09.26.09
Ingredients:
2 potato (alu)
1 cup cottage cheese (paneer)
1 cup cauliflower (phool gobi)
1 cup cabbage (patta gobi)
2 green chilly (hari mirch)
1 tbsp coriander (dhania patti)
1 cup refined flour (maida)
1/2 tsp red chilly powder (lal mirch)
oil for frying
1 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)
1 tsp salt (namak)
Method:
Boil, peel and grate potato.
Grate paneer also.
Finely chop dhania and hari mirch.
Grate both the gobis.
Heat oil in a pan and fry gobis.
After frying for few minutes, add alu, paneer, hari mirch and 1/2 tsp salt and cook until the water dries up.
Remove it from the flame and let it cool.
Make small balls of the mixture and keep aside.
Make a batter by mixing maida, 1/2 tsp salt, lal mirch and 1 cup water.
Heat oil in a pan.
Dip all the balls in maida batter and deep fry them until they turn golden brown.
Serve them hot.
09.03.09
Ingredients:
3 large potatoes, cut into small chunks
2 gloves garlic, crushed and chopped fine
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
red chili powder, to taste
salt to taste
lemon juice to taste
3 tbsp oil
Method:
1. Heat oil in a skillet. Add cumin. When they start to sizzle, add chopped garlic and fry for 15-20 seconds.
2. Add the powders, the chopped potatoes and salt and mix well.
3. Fry for a couple of minutes on high heat.
4. Cover and cook on medium-high, sauteing every few minutes, until well cooked and slightly browned.
5.Add lemon juice and adjust seasonings.
08.12.09
Ingredients:
3 cups mixed vegetables, chopped & boiled
(peas, carrots, potatoes, beans, capsicum etc)
1/2 cup water (or water from the boiled veggies)
1 tbsp lime juice
salt to taste
cilantro for garnish
To Grind:
1/2 tsp jeera
2-3 cloves
2″ piece of cinnamon
5-6 peppercorns
1/2 cup coconut
1 medium onion
3-4 green chilies (or to taste)
1/5 tsp turmeric
2 tsp poppy seeds
2 tsp dalia or raw rice
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
Asafoetida
Method:
Pressure cook vegetables in a little water for 1-2 whistles. Alternately, you could microwave them for 4-5 minutes on high or boil them on stovetop with water. Strain & keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Add the tadka ingredients. Once the seeds start to pop, add the ground masala and fry for 5-6 minutes, until the smell of raw onion is gone. Stir in the boiled veggies and water. Add salt and lime juice. Bring to a boil.
Transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with cilantro.