Andhra Special Kandi Podi is spicy and delicious lentil gun powder recipe, with hot rice and ghee – this is bliss! It’s been a really long time I posted anything from my mother’s kitchen, my favorite cuisine of all – Andhra special recipes. So here is a recipe that is close to my heart and… Read More Kandi Podi | Andhra Special Paruppu Podi
Mamidikaya (meaning raw mango in Telugu) is all the rage during summer in Andhra. Anywhere you turn, loads of mangoes both ripe and raw would attract you during the hot season of the year. Everyone loves a sweet mango, but how about the raw mango?! In Andhra, every household would be busy making fresh mango… Read More Mamidikaya Pappu | Andhra Style Raw Mango Dal
Of late this blog seems to be an irony for everything I used to hate as a kid. As far as I can remember, I never used to like tangy food. No raw mangoes, no raw tamarind, no gooseberries and nothing that every one of my friends loved. I had (and still have) a very… Read More Pulihora | Puliyodarai | Tamarind Rice
When I spot juicy red tomatoes, what do I do with them?! Of course, I pick them up in abundance. The next thing I do is prepare this instant Andhra style Tomato Pachadi, a Tomato pickle that can be made in a jiffy. So, Amma is an expert with this recipe and the first time… Read More Andhra Tomato Pachadi | Instant Tomato Pickle
Here is my 300th post on this blog! Yay!!! 🙂 It just feels like I started documenting my food pictures and recipes here but I am already at my 300th.. 🙂 I have one more announcement to make – I took the plunge to move to a self-hosted blog and it is such a happy… Read More Boorelu | Poornam Boorelu | Andhra Special Poornalu Recipe
I am probably one of the people who love green leafy vegetables. Even as growing up, I never troubled Amma in eating anything that was served to me.. In short I was a non-fussy eater. As I grew up, my love for green leafy vegetables only kept growing bigger. My Amma makes a lot of… Read More Thotakura Pulusu | Tangy Amaranth Leaves Gravy | Mom’s Recipe Series
Sankrathi is the first festival of the year and I have such lovely memories of this festival. As long as I can remember we always had ‘bommala koluvu’ at home which meant meticulously unpacking and setting up all the dolls that have been in our family for years. Every day of this four day festival,… Read More Bobbattu | Bobbatlu | Sankranthi Special Recipes
