Pumpkin Curry

Ingredients:

1. Red pumpkin- ¼ kg (cut into cubes)
2. Onion-1 ( chopped )
3. Rai- ½ sp
4. Jeera- ½ sp
5. Hing -1 pinch
6. Red chilli powder- ½ sp
7. Turmeric powder- ¼ sp
8. Karipatha -5 to 6 leaves
9. Fresh coriander leaves
10. Cooking oil -1tbsp
11. Salt as per ur taste.

Method:

1. In a pan heat oil. Add rai, jeera, hing and fry them for ½ min.
2. Then add onions and katipatha fry them for 2 mins or till the onions are cooked.
3. Add pumpkin, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt.
4. Fry for 1 min and close the lid for 5 mins and continue to burn in a low flame.
5. That’s it easy & simple curry is ready. Best with roti & dal batti. Also can be quickly prepared for your child's lunchbox.

Dal Batti (Traditional Rajasthan Food)

Ingredients:

1. Wheat - 1 kg
2. Corn - 100 gms
3. Powder the two above ingredients in a grinder until the flour is grainy like rava.

 Method:

1. In a bowl take required  amount of batti mixture.  Add 1 tbsp of cooking oil, 2 pinchs of turmeric powder,  ¼  sp of ajwain,  salt as per ur taste.
2. Mix all of them together with req. water (as we mix for making rotis).
3. Now make them into rolls as shown.
4. Steam them as shown or in a pressure cooker.
5. Cut them into pieces as shown.
6. Deep fry those pieces in cooking oil.  Ur healthy & tasty batti is ready now. 
7. This goes well with Dal Fry and Jaggery.

Uttapam

Ingredients:

1. Dosa mixture - 1cup
2. Chanadal- ¼ cup (soaked in water for 1 hr)
3. Carrot- ¼ cup (grated)
4. Capsicum - 1(sliced)
5. Onion- 1(chopped finely)
6. Tomato - 1 (chopped finely)
7. Fresh coriander leaves
8. Salt as per ur taste
9. Ghee or cooking oil

Method:

1. Mix all the above ingredients into the dosa mixture as shown.
2. Heat the pan; pour one big round sp of mixture in the middle of the pan.  Spread it gently.
3. On medium heat fry both the sides of uttapam as shown.
4. U can also use this same mixture to make steam uttapam pokodas as shown.

Aloo Paratha

Ingredients:

1. Aloo-2 cups (boiled and grated)
2. Onion-1 (finely chopped)
3. Carrot- ½ cup (grated)
4. Kasurimethi - 1sp
5. Ajvani-2pinch
6. Amchu  powder- ½ sp
7. Turmeric powder- ¼ sp
8. Red chilli powder- ½ sp
9. Fresh coriander leaves
10. Salt to taste
11. For stuffing: Mix all the above ingredients together (as shown).
12. Butter or ghee - as required to fry the paratha.
13. Wheat flour - 3cups (mix the flour with water)

Method:

1. Take some dough, press it into the size of a puri, place 1 sp of potato stuffing and fold it as shown.
2. Press and roll that into paratha. Heat the pan.  Fry this paratha with ghee or butter as shown.
3. Tasty and mouth watering Aloo Paratha is ready to serve.