RAjma pulav...red kidney bean pulav..


Ingredients
2 cups basmati rice
1/2 cooked rajma(kidney beans)
2 garlic pods
1 tbs ginger chopped
1/4 cup corinder leaves/ cilantro
3 green chillies
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tbs ghee / clarified butter or oil
whole garam masala ( cardamon ,cinnamon n cloves)

Directions

Crush garlics, ginger, greenchilly, keep aside. Heat ghee add whole Garam masala. Add onions ,saute till slightly golden in color. To this add crushed mixture, turmeric. Saute till raw smell goes. Add chopped tomatoes and fry for 2 to 5 minutes. Adjust salt if needed. Now add cooked rajma and keep in a rice cooker, (taking care not to mash rajma pieces) Remove from flame and garnish with fresh corianderleaf..water 2:4 in rice cooker..

Serve with egg pepper fry..n Raita...

Enjoy!!!!!
Happy cooking..
umita.

PEanut Chutney....

Ingredients:

1/2 cup roasted peanuts
1 onion sliced
1/2 tsp chilli pwd
1 tomato
2 garlic cloves
salt to taste
1 tsp oil

For seasoning:

1/2 mustard seeds
1/2 split black gram dal
1/2 tsp oil

Heat oil in a pan, add the garlic peanuts and stir fry for a few seconds. Add the sliced onions and saute further for 2-3 mts add tomato n saute until tomatoes cook well...Add chilli pwd and salt per taste.Turn of heat and cool.

Grind into paste once cool... Heat oil in a pan for seasoning. add the mustard seeds and once they splutter, add the split gram dal and let it turn golden brown.n dry redchilli.. Pour over chutney and serve with idly or dosas.

Incase u dont have mustard u can skip it n use...tastes good..sometimes i avoid the seasoning..

Yummo!!!!

umita

DAhi Balle

Ingredients

For VAdas

1 Cup Urad dhal (BLack gram dal)
Salt to taste
Oil to fry
Asefoetida a pinch..

onion (OPT)
greenchilli (OPT)

For Dahi
1 cup Dahi (yogurt)
Salt to taste
1 tsp Cumin (jeera) Powder,
Red Chili Powder,1/2 tsp
Chaat masala 1 tsp
sugar 1/2 tsp (OPT)
Tamarind chutney

Method

For Bhallas

Clean, wash and soak dhal for 3 hrs grind into smooth paste add onions ,green chillies n salt Heat oil in a pan and the vadas and fry till golden brown.Take the hot Bhallas and put in cold water for 2-3 minutes.Now Take them out of water and squeeze the water and keep aside.

For Dahi
Blend the curd (yogurt) and little water until it is smooth.
Add salt,sugar, red chili powder and cumin powder,chaat masala..

For Serving
In a deep dish arrange bhallas and pour dahi over them.
Now add imli (tamarind) chutney
Serve chill ..

A simple starter.....

YUmmooooo!!!

Onion Pilaf

Basmati rice – 2 cups
Onion, thinly sliced – 1
cloves – 4
Cinnamon – 2 small pieces
Cardamom – 2
Ghee – 2tbsp
Salt to taste
For Garnishing

Fried onions


Wash the rice and soak it. Drain and keep aside.Heat oil in a large pan. Pour the ghee into it and add onions and sauté until the onions just starts turning pink. Then add the spices and saute for a minute.
Now add the drained rice and saute the rice well in ghee for 5 minutes.

Add water,salt to taste and boil on high heat. n boil until the rice cooks or keep in a rice cooker...

Garnish with fried onions.
Serve with raita or chickencurry or VEgetable curry


Enjoy!!

umita

Easy cauliflower sabji...
Gobi sabji...
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CAuliflower flowrets...
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Cumin Seeds 1/2 tsp
Chilli pwd 1/2 tsp
haldi 1/4 tsp
corainder pwd 1/2 tsp
jeera pwd 1/2 tsp or less
amchur pwd.. as per taste
tomato sauce 1 tsp or more as per taste
Garam masala 1/2 tsp
salt
oil

Heat oil in a pan...Saute cumin seeds , add cauliflower n steam cook once cooked add the masala n saute....add garam masala at the end and tomato sauce n mix well decorate with corainder leaf....

tomatoes can be used at the end if u like more tangy taste...

simple but yet yummy recipe which goes best with chappati....

Enjoy!!!!!!!

Udupi i style mysore Bonda...

Mysore Bonda

Recipe of Mysore bonda
Ingredient

coconut pieces 1 tbsp
cooking soda tsp1/2
cumin seed tsp1
ginger chopped tsp1
green chillis number3
maida cup1 or all purpose flour
oil to fry
rice flour cup1/4
salt
to taste
water cup1
yoghurt(curd) cup1

Directions | How to make Mysore Bonda

Mix curd and water keep it a side.

Take a bowl add maida,rice flour,salt,soda mix well then add buttermilk make it into a vada batter consistancy.

Now add cumin seeds,coconut pices finely chopped, green chillis chopped mix well keep a side for 15 mns

Heat oil to fry, make into small round bondas and put in to the oil, cook in a very slow flame.

Remove once it is golden brown colour.

Serve it with coconut chutney

Ulli chammandi.....Pearl onion(shallot) chutney

Ingredients :-

Shallots /Pearl Onions(Kunjulli) – 10 medium sized
Red Chillies – 5-6 (use it according to your spice level.Or else you can substitute 2-3 tsps of Chilli powder.You can also mix paprika with red chilly powder for a bright red color.)
Tamarind - a gooseberry sized ball (optional)
Salt – to taste
Coconut oil – as needed

Method:-

Fry the shallots and Grind all the ingredients except coconut oil, together into a coarse paste.Season with coconut oil and serve with dosa.







ENjoy




Umita

CorainderChutney

Ingredients:
1/2 cup fresh/frozen coconut
3-4 green chilies
1/4 cup coriande leaves
2-3 garlic cloves(small) opt..
Curd 3 tsp
vinegar 1 tsp
Salt

Method:
Grind them along with all other ingredients into fine paste...
opt ..can use few mint leaves..

yummo!!!!




umita unni

Tomato Garlic thokku









Tomatoes - 2
garlic - 5
redchilli pwd - 1 tsp
turmeric pwd - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp
asefeotida - 1tsp
mustard seeds - 1 tsp
gingerlly oil - 5 tsp
salt as per taste



Method:






Grind tomatoes into fine paste . HEat oil and add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds,asefeotida and garlic and fry well till the raw smell goes...dont let it brown so much...add tomato paste and cook till it becomes thick , add turmeric , chilli pwd,salt,1tsp oil and simmer and boil until the oil floats. Best used with dosa,adai,,idly, and curd rice...
opt - can add tamarind and grind it with tomato...for more ripe taste...
enjoy!!!
Love it...




umita