and then the onions.
• Sauté till it becomes pink in color and then add the gongura leaves, curry leaves and all the ground spices and salt.
• Sauté till the oil is separated from the mixture.
• Now add the chicken pieces and sauté for five minutes so that they et well wrapped with the spices paste.
• Then add water for curry and boil till it thickens
• Garnish with fresh coriander or mint leaves and serve with rice

PANASAPATTU CURRY RECIPE

In Andhra Pradesh, raw jackfruit is called panasapattu and this is a traditional recipe with the flavors of tamarind, lentils, groundnuts and spices.

1 small raw jackfruit
1 tblsp oil
1 1/2 tblsp tamarind pulp
3 green chilies, chopped
1 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp chana dal
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 whole dry red chilies
2 tsp coarsely ground ground nuts
A small bunch of curry leaves
4 cups water

How to make panasapattu curry:

• Peel and cut the jackfruit into small cubes by rubbing oil in your hands.
• Now add turmeric in water and boil the jackfruit for around fifteen minutes till it is tender.
• In a pan heat the oil and add the green chilies, chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds whole red chilies, ground nuts and curry leaves.
• Once they start spluttering, add tamarind paste and a little water.
• Now add the boiled jackfruit and mix well.
• Serve hot with steaming rice.