ALOO MUTTER

Ingredients

1-2 potatoes (cubed)
1/2 cup of green peas
1-2 chopped onion
1 cup  tomato puree
2 tspn  ginger garlic paste
1/2 tspn cumin seeds
1/2 tspn coriander powder
1/2 tspn of garam masala
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
1/2 tspn chilli powder
chopped coriander leaves to garnish
Salt to taste
2 tbsps of oil

Procedure

1. Heat oil in frying pan; add cumin wait till it splutters.
2. Add onions. Saute, till onions are golden brown.
3. now add Ginger garlic paste.
4. Add tomato puree, wait for 2 min stirring well
5. Add potatoes & the peas,
6. now add  chilli and turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala, salt and stir well.
7. Add 1/2 cup of water , simmer until the potatoes are cooked.(add more water if required.)
8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapathis,puri, bread or rice.

VEG. HAKKA NOODLES

Ingredients

1 capsicum (long thin slices)
3 french beans cut diagonally
1 small carrot cut into thin rectangles
1/2 cup  cabbage chopped..
3 medium spring onions sliced or chopped
leaves of spring onions finely chopped
2 finely chopped green chillies
2 tbspn ginger garlic paste
soya sauce
chilly sauce
oil
salt to taste
azinamoto(optional)
noodles(take noodles and put in boiling water and remove in 2 min wen its soft
and drain water put oil and keep aside)

Procedure

1.take 2 tablespoon oil in nonstick pan
2.add ginger garlic paste and green chillies
3.add onion fry till golden brown or atleast transclucent,  add leaves of spring onion
4.add capsicum carrots french beans cabbage and fry till tender..
(carrots should be cooked)
5.add chilly sauce
6.azinamoto if u want or else just a lil salt to taste
7.add soya sauce
8.last add noodles and mix well.
serve hot

GREEN PEAS MASALA

Ingredients

1 tbspn oil
2 onions (chopped)
1 tomato(finely chopped)
1 pinch cumin seeds
1 bay leaf
3 cloves
2 greeen chillies
pepper if needed
1 tspn red chilly powder
1/4 th tspn turmeric powder
1 tbspn garam masala
salt as per taste
green peas 1 mug full

Procedure

1.add oil in a nonstick utensil / pan.
2.add cumin, bay leaf, green chillies wait till cumin splutters...
3.add onion fry till golden brown
4.add tomato and fry fro 2-3 min till it mashes
5.add red chilly powder and turmeric and garam masala(wait for about 1-2 min after mixing , keep on low flame till this procedure)
6.add green peas and wait for 2 min (mix well)
7.than add 3/4th mug water or just till it covers all the green peas,
8.add salt and pepper(optional) (make the flame medium or high and boil till the water evapourates)
9.garnish with coriander leaves

EGG CURRY

This is delicious recipe... I learnt this recipe from ma friend richa... who actually taught me to cook... Well, you shd love this egg curry. This will serve 2 people.

Ingredients

4 boiled eggs
1 onion
1/2 tomato
a small ball of tamarind
1 tspn coriander seeds
1/4th cup grated coconut
1/4th cup coconut milk
1 tspn kashmiri chilly powder
a pinch of turmeric
salt to taste
coriander leaves to garnish

 Procedure:

1. Grind grated coconut, coconut milk, 1/2 onion, tamarind, coriander seeds, chilly powder, turmeric to fine paste.
2.In a pan add chopped other half of the chopped onion and saute till its translucent/light pink,
3. Now add chopped half tomato till and saute till they are cooked.
4. Add the paste and boil till done and then add egg cut in to halves or the full egg
5. Serve hot with coriander leaves garnished with rice or bread and some lemon wedges.

PAV BHAJI

   

Ingredients

pav

4 tbsp butter
1 tsp pav bhaji masala (optional)
Bhaji 
1 medium potatoes, boiled and mashed
2 cup mixed vegetables, boiled and chopped finely (cauliflower, green peas

,carrots,capsicum )

1 medium onion, chopped

2 chopped tomatoes
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1 1/2 tbsp pav bhaji masala

 salt to taste
4 tbsp butter
4 to 6 cloves garlic

Serve with
1 large sized onion, chopped
4 lemon wedges
1 tbsp chopped coriander

 

Procedure  

1.Heat the butter in a large pan, add the onion,sauté for 2 minutes. Then, add garlic and sauté till the onion softens.  
2.Add the tomatoes and simmer till the oil separates.  
3.Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, pav bhaji masala, salt and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. 
4.Add the boiled vegetables and potatoes and mash thoroughly using a masher, adding ½ cup of water. 
pav 
1.Slice the pav into 2 horizontally. Apply butter to each side and sprinkle a little pav bhaji masala. 

2.Heat a large pan and fry pav on both sides till the pieces are slightly brown.  
3.Serve hot bhaji with the onion and coriander.  
4.Serve hot pav with lemon wedges. 

GOBI MANCHURIAN

Ingredients:                                                                                                                                              

1. corn flour : maida / 1:2 ratio
2. oil, (for frying the pakodas)
3. cauliflower , placed in salt water & drain
4. 1capsicum short thin slices
5.1 spring onion finely chopped
6. 2 green chillies(finely chopped)
7. soya sauce
8. chilly sauce (green)
9. tomato sauce
10. spring onion leaves finely chopped
11.1 tbsp ginger-garlic

Procedure

1.make a thick paste of corn and maida with 1:2 proportion and add salt n water just to dip the cauliflower and make pakoras.
2.heat oil, and fry the cauliflower florets dipped in the paste and keep aside this pakoras
3. in a pan add oil, onion ginger garlic paste, Green chillies & fry till golden brown
4. add spring onion leaves, capsicum ,  and fry till cooked or tender,
5. now add soya sauce , tomato sauce and green chilly sauce and azinamoto if required and a lil salt
6.add the pakoras and mix well
7.if want gravy before adding pakoras add a little water and corn flour of about 1 tspn to make it little thick and then add pakoras and mix well
8. serve hot.

GREEN PEAS PULAV

Ingredients

1. basmati rice           (1cup/250gms)soaked for 1 hour in water
2. fresh green peas     (1 cup)
3. onions                    (1 medium) sliced
4. ginger garlic paste    1 tbspn
5. green chillies            2 slit/cut
6. bay leaf                    1 no.
7. cumin/zeera             1/2 tspn
8. clove                      4-5
9. cinnamon               1 inch stick
10. garam masala         1/2 tspn
11. pepper powder          1 tspn
12. oil                           2 tbspn

Procedure

1. in a nonstick cooker/ or any vessel add oil, cumin, bay leaf, cloves, green chillies, cinnamon and fry till cumin seeds sputters
2. add sliced onion and ginger garlic paste and fry till golden brown
3. add garam masala powder, salt and pepper to taste
4. add green peas and fry for 2-3 minutes
5. add rice and mix well keep for a minute
6. add boiling water 1 and 3/4th of the same cup as u had taken the rice.( add water just till the rice and green peas is covered with water)
7. allow it to boil on  medium flame till rice is fully done and then simmer for 1 -2 min,and let it settle for 10 min after turning the gas off
8. serves 2-3 people.

VEG CUTLETS

 

Ingredients

Potatoes – 2 medium  (boiled and mashed)
Mixed Vegetables – 1.5 cups (like green peas, carrots, green beans, corn, etc)
Onions – 1/4 medium (finely chopped or grated)
Ginger & Garlic - 1 tblsp (minced)
Green Chillies – 2 (finely chopped)
Coriander leaves – 2 tblsp (finely chopped)
Lemon Juice  – 2 tsp
Red Chilli Powder – 1/2 tsp or to taste
Roasted Cumin Powder – 1/2 tsp

turmeric powder 1/4th tspn

Salt – to taste

Rawa to cover cutlet

Oil – for frying

Procedure                                                                                                                                                   

1. Boil the potatoes and drain them soon to avoid them from absorbing water. Peel and mash it and keep aside.
2. Finely chop or grate the other veggiesor you can chop it in a food processor.
3. Boil the vegetables or you can simply microwave it. Squeeze out water as much possible from the vegetables
4. Heat oil in a pan and saute the onions and ginger garlic paste for few minutes. it removes the raw flavour in the onions and garlic.
5. Spread the rawa also in a plate to coat the cutlets before frying.
6.. Take the boiled potatoes and veggies in a mixing bowl.
7. Add the sauteed onion and ginger garlic paste, green chillies, lemon juice,chilly powder , coriander leaves, cumin powder, turmeric powder and salt.
8. Mix everything together. Taste the mixture and adjust any seasoning as per your tastebuds.
9. Shape into round patties. You can make the cutlets in triangular, oval or heart shaped.
10. roll each cutlet with rawa. The cutlets should be coated with the rawa on all sides.
11. now heat oil in a pan for deep frying.
12. slowly drop each cutlet into the oil and fry until it is golden brown on all sides or you can shallow fry the cutlets on a pan.
 13.You can serve the cutlets with ketchup, chilli sauce or green chutney.
 14.You may also make a bigger cutlet and place it in between buns along with cabbage and chopped tomatoes to make a veggie burger.