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Cuisine: Andhra Pradesh state of India Ingredients: Dried Cowpea - 2 cups Coconut oil - 2 tablespoons Green chilies (slit) - 4 Curry leaves - 1 sprig Onion (chopped) - 2 Salt - as required Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon Coriander leaves (optional) - for garnishing Method: Soak the cowpeas in water overnight. Then, wash them and put them in a vessel. Pour enough water to cover the cowpeas. Boil until the cowpeas become soft. Once cooked, strain and separate the water from the

Cuisine: Andhra Pradesh state of India Ingredients: Ladies fingers – ¼ kg Tamarind – lemon sized Onion (chopped into small pieces) – 2 Green chili (slit) – 2 Tomato (chopped) - 1 Chili powder – ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon Salt – as required Seasoning: Coconut oil – 1 tablespoon Mustard seed – ¼ teaspoon Cumin seeds – ¼ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds – ¼ teaspoon Dry red chilies – 2 Curry leaves – 2 springs Method: Wash the ladies fingers and drain the water complet

Cuisine: South India Ingredients: Urad dal (split black gram) - 1 cup Brown rice - 4 cups Salt - as required Water - as required Method: In a large bowl, add urad dal and enough water to cover the dal. In another bowl, add brown rice and enough water to cover the rice. Soak them for 5 hours. Then, wash soaked rice and dal 2-3 times or until the water runs clean. In a mixer jar or a wet grinder, add soaked and washed urad dal and grind into a smooth batter by adding little wat