Showing posts with label Veg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Veg. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2013

How to Prepare Kadai Mushroom



Ingredients

Mushrooms- 250 gms
Onions- 1 (chopped)
Capsicum- 1/2 (chopped)
Tomatoes- 1 big (chopped)
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 Tbsp
Green chillies- 4
Red chilli powder- 1tbsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Garam masala- 1tsp
Salt
oil- 1 tbsp
Ghee- 1 tbsp
Water- 1 cup
Coriander chopped - 1 tbsp.


Preparation

  1. Heat oil in a kadai (pan). Add onions and fry until they turn golden brown.
  2. Then add the ginger-garlic paste and green chillies and saute on medium flame.
  3. Add chopped capsicum, tomatoes and cook on a medium flame for around 5 minutes untill tomotoes are soft
  4. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, chopped mushrooms, a cup of water, garam masala powder and salt. Mix well.
  5. Cook on medium flame for around 10 minutes till the gravy thickens and the mushrooms become soft. Make sure to mix it every few minutes so that the gravy doesnot burn.
  6. Once the gravy is done turn off the stove, add ghee and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with rice or chapati or roti.

Monday, July 23, 2012

How to prepare Aloo Matar / Potato Peas


Ingredients

Potato - 1/2 cup
Peas - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1/2
Tomato - 1/2
Turmeric - pinch
Green Chillies - 3
Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Hing - pinch
Curry leaves - 4
Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp

Preparation

1. Heat oil in a vessel, add mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves, ginger-garlic paste, onion, green chillies and cook until raw smell is gone.
2. Now add tomatoes and cook untill they are smashed well.
3. Now add turmeric, chilli powder, salt and mix well.
4. Now add chopped potatoes and peas and cook untill they are done. Add water if necessary.
5. Add Garam Masala and mix well. and cook for 3-4 minutes.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with any indian bread.

How to prepare Okra / Bhindi Curry / Bendekai Huli



Ingredients

Bhindi/Okra - 1 lb
Onion - 1/2
Tamarind - lemon size
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Hing - Pinch
Curry Leaves - 3-4
Green Chillies - 2
Sambar Powder - 2 tbsp
Grated Coconut - 3-4 tbsp
Salt - as per taste

Preparation

1. Wash and cut okra into 1/2 inch pieces
2. Fry okra for around 4-5 minutes
3. Grind Sambar Powder and Grated Coconut and make a paste.
4. In a vessel heat oil, add mustard, hing, curry leaves, onion, green chillies and fry untill onions are translucent.
5. Add Tamarind juice, Turmeric, Salt and cook for another another 2-3 min
6. Now add Okra, Grinded paste and let it boil for 7-8 minutes.

Serve hot with Rice :-D

Sunday, July 22, 2012

How to prepare Grape Juice

Ingredients

Grapes - 1 cup
Water - 1 cup
Sugar - 3-4 tbsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Ice cubes - 4-5

Preparation

Add all the ingredients and grind well, When its done stain it using a stainer.

Enjoy your cup of grape Juice.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

How to prepare Green Peas Pulav


Ingredients

Green peas - 1 cup ( if you are using dried peas then soak for 5-6 hours and pressure cook)
Rice - 1 and 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 medium
Tomato - 1 and 1/2 big
Ginger-Garlic chopped - 1 tsp each
Bay leaves - 3
Cardamom - 3
Cloves - 4
Cinnamon - 1 inch
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 6 tsp
Salt
Ghee - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves - 2 tsp chopped finely

Preparation

1. Wash and soak rice for 30 min in water and drain it.
2. Heat oil in a vessel, add chopped onion, ginger, garlic and tomatoes and fry well.
3. Now make a paste of above fried ingredients (onion, ginger, garlic, tomatoes) with cumin seeds, coriander powder and chilli powder

4. Heat oil in a vessel and add bay leaves, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, feenel seeds and fry for few seconds
5. Add the soaked and drained rice and fry it for 2 minutes
6. Now add the paste, green peas and mix well and cook for another 2-3 mintues.
7. Add water, ghee and salt and cook untill rice is done (Make sure to add less water as rice would have absorbed water when it was soaked)
8. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with raita or chutney. It tastes good even as it is.


Tuesday, July 3, 2012

How to prepare Watermelon Juice



Ingredients

Watermelon cubes - 1 cup
Sugar - 2 tbsp (you can increase or decrease as per your taste)
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Ice cubes - 4-5
Pepper - 1/4 tsp (Optional)
Cold water - 250 ml (you can increase or decrease as per the thickness you wish)

Preparation

In a juicer, add all the ingredients and blend well for 4-5 min and enjoy your cup of watermelon juice.

Friday, June 29, 2012

How to prepare Instant Rice and Wheat Flour Dosa


Ingredients

Rice Four - 3/4 cup
Wheat Flour - 1/4 cup
Salt - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Water

Preparation

1. In a bowl take rice four, wheat flour, salt, baking soda and mix well the dry ingredients
2. Add water little by little and mix well so that it doesnot form any lumps
3. Make it to consistency of dosa batter
4. Heat tawa with 2-3 drops of oil spreaded on it and pour some batter and spread it in circular motion, sprinkle some oil on it. When he dosa turns golden brown flip and cook the other side as well.

Serve hot with any chutney or sabzi of your choice. :-D

You can use the left over batter for later use by refrigerating.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

How to prepare Aloo-Gobi


Ingredients

Aloo - 3
Gobi - 1 cup
Carrot - 1 (Optional)
Green Peas - 1/4 cup (Optional)
Onion - 1
Garlic - 4
Tomato - 1/2
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Green Chillies - 3
Chilli Powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
Grated coconut - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 4
Hing - a pinch
Water

Preparation

1. Cook vegetables with water and salt (make sure not to put too much water)
2. In a vessel heat oil, add mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves
3. Then add garlic, green chillies, onion, salt and cook till onion turn translucent (remember we have already put salt while cooking vegetables)
4. Then add turmeric, tomatoes and cook untill tomatoes are smashed.
5. Now add cooked vegetables with its water, coriander powder, chilli powder, garam masala, grated coconut.
6. Mix well and cook for another 5 min
7. Garnish with coriander leaves

Serve hot with any indian bread :-D


How to prepare Mushroom Pulav



Ingredients

Rice - 1 1/2 cup
Mushroom - 1 1/2 cup sliced thinly ( you can add more if you like more mushrooms)
Onion - 1
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Green Chillies - 3
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 strand
Hing - Pinch
Coriander leaves - for garnishing
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tbsp
Grated coconut - 1 tbsp (Optional)

Preparation

1. Heat oil in a  vessel, add cumin seeds, hing and curry leaves
2. Add finely chopped onions and green chillies and fry till onion are translucent
3. Now add sliced mushrooms, turmeric and fry for 2-3 mins
4. Add chilli powder, rice and cook for another 2 minutes without adding water
5. Now add 3 cups of water, salt, grated coconut (Optional) and cook in medium flame.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves
Enjoy your mushroom Pulav when its hot :-D

Tips:
1. Soak rice in water for 30 minutes before using it.
2. Do not mix rice frequently, it will break the grains.
3. Once almost all water is gone cook rice on low flame, by doing this rice grains will not stick to each other.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

How to prepare Mushrom Masala



Ingredients

Mushroom - 1 cup sliced
Onion - 1
Bay Leaves - 2
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Cloves - 2
Garam Masala  - 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Butter - 1-2  inch cube
lemon juice - 1 tbsp
coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Preparation

1. Heat oil in a vessel and add bay leaves, cinnamon stick, cloves
2. Add ginger-garlic paste and onion and suate untill raw smell is gone
3. Add turmeric, coriander powder, chilli powder, garam masala and some water and cook well for 2-3 min
4. Add butter and let it melt
5. Now add mushrooms and cook well for another 6-7 minutes and add lemon juice. stir in-between
6. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with chapati :-D


Monday, June 25, 2012

How to prepare Pepper Corn Salad


Ingredients

Steamed sweet corn - 1 cup
Pepper - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
Chilli Powder - a pinch (Optional)

Preparation

1. Cook the sweet corn by steaming them
2. Mix well all the ingredients (steamed corn, pepper, Salt, lemon juice, chilli powder) in a bowl.



Enjoy your cup of salad when its hot :-D



Saturday, June 16, 2012

How to prepare Channa Masala




Ingredients

Channa - 1 cup soaked for 4-5 hours
Onion - 1 medium size
Tomato - 1
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Green chillies - 4
Coriander - 1 tsp chopped
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
Olive oil - 2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Chat Masala - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Bay leaves - 2

Preparation

1. Cook Channa in a cooker for 3-4 whistles with water and Salt
2. In a vessel heat oil, add Bay leaves and cumin seeds
3. Add chopped onions, green chillies and salt  around 1/4 tsp and cook for 2 min
4. Add turmeric and ginger-garlic paste
5. Once the raw smell of Ginger-garlic paste is gone add chopped tomatoes and cook untill they are smashed well (around 5-6 min)
6. Add boiled channa water and add garam masala powder, coriander powder, chat masala and chilli powder and mix well.
7. Now add the cooked channa and let them cook for 5 more min
8. Garnish with coriander leaves

Enjoy with any indian bread :-D

Friday, June 15, 2012

How to prepare Channa (Kadale kaalu) Huli Sambar


 

Ingredients

Channa - 1 cup Soak for minimum 3 hours
Potato - 3 small
Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 small
Tomato - 1 big
Red Chillies - 2
Sambar Powder - 2 1/2 tsp
Jaggery powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Water - 3 cups
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
grated coconut - 1 tsp
olive oil - 1 tsp
hing - pinch
mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
curry leaves - 4-5 leaves

Preparation

1. Cook Channa dal in a cooker with some water and salt for 3 whistles
2. Now once the cooker is cooled add toor dal, diced potatoes, onion, tomato, turmeric to it and cook it again for 2 more whistles.
3. In a vessel heat oil, add mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves, red chillies
4. once curry leaves are done add the contents of cooker, sambar powder, Jaggery, coconut, Salt and bring it to boil. Let it boil for 4-5 min

Server hot with Rice.



Monday, June 11, 2012

How to prepare Banana milkshake



Ingredients

Banana - 1 Big ripe
Milk - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - as per taste
Ice cubes - 4-5
Vanilla/Chocolate ice cream - 1-2 big tbsp (optional)

Preparation

1. Peel and add Banana to blender
2. Add milk, cardamom powder, sugar, ice cubes, ice cream
3. Blend well and enjoy your cup of bananna milkshake

How to prepare Strawberry MilkShake



 
Ingredients

Strawberries- 12-14 Big
Milk - 1 cup
Honey - 1 tsp
Sugar - as per taste
Ice cubes - 4-5
Vanilla/Chocolate ice cream - 1 tbsp (optional)

Preparation

1. Remove Leaves and wash strawberries well and add to blender
2. Add milk, Honey, sugar, ice cubes, ice cream
3. Blend well and enjoy your delicious cup of strawberry milkshake