Ingredients:
1/2 tsp onion seeds (kalonji)
salt to taste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
250 gms ladyfingers (bhindi)
3 tsp bengal gram flour (besan)
1 tsp cumin powder
4 green chillies
1 tsp coriander powder
1 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (saunf)
1 tsp dry mango powder (amchur)
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp cumin seeds

Method:
Wash and wipe the ladyfingers.
Snip off the two ends and slit on one side.
Mix everything bengal gram flour, 1 tsp fennel seeds and all other dry masalas except cumin and onion seeds.
Mix in a tblsp of oil and salt and mix well.
Stuff this masala into the ladyfingers.
Heat up 3 tblsp of oil, mix in the remaining fennel seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies and onion seeds, fry for a minute.
Mix in ladyfingers and stir fry for 5 minutes, cover and stir fry stirring till they are cooked.
Uncover and stir fry till the ladyfingers are crisp.
Serve hot.

Ingredients:

1/2 kg pumpkin
30 grams coarsely ground mustard powder (4 tsps)
1 teaspoonful Turmeric (Haldi)
2 teaspoons coarsely ground fenugreek seeds
2 teaspoons Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
1 cup Mustard Oil (Sarson Ka Tel)
1/2 cup Salt (Namak)

Method:

• Cut the pumpkin with skin into long slices.
• Put in hot water for 10 minutes.
• Put in a strainer to drain the water and cool.
• Mix all the ingredients with oil and rub on the pumpkin pieces.
• Put in a clean jar and leave in a warm place for 3 days and shake it once daily until tender.

Serve after 4 days.

Ingredients:
25 Lemons
6 tablespoons Salt

Method:
Prick the lemons with a sharp needle
Put in a jar with salt for one month in the sun till the lemons turn slightly golden brown.
This pickle can be kept for two years.

another variation is to slice lemons thickly , dip into salt from both sides and place in jar. Every day shake well so salted water touched the lemon. Pickle ready after 2 weeks