Once a week Preparations

For weekly / bi-weekly preparation, try to have the following set aside once a while, so that your curry preparation is easier

• Dhania Powder
• Jeera Powder
• Black Pepper Powder
• Garam Masala Powder
• Cinnamon Powder - for weight loss - add in curries
• Buy Priya Kura Kaaram for red chilly powder
• Dry Coconut powder

• Ginger Garlic Paste
• Chintapandu gujju
• Green mirchi, turmeric, salt - grinded coarsely

• Kothimeera - washed and dried and stored in air tight container wrapped in kitchen tissue paper roll
• Curry Leaves - washed and dried and stored in air tight container wrapped in paper for absorbing moisture

• Cut vegetables
• Peas, Carrot, Beans - freeze - for quick vegetable fried rice
• Tomatoes -  boil and puree

• Pasta Tomato Basil Sauce - just cook pasta and add the refrigerated Tomato Basil sauce for a quick pasta in weekdays/weekends - boil Pasta in Instant Pot and prepare Pasta sauce in parallel, drain pasta and add it

Cook/Steam Veggies

Tomato Puree - wash, cook, release steam, cool, grind

Boiled Vegetables - wash, cook, pressure, release steam naturally

How to Chana family - to be soaked overnight, cooked in instant pot for 25 mins and pressure holding for another 15 mins - dont forget the masala like chole masala to be brought in advance

Boiling Potato - wash, cut, pressure cook, release steam naturally

Soak Sabudana - soak in water for an hour, Cook sabudana in water

Pesarappu - Wash, soak in enough water for at least 4-5 hours. Drain. Pressure cooker along with salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder, and water(1 cup - 1 cup water)

Dal - wash, cook, pressure cook, release steam naturally

Dal - Wash, Add water 2 in above lentils (or1 dal:3 water), Cook for 2 whistles and simmer for 3-4 min, release steam naturally

TIP:: Freezing Mango Pulp

TIP:: Freezing Mango Pulp for eating during other seasons


Squeeze the juice out of Mangoes (Juicy - Rasalu) and freeze it in freezer. You can eat them after couple of days/weeks. Optionally you can grind it and freeze to have a smooth texture. 

Ensure you do this right when we have mangoes are sweet rather than at the end of the season where we don't get sweet ones

This is especially useful when your loved ones abroad are planning to come to India or when you have plenty of mangoes at home.

TIP: Garlic to be dried in hot sun before peeling

TIP: GARLIC PEELING PROCESS

Dry the garlic cloves in hot sun for sometime. The peeling becomes easier

TIP: For longer stay of GINGER GARLIC PASTE

GINGER:

• Remove the skin
• Cut into small pieces
• Heat little water and boil ginger --> This is the trick to longer fridge life of ginger garlic paste

GARLIC

• Peel the outer skin

Grind the above two and use it. Can prepare for whole week and put in fridge