Masala Mirchi

Here goes some spicy recipe for this winter..:)

I always wonder how do my mom can think of so many recipes.. i mean remembering the proportion of ingredients for so many recipes ..isn't it a difficult task?she replies.. the way you people manage work in office.. how do you remember ..your subjects..actually yes.. i remember, i studied 40 subjects in engineering.... project in last year.. if we think of the number ..it appears something great and all..but we get used to it..or get adjusted ..so i also realised that cooking becomes easy if you have interest..or zest to do it..anyways whatever is the case..i still do hats off to my mom:) who is a amazing cook.. another recipe from her repertoire :)

Preparation time:20 minutes

cooking time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

Bullet green chillies

Half cup gram flour(dalicha peeth/besan)

4-5 garlic cloves

oil

salt to taste

1/2 small spoon turmeric

half lemon

Procedure:

1. Roast the Bengal gram flour(besan) in kadhai on Sim flame till it changes color to light red.
2. Let it cool down. By the time pestle the garlic cloves finely.
3. Once the flour is cooled down,in a mixing bowl, add 2-3 table spoon oil,turmeric,salt,lemon juice to the flour.
4. Mix well. Flour shouldn't be very dry or moisturised.Adjust the oil in such way.I feel the normal ladle we use in oil container can be used 2-3 times.
5. Cut the chillies vertically (side slit).
6. Remove all the seeds inside carefully, without widening the slit.
7. Stuff the flour mixture in each chili.

8. Heat up an iron wok.

9. Pour 2 table spoon oil.

10. Keep all the chillies one by one in wok.Keep the stove knob in Sim position only.

11. Cover the wok for around 3-4 minutes or till chillies are cooked.

12. See if underside is cooked;chili has got wrinkles :).

13. Flip the chillies. Cook this side also.

14. Overall it takes 7-8 minutes to cook.

15. Switch off the stove. Let it cool down.

16. Can be served as a side dish.

हिरव्या तुरीच्या सोल्यांची आमटी/ Green(raw toor daal d'lite)

This could be a seasonal recipe as we will find these lentils pod in this winter season only.

This is one of my favourite recipe ..

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Ingredients: 1 cup lentil seeds

to see the lentil picture

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/legumes/msg0821405411059.html

green chillies as oer taste. Depending on the spice of chillies.

2 table spoon ground nuts roasted.

cumin seeds

approximately 1 inch ginger grated

coriander leaves

4-5 garlic cloves or as per the taste

mustard seeds,oil,Curry leaves for tempering

water

Procedure:

1. Shallow fry the lentils and green chillies in little oil in a fry pan/kadhai.
2. Let it cool down.
3. Parallely, roast the groundnuts and remove their skin.
4. Grind cumin seeds,coriander leaves,grated ginger,ground nuts together.
5. Grind lentils and chillies finely along with enough water to for proper grinding.
6. Grind both the mixture just once ( just for the sake of mixing both the mixtures well).
7. Heat the iron wok. Pour 1 table spoon oil.
8. Put mustard seeds.
9. Pestle the garlic cloves and put it.
10. Pour the mixture and stir well.
11. Add enough water to have required consistency in dal.
12. Add salt. Little lemon juice if required for the taste.

Serve hot with rice..:)

अडई दोसे / Adai Dose / Mixed lentil Adai Dosa

This dosa recipe belongs to Tamilnadu. Contains 5 types of daal and rice..i like this dosa because it doesn't have fermentation. :) Also nutritious and something variety of dals in it makes it healthy and tasty both :)

Hope you all like it........

Enjoy !!!

Preparation time: 20 min apart from 1 hour of soaking

Cooking time: 2 minutes :) just for making dosa..

Ingredients:

1 cup rice ( I have tried with different rice varieties  Idly rice , Basmati , Sona masoori )
Chose whatever you like :)

1/4 cup urad dal

1/4 cup bengal gram ( Chana daal )

1/4 cup yellow moong dal

1/4 cup toor dal

Asafoetida

5-6 twigs curry leaves

red chillies as per taste

1 spoon black paper

water as required to grind to dosa batter consistency 

salt to taste

oil

Optional: Drumstick leaves approximately half bowl.

green gram 2 table spoon

Procedure:

1. Soak rice, all 4 or 5 dal together in enough water for around 1 hour.
2. Grind the mixture along with red chillies, Asafoetida,paper.
3. Consistency of the batter should be little more thicker than normal dosa batter.
4. Do not grind fine.. it should be little ..very little coarse.
5. Add finely chopped curry leaves,drumstick leaves and salt to the mixture.
6. Mix well.
7. Keep the tava on stove and pour 1 table spoon oil. Spread it well.
8. Once tava is hot enough pour a ladle full of the the batter and make a dosa.

(working from center towards outwards :) all of you must be knowing this..already :)

Serve HotHot with tomato sauce ( i like this combination a lot) or a fine coconut/ground nut chutney. :)

Healthy drumstick leaves: Rich in Vitamin A ,C, iron.

But since it is little bitter in taste, we put it in such a way that we wont realise the bitterness but still get the benefits :) Very very good for health. So ..do add it in this recipe.

Onion-Tomato Pulao

Today was very hectic at office..when i came home..felt like having something fresh..spicy.... but fast..not much preparation..so i feel this recipe would be appropriate if you have less time and are more hungry and have a few vegetables at home ..:)

Hope you like it ..Enjoy !

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time:10 Minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup rice

2 cups water

3-4 small onions chopped vertically.

2 tomatoes finely chopped

ginger-garlic paste

Cinnamon approximately 2 to 3 inch long

2-3 cloves

red chilli powder as per the taste

salt to the taste

2-3 table spoon oil

cumin seeds

ground nuts

1 spoon sugar for the taste.

for garnishing : Grated coconut and finely chopped coriander leaves.

Procedure:

1. Wash the rice, remove the water and keep aside in a bowl.
2. Heat oil in cooker.
3. Put cumin seeds.
4. Once cumin seeds crackle, put ginger-garlic paste.
5. Saute for a minute, then put cut onion and saute again.
6. Put cut tomatoes and stir well.
7. Put the rice and saute for 2-3 minutes. Put cinnamon and cloves.
8. Pour water and stir well.
9. Put red chilli powder and salt,sugar as per the taste.
10. Mix everything properly well so that lumps don't get created out of chilli powder.
11. Saute for a minute.
12. Put ground nuts.
13. Let it cook for 3 whistles.
14. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut. ( optional).

Healthy Tomatoes: Lowers the risks of different types of cancer, excellent amount of vitamin C,good source of vitamin A,helps improving skin texture and color,a good blood purifier.

Enjoy!