Simple Andhra Lunch Menu 10

This week has been announced as Andhra Cuisine week in a Facebook food group ( ROP). So, I have a made a simple and a healthy Andhra lunch menu.
It includes Cabbage Senagapappu Vepudu ( Senagapappu means Chana dal and vepudu means fry), Majjiga Chaaru ( Majjiga means yogurt in Telugu and Chaaru means rasam) and Allam pachadi ( Allam means ginger and pachadi means chutney), fresh mango pickle, rice, yogurt and peanut balls:)

I followed the recipe from sailusfood.com for the vegetable and Mrs Mallika Badhrinath’s recipe for the chaaru and pachadi with slight variations.

All the recipes came out very well. It is simple to make and very tasty and light on the stomach. Along with learning these new recipes, learnt a few words in Telugu too:)


Cabbage Senagapappu vepudu

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Ingredients

Chopped cabbage – 4 heaped cups

Chana dal ( Bengal gram/ kadala paruppu)- 1/2 cup

Turmeric powder- 1/4th tsp

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 tsps

Mustard – 1 tsp

Curry leaves – few

Hing ( asafoetida/ perungayam) – 2 pinches
To grind

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Grated coconut – 1/2 cup

Green chillies – 2

Chopped coriander leaves – 2 tbsps

Ginger – 1/2 inch

Methods

Wash and soak chana dal for 30 mins. Drain and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard. When it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and hing.

Sauté for few seconds and then add chopped cabbage, soaked chana dal, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and add 1/2 cup of water.

Close the pan with a lid, reduce the flame and cook till the cabbage and chana dal becomes soft and dry.

Grind coconut, green chillies, coriander leaves and ginger coarsely and add it to the cooked cabbage. Mix well and check for the seasonings. Cook for 2-3 mins and take it off the gas.

Serve it with rice and rasam ( chaaru )/ sambar/ dal 🙂

Majjiga Chaaru
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Ingredients

Sour yogurt – 1 cup

Water – 2+1/2 cups

Green chillies – 2

Chopped coriander leaves – 2 tbsps

Chopped curry leaves – 1 tbsp

Ginger – 1/2 inch

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Hing ( asafoetida/ perungayam) – 1/4th tsp

Salt to taste

For tempering

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Ghee – 1 tsp

Mustard – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds ( jeera) – 1/2 tsp

Fenugreek seeds( methi/ vendhyam) – 1/4th tsp

Method

Wash and finely chop green chillies and ginger.

Beat the yogurt well till there are no lumps.

Add 2 and a half cups of water and mix well.

To this add hing,turmeric powder,salt to taste, chopped green chillies, ginger, coriander leaves and curry leaves and mix well. Let it just simmer. It will only take few mins. Do not let it boil.

Take it off the gas.

Heat ghee in a pan. Add mustard. When it starts spluttering, add cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds. Sauté for few seconds and add the tempering to the chaaru.

Let it rest for few mins. Serve the chaaru hot with rice and any vegetable:)

Allam pachadi
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Ingredients

Chopped ginger – 3 tbsps

Grated coconut – 4 tbsps

Tamarind – small gooseberry sized

Jaggery – 1+1/2 tsps

Oil – 1/2 tsp

To roast

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Oil – 1 tsp

Red chillies – 7-8

Chana dal ( Bengal gram/ kadala paruppu) – 2 tbsps

Urad dal – 1 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped ginger and sauté it for few mins. Remove and let it cool.

Add little more oil in the pan. Add chana dal, urad dal and red chillies. Sauté till the dals turn golden. Take it off the gas and cool it.

Grind the ginger, roasted dals and red chillies, coconut, tamarind, jaggery and salt together to a coarse chutney.

Serve it with rice/ roti/ idli/ dosa:)