Pumpkin Curry

Ingredients :
1 cup - Toor Dal
1/2 tsp - Turmeric Powder
1 Pumpkin
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup - Grated Coconut
1/2 tsp - Chilly Powder
1 - Green Chilli (Sliced)
1 Onion (thinly sliced)
1/2 tsp - Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
Kadipatta
Oil
Salt

Recipe:

1. Pressure Cook the Dal with Water, Salt and Turmeric Powder.
2. Pressure cook the Pumpkin.
3. Smash the Pumpkin and mix the cooked Dal and boil it with water.
4. Add coconut milk
5. Grind coconut, chilly powder, and green chillies with little water.
6. Put this mixture in the curry
7. Heat oil in a pan.
8. Add onions, kadipatta, jeera and saute it till the onion turns golden.
9. Add it to the curry

Enjoy!!

Kerala Sambhar

Ingredients:
1. Vegetables - Cut the following veggies into small square pieces


Brinjal - 1
Potatoes - 1 or 2
Yam (suran) - a small part
Ashgourd (Lal bhopla) - a small part
Cucumber (safed bhopla) - a small part
Bitter guard - 1 or 2 small pieces (can be avoided)
Tomatoes - 1 or 2
- Cut the following veggies lengthwise
Ladies Finger - 3 to 4
Beans - 4 to 5
Drumstick - 1
2.Sambhar Dal (Tur Dal) - 1 small cup
3.Masala - Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Asafoetida powder- ¼ tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tbs
Sambhar masala - 2 to 3 tbs
4.ingredients for tadka -
Oil(prefferably coconut oil) - 2 tbs
Red chillies split into two - 3 t0 4
Mustard - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds (Methi) - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Process -
1. Cook the dal in cooker with salt(for taste) and turmeric powder.
Onion can be added if needed.
2. After one whistle open the cooker and add the vegetables except ladies finger.
More salt can be added if neccessary.
3. In another pan put all the masalas and fry it dry(without oil) in low flame.
Take care not to burn it.
4. Fry the ladies finger in little oil and add into the mixture of vegetables and dal.
5. Put this masala in the vegetables after it is cooked properly.
6. Take another pan on heat and put oil in it.
Put all the ingredients 4 and pour this tadka into mixture finally.



Sambhar ready.....You may have it with Idli, Thosa or Steamed Rice :)

Sheve(Gathiya) Bhaji (Curry of Indian Shev)

It’s a good dish for vegetarians.
(For 4 persons)

Ingredients :
1 onion
Mustard seeds
2 green chillies
1 spoon garlic-ginger paste
1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
100 gm Sheve (Gathiya)
Oil
salt
water

Recipe:
1 Take one big onion.
2 Cut into four parts.
3 Fine chop one part.
4 Grind 3 parts into paste.
5 Add 6 teaspoon oil in fry pan.
6 Add (mohri)Mustard seeds then add 2 cut green chillies.
7 Fry them.
8 Add Chopped onion. Fry for 1 minute.
9 Add the paste.
10 Fry well. Till all water dries.
11 Then add one spoon garlic paste or pieces.
12 Add ginger paste.
13 Add half tea spoon turmeric powder.
14 Add 1 or 2 spoonful red chilly powder
Add garam masala one teapoon.
15 Fry for a minute.
16 Add water (20 ml).
17 Stir well.
18 Add salt as per taste.
19 Add 20 ml water.
20 Cook it for five minutes.
21 Add 5 bowl water.
22 Cook for five minutes.
23 Maintain the gravy for 5 bowl. Add water if required.
24 Take 100 gr shev. If they are long take them in fist and press.
25 Just before taking meals boil the curry. Add shev in the curry.
26 Boil the curry till the shev is semi soft. Stir well.
27 Pour the curry in bowls.
28 garnish it with green coriander if available.
29 Serve hot.

Kerala Dal Palak Curry

Ingredients :
1 cup - Toor Dal
1 bunch chopped - Spinach (Palak)
1/2 cup - Grated Coconut
1/2 tsp - Turmeric Powder
1 Onion (thinly sliced)
3 - Dry Red Chilly
1/2 tsp - Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
1 - Green Chilli (Sliced)
1/2 tsp - Chilly Powder
Oil
Salt

Recipe:

1. Pressure Cook the Dal with Water, Salt and Turmeric Powder.
2. Pressure cook the spinach.
2. Heat oil in a pan.
3. Add onions, red chillies and saute them till the onions are golden.
4. Add spinach and pinch of salt
5. Add the cooked dal to this and bring it a boil stirring frequently.
6. Grind coconut, chilly powder, jeera, green chillies with little water.
7. Add the coconut paste to the dal and cook it for a few minutes till the curry is thick.