Sunday, February 4, 2007

Mirch Ka Salaan

Serves 5

Preperation Time 20 Minutes

Contents
Green Vegetables

Ingredients
Ten large sized fat green chillies
Mustard seeds: Half a teaspoon
Kalonji: Half a teaspoon
Fresh cream: One tablespoon
Tamarind juice: Four tablespoon
Ginger and garlic paste: One tablespoon
Jeera powder: One teaspoon
Dhaniya

Recipe
Bring salted water to boil. As the water starts boiling, put the washed, slightly slit chillies marinated for an hour in salt and mustard oil in it and cook for two minutes. Take out.

In a kadai heat refined oil and sprinkle mustard seeds.

Cooking Recipe : Beetroot Gravy

Ingredients :

½ cup moong dal3 beetroots1 onion2 tomatoes2-3 green chillies4-5 flakes of garlic½ tsp pepper½ tsp cumin seeds1 tsp rice2 tsp sugarcurry leavesCorainder leaves for garnishing1 tsp lime juice2 tsp gheeSalt to taste

Method :

Cut the onions, tomato and beetroot into small pieces. Heat ghee in a tava, allow the curry leaves to splutter. Add the onions first, when golden brown tomato and then beetroot. Grind chillies, pepper, rice and cumin seeds in the mixie and add it to the vegetables. Add sugar. Add salt and allow the ingredients to cook to 10 - 15 minutes, till beetroot is cooked. Add cooked moong dal to the cooked vegetables for 5 minutes in low flame. Remove it from the tava and add lime. Garnish it with corrinder.

Arabi Palak - Indian Recipe

Ingredients :2 bunches spinach 8 to 10 Nos. arabi 2 onion, chopped 2 tomato, chopped 8 garlic flakes, chopped 1 tbsp vegetable oil
Spices :1¼ tsp red chili powder ¼ tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp jeerasalt to taste
Method : Pressure cook arabi. Remove the skin and mash the arabi, keep aside. Grind the spinach in a food-mixer and pressure cook with a pinch of salt and keep it aside. Drain all the water from the rice and throw away the water. Take a non-sticking skillet and place it on medium heat.Pour oil and when it is hot, put jeera. When they crackle, put onions and sauté till onions are brown. Add tomatoes to the fried onions. Add spices and little water Add the mashed arabi. Stir it well and mix it well for 5 minutes. Ready to serve.