The powder can be stored fresh for couple of months. Makes: around a Cup of Raw Garlic Powder.

Ingredients: Garlic 5 Cloves Red Chili Powder 1/2 Cup Salt 1/4 Cup or less Talimpu: 1/4 tsp 1/4 tsp 1/4 tsp Oil 2 tsps Method of preparation: Peel and roughly chop the garlic cloves. Grind coarsely garlic cloves with help of a spice grinder.

Stir in red chili powder and salt and grind again for around half a minute for the oils in garlic to infuse in red chili powder. Heat oil in a pan, add all talimpu ingredients in order.

When mustard seeds start spluttering, remove the pan from heat and add to the above garlic powder bowl. Stir well and store the raw garlic powder in a dry jar and it keeps fresh for a month or two.

Use raw garlic powder as a finished step to most of the fries (potato fry, eggplant fry, tindora fry, bhendi fry etc…) Notes: Make sure not to burn the spices. Suggestions: Adjust red chili powder and salt according to taste.

Variations: Add a 2 inch piece of raw tamarind while grinding the garlic. Other Names: Raw Garlic Powder (less)

The ground mango garlic mixture is then mixed with spice powders and finished with warm oil. Serve quick mango garlic pickle with steamed rice or with dosa etc… Makes: around 2 1/2 Cups of Quick Mango Garlic Pickle.

Ingredients: Raw Mango 1 Small Garlic 6 – 8 Cloves Red Chili Powder 3 Tbsps Salt 1 Tbsp or to Taste Talimpu: 1/8 tsp 1/8 tsp 1/8 tsp a Big Pinch 5 Oil 3 Tbsps Method of preparation: Peel, wash, and roughly chop the raw mango (around 1 1/2 Cups). Peel and roughly chop the garlic cloves.

Using a blender, pulse the raw mango and garlic cloves coarsely. Alternatively, mince the raw mango and garlic.

Heat oil in a pan, add all talimpu ingredients in order. When mustard seeds start spluttering, remove from heat.

In a mixing bowl, add raw mango and garlic mixture, red chili powder and salt. Mix well and stir in the above warm oil along with the spices.

Serve quick mango garlic pickle with steamed rice or with dosa etc… Notes: Make sure not to over grind the raw mango. Suggestions: Adjust red chili powder according to your preference.

Variations: If raw mango is not sour enough, add a tbsp or two of lemon juice. Add a pinch of fenugreek seeds powder if you desire.

Other Names: Quick Mango Garlic Pickle, Mamidikaya Velluli Pacchadi Mukkalu (less)

is added to the fried garlic as a finishing step. Serve tindora fry with garlic powder over plain steamed rice and dollop of ghee.

Makes: around 4 Servings of Fry with Garlic Powder. Ingredients: 20 – 25 app 1 Tbsp 1 2 inch Piece Salt to Taste Oil 1 Tbsp Method of preparation: Wash, remove ends and slice the tindora.

Heat oil in a pan, add sliced tindora. Fry for a minute, cook covered on medium flame along with tamarind for around 5 minutes.

Uncover and fry till tindora is cooked and turns brown around edges. Once tindora is fried, remove from heat and stir in garlic powder and salt.

Serve tindora fry with garlic powder over plain steamed rice and dollop of ghee. Notes: Make sure to fry the tindora well.

Suggestions: Adjust spice with garlic powder. Variations: You can also chop the tindora into circles.

Other Names: Fry with Garlic Powder (less)

Slicing and marinating of chicken is a very important criteria for this item. When you would like to fry them just remove from the fridge and allow to stand for 30 minutes minimum in order to bring to normal temperature.

Heat oil in a container and release the battered chicken pieces in it. Watch the pieces sizzle and fry till it takes a golden brownish color.

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