Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Mirch Bhaji pakoda

Preparation time:5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves:2





Ingredients
  • 4 green chilies (slit from the middle )
  • 2 tsp besan /gram flour
  • 1/2 tsp amchur/dry raw mango powder
  • oil for frying
  • salt to taste

Method
  • Take the slit chilies, add amchur powder and salt to them.
 
  • Take gram flour ,put salt and water in it to make a thick paste (same as for pakoda's) and keep for 5 minutes.
 
  • Roll Chillies in besan paste and deep fry them until it turns golden in color.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Aloo Methi Special

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 500 grams methi leaves (washed and finely cut)
  • 2  medium size potatoes (cut into small square shaped pieces)een chilies finely chopped
  • 1 medium size chopped onion
  • 2 green chilies finely chopped
  • salt to taste
  • Two and  a half tsp oil
  • 10-12 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
  • 1/ 2 tsp haldi/turmeric powder
  • 1/2  tsp methi seeds
  • 1/2 tsp jeera/cumin

Method
  • Heat the non-stick kadai add oil, when hot add methi seeds, jeera and garlic.
  • Add onions and green chilies after 1 minute.
  • Saute for 2-3 minutes then add potatoes ,salt and haldi powder and cover it untill the the potatoes gets softens.
  • When potatoes gets softens take the curry out from kadai and  pour l/2 tsp oil  ,when heated add methi leaves to the kadai/howk and allow it to cook openly on slow flame for 4-5 minutes.
  • After 5 minutes add potato curry in methi. Mix properly.
  • Your aloo methi special is ready to serve.




Sunday, December 8, 2013

Guava ( Amrood ) ki chutney

Recipe
Ingredients

  • 1 cup amrood /guava pieces
  • 1 cup coriander green leaves
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • salt to taste
  • 2 green chilies 



Method

  • Grind all the above items in the mixer.
  • your mouth watering chutney is ready to serve.




Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Suji/Rawa/Semolina Upma

Recipe
Ingredients

  • 1 cup roasted suji/rawa
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup chopped cauliflower
  • 15-18 peanuts
  • 2 chopped green chilies(hari mirch)
  • 1 chopped tomato
  • 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
  • 8-10 curry leaves(meetha neem)
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds(jeera)
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds(rai)
  • 2 tsp oil
  • lemon juice according to the taste
  • salt to taste

Method
  • In a kadai add oil, when heated add add curry leaves , cumin and mustard seeds.
  • After 10 seconds add peanuts, let it fry for 2 minutes then add onion ,cauliflower and green chiies( cook them for 5 minutes on a slow flame and cover them, then add tomato(again cook it for 2 minutes on slow flame and cover it).
  • After 2 minutes put roasted suji/rawa in above kadai , add 3 cups water and continuously stir it for at least 4-5 minutes add salt to taste , switch off the gas , serve it in a bowl, garnish it with coriander green leaves and lemon slice.
  • Add Lemon juice (optional for taste).
  • your hot Rawa Upma is ready to serve.