Fried idlis

Being a South Indian, I invariably make idlis very often, almost every week. Many times, some idlis are always leftover. I used to feel sad that I had to throw away this tasty and healthy food, as nobody in my family preferred to have idlis for dinner. Finally one day, I tried to use these…

The refreshing summer vegetable

Actually, I had meant to post this article earlier, this summer, to introduce you to some of the summer foods of India. The first in this series was about Daddaojanam (curd rice – which I wrote about in my earlier post) Today I will tell you about one of the Andhra dishes made with cucumber,  Dosakai pacchadi…

Here come the Andhra podi’s!

As promised in my earlier post, here are the recipes for the Andhra podi’s (powder’s) Kandi podi 1 cup split red gram (Kandi pappu in Telugu, Tuvar dal in Hindi) 1 cup split Bengal gram (chana dal in Hindi) ¼ cup split green gram (moong dal in Hindi) ¼ cup split black gram (urad dal…

Podis (lentil powders) from Andhra!

Would like to eat something different, instantly? Spicy podi’s of Andhra Pradesh like Kandi podi, Nuvvulu podi, Karivepaaku podi come to your rescue! Podis form an essential part of the vast Andhra cuisine. Try  mixing any one of these ready to eat podis or gunda’s (powders in Telugu) with hot rice and a little oil…