Drumstick leaf curry

dramstic leaf curry

Drumstick leaves curry is base on yellow lentils, is a very nutritious for your body.

Ingredients  

Rolled yellow lentils

Drumstick leaves

Fresh coconut

Asafetida

Garlic

Curry leaves

Red chili powder

Tamarind juice

Mustard seeds

Coriander seeds

pepper

Chilies salt

Fenugreek

Method

Roast the red chilies, fresh coconut, coriander seeds and fenugreek seeds and grind them to a smooth paste.

Heat some oil in a pan and add, mustard seeds, coriander seeds, curry leaves, chilies and asafoetida, than add the above mentioned paste then stir.

add paste with ingredients

Pour boiled yellow lentils along with water and cook for 2 minutes.

pour yellow lentils 

Then to it add paste (made from coriander seeds, pepper and red chilies, tamarind juice), salt and drumstick leaves, stir for while.

add drumstick leaf

Add fresh coriander leaves and let the curry cook well for sometime serve hot.

add coriander leaf

Santva

santva

Santva is a flavourful mix vegetable curry. best match with hot rice or paratha.

Ingredients

Eggplant (brinjal)

Pieces of red pumpkin

Pieces of bottle gourd

Tomato

Black caraway seed (kalonji)

Cumin deed

Mustard seeds

Asafoetida

Oil

Fennel seeds

Carom seeds

Black caraway seeds

Garlic

Chilli flacks

Salt

Fresh coriander

Method

Steam the pieces of brinjal, red pumpkin, bottle ground and tomatoes along with some water and salt.

steam all vegetable

Drain it and again put in pan.

drain it

Then add some garlic, coarsely ground red chillies in it and mix well.

add chilli flacks and garlic

Temper some oil with mustard seed, black caraway seeds, cumin seed, fennel seed, carom seed and asafoetida

for tarka

stir and pour it into the vegetables.

pour tarka

Then add some water and cook the vegetable for a few more minutes.

cook vegetable

Garnish santva with fresh coriander and serve hot.

Chiku (sapodilla) ka halwa

chiku ka halwa

Chiku ka halwa is an uncommon dish to us. Very easy to prepare so try it.

Ingredients

Chiku cut in cubes                     5 nos

Milk                                          ½ liter

Khoa                                        1 cup

Deshi ghee                               1 tbsp

Sugar powder                            4 tbsp

For garnish

Cashew nut and dried grapes

ingredients for chiku ka halwa

Methods

First heat milk in pan.

In the mean time put chikku and little milk in mixer and blend in smooth paste.

blend chiku and little milk

Now add khoa and sugar powder in hot milk and stir until melt.

Add deshi ghee and stir and add chiku mixture and cook for 4-5 minutes or until milk become thick in low flame.

add chiku mixture in milk

Now halwa is ready, pour it in serving plate and garnish with cashew nut and kishmish. 

Amla ka achar

amla ka achar

Amla achar is very tasty and easy to make. Taste it after lunch.

Ingredients

Boiled amla                               500 gm

Cumin seed                               1 tsp

Ajwan                                       ½ tsp

Asafoetida                                 pinch               

Amchur powder                         1 tsp

Jaggery                                     2 tsp

Mustard oil                                2 tsp

ingredients for amla ka achar 

Method

First heat oil in pan then add cumin seed, ajwan seed, asafoetida the n stir.

Add amchur powder and jaggery then stir. Put little water if require.

add amchur and jaggery

Now add amla then stir. Cover and cook for 5-6 minutes.

add amla and stir

Khatta mitha kaddu/sweet n sour pumpkin

khatta mitha kaddu

It is a very tasty and easy to prepare vegetable dish. Best match with paratha or puri.

Ingredients

Pumpkin cut in cube                  500 gms

Ginger chopped                         3 tsp

Dry red chilli chopped                1 tsp

Coriander seed                          2 tsp

Fenugreek seed                        ½ tsp

Amchur powder                         1 ½ tsp

Sugar powder                            2 tsp

Curry leaves                              8-10 nos

Salt                                          to taste

Oil                                            2 tbsp

ingredients of khatta mitha kaddu

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add fenugreek seed, curry leaves, dry chilli, coriander and ginger stir for a minute.

Add pumpkin and salt then stir and cover for about 10 minutes. Stir in middle.

pumpkin before cover

Open the cover and add sugar and amchur powder then stir well for 2 minutes.

add sugar powder and amchur powder

Khatta mitha kaddu is ready to serve.

Sesame vegetable rice

sesame vegetable rice

It is a vegetable rice base on sesame.

Ingredients

Boiled basmati rice                    2 cup

Vegetable stock                        3 tbsp

Onion sliced                              1 tbsp

Asparagus cut in 2 inches          1 tbsp

Button mushrooms sliced           1 tbsp

Red bell pepper                         1 tbsp

Ginger chopped                         1 tsp

Garlic chopped                          1 tsp

Sesame seed                            2 tbsp

Sesame oil                               1 tbsp

Soy sauce                                1 tsp

Peanut oil                                 3 tbsp

Salt                                          to taste

ingredients for sesame vegetable rice

Method

Heat oil in pad, add onion and asparagus then stir, add ginger and garlic then stir.

Now add mushroom, red bell pepper and stir, then add soy sauce and vegetable stock and mix well.

before add rice

Now add rice and toss nicely for 2 minutes.

add rice

Now sprinkle sesame oil and mix, in this stage the rice will sign.

Add sesame seeds then stir a toss well.

add sesame seeds

The sesame vegetable rice is ready to serve.

Paneer (tofu) cutlet

paneer cutlet

It is a very popular dish with tofu and very easy to prepare.

Ingredients

Grated paneer (tofu)                  1/2 kg

Boiled and grated potato            1

Chopped onion                          1

Chopped green chilies                2

Garam masala                          1/2 spoon

Jaiphal (nutmeg) powder            1/4 tbsp

Chopped coriander leaves           2 tbsp

Egg                                          1

Bread crumbs fresh                    1 cup

Oil                                            for fry

Salt                                          to taste

Method

In a bowl take grated paneer, boiled and grated potato, egg, chopped onion, green chilies, garam masala, nutmeg powder, salt, chopped coriander leaves and mix them well.

Now make the cutlets of the mixture and wrap them with fresh bread crumbs.

wrap with fresh bread crumbs

Deep fry them until golden brown.

Garnish and serve.

Tom kha kai

tom kha kai

It is a thai curry in cream coconut base.

Ingredients

Chicken stock                           200 gms

Boneless chicken                      30 gms

Button mushroom                      15 gms

Lemon grass                             5 gms

Kaffir lime                                 2 gms

Cilantro                                     5 gms

Fish sauce                                5 ml

Lemon juice                              1 tsp

Coconut milk                             1 cup

Method

First make a chicken stock, cut the chicken in small cubes.

Now wash the mushroom and cut it into dice and fried garlic, season and toss nicely.

Take a chicken stock in a sauce pan and add lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, chicken cube and mushrooms, stir well and cook. As the chicken cook add lemon juice, fish sauce and sweet chilli paste.

Finish off with coconut milk and stair for 2 minutes in low flame.

add coconut milk

While serving garnish with some cilantro leaves.

Hot stone rice

rice in hot stone bowl

It is a aroma rice from Thailand, served in hot stone bowl. It is not recommended to serve with any curry.

Ingredients

Steam rice                                150 gm

Vegetable stock                         50 ml

Bell peppers                              20 gms

Garlic                                        20 gms

Shallot                                      20 gms

Oil                                            20 gms

Chilli                                         20 gms

Hot basil                                   30 gms

Oyster sauce                             30 gms

Thai hot basil                            30 gms

Sugar                                       10 gms

Method

Boil some long grain rice in vegetable stock, drain and cool.

Heat oil in pan add garlic stir and add hot basil (make hot by palm), add boiled rice and toss.

For sauce in a pan add oil then add shallots, sauté and add water, sugar, oyster sauce and reduce.

Now add yellow bell pepper chopped, stair.

add yellow bell pepper

Add more thai besil chopped and stir. In this stage the aroma will come.

add more besil

Add sauce and toss well.

Serve rice in hot stone bowl and serve immediately.

Shrikhand biscuit pudding

shrikhand biscuit pudding

It is a high calorie yummy dish for children’s party.

Ingredients  

Kesari shrikhand                        4 cups

Sweet biscuits                           20

Chocolate cream biscuits           20

Butter (melted)                          4 tbsp

Kiwi (peeled and sliced) 2

Ripe mango                               2

Plums (pitted and sliced)            1

Method

First crush sweet biscuits in a mixer and add melted butter and mix.

Now grease the base of a spring form cake tin with a little melted butter.

Then put this mixture on the greased base of the spring-form cake tin and press lightly.

put biscuit mixture in spring tin and press

Now arrange chocolate cream biscuits along the sides of the cake tin.

Chop ripe mangoes and add to the shrikhand and mix then press lightly.

mix ripe mango with shrikhand

Now arrange the kiwi slices on the top and plum slices in the middle and chill till set.

arrange kiwi

Take out from tin and serve.

‘Steamed n fried’ momo with egg poach

steamed n fried momo with egg poach

It can be a new breakfast dish on your plate, a healthy momo with egg.

Ingredients  

For dough

Refined flour                             1 cup

Egg                                         1 no

Salt                                          to taste

For filling

Oil                                           1 tsp

Sesame oil                               1 tsp

Ginger chopped                         1 tbsp

Onion chopped                          2 tbsp

Cashew nuts chopped                2 tsp

Carrot chopped                          2 tbsp

Mushrooms chopped                  2 tbsp

French beans                            2 tbsp

Tofu                                          200 gms

Bean sprouts                            2 tbsp

Spring onions chopped               2 tbsp

Soy sauce                                ½ tsp

Salt                                          to taste

Black pepper                             to taste

For garnish

Egg                                          1 no

Sesame oil                               1 tsp

Spring onion chopped                1 tbsp

Method

First In a pan heat refined oil and sesame oil together.

Then add ginger, onions and cook it well.

Now add cashew nuts, carrots, French beans, mushrooms, salt and black papper and stir it for 2-3 minutes.

Now cut small pieces of tofu and add to the pan and mix well.

add tofu in fiiling

Then add spring onions, bean sprouts and mix well.

Remove it on a plate and keep it in fridge.

filling

Now in a bowl add wheat flour, egg, salt, baking soda, water and knead the dough and keep it aside for 10 minutes.

Roll the dough into a thin flat round ( sprinkle flour over it then fold it and again roll it then open the fold, like this it will be more thin).

fold with flour and roll it again for make it thinner 

Then cut it into roundels with the help of a cutter.

Now remove the filling from the fridge and put it on one of the small flat round.

put filling on one round

Then cover it with the other flat round and seal it. Design the edge with fork spoon.

design the edges 

Put it in steamer for 2-3 minutes or until cook.

Now remove the momos from the steamer and cook in on a pan with little oil.

Make a egg poach in the same pan with the momo.

put momo and poach in same pan

Now remove the momo (only down side will be little crisp) on plate and put egg poach on it and garnish with spring onions, sesame oil and serve.

put the egg poach on momo