Categories
Protein rich food

(170) Whole Red Toor ( Lentil)

Lal tuver

Ingredients

  • ½ cup whole red toor.
  • ½ tsp. Soda bi carb.
  • 2 cup water for cooking.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp. Besan( Channa dal flour)
  • 2 washed kokam or 1 tsp. lemon juice.
  • 2 tbsp. finely chopped jaggery.
  • Tempering Ingredients (Vaghar)
  • 1 tbsp. Oil
  • ½ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.
  • 1 tbsp. Chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1. Soak whole toor overnight after adding soda bi Carb.
  2. Next morning drain water, check and discard hard grains.
  3. Wash thoroughly 2-3 times. Add water, salt and turmeric powder.
  4. In pressure cooker arrange toor vessel at bottom and on top of it keep small vessel contains kokam with 3 tbsp. water.
  5. Pressure cook upto 4 whistles.
  6. Open the lid when pressure releases.
  7. Drain water from cooked Toor and keep aside.
  8. Mix besan in 2 tbsp. of drained toor liquid and make lump free batter. Keep aside.
  9. In another thick bottom pan mix cooked toor, kokam, besan batter and jaggery. Mix thoroughly and stir continuously otherwise besan will stick at bottom.
  10. Heat oil in tempering vessel.
  11. Add mustard seeds and wait for crackling sound. Now add Asafoetida powder, Curry leaves, Red chilli powder, Coriander Cumin powder and Coriander leaves. Soute for 10-15 seconds.
  12. Pour vagar and besan batter into toor vessel. Stir continuously till it starts boiling. Close the lid. Allow to cook for 5 minutes in slow flame. Stir occasionally. Adjust the consistency by adding cooked toor liquid.
  13. Taste the dish before serving. Serve hot with steamed rice, Bajri roti, Jowar roti, Fulka roti, Bhakhri, Paratha, Jeera rice or as you wish
Categories
Protein rich food

(166)Khata Udad( Black Gram).

Ingredients

  • ½ cup whole udad ( Black Gram).
  • ¾ cup water for cooking.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ½ tsp. grated ginger.
  • ½ cup Curd.
  • 2 cup water.
  • Tempering Ingredients ( Vaghar)
  • 1 tbsp. Oil.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 2 whole Red chillies.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.
  • 1 tbsp. chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1. Wash and soak Udad overnight.
  2. Drain water. Check and separate out hard water less grains. Wash twice and cook in pressure cooker upto 3 whistles.
  3. When pressure releases, remove the pan from cooker and strain cooked Udad.
  4. Discard drained water and keep aside Udad.
  5. In pan mix curd and water with the help of churner. Add whole Udad from strainer and heat on medium flame. Stir continuously otherwise curd starts curdling.
  6. After 2-3 boils switch off the flame or on another stove heat oil in tempering vessel.
  7. Add Cumin seeds and wait for crackling sound. Add Asafoetida powder and red chillies. Add Curry leaves and Coriander leaves. Soute for 10-15 seconds.
  8. Add this vaghar to boiling Udad and again cook for 2-3 boils. Stir continuously.
  9. Taste the dish before serving. Serve hot with steamed rice and bajri roti or jowar roti.
Categories
liquid diet Protein rich food

(165) Moong Osaman

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup Whole moong or strained water of cooked moong while preparing khata Moong.
  • 2 cup water.
  • 1 tsp. grated ginger.
  • 1 finely chopped green chilli(optional)
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 2 Kokum or 1 tsp. lemon juice.
  • Tempering Ingredients ( Vaghar)
  • 1 tsp. Desi ghee.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 2 Clove.
  • ½ inch piece of Cinnamon.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1. If you have strained water of cooked moong then use directly by adding 2 cup water and other ingredients.
  2. But if you prepare from the  moong then wash moong 2-3 times.
  3. Pressure cook upto 3 whistles after adding salt and turmeric powder.
  4. When pressure releases, remove moong pan from cooker and grind entire content and strain with strainer.
  5. In strained liquid add remaining ingredients and vaghar .
  6. Give 3-4 boil and taste the dish before serving.
  7. Serve hot. Serve with love and smile.
  8. Moong osaman is ideal drink for patients suffering from any of the illnesses.
Categories
Healthy food onepot recipe

(158)Dhokli nu Shak

Any beans you can use in this recipe like Cluster beans( Gavar), French beans(Fansi), Lobia beans(Choli) and Broad beans( Val papdi).

Ingredients

  • Ingredients of dhokli:-
  • 1 cup coarse Wheat flour.
  • 2 tbsp. Oil.
  • ½ tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Chilli powder.
  • 1 tsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ½ tsp Carom seeds ( optional).
  • 2 tsp. Sugar.
  • ⅓ cup water.
  • Ingredients of shak:-
  • 2 cup  beans of your choice.
  • 2 tbsp. Sesame seeds oil.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ½ tsp. Salt.
  • 2 tsp. Sugar.
  • ½ cup water.
  • ¼ cup finely chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1.   Wash and Chop beans of your choice.
  2. Add all ingredients of shak in pressure cooker
  3. Pressure cook upto  two whistles.
  4. In mixing bowl mix wheat flour with oil and then mix other 2 ingredients of dhokli and knead into soft dough. Keep aside for 1 hour.
  5. After 1 hour due to the coarseness  of the flour soft dough now turns into medium hard.
  6. Hold small portion of dough and with another hand pinch small 1portion of dough roll press into small dhokli.( see Video).
  7. Make all dhokli and keep aside.
  8. Open pressure cooker stir 2-3 times and mix cooked ingredients
  9. Add 3 cup of water in same cooker and boil on high flame.
  10. Once it starts boiling add all dhokli , give one quick stir and close the lid and pressure cook upto 2 whistles.
  11. Once pressure releases, open the lid and ajust the consistency and taste  by adding water and extra spices.
  12. Add coriander leaves and give one boil on high flame.
  13. Taste the dish before serving. Serve hot dhokli nu shak with Fulka Roti, bhakhri, paratha, rice  or as you desire.
Proper quantity of oil in the flour hold the shape.
Dhokli
Cooked beans.
Making of Dhokli
French beans and dhokli.
Categories
Pickle

(154)Amla Gunda nu Athanu

Indian Gooseberry and Gumberry Pickle

Ingredients

Method

  1. Wash and wipe Amla and Gunda.
  2. Cut each amla in to lengthwise wedges and keep aside.
  3. Cut each Gunda into 4 and remove seeds and keep aside.
  4. If we measure after cutting Amla and Gunda whole content is 7 cups.
  5. In big vessel , mix amla, gunda and athana no sambhar . Also mix seeds of gunda.
  6. As mucilaginous pulp of fruit, which remains stick with seeds, having medicinal value and when pickle will season in a week time whole mucilaginous pulp will mix with pickle.
  7. Store in air tight glass jar at room temperature. After tightly fill jar with pickle, pour extra oil on the top and make sure that layer of the oil is above the pickle layer but if you are storing pickle in refrigerator then no need to add extra oil.
  8. Enjoy pickle with any of your favourite food but it taste best with steamed rice, khichadi or with plain Roti, Paratha, Bhakhri and Rotla.
Categories
Healthy food

(149)Kerda Pickle

Ingredients

  • 500 gms. Kerda.
  • 5 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • 6 lemons

Method

  1. Wash Kerda thoroughly for 2-3 times.
  2. Soak kerda for 3 days and change water two times a day.
  3. On the 4th day cut the stalk of each kerda with the help of scissors ( optional).
  4. Wash thoroughly after cutting stalks.
  5. Spread kerda on cloth for drying for 15 minutes.
  6. In a mixing bowl, mix kerda with salt, turmeric powder and lemon juice( optional).
  7. Keep aside for 4- 5 days and stir properly for two times a day.
  8. On 5th day Kerda pickle is ready.
Kerda
After 3 days
cut stalk of kerda
Kerda Pickle
Categories
Healthy food

(254)Oats Chila

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oats coarse flour.
  • ⅓ cup Udad flour.
  • ¼ cup Barley flour or Wheat or Chana flour.
  • 1 Onion.
  • 1 Tomato.
  • 1 tsp Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • 1 tsp. Black pepper powder OR 1 tsp. Green chillies paste.
  • 2 cups of water.
  • Chat masala or Milagai podi

Method

  1. Grind Oats into coarse flour.
  2. In a saucepan mix all dry ingredients together. Either you make a paste of onion and tomato and mix in flour or finely chopped and keep aside .
  3. Make a thick batter ( see video) and keep aside for 10 minutes to set.
  4. After 10 minutes check the consistency of batter and if ok then start making chilas otherwise add water spoon by spoon and make desired consistency.
  5. Pour batter on non stick tawa and spread evenly in a circular manner. Drizzle ghee and cook on a slow flame for 4-5 minutes. Flip the side and now spread chopped onion, tomato and coriander evenly over it and sprinkle chat masala. Cook this side on a slow flame till it turns light golden brown. Generally it takes 4-5 minutes.
  6. Serve hot with Coconut chutney
Categories
Healthy food

(244)Ponk

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Ponk.
  • ½ cup Limbu mari ni sev.
  • ½ cup Pomegranate seeds.
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice.

Method

  1. Boil water in a pressure cooker.
  2. Place the ponk in the colander with the stand for 1 minute in the cooker without a whistle so that we can give steam heat to the ponk .
  3. Serving idea:- Serve steamed hot ponk , sprinkle limbu mari sev on it and pomegranate seeds. Mix lemon juice with it and enjoy steaming hot ponk with crispy sev and crunchy Pomegranate seeds with aroma and taste of lemon.
  4. Enjoy with love and smile.
Categories
Healthy food

(239)Rasiya Dhokla

Ingredients

  • 8-10 pieces of Khaman dhokla or Moong dal dhokla
  • Rasso(Ingredients for making liquid) 3-4 tomato puree cubes, 2 cups water, 2 tbsp. finely chopped Jaggery, 1 tsp. Red chilli powder, ½ tsp. Turmeric powder, 1 tsp. Coriander Cumin powder, 1 tsp. salt.
  • Tempering Ingredients 1 tbsp. Oil, ½ tsp. Cumin seeds, ¼ tsp. Asafoetida, 8-10 Curry leaves, 1 tbsp. finely chopped Coriander leaves.

Method

  1. Cut each dhokla piece into 4 parts and keep aside.
  2. Defrost tomato puree cubes.
  3. Heat oil in steel kadhai and add cumin seeds, wait for a crackling sound and add Asafoetida powder, dry masala, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Give a quick stir and add tomato puree, jaggery and water.
  4. After 2-3 boils add dhokla pieces and boil for 1 minute.
  5. Serve hot with bhakhri, paratha, roti or as you wish.
Rasso
cut into small pieces
Rasiya Dhokla

Categories
Healthy food

(237)Instant Soft Dosa

Ingredients

  • 1 cup tender coconut.
  • 1 cup of Rice flour.
  • 2 ¾ cup water.
  • ½ tsp. Soda bi Carb.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped Coriander leaves.

Method

  1. Make a smooth paste of tender coconut.
  2. In a mixing bowl mix rice flour and coconut paste thoroughly by adding water. Add salt and soda bi carb and prepare the flowing consistency of the batter.
  3. Spread either on non stick tawa or in an appum vessel and prepare instant soft dosa.( See vidio)
  4. Serve with Coconut chutney.
Making soft dosa in Appum vessel