Annavaram Prasadam/Cracked Wheat Halwa

Description:

Annavaram Prasadam is special prasadam served at annavaram temple which is located in Andhra. It is also known as Cracked Wheat Halwa.

Ingredients:

Cracked Wheat: 1 cup (Godhuma Rava)
Water: 3 cups
Jaggery: 1 ¼ cup
Sugar: ½ cup
Cashew: Handful
Ghee: 3 tablespoons
Cardamom Powder: ½ spoon (Elaichi / Yaalakkaya)

Method of Preparation:

1. Add water in pan and boil it.
2. When water starts boiling add cracked wheat cook it for some time.
3. Cook it till water evaporates.
4. Add Jaggery and Sugar into the pan and stir the content.
5. Cook until jaggery and sugar melts and content comes closer.
6. Add cardamom to the above content.
7. Meanwhile fry the cashews in the ghee and add fried cashews along with ghee to the content and mix it.
8. Ready…to EAT.

Majjiga Charu Pakodi

Description:

Majjiga Charu pakodi is Andhra special. It is also called as Majjiga pulusu. This can be served with steamed white rice. Soaked Pakodi in majjiga charu will taste yummy.

Ingredients:

Yogurt: 500 ml
Gram flour: ¼ kg
Onions: ¼ Kg
Green Chilies: 8
Potato: 1 (Big)
Carrot: 1 (Big)
Tomato: 2
Curry Leaves: 10 leaves
Salt: As required
Oil: 250 ml
Mustard: 1 spoon
Jeera: 1 spoon
Red Chiles: 2

Method of Preparation:

1. Mix 3 table spoon of Gram flour in little water and mix it without lumps.
2. Take remaining gram flour in a bowl and mix with Onions(cut 2 Onions), green chilies(4), Salt, Chili powder along with little water and mix until it becomes soft dough (It should not be sticky).
3. Heat enough oil in Pan. Put the small amout of batter in the oil and fry till it turns golden brown color as pakodi.
4. Cut remaining Onions, green chilies, Tamota and keep aside.
5. Cut Potato and carrot into medium pieces.
6. Pressure cook Potato, Onions, Tamota, Green Chilies and Carrots for one whistles.
7. Make buttermilk from curd (add enough water).
8. Add Gram flour water into buttermilk, Chili powder, Turmeric, Salt and mix it well.
9. Add cooked items (Potato, Carrot, Onion, Tamotos and Green Chilies Pieces) and mix it well.
10. Place the Bowl with buttermilk on the stove and boil it for 10 minutes.
11. Then add Pakodi’s into boiled content and boil for little time.
12. Heat oil (3 tablespoons) in tava, add Red Chilies, Curry Leaves, Jeera, Mustard and fry it.
13. Add above Talimpu to it.
14. Mix well and check salt for taste.
15. Ready…to EAT.

Mehndi Design

Description:

Simple mehndi design for feet.

Mehndi Design

Description:

All of a sudden felt like working on mehndi designs. Just started with this one today...will be posting more mehndi designs further.

Pine Painting

Description:

Pine painting with acrylic paints. Tips with metallic gold color.