Lentil and bottle gourd soup

Recipe for Lentil and bottle gourd soup

Ingredients for the lentil soup:-

• 1/2 cup toor daal ( or any lentil of ur choice)
• 1 cup bottle goud ( cut into thick pieces)
• 1 tomato ( cut roughly)
• 1 tspn ginger ( grated)
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tspn Turmeric powder

For tadka or tempering

• 1 tblspn ghee
• 1/4 tspn cumin seeds
• 2 green chili slit
• 1/4 tspn asafetida
• 1/4 tspn red chilli powder

For garnishing:-

Coriander leaves ( chopped)

Recipe:-

• Wash the lentil properly
•  Add all the ingredients for the soup together in a pressure Cooker
• Cooke it on medium slow heat till 4-5 whistle
• Cool it and take out in a bowl

For tempering:-

• Heat ghee in small pan
• Now add cumin seeds, asafetida, green chilli and red chilli powder.
• Turn off the heat and add it to the soup.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with ur choice of bread or rice.

  You can add chopped onions and chopped garlic too when tempering.

Sesame seeds and jaggery ladoo

Sesame seeds and jaggery ladoo

Ingredients:-

• Sesame seeds          :-     1 cup
• Jaggery.                   :-    1 cup
• Water.                     :-    1/2 cup

Recipe :-

Dry roast sesame seeds till it becomes light brown
Heat water in a pan
When it comes to boil add jaggery
When jaggery and water mixture come to boil then add sesame seeds.
Mix well for 2- 3 min.
Turn off the heat
Put some water on your palm
Take a small portion of jaggery and sesame seeds mixture
Press it between your palm
Make all the ladoos like that
If mixture becomes cold u need to warm it again.
Or if u don't want to make ladoos then u can take a plate Greece with some oil or ghee
Put the warm mixture in the plate  and flatten it with the spatula.

Paneer tikka

Recipe for Paneer Tikka 

Ingredient:-

• Paneer 2 cups
• Bell pepper ( green and red) 2
• Onion 1
• Mushroom 2 cups

For marination :-                                                              

•  2 cup Thick yogurt 
• 2 tblspn Ginger garlic paste
• 1 tspn red chilli powder
• 1 tspn garam masala
• 2 tblspn graham flour( besan)
• 1 tspn chaat masala
• 3 tblspn tandoori masala
• 1 tspn lemon juice
• 1 tspn salt

Method:-

• Cut paneer into 1 inch by 1 inch cubes. Keep aside.           
• Cut bell peppers and onions in square.
• Wash mushroom and take out its stem and dry it.

• To prepare marinade 

• Add all the ingredients in a bowl. Mix well. Now add all the cut vegetables and Paneer to the marinade. 
• Gently mix and cover it .

• Keep it in the refrigerator for couple of hours or overnight .
• Soak the bamboo skewers in water for 1/2 hr.
• Preheat oven on 375 degrees.
• Arrange paneer pieces on skewers alternately with bell peppers, onions and mushrooms.

• Place the skewers on a grill or wire rack brushed with some oil. 
• Broil  it on hi  for 15 -20 minutes turning once in between.

• Cook till paneer pieces get golden brown on all the sides.
• Serve it  with cilantro chutney and lemon wedges.

Peanut and coriander chutney

Peanut and coriander chutney

Ingredient

Peanut 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves 1/2 cup
Green chilli 2
Salt to taste
Lemon juice 1 tblspn

Recipe

Dry roast the peanut
Cool it and
grind with all the other ingredients.

It can be served as a dip or side dish with Paratha or Dosa or Chila.

churma ladoo

churma ladoo 

Ingredient:- 

• 2 cups Whole wheat flour
• 1 cup Sugar
• Chopped nuts (almond,cashew,raisins )
• Ghee for frying
• 2 tblspn ghee
• Cardamon powder
• Water

Recipe:-

•  Kneed the dough using 2 tbl spn ghee and little water ( dough should not be very soft)
• Heat ghee in a pan
• Divide dough 12 equal parts
• Heat ghee in a pan
• Fry divided dough on a medium heat
• Till they become golden brown
• Take off from frm the heat
• Grind them in using a grinder.
• Take off in big bowl
• Now add sugar and chopped nuts.
• Churma should be little warm.it will help the sugar to melt a bit enough to bind it into ladoos.
•   Take a little of the mixture in your hands Press it between your palm ,Give them round shape.

 Note.. If you don't want to make ladoos u can skip that process . And eat churma like that only it's tasty and delicious.

Red Pumpkin curry

 Pumpkin curry

This is great side dish with a right balance of sweet and sour.

 Ingredients:- 

• 2 cup Red pumpkin( cut into cubes)

• 1/2 cup onion( thinly sliced)
• 1 tblspn panch phuran( onion seeds,cumin seeds,fennel seeds,ajwain,fenugreek seeds)
• 1/2 tspn coriander powder
• 1/4 tspn turmeric powder
• 1/4 tspn dry mango powder
• 1/2 tspn sugar
• Salt to taste
• 1 tspn oil

 Recipe:- 

• Heat oil in a pan
• Add green chilli and panch phuran
• When seeds crackle add sliced onion
• Fry for 2-3 min
• Now add red pumpkin
• Add all the salt , turmeric and coriander powder
• Cook for 5 min
• When it becomes soft add dry mango powder and sugar.
• Turn off from the heat
• Serve with chapati or steamed rice.

Gobhi Manchurian

Recipe of Gobhi Manchurian

Gobhi Manchurian 

Ingredients:

  Cauliflower

 Oil – for frying (It can be olive oil or refined as per your taste)

For the batter:

• All purpose flour - 3/4 cup
•  Corn Starch – 3 Tbsp
•  Salt – 1/4 tsp
•  Black Pepper – 1/4 tsp
•  Water – 1/4 cup 
• Red chilli sauce - 1tblspn

For the sauce:

•  Oil – 1 Tbsp
•  Onion – 1/2 medium, chopped finely
•  Green Chilies – to taste, chopped finely
•  Garlic – 3 large cloves, chopped finely
•  Ketchup – 2 Tbsp
•  Red Chili Sauce – 2 Tbsp or to taste
•  Soy Sauce – 4 tsp or to taste
•  White Vinegar – 2 tsp
•  Water – 4 Tbsp
•  Corn Starch – 2 tsp 
• Salt – 1/2 tsp

 Green Onions – 2 stalks, cut diagonally for garnishing

Recipe for sauce

•   Heat Oil in a medium non-stick pan.
•   Add Onions, Green Chilies and Garlic and cook until Onions are light brown.
•   Add Ketchup and Red Chili Sauce and cook until Oil starts to separate from mixture.
•   Add Soy Sauce and Vinegar and mix well.
• Add Salt ( According to taste)
•   Mix 2 tsp Corn Starch with 4 Tbsp Water and add it to the pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes until sauce starts to thicken.
•   Keep sauce aside.

   To make batter

  Add All-purpose flour, Corn Starch, Salt, Black Pepper and    Water to a small bowl. Mix until there are no lumps.

•   Coat Cauliflower pieces well with batter and deep fry until Cauliflower is golden in color.
•   Finish frying all of the Cauliflower and add it to the pan with the sauce. Toss well to coat Cauliflower completely with the sauce.
•   Add Green Onions and toss again.
•   Serve immediately.