Achu's Recipes

Podi Idly can be served as a breakfast or snack; or you can enjoy at any time. Podi Idly can be prepared with small idlies or with the normal idlies cut into cubes. Ingredients Small Idly - 25-30 nos: Carrot - 1 no: (grated) Chutney Powder - 1 tbsp Ghee - 2 tbsp Cashew Nut or Peanut (split)- 3 tbsp Curry Leaves - 1 stem Salt - as required Preparation Method In a wok heat ghee and roast cashew nut or peanut in low flame. Add carrot and curry leaves and saute for 2 mins: Add chutney powder and saute for 1 min: Add idlies ad salt, mix well so that the idlies get covered with carrot and chutney powder and remove from flame. Podi Idly is ready to serve with chutney.

A pizza without kneading, waiting.... That's Bread Pizza... Bread Pizza is an easy to make snacks that will make your kids happy. Ingredients Bread - 4 slices Tomato - 1 small (finely chopped) Onion - 1 small (finely chopped) Carrot - 1 small (finely chopped) Capsicum - 1 small (finely chopped) Cheese (Pizza Cheese or Mozzarella Cheese) - 100 gms: (grated)  Pizza Sauce or Tomato Sauce - 2 tbsp Preparation Method Preheat the oven in 180 degree C. Place the bread slices in a oven proof tray. Spread 1/2 tbsp of sauce on the top of each bread slice. Spread tomato, onion, carrot and capsicum on the top of the tomato sauce. Put grated cheese on the top of the vegetables. Bake the bread in oven for about 10 mins:. Remove from oven once the cheese melted and bread slice become crisp. Enjoy the hot Bread Pizza with sauce.

Ingredients Chana Daal - 1/2 cup Urud Daal - 1/2 cup Sesame Seed - 1/4 cup Curry Leaves - handfull Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp Salt - as required Preparation Method Dry roast all the ingredients except salt. Add asafoetida to sesame seed when it is almost done and roast. Allow everything to cool down. Powder everything together in the mixer. If you want a fine powder, go for it; if you like coarse, go for that. Store the Chutney Powder in a air tight container. Mix Chutney Powder with sesame oil at the time of serving with idly and enjoy.