Tangy Vadiyala pulusu.

Do you remember which was your favorite recipe when you were a child.? Which recipe you enjoyed the most? My favorite recipes change according to the season.

In summer I enjoy recipes made of Mango like Mango Dal, Mango rasam, Mango pulihora (made with rice), vadiyalu www.sandadesandadi.com/vadiyalu.html, majjiga charu (made of yogurt) , pacchi pulusu

sampoorna-themantra.blogspot.com/2009/02/pachchi-pulusu.html to name a few.

One of the recipes I love is vadiyala charu. It is very easy to make. I have seen only my parent-generation making this dish. May be our tastes changed due to globalisation. We tend to forget our good old recipes which our parents, grand-parents used to make. These have less calories as compared to the ones which we are eating and good for health.

For Vadiyala pulusu:

• 2 onions.
• One tomato.
• Tamarid size of a small lemon (Soak it in water for 10mins).
• Vadiyalu (Fry them in oil).
• Jaggery or sugar (I prefer Jaggery)
  

For seasoning:

• Cumin seeds ( Jeera ) : half teaspoon
• Mustard seeds ( Rai ) : half teaspoon
• Asafoetida ( Hing ) : half teaspoon
• Red chillies : 2 broken into half
• Curry leaves
• Dry Red chillies.
• Oil for making tadka.
• Salt to taste.
• Turmeric powder.
  

Procedure:

• Cut onions into very small pieces.Fry them in Oil.Wait until they turn light brown/golden yellow.
• Cut tomato into small pieces.
• Add tomato pieces to fried onions.let tomato get soft.
• Now add tamarind water to it.Let it simmer for few minutes.
• Add Jaggery,salt,pinch of turmeric powder to the boiling liquid with low flame.
• Now add Fried vadiyalu to it.

For tadka / seasoning :

• Now for tadka heat some oil (spoon) add cummin seeds,mustard seeds.
• Add curry leaves and dry Chillies to it and later add some asafoetida to it.

Pour this tadka / seasoning into the simmering liquid. Serve the recipe with rice.

Getting nostalgic!!!!!.

P.S:I will learn how to prepare vadiyalu and post it.Till then i have the picture for you.

Love

T