A Simple Meal

Usually when its a weekend there is always some party,get togeathers,potlucks...etc where we tend to eat lot of spicy and oily food....n when sunday night comes we start craving for a light meal with not much oil or masala's....On such occassions i prepare these type of meals which are simple to make and appealing on the palete,as they are made with very less oil n seasonings

So last sunday our meal consistted of mudda pappu,vankaya pachi pulusu,chikkuda ginjalu curry,avakaya n curd rice.

Vankaya Pachi Pulusu i posted the recipe already so here is the link

http://coffeenconvy.blogspot.com/2009/07/vankaya-pachi-pulusu.html



Mudda Pappu

Pressure cook 1/2 cup toor dal with 1 1/3 cup water and pinch of turmeric until soft(i.e upto 3-5 whistles),Once soft remove n mash it into a smooth paste,add some salt and if its a bit watery keep it on the stove for few mins until it thickens(usualy when it cools down it becomes bit thick)

In Charlotte we have this wonderful farmers market(will blog about it more in detail later) located close to my house....Its one stop shopping for all the vegetables including the indian varietys like thotakura,bachali aku,menthi aku ,gongura,drumsticks,aartipuvvu,dosakaya,potlakaya,dondakaya,bendakaya,kakarkaya,mint,curry leafs,green chilies etc...

When i visit the farmers market i visit most of the stalls to see what new variety they have.....on such visits i found a yellow watermelon...n zipper beans.This is how they look like.



Just remove the seeds from the beans,then peel the skin of the seeds and keep aside as shown below....at home amma used to use the peeled skins as fodder for the cattle or throw it around the plants as a composte.



Now heat some oil on medium heat ,to this add 1 tsp Mustard,1 tsp jeera,3 dry red chillies broken into 2,few curry leafs,dash of hing.Next to this add the peeled beans add salt and 2 tbsp water mix cover and cook for 3 mins.Then remove the lid and let the water evaporate.Remove n serve hot with rice n dal as a side dish.




Serve it with Hot rice

Amma used to make another curry with the seeds cooked along with drumsticks and bit of milk.