Friday, November 12, 2010

Pudina chutney

Ingredients :-
Pudina leaves - 10 to 15
Green chilli - 1
Pepper corns -5
Fry the above for a while in little oil till pudina changes its colour.
Red chilli fried - 1
Tamarind - a small piece
coconut - 1 cup
Grind all the above to a fine paste.

Holige

Ingredients :-
Chana Dal - 1 cup
Maida - 1 cup
Jaggery
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Sesam seeds -1 tsp
oil - 3 tbsp
cardamom -3,4
Method :-
Pressuree cook chana dal for 10 mnts after the whistle. Strain water mix with jaggery cook till they blend well (don't add water ). Grind the mixture with cardamom.
Grind sesam seeds with turmeric powder, add water, maida and make a soft dough..Add oil to make it greasy, knead well, cover, keep aside for 2 hours.
Make balls of chana mixture. Make smaller balls of maida mixture. You can either roll out the maida mixture or spread it on your palm, place the chana dal ball in the middle, cover it from all sides. Roll out as in chapati, fry both sides on a hot tava.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Chana Masala

Ingredients :-
White Chana - 1/2 pav
Tomato - 1 small
Onion - 1 medium
Garam masala powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Masala :-
Onion - 1/2 small
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Red chillies , 2 types -4,5
Pepper - 3,4
Tamarind - a pinch
Cinnamon -1"
clove -1,2
Method :-
Cook chana in a cooker for 10 mnts. Grind masala ingredients to a fine paste. Fry onion in oil add tomato , garam masala, haldi, masala, fry well. Add chana, salt, boil.Add colour if necessary.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Poha chutney

Ingredients :-
Poha - 1 pav or 1 big cup
Coconut :-1/4 of 1 big coconut
Byadgi or ghati red chillies - 2
sesam seeds - 1 teaspoon
Jaggery - small lemon sized ball
Karibevu
Method :-
Season sesam seeds, red chillies and karibevu in oil. Take out red chillies,crush finely with jaggery and little coconut. Add paper poha ,remaining coconut and seasoning to it .Mix well.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Kadai Vegetables

Ingredients :-
Capsicum :- 1
Baby corn :-2
Carrot :-2
Beans:-10
Paneer :-5 ,6 cubes
Potato :- 1
Chilli powder:-1tsp
Turmeric :-1/2 tsp
Coriander powder :-1 tsp
Garam masala :-1/2 tsp
Kasoori methi :-1 tsp
Butter
Tomato :-1
Green chillies :-2
Masala:-
Onions :-2
Tomato :-2 big
Fry the above in butter separately.
Cashew nuts :-10,12 [ soak in warm water for 30 mnts]
Grind to a fine paste.
Method :-
Dice tomato. Cut all vegetables and chillies into long pieces.Cook aloo,carrot and corn, keep aside.Fry in butter green chillies ,capsicum, tomato till soft. Add paneer ,boiled vegetables, powders,salt,masala and kasuri methi.Fry for a while.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Tomato chutney

Ingredients :-
Tomato :- 2
Coconut :- 1 cup
Red chillies fried :-2,3
Garlic :- 1 flake or hing
Method :-
Cook cut tomatoes in little water. Peel the skin, grind with chillies,coconut and garlic.Use the water used in cooking tomatoes for grinding.You can use hing instead of garlic.
Best with dosas and idlies.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Capsicum,Aloo Masala

Ingredients :-
Aloo :- 1 big
Capsicum :- 1 big
Onion :- 1 small
Tomato :- 1 small
Jeera :- 1 teaspoon
Garlic flakes :-3 or 4
Masala :-
Onion :- 1 small
Cinnamon :- 2 small pieces
Coriander leaves :1/2 cup
Coconut :-1/2 cup
Green chilli :- 1
Red chilli :- 1
Byadgi red chilli :-1
Method :-
Cook 1 onion on direct flame till soft. With other ingredients make a fine paste.Boil, peel potato.In a pan take 2 table spoon oil,fry finely chopped onion ,54 flakes of garlic, jeera,tomato and capsicum.When it is cooked add cubed aloo,salt and masala.Boil.