ingredients:
aratikaya doota:1/2 kg
senaga pappu-2 spoons
minapappu-2 spoons
avalu 1 spoon
jeera -1 sspoon
mirchi 5-6
curry leaves-one hand full
tamarind- 1 big lemon sized or amchur powder 2 spoons
turmeric powder – 1 spoon
salt to taste
for ava:
avalu -2 spoons
red chilles -3
grind the mixture with little water and add 2 spoons of oil in the mixture and keep aside

procedure:
first peel the skin of arati doota and cut them in circular shapes and remove the fiber while cuttig them in circular shapes
now slice them into small pieces

now take a big vessel with water and add 1 glass of butter milk to the water
now place the chooped arati doota in the mixture
this will prevent them from not turning black
after all the chopping is done take a chalk and dip in the nixture and turn in circular motion
if there is any more fiber in it it will get removed by this procedure

while cooking remove the butter milk water and pour fresh water and cook for 10 mins
add turmeric powder also
remove from heat
strain the water

now take a big pan
add oil to it
now add all popu gingalu one by one senagapappu,minapappu,avalu,jeera
then fry curry leaves and mirchi
now add the cooked arati doota
add salt according to taste
add tamarind pulp or amachur powder
after it is cooked fully

remove from heat and add ava to the mixture
leave aside for 1/2 hr
serve with rice
nice combination for this curry is avakaya and mamidikaya pappu



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By: Anonymous on May 4, 2009
at 10:19 am
Hello
nice post…..thanx for shareing.
I like andhra traditonal dishes being telugu brahmins. v call it aarati davva…whereas u called a doota.
bye
By: Tara on August 28, 2009
at 4:46 am
Hello,
nice post…..thanx for shareing.
v prepare from this DAVVA MUKKALU also…with AVA petti….v call it DAVVA whereas u called it DOOTA,
i like our traditional dishes.
Bye
By: Tara on August 28, 2009
at 5:57 am
thanks tara for such nice compliments
By: vallisworld on August 29, 2009
at 2:37 am