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Healthy food

(160)Palak Kofta Curry

Spinach Kofta Curry

Ingredients

  • 1½ bunch of Spinach.( Approx.300 gms)
  • ¼ cup beat curd.
  • Onion gravy Ingredients
  • 2 tbsp.Oil
  • 4 medium size onion.
  • ½ inch Ginger piece.
  • 3 Cloves.
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick.
  • 1 Green Cardamom.
  • 1 Black Cardamom.
  • 4 whole black pepper.
  • 2 Garlic pods.
  • Tempering Ingredients
  • 2 Bay leaves.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.
  • 1 Whole red chilli.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • Ingredients for Kofta
  • ½ bunch finely chopped Spinach.(100 gms.)
  • ¾ cup wheat coarse flour.
  • 2 tbsp. Chickpea flour ( besan).
  • 1 tsp. red chilli powder.
  • ½ tsp. Cumin Coriander powder.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ⅛ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 2 tsp. Sugar.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 2 tbsp. Oil.
  • Oil for frying.
  • Garnishing.
  • ¼ cup finely chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1. Wash Spinach leaves thoroughly and finely chopped ½ bunch of Spinach for kofta
  2. Marinate finely chopped Spinach with salt and sugar and keep aside.
  3. Blanch remaining Spinach and keep aside.
  4. Cut onions for gravy.
  5. Heat oil in nonstick pan and soute all dry ingredients and then add onion wedges, garlic pods and ginger .Soute till onion becomes translucent.
  6. Make a paste once it is cool down and keep aside.
  7. Make a puree of blanched spinach and keep aside.
  8. In marinated spinach mix wheat flour, besan and all spices.
  9. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and make a kofta batter.
  10. Heat oil for kofta frying.
  11. Half fry all kofta and keep aside.
  12. Heat oil in nonstick pan and add Cumin seeds. After crackling sound add Asafoetida powder, bay leaves, curry leaves, red chilli. Quickly stir and add onion gravy . Soute till oil separates. Add curd and Spinach puree. Give quick stir for 2-3 times and then add 1 cup water.
  13. Once gravy starts boiling add all kofta , close the lid and cook in slow flame for 5 minutes.
  14. Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.
  15. Taste the dish before serving. Serve hot Spinach kofta Curry with paratha, kulcha, nan, roti, bhakri , rice or as you wish.
Washed spinach.
Spinach kofta batter
Onion gravy
Blanched spinach
Spinach puree with curd.
Categories
Dinner lunch

(38) Steamed Rice

Serves 2

Ingredients:

  • 8 tbsp. Basmati rice.
  • 4 cups water.
  • 2 Cloves.
  • 1 Bay leaf.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tbsp.ghee.

Methods:

  1. Soak washed rice for 30 mins.In one deep sauce pan add 4 cups of water and boil it.
  2. Drain water from rice after 30 mins.
  3. Add cloves,salt , bay leaf and rice in boiling water.
  4. As soon as it boils rapidly, reduce the flame to slow ,cover the pan and simmering for 10 mins.
  5. Turn off the flame, do not open the lid and let the rice set for 5 mins.
  6. Strain the rice with the help of strainer and mix ghee in it
  7. Serve hot with Rajma,Whole Masoor,Fried Dal or you can use this steamed rice in Biryani,pulao or Jeera rice.
Steamed rice
Categories
Indian bread

(37) Fulka Roti

Make 12 fulkas

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp.oil
  • 115 ml water
  • little oil for smoothing dough

Methods

  1. In one big mixing bowl mix all ingredients and knead dough.Keep aside for 30 mins.
  2. Apply little oil ,knead more and makes smooth dough.
  3. Divide dough into 12 equal portions.
  4. Roll one portion into flat round roti.
  5. Preheat tawa on slow flame roast one side of roti.
  6. Small bubbles appears then flip side of roti on tawa.
  7. Roast both sides of roti on flame .
  8. Apply ghee and serve with Vegetable curry, Dal , Salad, Pickle or as you want.
Categories
Indian bread

(34) Bhakhri

Make 8 bhakhri

Ingredients

  • 2 cup Wheat flour
  • OR
  • 1½ cup wheat flour+ ½ cup suji
  • OR
  • 1½ cup wheat flour+ ½ cup sieved lapsi flour.( lapsi flour is coarsely ground wheat flour like semolina- suji. Coarse whole wheat flour commonly known as ”jada atta” or ”churma lapsi atta”
  • ½ tsp. salt.
  • 60 ml. oil.
  • or
  • 4 tbsp oil.
  • 175 ml water.
  1. In mixing bowl mix all ingredients and knead a stiff dough. Keep aside for 10 -15 mins.
  2. Smear with little ghee and again knead to a smooth dough.
  3. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions.
  4. Roll  each dough ball into flat , round bhakhri.
  5. Preheat tawa on a medium flame.
  6. Roast both the sides,apply little ghee and press gently with wooden press till it turns light golden brown.
  7. Enjoy bhakhri with any vegetable curry, Jeggary and pickle.
  8. You can use bhakhri as pizza base and instead of slice bread in sandwiches.
Categories
Daal

(19) Rasawala Moong

Green gram curry

serves 4 150 ml .each

Ingredients

1 bowl (100 gms.) green gram( moong)

2 tsp.salt

4 garcinia( kokum)

2 inch size jaggery ( gud) ball

1/2 inch grated ginger

Tampering (tadka) ingredients:

1tbsp. oil,1/4 tsp.mustard(rai) seeds, pinch of Asafoetida (hing) 1/4 tsp.jeera( cumin),8-10 fenugreek ( methi),1 red chilli halved and deseed ,5-6 curry leaves,1 tsp. washed finely chopped coriander (dhaniapatti)leaves

Dry spices(masala)

1/2 tsp. turmeric (haldi),1tsp.CorianderCumin( dhaniajeera) pd.,1/2 tsp. red chilli ( lal mirchi)pd.

Method:

1) Wash moong for 3 times, add 3 bowl water and pressure cook upto 3 whistles.

2) When pressure cooker cool down ,check that moong is tender. If uncooked,cook again for 3 more whistles.

3) In cooked tender moong add all ingredients and 1 bowl water except tadka ingredients.

4) Boil on slow flame for 5 mins.

5) Put tadka pan side by side with slow flame after adding oil . Add rai and wait for crackling sound then add jeera and methi,hing,chilli,curry leaves and coriander leaves.

6) Boil for 2 mins. and Rasawala moong is ready.

7) Enjoy with fulka roti ,wheat bhakhri,paratha,kulcha,jowar roti,bajari roti and /or rice

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