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Ingredients :
Spinach(Palak or Menthe) – 2 cups ( chopped and washed in water)
Toor Dal – 1 cup
Green chillies – 7-8
Hing – a pinch
Jeera/Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
Cilantro – 1/2 cup (chopped)
Tamarind Juice – 6 tsp
Salt

Boil the toor dal in cooker with a pinch of turmeric powder.Take a pan,add oil,mustard seeds.When the mustards starts spluttering add the spinach and allow it to boil till it becomes soft.Add little water,if the spinach doesn’t leave water by itself.
Grind the Chillies,Cilantro and cumin seeds in a mixer and make a smooth paste.
Add the cooked dal,grinded paste to the spinach pan.Add tamarind juice and salt.
Boil it for 15-20 minutes.Should not be too watery/thick.Make a medium gravy by adding little water.

Ingredients :
Wheat flour – 1 cup
Red Chilly powder – 3tsp
Jeera/Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
Oil – 1/2 tsp
Salt ( to taste)
Water
Oil [for frying the pooris]

Mix the flour with all the ingredients and make a dough(similar to poori dough).Make small pooris and fry in oil.
Serve hot.

Bisi Uppinakayi is a spicy and tangy tomato curry from Andhra.As my grand-ma was from Andra, she used to prepare this regularly.

Ingredients :
Tomatoes – 4 (juicy and riped well , chop in to small pieces)
Oil – 3 tsp
Mustard seeds – 2 tsp
Tamarind Juice – 6 tsp
Curry leaves – 5-6
Cilantro – 2 sticks ( finely chopped)
Rice Powder – 2 spoons
Salt
and Masala Powder

Ingredients of Masala Powder (Dry roast everything and make a fine powder)
Dry Red Chillies – 7-8
Mustard seeds – 2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp

Take a pan.Add oil,mustard seeds,curry leaves and chopped tomatoes.Let the tomatoes boil for 5 minutes.Add
the masala powder,hing and tamarind juice.Add water and boil it for 15 minutes or till tomatoes become soft.
Mix the rice powder with water and add it to the boiled mixture so that its not too watery.
Decorate with cilantro and server with rice/chapati.

If you are a regular visitor to Mantralaya then definitely you would be aware of the town Manvi which is near by.Just 4km from Manvi there is a Anajaneya/Hanumaan Temple called Shri Sanjeevaraya Temple.


The temple has a historical importance as the idol of Lord Hanumaan is installed by Shri Vyasarajaru.It is believed that Sri Vyasathirtha installed 732 Anjaneya temples all over South India and this is one among them.One more thing is Mantralaya Guru Shri Raghavendra Swamy performed his first Chaturmasya Vratha in this temple.
The temple is a very sacred place and many people visit here every day.
link shows the location of the temple.