Arati Puvvu Patoli

This dish is prepared with arati puvvu(Banana blossom). This dish is bit tedious to prepare but the taste is well worth the effort. Serve with hot rice.

Ingredients

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Arati Puvvu -1

Kandipappu(Toor dal) - 1 cup

senaga pappu(chana dal) - 1 cup

Red chillies - 5

Asafoetida - pinch

oil for frying

turmeric

tamarind juice - 2 tsp

mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves for tempering

Method of Preparation

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Soak both the dals and red chillies for 4-6 hrs

Remove stalks from banana blossom. Cut it fine and put in buttermilk mixed with a pinch of turmeric.

Grind the dals adding salt and asafoetida with very little water possible

Pressure cook cut arati puvvu with some turmeric and tamarind juice

Heat oil in a non stick pan and add all the tempering ingredients. Once mustard seeds splutter add cooked arati puvvu and also the dal batter to the pan. Fry on a medium flame until you see dal batter cooked.

Banana Halwa

Ingredients ========= Rava/sooji - 1 cup Ripe bananas - 2 Sugar - 1 1/2 cup Ghee Milk - 2 1/2 cup Dry fuits for garnishing Preparation ========= Fry sooji in ghee until it turns golden. Meanwhile cut the bananas in bite size pieces and mash them slightly with 1/2 cup milk. Add remaining 2 cups milk and sugar to the pan with sooji. Added the mashed bananas to it. Add more ghee if needed and cook until done Garnish with dry fruits fried in ghee.

Blackeyed peas(Alasandalu) vada

These vadas can be deep fried or shallow fried. I am giving the shallow fried version here(low fat :-). Ingredients ======== Black eyed peas(Bobbarlu) - 2 cups green chillies - 4 ginger - small piece curry leaves Small onion -1 Procedure ======== Soak the black eyed peas for 6-8 hrs or overnight Chop onions into small peices Grind the peas adding ginger, chillies, salt into a smooth batter Mix onions and curry leaves to the batter Pressure cook the batter for a while until you get 2 whistles(This step can be skipped if deep frying) Make vadas with batter and shallow fry them