Friday, February 27, 2009

Peas with Egg curry



Ingredients
take 1/4 cup peas
2-3 boiled eggs (cut into 2 pices each)
garlic cloves(cut into small pieces)
one medium onion(slices)
1/2 tomato(slices)
2-3 green chilies
mustard seeds
curry leaves
turmeric,chili powder,coriander powder,salt

Preparation:
1.Take vessel pour oil
2.add mustard seeds,garlic and curry leaves
3.later add onions fry it well..
4.add tomato,chillies fry well
5.add peas fry well last
6.Add chili powder,salt,turmeric
7.add boiled egg slices
8.garnish with coriander..

Cabbage Raitha



Ingredients
1 full cup thick curd
1 carrot (grate it)
1/4 cabbage long slices
cucumber(cut into pieces
1 onion (long thin slices)
5-6 green chillies (cut into thin circle slices)
mint and coriander leaves.(optional)
salt

Preparation:
1.mix curd with salt
2.add all the vegetables on it
3.and serve with biryani as a side dish

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Chenna Masala


Channa Masala
A very popular punjabi dish made of chickpeas to be had with chapathi
Ingredients
1 cup Chickpeas or chana soaked over night and pressure cooked
2 nos Onions
1 no Tomato
2 nos Green chilli
2 inch Ginger (crushed)
3 clove Garlic (crushed)
½ tsp Mustard
½ tsp Cumin seeds
2 tsp Red chilli powder
2 tsp Corrainder powder
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Channa or chole masala powder(store bought) optional
Corrainder leaves (chopped)
4 tsp Oil
1 cup Water (or retain juice from cooked channa)

Preparation
1. Fry the curry leaves, onions, tomatoes well and mash it.
2. Add the cooked Chick peas to it with ginger garlic paste and fry it.

3.Add all the other ingredients liek chilli powder, coriander powder, masalas.
4. Add Required amount of salt
5. Serve hot with chapathis


Vegetable Sambar



Ingredients:
1 -2 cups cooked uradh dal(tip: soak dal for 5-10 min cook in 3 vissils helps from gas problem)
2 small onion thin long slices
1/2 big tomato
1 bowl of tamarind juice
chili powder,
turmeric,
salt,
coriander powder
garlic
mustard seeds,
curry leaves
salt
coriander leaves
sambar red chillies
any vegetable like brinjal,beans,okra...

preparation:
1.Take vessel pour oil heat it
2. Add mustard seeds,curry leaves ,garlic,2 sambar chillies
3.Add onions slices fry well
4.Add tomato and vegetable fry well
5.Add cooked dal and tamarind juice..
6.Stir well and add salt,turmeric,chili powder,coriander powder.
7.boil it for few minutes and last garnish with coriander

Vada



Ingredients
1 full cup Chenna Dal
1/2 onions
2-3 greenchillies
mint
coriander
cumin seeds
salt

Batter Preparation :
1.soak chenna dal for 2-4 hours
2. grind it with onions,chillies,mint,curry leaves,jeera,mint add salt..

preparation:
1. take small amount of batter
2.Shape it in thin circular shape
3.fry in oil keep on top of tissue towel to absorb excess oil

Egg Bajji



Ingredients
boiled eggs 2
4 tablespoons of gram flour,
1 table spoon of rice flour
chili powder,
salt

Preparation:
1.Take vessel mix 4 spoons of gram flour with 1 spoon of rice flour
2.Add salt,chili powder, baking soda, water make thick paste.
3.Take boiled egg cut into 2 pieces long coat this mixed batter
4.Deep fry in oil...
5.Keep on tissue towel to absorb excess oil...

Pan Biryani - Vegetable




Ingredients
2 cups mixed vegetables including
 peas,beans, bell peppers
mushroom, soya nuggets ,
corn(optional) (cut into small size)
1 table spoon ginger garlic paste
3-4 green chillies
salt,
turmeric
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 onion long thin slices
1/2 tomato(optional)
few mint and coriander leaves

preparation:
1.Fry the vegetables separate and keep aside
2.Add ginger garlic paste fry well
3.add turmeric,pepper,chillies or chilli sauce,salt
4.Mix with cooked rice
5.Garnish with mint or coriander leaves