Posts Tagged ‘haldi’

Hot Lemon Pickle Recipe

04.08.10

Ingredients:
1 kg Lemons (Nimbu)
250 grams Salt (Namak)
2 teaspoons Turmeric (Haldi)
3 teaspoons Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
125 grams Ginger (Adrak), scraped and sliced
1 cup Vinegar (Sirka)
125 grams Green Chillies (Hari Mirch)(slit)
4 teaspoons fenugreek
4 teaspoons Mustard seeds (Rai/Sarson)
2 level teaspoons asafoetida
1 1/2 cups Mustard Oil (Sarson Ka Tel)

Method:

  1. Cut each lemon into 8 pieces.
  2. Mix salt with lemons, keep in the sun for 15 days in the jar and shake it daily.
  3. Heat oil till extra hot.
  4. Remove it from the fire and cool a little.
  5. In it fry asafoetida, fenugreek and mustard seeds.
  6. Mix vinegar, ginger, Green chillies, chilli powder and lemon with its juice.
  7. Keep 15 days in the sun.
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Simple Potato Vegetable Recipe

02.05.09

Ingredients:
250 gms Potato (Aloo)
2 tblsp Oil
1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi) Powder
2 Green chilli (Hari mirch)
4-5 Curry Leaves (Kari Patta)
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds (Rai/Sarson)
As per taste Salt (Namak)

Method:
Boil, peel and cube the potatoes.
Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds, slit green chillies, curry leaves, fry till the seeds start spluttering, add salt and turmeric powder and cubed potatoes, add little water so that the potatoes absorb the masala and simmer for 4-5 minutes till well blended.
For a different taste you can substitute mustard seeds with cumin seeds.

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Simple Dal Recipe

02.05.09

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Masoor Dal
1 Tomato (Tamatar)
1/2 tsp Jeera
1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi) Powder
2 Green chilli
3 tsp Oil
1 level tsp Salt (Namak)
3 Garlic (Lasun) Cloves

Method:
Boil the dal with salt, turmeric powder and slit green chillies.
In another pan, heat oil, add the jeera, tomatoes and garlic pods, saut?© on a high flame till the tomatoes are soft and pulpy.
Add the boiled dal into this with little water, boil well for 15 minutes to incorporate the masala into the dal, garnish with coriander.

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