19 September 2012

CHANYA ROS


Ingredients
1 cup soaked and boiled dry green peas(vatana)
1 cup grated coconut
2 tspn coriander seeds
4 black peppercorns
1 inch cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
1/2 tspn chilly powder
oil
1/2 tbspn mustard seeds
2 tspn cumin seeds
8 curry leaves
1 green chilly
2 tbspn coriander chopped
 1 tspn sugar
salt


Procedure:
1.  fry or roast coriander seeds, pepper, cinnamon stick and cloves in a pan till the aroma comes
2. add grated coconut and fry till golden brown
3, once the above ingredients cools grind them with a little water, turmeric, chilly powder into fine paste and keep aside.
4. now in a pan add little oil and cumin seed, once it starts to splutter add curry leaves and green chilies, fry for few sec and add boiled Green peas
5. add the paste and little water if needed and allow it to boil on slow- medium flame
6. add salt, sugar
7. ad coriander leaves and simmer for 2-3 min
8. serve hot with puris, bread, chapathi, roti.




18 September 2012

GREEN PEAS PARATHA




 Ingredients
 3 cups wheat flour
1 cup maida
1 finely chopped or grated onions( I have not added onion cos of fast but still tastes delicious)
1 cup green peas frozen / fresh (boiled and slightly smashed)
4 green chillies finely chopped
1/4 tspn turmeric
1/2 tspn chilly powder
3/4 th tspn garam masala
1/2 tspn cumin powder
3 tbspn coriander leaves chooped
salt as per taste
2tbspn oil

  Procedure:
1.  knead the dough  with all the ingredient except butter,
2. add oil and knead well and keep covered, (for rising) for 1-2 hours
3. make lemon size ball of the dough and roll out into circles using a little four so that it does not stick
4. now heat tawa and cook it like chapati on both sides
5.you can apply butter or make it dry as well
6. serve it some gravy or can have it alone as well with chutney, sauce.




VERMICELLI KHEER


Ingredient:
2 cup milk
4 strands of safforon
1/2 cup vermicille
1 cup dry fruits (raisins, almonds soaked and peeled, cashewnut, walnut, pistachio)
3 cardomom (peeled and crushed)
4 tbspn sugar(as per ur taste)

Procedure:
1. Take a non stick pan and roast vermicille and ccardomons for sometime
2. Add milk & safforon and stir, till vermicille is cooked
3. add all the dry fruits and mix well
4. add sugar
5. simmer it for some more time and serve hot  or keep it in the fridge and serve it chilled..

17 September 2012

MASALA BHEL



Ingredients:
2 cup bhel
1 tomato chopped finely
1 onion chopped finely
a pinch of turmeric
1/2 tspn salt
1 tspn sugar
tomato catch up(optional)
1/2 tspn chilly powder( as per ur taste)
2 tbspn coriander leaves chopped
lemon juice( 1/2 lime)
1/2 tspn chat masala(optional)

Procedure
1. mix all the above ingredients in a bowl
2. put lime and tomato catch up and stir once again
3. serve it as a snack during tea time.

14 September 2012

ONION PARATHA



 Ingredients:
 3 cups wheat flour
1 cup maida
1 finely chopped or grated onions
4 green chillies finely chopped
1/4 tspn turmeric
1/2 tspn chilly powder
3/4 th tspn garam masala
1/2 tspn cumin powder
3 tbspn coriander leaves chooped
salt as per taste
2tbspn oi l
 water to knead
butter





Procedure:
1.  knead the dough  with all the ingredient except butter,
2. add oil and knead well and keep covered, (for rising) for 1-2 hours
3. make lemon size ball of the dough and roll out into circles using a little four so that it doesnot stick
4. now heat tawa and cook it like chapati on both sides
5.you can apply butter or ma ke it dry as well
6. serve it some gravy or can have it alone as well with chutney, sauce.

11 September 2012

POTATO BHAJI


Ingredients:
2 potatoes chopped and boiled
1/4th tspn turmeric powder
1/2 tspn mustard seeds
1/2 tsspn cumin seeds
2 green chillies chopped
1 onion chopped
coriander leaves
oil
salt
sugar


Procedure:
1.  add 1 tbspn oil in a pan, add cumin, mustard once splutters add onion and green chillies
2. let onion cook till it gets golden brown
3. add turmeric,
4. add boiled chopped potaoes
5. add little water, salt, sugar and boil and mix well
6. add coriander leaves to garnish.
7. serve with puris/ dosa/ chapati

DOSA




Ingredients:
2 cups rice
1 cup urad dal
(2:1 ratio)
salt

Procedure                                                                                                                                                
1. soak rice and urad dal in water for 6-8 hours or over night
2. grind the soaked rice and urad dal into fine paste
3. add salt as per taste
4.kepp it aside for another 4-5 hours for enhancing taste
5. heat tawa, with a serving spoon add a little paste and spread it equally rounding the spoon
6. allow to cook and colour to change, sprinkle oil if needed.
7. serve with potato bhaji and coconut chutney.