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Quick Cooking Tips

(255) Curry Leaves Dry Chutney

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh Curry leaves.
  • ½ cup Peanuts.
  • ⅓ cup White sesame seeds.
  • 1 tbsp. Cumin seeds.
  • 1 tsp. Dry Mango powder (Aamchur).
  • ½ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 6-8 whole Dry Green chillies.
  • 1 tbsp. Oil.

Method

  1. Pluck curry leaves from the stalks. Wash and dry for 10 to 15 minutes on the kitchen towel.
  2. Heat oil in nonstick kadhai and add Mustard seeds in it. Wait for the crackling sound and then add Asafoetida powder and dry green chillies. Stir and now add Sesame seeds and Peanuts. Saute for 1 minute and add Curry leaves. Saute on medium flame and stir continuously till all leaves turn crispy.
  3. Switch off the flame and add Dry Mango powder.
  4. When cool completely, grind in a grinder and make a coarse powder.
  5. Serve Curry leaves chutney with Rice, Idli, Dosa or as you wish.
Dry Chutney

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salads

(230) Sweet Corn Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Sweet Corn seeds.
  • ½ tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Red Chilli powder or Black pepper powder.
  • 1 tsp. Butter.

Method

  1. Wash and pressure cook sweet corn seeds in a colander up to 2 whistles.
  2. Heat butter in a non-stick pan .
  3. Saute cooked sweet corn seeds for 1 minute.
  4. Mix salt and chilli powder.
  5. Serve with Roti, paratha bhakhri puri, Rice or as you wish.
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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.
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Healthy food

(159)Nawabi Paneer

Paneer in white gravey

Ingredients

  • 500 gms. Malai Paneer.
  • 4 medium size onion.
  • ½ inch Ginger piece.
  • 1 whole green chilli.
  • 2 Garlic pods.
  • 2 bay leaves.
  • 20-25 Cashew nuts.
  • 2 tbsp. Poppy seeds (Khus khus).
  • 2 Green cardamom.
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick.
  • 2 – 4 whole black pepper.
  • 1½ tsp. Salt.
  • 3 tbsp. Oil.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ½ tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • 2 tbsp. beat Curd.
  • 2 tbsp. Cream.
  • 1 cup water.
  • 2 tbsp. finely chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1. Cut malai paneer block into 1 inch cubes and keep aside.
  2. Chop onions into big pieces.
  3. Heat 2 tbsp. oil in nonstick pan. Add Cumin seeds. Wait for crackling sound and add Asafoetida powder, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Bay leaves, Black pepper, Green chilli, Pieces of Ginger and last Garlic. Soute all spices for 2 minutes and then add Cashew nuts and poopy seeds and salt. Soute till Cashew nuts turns crispy. Now add Onion pieces.
  4. Soute onions till translucent.
  5. Cool completely before grinding into paste.
  6. Heat remaining 1 tbsp. of oil and soute white colour paste till it separate oil.
  7. Add beat Curd and Cream and give quick stir.
  8. Add paneer cubes and water.
  9. Close the lid and cook till gravy starts boiling.
  10. Taste the dish before serving. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with Paratha, Nan, Kulcha, Fulka roti, Bhakhri or as you wish.
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.
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Quick Cooking Tips

(146) Mixed Herbs Butter.

Ingredients

  • 100 gms. Amul butter.
  • 1tbsp.finely chopped fresh Parsley.
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh Basil.
  • ¼ tsp. Oregano powder.
  • ½ tsp. Chilli flakes ( optional)
  • 4 Garlic pods or 1 tbsp. green garlic paste.

Method

  1. Pluck leaves of Parsely from stalks.
  2. Wash leaves and finely chop. Keep aside.
  3. With the help of rolling pin crush Garlic pods into smooth paste. Keep aside.
  4. Bring butter to room temperature .
  5. In mixing bowl, mix all ingredients- butter, Parsely leaves, Oregano powder, Chilli flakes and Garlic paste.
  6. Mix well and refrigerate.
  7. It remains fresh for 6 months in freezer.
  8. Apply this butter on bread, bhakhri, roti, paratha, kulcha, chila, Idli, Dosa or as you wish.
Mixed Herbs Butter
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Pickle

(86) Boriya Keri Gunda

Water Pickle.

Ingredient

  • ½ kg. Keri.( Mango)
  • ½ kg. Gunda.( Gum berry)
  • ½ kg. Guvar. ( cluster beans)
  • ¼ kg. Salt.
  • 2 tbsp. Turmeric powder.
  • 2 tbsp. pure Castor oil. ( buy from the grocery store).

Method

  1. Wash keri, gunda and guwar thoroughly.
  2. Cut keri into 1 cm. size cubes.
  3. Separate each gunda from its berry with the help of scissors. Keep small stalk with each gunda.
  4. Cut guwar into 4-5 cms. pieces.
  5. Apply castor oil on mouth of each gunda with finger.
  6. In sauce pan mix keri ,gunda and guwar with salt and turmeric powder.
  7. Add castor oil in it and mix thoroughly.
  8. Close the lid of the pan and do not disturb for one day.
  9. For next 3 days stir the mix 3 to 4 times a day. Rest of the time keep the lid closed.
  10. After 4 days transfer pickle into glass or plastic jar.
  11. Add 3 glass of cooled , boiled water in the jar.
  12. Pickle will be ready in 20 days but every day stir the mix 2 times .
  13. Enjoy this pickle with Khichadi, Kanki, Pulav, Roti or as your desire.
Raw Mango
Gunda with small stalk
Marinated keri and gunda
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Pickle

(81) Keri Gunda Athanu

Mango and Gumberry pickle

Ingredients

Method

  1. Wash keri and cut into 1 cm. small pieces.
  2. Add 2 tbsp. salt and 1 tsp.turmeric powder . Marinate this for 24 hrs.
  3. After 24 hrs. remove keri pieces in strainer. You can use this strained salt turmeric water in pickle like khati gurmar,dara, kerda,lila mari and gunda.
  4. Wash gunda thoroughly and wipe with cloth so no water content remains.
  5. Gently smash gunda and remove seeds .Cut each gunda into 4 pieces.
  6. Mix sambhar, keri and gunda in one big vessel.
  7. Next day add oil in it and again mix thoroughly.
  8. Keri gunda pickle is ready.
  9. Fill up this pickle in clean ,dry and air tight glass jar .
  10. Serve with love and smile and enjoy this pickle whole year.
keri tukda from vendor
cut and separate seed portion from keri tukda
Each big piece cut into small 1 cm. cubes
Marinated keri
Athana no Sambhar
Gunda
Deseed gunda
Keri,gunda and sambhar in sauce pan
Keri gunda nu athanu
Categories
soup

(78) Vegetable stew

Ingredients

  • 4 cups water
  • ¼ cup green peas.
  • ¼ cup pea sized cut carrots.
  • ¼ cup pea sized cut onion.
  • ¼ cup small florets of cauliflower
  • 1 cup fine paste of tender coconut or 1 cup paste of Shrifal after removing brown colour skin.
  • 1 tbsp. coconut oil.
  • 2 cloves.
  • ½ inch cinnamon stick.
  • 4 coarsely grind black pepper.
  • 2 bay leaves.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.
  • ½ inch finely diced or paste of ginger.
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tbsp. finely chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1. Heat coconut oil in saucepan.
  2. Add all dry spices and saute for 1 minute.
  3. Add curry leaves and ginger paste .Mix it quickly.
  4. Add all vegetables .Saute for 2 minutes. Add salt and 3 cups water.
  5. Side by side boil 1 cup water and add coconut paste in it.
  6. Strain coconut paste water in saucepan .
  7. Boil for 5 minutes so vegetable stew is ready.
  8. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  9. Vegetable Stew is ready .
  10. Serve with love and smile.
Mix vegetables for stew.
Soute vegetables for stew.
Tender coconut cubes
Soak coconut cubes in boiled water.
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Daal

(67) Chhuti Moongdal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup yellow Moongdal.
  • 2 cup water.
  • 1½ tsp salt.
  • Tempering ingredients.
  • 3 tbsp. oil.
  • 1 tsp. Ginger paste
  • 2 green chilli halved lengthwise and deeseeded.
  • 1 tbsp.freshly chopped coriander leaves.
  • 6-7 curry leaves.
  • ½ tsp. red chilli powder.
  • ½ tsp. Coriander-Cumin powder.
  • ½ tsp. turmeric powder.

Tempering ingredients

  • ¼ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick.
  • 2 Cloves.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida.

Method

  1. Wash Moongdal 2 times .
  2. Heat oil in kadhai .Add mustard seeds and wait for crackling sound then after turning gas stove on slow flame add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick,curry leaves,green chilies,ginger paste and coriander leaves. Stir occasionally.
  3. Add washed Moongdal .
  4. Add all dry spices like turmeric powder,chili powder and coriander-cumin powder. Mix thoroughly and add water ,turn the flame fast and wait for water to boil.As water boils turn the flame slow and cook Moongdal. It takes 15-20 minutes.
  5. This is dry Moongdal so check in between and as water evaporates just press moongdal in between your thumb and first finger. If it pressed then Moong dal is ready.
  6. Enjoy with Aam ras, Kadhi, Roti and Rice.