1. Contributor: Geetha Madhuri Chilakamarri
here is the recipe for Vepudu Biyyam:
Ingredients:
Rice 1 cup
Nuvvulu 1/2 cup
groundnuts 1/2 cup
putnalu 1/2 cup
cashew 1/2 cup
coconut pieces (dry or fresh, cut into very small pieces) 1/2 cup
salt and chilli powder according to taste
Procedure:
Rice tappa migilina anni ingredients vidi vidiga dry roast chesukovali. Coconut dry di ishtam aite dry coconut, ledante fresh di aina parvaledu, chala chinna pieces cut chesukoni roast cheyali, till it is fried well and turns into golden brown. (Naku personal ga endu kobbari alavatu ledu, so nenu fresh di baaga fry chesi vadatanu)
Now comes the main and tedious process:
Rice ni baaga wash chesi, water posi vidiga stove paina pettali(same like how u do for cooking rice separately). Water baga boil ayi oka pongu ragane chala koncham salt vesi kalipi oka minute avvagane stove off chesi migilina water drain cheseyali. At this stage, rice will be like half boiled rice. Let the water drain completely. Ippudu stove meeda vere pan pettukoni baaga heat ayyaka oka table spoon qty boiled rice vesi andulo water anta poyi avi baga fry ayyelaga veyinchali...it takes about 2-3 mins for each spoon of rice to fry completely. Once the rice is fried, meeku avi koncham malli pelala laga kanipistayi and baaga gala gala vegina sound vastundi kaluputunte...once they start changing colour, you can remove it. repeat the process till all the boiled rice is completed into fried rice
remember: rice fry ayye varaku chala patience kavali and tondaraga avvadaniki ekkuva rice tesukovaddu...vatilo unna tadiki vegadaniki badulu cook ayipotayi.
Once all the rice is done, mix it with all the above ingredients...then salt and chilli powder...ur recipe is ready. Oka sari chesi pettukunte 2-3 months ayina kuda freshness podu, padavvadu...because we are not at all using water or oil...all the ingredients are only fried without oil