Atukulu (Poha) Upma

Ingredients:
Atukulu/Poha - 2 cups
Onion - 1
Chana Dal - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Green chillies - 2
Curry leaves
Turmeric powder
Peanuts - 1/2 cup
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Coriander leaves

Preparation:
1. Wash the poha in a vessel and drain the excess water by squeezing the poha with your hands.
2. Mix salt and turmeric powder and keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add Chana dal, Urad dal, Mustard seeds and cumin seeds and fry them for a minute.
4. Now add peanuts and fry them.
5. Add onions and curry leaves and fry till onions are done.
6. Add poha and cook for 5 minutes.
7. Adjust salt if needed and finally garnish with coriander and serve hot.

Mirchi Bajji

Ingredients:
Bajji Mirchi - 15
Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Coconut powder - 2 tsp
Tamarind juice - 2 tbsp
Ajwain powder - 2 tsp
Salt
Senagapindi/Gram Flour - 3 cups
Rice Flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - a pinch
Oil for fying

Preparation:
1. Dry roast sesame seeds, coriander seeds and grind them to a smooth powder along with cumin seeds, ajwain powder, salt. Remove from the jar and add tamarind juice and mix well.
2. Wash and dry green chillies, and make a slit length wise in the middle with a knife.
3. Remove the seeds from the chillies.
4. Stuff the chillies with the masala.
5. For the batter mix gram flour, rice flour, salt and baking powder with water.
6. The batter should be thick.
7. Heat oil in a pan, dip the chilli in the batter and fry in the oil until it is light golden in color.
8. Remove it. Let it cool. Then cut each bajji in half and fry each piece in oil until they are golden in color.

Egg Puffs

Ingredients:
Puff Pastry sheets(pepperidge farm)
Boiled Eggs cut into half - 5
Chilli powder
Aluminium foil
Salt to taste

Prepartion:
1. Thaw the pastry sheets following the instructions on the box.
2. Cut the pastry sheet lengthwise into 3.
3. Take a piece of sheet and keep 1/2 egg slice in first half of the sheet and add a little salt and chilli powder to it and cover it with other half.
4. Seal the edges using water.
5. Place an aluminium foil on a baking tray and keep the pastry in the baking tray
6. Preheat the oven to 400C and then place the baking tray in oven and wait for 15-20 min. or until the puffs turn golden brown.
7. serve with tomato ketchup.

Semiya (Vermicelli) Upma

Ingredients:
Vermicelli - 2 cups
Red chilli - 1
Chana Dal - l tsp
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cashewnuts - 2tsp
Onion - 1 (small)
Green Chillies - 2
curry leaves
Turmeric - 1/4tsp
Carrot - 1
Peas - 1/4 cup
Tomato - 1
Water - 4 cups
salt to taste

Preparation:
1. Fry vermicelli until it turns golden brown in color and keep it aside
2. Chop the onion, green chillies, carrot, tomato into small pieces
3. Heat oil and add Red chilli, chana dal, Urad Dal, Mustard Seeds. When Mustard seeds start to crackle add cashwenuts.
4. Add curry leaves, green chillies, onions and turmeric and fry till the onions are tender.
5. Add carrots and peas and fry them for 1-2 minutes.
6. Add 4 cups of water and let the water boil. Add salt.
7. Add vermicelli and let it cook until the water evaporates.