Majjige Menasu(Menasina Baalakku) / Sun Dried Buttermilk Chillies

Ingredients:
1/2 KG of Green Chillies
2.5 - 3 cups sour Buttermilk
1/2 tsp Asfeotdia powder
Salt to taste

Recipe:
Wash the green chillies and keep them aside.

Slit each green chilly as shown in the picture below.

Put buttermilk, salt, asafoetida powder in a vessel and mix well.

Add the slit green chillies and mix well.

Cover one plastic sheet, place some hard material over that and keep it aside for about 7-8 hrs.

Remove the green chillies from buttermilk and sun dry.

Evening put this green chillies again in the leftover buttermilk. Repeat this step until all the buttermilk gets absorbed(3-4 days). Sun dry the buttermilk chillies for next 6-8 days. Store them in an airtight container.

Fry this in oil and serve. It goes well with Rice and yogurt/curd/buttermilk.

Mango Icecream

Ingredients:
5 medium sized Mangoes
2.5 Liters (15 cups) Milk
1.5 - 2 tsp Custard powder
10 cups Sugar

Recipe:

Remove the outer skin of each mango and remove the pulp as shown in the picture below.

Put milk, custard powder in a vessel and mix well. Add sugar and bring it to boil. Keep this in low flame and stir it continuously for about 15-20 mins. Keep it aside for about one hour till it comes to room temperature.

Put mango pulp, required amount of the above prepared milk in a mixer and grind them to smooth paste. Add this to the remaining prepared milk and mix them well.

Put them together in a mixer and grind them for few seconds. Pour this content in a box.

Put the lid and keep it in a freezer for about 3-4 hrs. Put it again in a mixer and grind it for about 1 min. Pour the content to the same box and place it in a freezer for next 5-6 hrs. (This step can be avoided if you like crunchy icecream)