Monday, September 17, 2012

Mirchi Bajji

Ingredients:
  1. Groundnut - 4 tbsps (crushed)
  2. Tamarind paste - 3 tbsps (soak in water and blend it)
  3. Turmeric powder - ¼ sp
  4. Daniya powder - ½ sp
  5. Jeera powder - ¼ sp
  6. Salt as per ur taste

Method:
  1. Mix all the above items (as shown) to prepare the masala paste. 
  2. Wash the green chillies and slit them open. Remove all the seeds from it (this will reduce the spicyness of the mirchi)
  3. Stuff the above masala in the mirchi (as shown)
  4. In a bowl take 2 cups of chanadal flour, less than 1 cup of rice flour, cooking soda - 2 pinchs, red chilli powder - ½ sp, turmeric powder - ¼ sp, salt as per ur taste. Mix it well with water (as shown).
  5. Now dip one by one the stuffed mirchi in the batter and deep fry them in the oil (as shown). 
  6. Serve with sliced onions and enjoy it hot:)

Roti Upma

Ingredients:
  1. Chapathi (Roti) - 2 (tear into small pieces as shown)
  2. Onion - 1 big (or 2 small chopped)
  3. Karipatha 
  4. Rai - 1 sp
  5. Jeera - 1 sp
  6. Groundnut - 2 sps
  7. Turmeric powder - ½ sp
  8. Red chilli powder - ½ sp (u can use greesn chilli chopped also)
  9. Cooking oil - 2 sps
  10. Salt as per ur taste


Method:
  1. Heat the oil in a pan. Add rai, jeera, groundnuts and karipatha. Fry for 2 mins.
  2. Add onions and fry till the onion are cooked. Add chapathi pieces, salt, red chilli powder and turmeric powder. 
  3. Mix and fry for 2 mins and close the lid for 5 mins. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Ridge gourd and chana dal curry

Ingredients:
  1. Ridgegourd-2 {peeled & cut in to pieces as shown }
  2. Chana dal - 1 small cup { soaked in water for ½ hr }
  3. Onion - 1
  4. Tomatoes - 2
  5. Red chilli powder-2sps
  6. Daniya powder - 1 sp
  7. Turmeric powder - ½ sp
  8. Ginger & garlic paste - ½ sp { not compulsory }
  9. Cooking oil - 2 tbsps
  10. Rai - 1 sp
  11. Jeera - 1 sp
  12. Karipatha - 5 to 6 leaves
  13. Fresh Coriander  leaves for garnishing
  14. Salt as per ur taste.

Method:
  1. Pour oil in a pan and heat it. Then add rai & jeera, fry for ½ a min. Add cut onions & karipatha leaves and fry them till they change their colour.
  2. Add ginger/garlic paste if u wish or else add the ridgegourd  pieces and soaked chana dal. Fry it for a min. Add red chilli powder, daniya powder, turmeric powder and then fry it for another ½ min. Add req. water (about 1 glass).
  3. Close a lid on the pan and keep the heat low. Let it cook for 10 mins.
  4. Remove in a serving blow, garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Simple & healthy home-made curry :) goes good with roti & plain rice.

Drumstick Curry

Ingredients:
  1. Drumsticts - 3 (cut as shown)
  2. Potatoes - 2 (cut as shown)
  3. Ginger garlic paste - 1 sp
  4. Green peas - ½ cup
  5. Tomatoes - 3 (chopped)
  6. Red chilli powder - 2 sps
  7. Turmeric powder - ½ sp
  8. Daniya powder - 1 sp
  9. Onion - 1(chopped)
  10. Karipatha leaves
  11. Fresh coriander leaves
  12. Cooking oil - 2tbsps
  13. Rai and jeera - 1 sp
  14. Salt as per ur taste.

Method:
  1. Heat oil in a pan. Add rai and jeera. Now add onions and karipatha leaves.
  2. Fry till the onions are cooked. Then add potato pieces and ginger garlic paste.
  3. Fry for 3 or 4 mins. Add green peas and drum stick pieces. Fry for 3 more mins.
  4. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, daniya powder and salt. Fry for 2 more mins.
  5. Now add chopped tomatoes. Fry for 5 to 6 mins till the tomatoes are cooked.
  6. Add 1 glass of water and close the lid. Cook till the potato pieces and drumstick pieces are cooked. Add fresh coriander leaves to garnish and serve.