Green Gravy

Ingredients :

• Fresh spinach [ palak ] chopped, washed and drained - 4 cups
• Onion finely chopped - 1 / 4 cup
• Ginger [ grated ] - 1 tsp\
• Wheat flour - 2 tsp
• Green chillies - 3 to 4 
• Cheese grated [ optional ] - 1tbsp
• Salt - as required 
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Soda bicarb - a pinch
• Cinnamon - clove powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Oil - 4 tbsp.

Method :

Take spinach in a largr vessel, add soda and toss to mix. Sprinkle 2 tbsp. water all over it. Then cover and keep on the gas on high flame for 3 minutes. Then make it cool in a plate or place under water. Put in a mixie, along with chillies, flour and a pinch of salt. Run till semi - smooth. Then heat oil in a pan, add ginger, cinnamon, clove powder and stir. Add onions, stir fry till its change in ti light pink clour. Then  add blended spinach mixture,  all other ingredients except cheese. Allow to cook 5 minutes more in low flame. Add prepare vegetables at this stage.Cook for 3 minutes more till all vegetables mix with gravy. Garnisnh with grated cheese before serving.


 

Curd Gravy

Ingredients :

• Curds fresh and thick - 1 cup
• Red chilli powder - 1 1 /2 tsp
• Dhania powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Salt - as required
• Mustard and cumin seeds each - 1 / 2 tsp
• Curry leaves - 1 spring [ fresh ]
• Wheat flour - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tbl. sps.
• Water - 1 cup

Method :

Beat curds with a spoon till well broken. Then keep aside. Then mix all masalas in 2 tbsp of water, dissolve.  After that, heat oil and add mustard, cumin seeds. When it splutter add asafoetida, curry leaves and dissolved masala and stir. Keep the gas in low flame. When the oil separates, add curds, stir continuously till whiteness of curds vanishes. Dissolve the wheat flour in remaining water, and add to the gravy. When its start boiling add the veggies. [ at this stage ] Simmer till gravy becomes thick. Garnish with chopped coriander. Serve hot with rice, or roti.


Note :

Use fresh curd & serve for the same day.

Brown Gravy

Ingredients :

• Tomato - 1 [ finely chopped ]
• Big onion - 1 [ cut in slices ]
• Ginger, garlic grated - 1 tsp
• Finely chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbl. sps.
• Tamarind paste - 2 tsp
• Wheat flour - 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 / 2 tsp
• Dhania powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Salt - to taste
• Dry roast together cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaf, whole dry red chillies [ each 2 no. ]

Method :

Dry roast wheat flour to a light pink, stirring continuously. Keep aside. Heat oil, add onions, fry till well browned. Drain well by pressing, putting back oil in pan. Make it cool and grind in mixie. Keep aside.In remaining hot oil, add cumin seeds allow to splutter. Add asafoetida, tomato, ginger garlic stir fry for a minute. Add all dry and ground masalas, flour, stir well. Add tamatind paste, salt and stir. Simmer till gravy is thick and oil starts to separate. Add prepared veg and stir, keep cooking for 3 minutes. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, serve with parathas, rotis, etc.

Basic gravy

Ingredients :

• Tomato - 2
• Onions - 2
• Garlic flakes - 3 to 4
• Ginger - small piece
• Dry red chillies - 4 to 5 [ deseeded ]
• Fresh curds - 1 / 2 cup
• Cashews broken - 7 to 8
• Oil - 1 tbl. sps.
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Dhania powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Garam masala powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Cinnamon - clove powder - 1 / 4 tsp
• Salt as required

Method :

Grind all ingredients together except oil [ use mixer if hand grinder not available ]
Heat oil, add paste, stir. Fry till oil separates. Then add 1 cup of water, bring to boil, simmer till the gravy become thick. Can be prepared by onion and tomato. Grind to a smooth texture.
Can be stored in freezer for 3 to 4 days.
Use this gravy with vegetables and make side dish for paratha, roti.

Capsicum Chat

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Ingredients :

• Red capsicum - 3 [ cut in to round pieces ]
• Thin sev - 1 / 4 cup
• Sweet chutney - 1 / 4 cup
• Green chutney - 1 / 4 cup
• Chaat masala - 2 tsp
• Kala namak [ black salt ] - 1 tsp
• Anar dana - little
• Boiled potato - 2 big [ peel and mashed ]
• Onion - 2 big [ finely chopped ]
• Fresh curd - 1 cup [ beaten ]
• Boiled rice - 1 / 4 cup
• Salt - as required
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Oil - for frying
• Cabbage - 1 / 4 cup [ grated ]
• Carrot - 1 / 4 cup [ grated ]
• Bread grums - 3 tbl. sps.
• Conflour - 3 tbl. sps.
• Chopped coriander leaves - little

Method :

Heat the oil in kadai, add finely chopped onion and saute for a minute. Then add grated cabbage, carrot, finely chopped green chillies, ginger. Then add mashed potatoes. Mix well.

Add salt, chaat masala, red chilli powder and then boiled rice. Mix all together and keep aside. Then stuff the mixture to red capsicum [See photo]. Sprinkle conflour and bread grums on bot the sides. Keep it in a hot tawa, add little oil [Shallow Fry]. When it becomes golden brown on both the sides, remove from the tawa and arrange them properly in a plate. Before serving, pour 1 tsp of beaten curd [See photo], 1tsp of green and sweet chutney. Sprinkle little anar dhana, chopped onions  chopped coriander leaves and sev. Ready to serve.

Sprouted green gram [ moong ] fried rice

Ingredients :

• Sprouted green gram - 1 / 2 cup
• Basmathi rice - 1 cup [ soaked in water for 15 minutes ]
• Green chillies - 2 [ slit ]
• Big onion - 2 [ cut into small pieces ]
• Carrots - 2 [ cut into small cubes ]
• Capsicums - 1 big [ chopped ]
• Fresh green peas - little
• Caramalised sugar - 1 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Garam masala - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tbl sps.
• Ghee - 3 tbl. sps.

For seasoning :

• Cinnamon - 1inch piece [ cut into small pieces ]
• Cloves- 2 to 3
• Cardamom - 2
• Bay leaf - 2

Method :

Soak rice for 15 minutes. Slice onions, carrots, capsicums. Prepare sprouted gram previous day. Cook rice in enough water to which little oil and salt is added. Drain through a colander and allow to cool. Then heat oil and ghee together on frying pan, add seasonings. When it spulter add onions, green chilli. After a minute add carrots, peas, capsicum and sprouted gram in the order given one by one leaving gap of 1 or 2 minutes in between. When the vegetables and green gram become soft add  cooked cooled  rice, caramalised sugar, garam masala. Check the salt. Stir in a high flame for 5 minutes till rice becomes hot. Remove from the gas. Serve hot with boondhi raitha and banana wafer.

[ soak whole green gram[ moong ] in water for 6 to 8 hours. Strain through a clean muslin cloth and tie well. Hang it for a day to sprout. Sprinkle water in between. ]

Poha [ aval ] spicy pongal

Ingredients :

• Poha [ aval ] - 1 cup [ thick ]
• Moong dal - 1 / 4 cup [ boiled ]
• Oil - 3 table spoon
• Water - 4 cups
• Ghee - 3 table spoon
• Black pepper - 3 tsp
• Cummin seeds - 2 tsp
• Ginger - 2 tsp [ peeled and chopped ]
• Cashew nuts [ halved ] - 2 table spoon [ fried in ghee ]
• Green chillie - 1 [ chopped ]
• Curry leaves - little
• Asafoedida - 1 / 4 tsp

Method :

Take one small cooker. heat ghee and oil together, fry cashew nuts, green chilli, pepper, cummin seeds, asafoetida, and  curry leaves. When it splutters, add poha and fry till it turns in colour. Then add boiled moong dal, salt , 4 cups water and pressure cook till 3 whistle comes. Then remove from the gas. Then open the lid add  more ghee and mix well. Serve hot  with coconut chutney.