Simple PavBhaji

Servings : For 2 people

Skills: Beginners
Prep Time: 20 mins

Cooking Time : 3o mins

Ingredients

• One medium sized capsicum, finely chopped.
• Two medium sized Tomatoes, finely chopped.
• One medium size onion, finely chopped.
• 1 Tablespoon of Ginger Garlic paste.
• 2 cup of Boiled-smash potatoes & cauliflower, any vegetables can be added.
• 3 Tea spoon of Butter.
• ½ tea spoon of turmeric powder.
• 1 tablespoon of  Kashmiri red chilli.
• 2 tablespoon of PavBhaji Masala.
• 1 tablespoon of Jeera powder.
• Salt as per taste.

Recipe

1. Heat the pan and add butter, capsicum and little water. 
2. Stir them till capsicum gets tender. (Since I do not have big pan, I cook it in two parts, one in big cooking pot and one in pan)
3. Add Tomatoes.
4. Add ½ tea spoon of turmeric powder.
5. Add little water, about 2 teaspoon.
6. Cook it till the time tomatoes gets cooked.
7. Add the smashed vegetables.
8. Add two tablespoon of butter in pan.
9. Add two tablespoon of butter in pan, melt it
10. Add onions
11. Add  ginger garlic paste
12. Add 1 tablespoon of  Kashmiri red chilli, 2 tablespoon of PavBhaji Masala,1 tablespoon of Jeera powder,Salt as per taste
13. Add little water and cook all till onion gets cooked.
14. Add the onions in smashed vegetables.
15. Add little water and mix it well.
16. Add green peas.
17. Cover it and cook on low flame for 30 mins.
18. Garnish it with butter and chopped onions.
19. Serve it with bread.

Quick & Easy Vegetable Fried Rice - Indian Style

Servings : For 2 people
Skills: Beginners
Prep Time : 15-20 mins
Cooking time : 20 mins

Ingredients

• 5-6 cloves of garlic finely chopped.
• 1 inch of ginger finely chopped.
• 1 small onion finely copped.
• 2 medium size carrots cut lengthwise.
• 1 bowl of french beans cut little slanted.
• 1 bowl of spring onion (कांद्याची पात)
• Soya Sauce, Chilli Sauce, Vinegar, Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
• 2 bowls of rice, semi -cooked.

Other ingredients which can be used are as below.

• 1 bowl of cabbage cut lengthwise
• 1 bowl of capsicum cut lengthwise
• any vegetables but try to avoid using cauliflower and peas, its more for pulav :)

Recipe

1. Boil water in a vessel
2. Add rice and cook it till it gets semi cooked.
3. Boil carrots and french beans for 2-3 mins separately.
4. Heat the oil in the vessel.
5. Add the ginger garlic paste.
6. Saute it.
7. Add onion and saute it for 1 min.
8. Add all the vegetables saute it for 3-4 mins. Make sure you don't add any water.
9. Add 1/4th spring onion.
10. Add 2 tablespoon of soya sauce.
11. Add 1 teaspoon of vinegar.
12. Add 1 tablespoon of chill sauce.
13. Add black pepper.
14. Mix it well.
15. Add rice and mix it well.
16. Add salt as per taste.
17. cover the vessel and steam the rice on low flame for 2-3 min.
18. Serve it hot.

Easy to Cook - Veg Biryani

Ingredients:
This recipe serves for 2 persons.
1 cup basmati rice soaked in water for 10-15 mins
Some vegetables (2 potatoes, 2-3 capsicum,1 carrot, 1/2 cup green peas, few french beans) in short any vegetables your taste prefers
1-2 Bay Leaves, 1 inch cinamon stick, 3-4 clove , 4-5 whole black pepper
1 tea spoon jeera(whole cumin)
1/2 onion finely chopped,
1 tomato chopped
1 1/2 tea spoon Coriander powder
1 1/2 spoon any Biryani or Pulav Masala (optional )
1/2 tea spon cumin powder (optional)
1/2 tea spoon red chilli powder or 1-2 green chilly whatever preferred.
1/2 tea spoon tumeric powder
2 table spoon Ghee
Salt to taste

Recipe:
1. Heat the Pan (You ca use the pressure cooker itself )
2. Add ghee and let it melt, then add whole cumin, bay leaves, cinamon stick, cloves and wole black pepper. Mix well for 1-2 seconds
3. Add chopped onion and cook till the onion turns translucent.
4. Add tomatoes and then add tumeric, coriander powder, red chilli powder or green chilli and mix well. Add little salt.
5. Mix all the vegetables.
6. Add salt and mix well.
7. Add rice and 2 cup water. Then add the Biryani or Pulav Masala.
8. If cooking in pan cover the Pan with lid and let it cook for 15 mins(till the rice is cooked well). In pressure cooker cook for 2-3 whistels, then close.
9. Serve it with Veg Raita or Pickle.

Njoy cooking.. :)
Ashwin

Aalu Paratha

Ingredients:
3-4 boiled potato
Garlic ginger paste
1-2 green chillies
Ghee
Salt

Recipe:
1. Grind green chillies with garlic ginger paste and salt
2. Grate the boiled potatoes to get evenly mixture
3. Mix the chilli-garlic-ginger paste to mashed potatoes and mix it properly.
4. Make even round bolls of the mixture.

5. Prepare dough out of whole-wheat flour (atta), as you would do for any parantha/roti.
6. Roll the dough base just enough to cover the potato bolls.
7. Roll the paratha genteelly so that the stuffed potato do not come out.
8. Cook the paratha with ghee

Til Gul Poli ( Chapati)

Ingredients :

1. Sesame 1 bowl

2 Jaggery1/4 bowl

3. Besan 2 spoons

3. Wheat foor 2 cups.

4. Maida 2 spoons.

5. Ghee 2 spoon

Procedure:

Part A:

1. Take 100 gr. Til.( Sesame). Roast them. Grind in mixer.
So the Powder is ready.
2. Take 50 gr. jaggery. Grate it.
3. Take two spoon Besan. Add little ghee in a pot and fry the Besan on medium heat.
Add grated jaggery to the pot. Add two spoon water. Then add sesame powder. Mix it well. It has to be soft. After cooling make small balls.
Part B:

4. Take wheat flour. Add maida to it. Add one spoon oil and pinch of salt. Make a dough for making Chapati.

Part C:

5. Take small ball of chapati dough. Spread it

Put a ball of Til and jaggery inside and close it. Then make chapati Roast it

Your Til Gul Chapati is ready.serve it with ghee.

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.