Cucumber Gravy(Keera Dosakai Pulusu)

Ingredients:
1) Cucumber( Keera): 2
2) Onions: 2
3) Green Chillies: 3
4) Curry Leaves: 5
5) Mustard Seeds: 1/4Tsp
6) Jeera: 1/4Tsp
7) Tamarind: Lemon Size
8) Oil: 4 Tsp
9) Salt to taste
10) Turmeric Powder
11) Red Chilli Powder: 1/2 Tsp
12) Res Chillies: 2 No.
13) Garlic Cloves: 2
14) Sugar/ Jaggery: 1 Tsp

Procedure:

• Add water in the tamarind and keep it in microwave for 30 sec. and leave it to soak.
• Peel and Cut cucumber into 2" pieces. Cut onions into 1" pieces.
• In a hot pan add Oil when hot add mustard seeds when splitter add Jeera, Red Chillies garlic.
• Then add curry leaves green chillies and Onion and fry till golden brown
• Add cucumber pieces, salt, turmeric and red chilli powder.
• Add tamarind juice in to the above mixture and let it cook for 5- 10 minutes or till done.
• Add Jaggary at this point and remove from fire serve hot with Rice.

Raw Banana Pulusu

Ingredients:

Raw Banana(Green Plantain)- 2
Onion- 1 Medium
Tamarind- 1/2 Lemon size
Mustard: 1/2 Tsp
Jeera: 1/2 Tsp
Urad Dal: 1/2 Tsp
Chana Dal: 1/2 Tsp
Garlic: 2 Cloves
Curry Leaves: 1 String
Red chilli powder: 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric Powder: 1/4 Tsp
Oil - 2 Tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar/ Jaggary -1 Tsp

Procedure:

• Cut the banana into 2 pieces and boil in salt water for 5 minutes.
• Remove the Peel from boiled banana and cut into 1" rounds.
• In a pan add oil, add mustard when splutter add jeera, urad, chana dals and red chilies.
• Add Garlic and curry leaves then add onions and fry till golden brown.
• Then put Tamarind pulp in the pan.
• Let it boil for 5 minutes.
• At this moment add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt if needed.
• Then add banana pieces and let it boil for 10 more minutes.
• Add sugar/ jaggary to the preparation at the end.
• Serve hot with rice.