Thursday, 16 September 2021

Aloo Palak Tikki by Prachi Apte




Ingredients

1cup shredded Palak( spinach) 

2 Boiled Potatoes

1tbsp.Ginger garlic chilly paste  

1 tbsp. bread crumbs/rice flakes as required .

Salt 

Oil 

Method

Boil Spinach and grind to a paste

Mix it with boiled mashed potatoes along with salt, garlic ginger chilly paste.

Add bread crumbs/ rice flakes to make small patties.

Dip patties in bread crumbs.

Shallow fry in pan.

Garnish it with some cheese and serve along with tomato sauce and mint chutney.




Monday, 13 September 2021

Vegetarian Momos by Mrs Ujjwala Khandare




Ingredients

For making stuffing

1 1/2 cup Grated cabbage

 1/4 cup grated carrot

1/4 cup finely chopped Onion

salt to taste

1 tsp shredded ginger 

1/4 tsp black paper

1/2 tsp finely chopped green chillies

1 tsp oil 

Method

Mix all ingredients in the bowl and leave it for 10 minutes. Strain out the water and stuffing is ready.


For chutney 

3 dried red chillies 

2 small chopped tomatoes 

3-4 garlic cloves

1/4 tsp cumin seeds

Salt to taste

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp ghee 

1/4 water 

Method

Grind all above ingredients and chutney is ready 


For coating 

1 cup Ragi flour (nachani flour)

Salt to taste

1 tsp ghee 

1 cup water 

Method

Boil 1 cup water, add salt and ghee and then mix the Ragi flour in it.

Bind it int a dough 

Make small balls, roll out into  small puri, 

Add one spoonful of stuffing inside 

Seal the puri like momos

Steam it 15 for minutes. Momos are ready 

Serve it with chutney




Thursday, 9 September 2021

Vegetarian Haryali by Mrs Savitra Vijay Pawar




Ingredients :

1cup chopped Broccoli 

1cup Green peas 

1cup Carrot  

1 cup Potato  

1/2bunch Spinach   

1 Beet root  

3 Tomato   

10 Cashew nut 

2 Onion   

Oil, 

10 cloves Garlic 1 

1inch Ginger 

2 Bay leaves

2small pieces of Cinnamon

6 black pepper

1Black Cardamom

5 Cloves

1 Star Aniseed

Salt to taste

1/4tsp Turmeric powder 

1tsp Coriander-Cumin powder,

1tsp Red chilli powder

1/2 tsp Garam Masala

1/2cup Fenugreek leaves


Preparation

* Clean and cut vegetables as per required size


Method:

Step 1

Take 1tsp oil and stir fry Broccoli, Green peas, Carrot, Potato. Once cooked well, take out in bowl.


Step 2: 

Blanch Spinach, cool and grind into paste 


Step 3 :

Heat oil, add bayleaves, Cinnamon, Black paper, Black cardamom, Cloves, Star anise  

Add Onion, Garlic, Ginger, stir fry till onion is red, 

Add Tomatoes and Cashew nuts and fry for 3~4 minutes. 

Once cooled, grind the mixture. Gravy is ready. 


Step 4 :

Heat oil in pan, add gravy and cook on low flame for 5 ~ 7 minutes  

Add Turmeric powder, Red chilli powder,Coriander-Cumin powder

Add Spinach paste and mix well.  

Add pre-cooked vegetables. Mix well for about 4 ~ 5 minutes. Add hot water as per requirement. 

Add salt to taste. Add Fenugreek leaves and ½ spoon garam masala. Cook for 5 minutes. 

Vegetarian Hariyali is ready to serve.

Garnish with beetroot and tomatoes




Doda (Wheat Halwa) By Neeta Badre


 


Ingredients:

1cup Wheat

250ml Milk 

2tbsp Curd 

1/2cup Sugar 

Dry fruits - as per your preference

2tsp Coco powder 

4tbsp Ghee


Preparation:

1.Keep the wheat soaked for five hours, then tie it overnight to sprout.

2.In a bowl of wheat sprouts, add 1 table spoon  milk and grind it coarsely. 

3.Put wheat paste in a heavy pan and roast it on low flame.

 4.Add two teaspoons of curd and milk and mix it well. 

5.Add sugar and cook till dry. 

6.Mix two teaspoons of cocoa powder into two teaspoons of milk and add it to the wheat mixture. 

7. Add finely chopped dry fruits and ghee to it.




Friday, 11 June 2021

Jamai Special by Charu Shah

  by Charu Shah

Dal used: Udad dal, Moong dal, Chana dal


Ingredients


1cup Udad dal

1/4 cup Moong dal

1/4 Chana dal

2 green Chillies

1 inch Ginger

4/5 Garlic cloves

1tsp Turmeric powder

Salt to taste

1 chopped onions

small bunch of Coriander leaves

Pinch of Eno

Oil as required


Method:

1. Wash and soak udad dal, Moong dal, Chana dal for 3/4 hours 

2. Drain water and grind it along with 2 green chillies, 1 inch ginger, 5/5 garlic cloves, Turmeric and salt.

3. make a smooth past adding 2 tbsps of water. 

4. Remove in a bowl, 

5. Add chopped onions, chopped coriander leaves and a pinch of Eno. 

6. Mix it well in one direction only. 

7. Heat appe pan, grease with oil and drop the small mixed paste into the pan, 

8. Add few drops of oil in each pan and cover it. 

9. Turn them a while to roast the upper side. 

10. Remove them and serve them with mint coriander chutney. You can also serve it with thick besan-curd curry




Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Mix Dal Lollipop

 By Grace Cornelius Simoes 

Dal used: Moong, Toor, Masoor, Chana dal



Ingredients 


2 tablespoons each dal (Moong, Tur, masoor and Chana dal) 

5 green chilies 

½ inch Ginger

2 pieces garlic 

Coriander leaves 

1 tbsp Jaggery powder 

4-5 pieces-Tamarind 

1 tsp- Cumin seeds

1 tbsp -Fennel seeds 

1/2 tbsp -Carom seeds 

1/2 tbsp Turmeric powder 

Hing- pinch

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Toothpick sticks 


Method 


1. Soak all dals for 2-3 hours 

2. Remove the soaked dals and grind along with green chillies, ginger, garlic, jaggery, tamarind, Cumin seeds, Fennel seeds, Carom seeds, salt, Hing, turmeric powder in to a coarse thick mixture adding little water. 

3. Add chopped Coriander leaves. 

4. Mix it well. 

5. Make small balls from mixture.

6. In a pan pour oil and make it hot.

7. Add balls into pan and fry for at least 2/3 minutes.

8. Put off the stove. 

9. Serve hot Mix dal's Lollipop with toothpick sticks.


Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Thoovar Dal

by Pushpa Moorjani

dal used: Toor dal

Ingredients

1cup Toor dal 

1tsp sugar

5-6 Kokum leaves

1tbsp Tamarind paste

1tsp Cumin seeds

1tsp Fenugreek seeds

pinch of Hing

1tbsp Ginger

2 chopped Tomatoes

100gms Drumsticks

2 green Chillies

few Curry leaves

1tsp Turmeric powder

1tsp red chilli powder

1tbsp Lime juice

Coriander leaves for garnishing



1. 2 cups of Toor dal is soaked for thirty minutes before cooking and then pressure cook it with 1tsp turmeric upto 3 whistles.


2. The boiled dal is churned and strained it. 


3. Add 1tsp salt, 1tsp sugar, 5-6 Kokum rind and 1tbsp tamarind paste, keep this flavoured dal aside.


4. In the separate pan, heat 2tbsp oil, add 1tsp cumin seeds, 1tsp fenugreek seeds, small pinch of Hing and 1tbsp of ginger.  


5. Fry for few seconds then add 2 chopped tomatoes. 


6. Add 100 grams drumsticks and mix it. 


7. Add chilies and Curry leaves. 


8. Add 1tsp turmeric powder and 1tsp red chili powder.


9. Let it cook on medium flame, stirring it regularly till the drumsticks are tender.


10. Add the flavoured dal. (as prepared in step 3).


11. Mix it well and add water if it is too thick.


12. Let it cook for 30 minutes on low flame.


13. Finally garnish with coriander leaves and lime.