Ingredients:
- 2 Onions - cut into 4ths
- 2 bunches Palak
- 10-15 Kaju
- Paneer cubes
- Ginger Garlic Paste
- Garam Masala
- Green chilies
- Salt
- Jeera
Procedure:
- In a pot bring water to a boil and boil the onion pieces for 8-10 mins and keep them aside
- In the same water boil the Kaju for 5-7 mins (till soft) and keep them aside
- In the same water boil the spinach for 5 mins and drop them in ice cold water to stop the cooking and to have the bright green color for palak
- Grind the Onion , Kaju (can add water to get smooth paste) and Palak SEPARATELY to a amooth paste
- In a pan add oil once hot add Jeera, Ginger garlic paste, Onion paste and Garam Masala
- let the onions look only till very ligth brown (not dark brown) and add Kalu paste and let it cook till the paste starts sticking to the pan
- Add the green chilies and Palak paste to this paste and add little water if needed
- Add salt and paneer pieces and let it cook for 5 min Max else you will loose the bright green color
- Remove from heat and Enjoy with Jeera Rice / Naan/ Roti!!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Minapa pappu
- 1 cup Senaga pappu
- 2 tea spns Jeera
- 3/4 tea spn Aawalu
- 1/2 cup Dhaniyalu
- 1/4 cup Dry coconut
- Red chillies
- 5-6 clovesGarlic
Procedure:
- Dry roast all the ingredients
- Grind them into a little coarse powder
- We can use this powder with Egg plant, Beerakaya
Ingredients:
- All Purpose flour : 1 cup
- Whole wheat flour : 1/4 cup
- Ajwain/ Carrom seeds: 4tsp
- Warm water : 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying
Procedure:
- In a bowl mix all purpose flour, wheat flour, ajwain and salt
- Add 4-5 tbsp oil and mix till you are able to make a small pea sizes ball with this dough
- Add water little by little and kneed the dough, the dough should form as a ball but should hard
- Pinch the dough into small balls like this
- Heat oil in a frying pan, and in the mean while roll the pinched balls into small chapati's with rolling pin
- Using a fork make fer holes in the small chapati's, so the the Matri will not puff up and be crisp
- Once the oil is hot enough, fry all the matri, it takes around 3-4 mins on each side to get a golden brown color
- Matri are ready to eat with Tea!!!!
Ingredients:
- English muffins - 12
- Marinara Sauce(I used store bought)- 1 bottle
- Sliced Olives- 1 12 ounce can
- Mozzarella cheese slices -12 slices
Procedure:
- Pre- heat the oven to 375 F
- Open the English muffins or make them into two
- On each half spread the marinara sauce evenly
- Place two slices of olives as eyes
- Thinly cut strips out of the cheese slices and place them on the muffins to give a mummy's look
- Bake them at 375F for about 10-12 mins
- The Mummified Pizza's are ready to be serve hot Happy Halloween!!!!
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry sheets
- Roasted Almonds
- Parmigiana cheese
- All Purpose flour
- Hot Ketchup
Procedure:
- Thaw the pastry sheets completely
- Dust the work surface with a little all purpose flour
- Spread the pastry sheets and using a rolling pin, stretch the pastry sheet a little bit
- Using a pizza cutter cut the sheet into thin strips and sprinkle with cheese
- Lay them on a baking sheet and bake at 400F for 15 minutes
- When complete cooled insert the roasted almonds, to look like nails
- Serve warm with hot ketchup...for blood
- White witch fingers with blood are ready for munching!!!!
Ingredients:
- Val Papdi- 1/2 lb
- Aloo- 2nos
- Onions - 1nos
- Ginger garlic paste- 2tspns
- Jeera/ Cumin seeds- 3tspns
- Turmeric powder- 2 tpns
- Red chili powder- as per taste
- Salt - to taste
- Oil
Procedure:
- You can use the Val papdi as is if they are small and tender else, remove the fibrous strings from sides and make them into smaller pieces with hands
- Peel and chop the aloo and onions the same size of val papdi
- In a pad add oil and jeera seeds, once the seeds start to turn dark brown in color add the chopped onions and ginger garlic paste
- Saute the onions till golden brown and add the chopped aloo, cover it with a lid ad let it cook for 5-6 minutes
- Once the aloo is tender add the val papdi, salt, turmeric powder and few sprinkles of water and let it cook for 5-7 minutes. Keep mixing in between.
- Open and lid and check if the papdi is tender enough so that you can smash it with the spoon
- Add the red chili powder and cook it on a low flame for 5more minutes
- Serve hot with rice or roit!!!
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 3nos boiled
- Carrots- 2nos diced
- Beans- 250gms diced
- Peas- 100gms
- Onions-2nos finely chopped
- Ginger garlic paste-1tspn
- Green chillies-5-8nos made into a paste
- Garam Masala-2tspns
- Coriander
- Bread crumbs
- Corn flour-1/2 cup
- Butter milk
- Oil
- Salt to taste
Procedure:
- Boil all the vegetables in a pressure cooker,I normally let them cook for 3-4 whistles
- In pan add oil, onions, ginger garlic paste and saute till the onions are golden brown
- Once the pressure is released, squeeze all the water out of the veggies and mash them in a blender
- Add salt, garam masala ,green chilli paste and coriander, make small patties (as bog or small as u like)out of this vegetable mixture and keep them aside
- Now dip the patties in corn flour then in buttermilk and then into the bread crumbs
- Keep a tava on medium high flame and roast these patties by apply a very light coating of oil on the sides and on top of each one
- cook for 3-4 minutes on each side or till you see a golden brown color oh both sides of the patty
- Serve hot with spicy ketchup!!!
Ingredients:
- Binidi / Ladies finger diced -2cups
- Red bell pepper diced -1nos
- Yellow bell pepper diced-1nos
- Onions diced-1cup
- Ginger garlic paste -2tspns
- Jeera - 3tspns
- Turmeric - 1-2tspns
- Red chilli powder - as per taste
- Salt - as per taste
- Oil
Procedure:
- In a pan add little oil and add jeera seeds to it
- Once the jeera/cumin seeds start to turn little dark in color add the onion and ginger garlic paste and satue till the onions are gloden brown in color
- Add the chopped bhindi/ladies finger to the oinion and cover it with a lid for few minutes, now add the chopped peppers and salt
- Let the mixture cook for some time, keep mixing in between, once the peppers and bhindi are tender add turmeric and red chili powder and again let it cook for 4-5 minutes
- Serve hot with roti or rice!!!
Ingredients:
- Cabbage chopped-1 cup
- Fresh coconut-1/4 cup
- Onions sliced- 1/4 cup
- Chana dal - 1/4 cup
- Mustard seeds
- Jeera
- Urad dal
- Curry leaves
- Turmeric
- Green chillies
- salt
- Oil
Procedure:
- In a pan add some oil and add mustard seeds, jeera and when the seeds start to splutter add the urad dal
- Once the urad dal starts to turn golden brown add curry leaves ,
green chillies and onions and saute till onions turn golden brown
- Now add the chanadal and little water, to help the chanadal soften a little
- Once the dal is little soft add the chopped cabbage, turmeric powder and salt and cover it with a lid
- When the cabbage is almost done add the grated fresh coconut and again cover it with the lid
- Let it cook on a low flame for 5-8 mins and serve hot with roti or rice !!!
Ingredients :
- Rice - 1 cup
- Water - 2 cups
- Onions - 1/2 cup
- Green Chillies - as per taste
- Mustard seeds- 1tspn
- Jeera - 1tspn
- Urad dal - 1tspn
- Chana dal - 1tspn
- Curry leafs - few
- Salt to taste
- Oil
Procedure :
- Soak the rice for 10mins and let it dry completely on a towel
- Coarse grind the soaked rice and keep it aside
- In a pan add oil and mustard seeds, jeera, urad dal and chana dal when the seeds start to splutter add the curry leaf's
- Add onions and saute till light golden and add 2 cups of water , and salt and bring it to a light boil
- Add the ground Rice flour and cover it with a lid
- keep it on low flame for 5-8 mins and mix in between
- Serve hot with tomato chutney !!!
