Monday, March 31
Mixed Vegetable soup
Mixed vegetables:
1 small carrot
2 3 florates of cauliflower
1/2 capsicum
4-5 French beans
1 small piece cabbage
1 onion
1/2 tsp. Soya sauce
1/2 tsp. garlic
1 tsp black pepper power
Salt according to taste
1/2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. cornflour
1 tsp. Oil or ghee(clarified butter) or butter
1 vegetable stock cube
Method:
Chop all the vegetables finely.
Heat butter in a pan. Add garlic and fry for a minute,add finely chopped onions, fry and then add vegetables.
Stir fry the vegetables till they are done. Then add water and bring to boil
Mix cornflour in 1/2 cup cold water and add to the soup, stirring continously.
Bring to boil again. Add salt , black pepper, sauce , stock cubes and sugar and boil till thick and transparent.
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Sunday, March 30
Paneer Capsicum
Ingredients:
250 gms Paneer
250 gms Capsicum
2 big Onions
3 big Tomatoes (pureed)
1 tbsp Ginger - Garlic paste
1 tsp Jeera
2 tsp Red Chilli powder
1 tsp Haldi powder
2 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Garam Masala
1 cup Milk
1/2 cup Cream
Method:
Grate the onions. Cube the paneer. Slice the capsicums. In a kadai heat oil, and add
jeera. When it splutters, add the grated onions and fry till pink.
Add the ginger - garlic paste and fry for some more time. Add the sliced capsicum
and fry for 2 minutes. Add all the powder masala and fry.
Add the pureed tomatoes and salt. Let it cook. Lastly add the paneer pieces and let
it cook in the masala.
Finally add the milk and the cream(stirring continously). Cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with coriander, serve hot.
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Saturday, March 29
Green vegetable fried rice
Ingredients:
Vegetables-
1 or 2 small carrot cut length wise thinly,
8 to 10 Green Beans cut length wise,
1/4 cup peas frozen or soaked over night,
1/4 cup Cauliflower flowerts,
1/2 capsicum cut length wise thinly,
1 medium Onion cut into half and thinly sliced,
4 small cinnamon sticks,
4 cloves.
lemon
Green Masala.
4 to 5 ( or to your taste) green chillies,
1/4th inch ginger piece,
1 or 2 garlic cloves,
1 cup chopped coriander leaves.
Wet grind the above said with little water in a blender and keep aside.
Method:
Cook 1 cup rice (Basmati or long grain) with 2 cups of water and set aside to cool.
In a heavy bottom pan mix 2 tab sp ghee and 2 tab sp oil and on medium flame fry onion, cinnamon sticks,and cloves till onion becomes transparent.
Then put rest of the cut vegetables to the same pan and fry till all the vegetables are done
Now put the green masala mix which was grinded to this along with salt to your taste and lemon juice to your taste and fry for about 3 to 4 mts.
Now take the rice which was set to cool and mix it to the vegetable mixture and turn the heat to low mix nicely and leave it on stove for 5 to 10 mts.
Serve it with any side dish like raita .
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Moong dal bhajis
Ingredients:
1 cup yellow or green moong dal (washed & soaked for 4 hours)
4-5 green chillies
1 tbsp. coriander finely chopped
1/2 tsp. coriander seeds crushed coarsely
1/2 tsp. cumin seeds crushed coarsely
1 Tb saunf
1 inch ginger
2 small onions, chopped finely
salt to taste
oil to deep fry
Method:
Drain soaked dal and wet grind with green chillies n ginger,not too fine, with little water.
Mix in all other ingredients, except oil to deep fry.
Beat well with hand to mix.
Heat oil, drop rounded bhajias, with wet hand or spoon.
Fry on medium till golden.
Serve hot with green chutneys or tomato ketchup.
Picture courtsey Google.
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Sending this to Sunday Snacks - Hot n Spicy at All Thingz Yummy!!
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