Rajasthani Gatta Curry

Rajasthani Gatta Curry

Ingredients

For the dough :

Gram flour (besan)                                                                          2 tbsp

Coriander seeds (crushed)                                                              1 tsp

Chilli powder                                                                                    1 tsp

Turmeric powder                                                                             1/4 tsp

Asafoetida                                                                                     A pinch

Salt                                                                                                To taste

Oil                                                                                                   1/2 tsp

                                    

In a bowl add all these ingredients one by one slowly and make a dough adding a little bit of water.

Now make small dumplings with this dough.

 

Add this to boiling water for 10 minutes. Drain the water and keep it aside (the water too).

Cut the dumplings .

Now fry the dumplings.

 Ingredients for the gravy :

Gram flour                                                                                                   1 tbsp

Yogurt                                                                                                         1/2 cup

Coriander powder                                                                                  1 & 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder                                                                                         1/4 tsp

Chilly powder                                                                                                1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds                                                                                            1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds                                                                                               1/4 tsp

Hing                                                                                                           A pinch

Garam masala powder                                                                              1 tsp

Salt                                                                                                            To taste

Preparation

Add the gram flour (chickpea flour, kadalamavu, besan) to that stock (in which u boiled the dumplings), mix well and keep it aside.

In a half a cup of yoghurt, add a pinch of hing, salt, coriander powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder and mix it well.

Heat oil , add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add cumin seeds.

When it is ready, add the yoghurt mix, stir well. Then add the gram flour mixture. Let it boil. If the mixture is more thick, add little more water.

Now add the fried gatta to it and close the lid. Let it be on sim for few minutes. If you wish you can add more spices and can make it more spicy too !! I have made it simple. You can add ginger-garlic paste, green chillies, onion, and kasoori methi too to the dough. It gives a different taste..

Garnish with coriander leaves.

 

Vegetable Fried Rice

Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients

Basmati rice                                                                                 2 cups

Carrot                                                                                          1 (sliced)

Beans                                                                                            6-8

Cabbage                                                                                       1/4 cup

Capsicum                                                                                       1/2
Spring onion                                                                                 1/4 cup
Red chilli powder                                                                         1/2 tsp

Black pepper powder                                                                    2 tsp

Sugar                                                                                          A pinch

Soya sauce                                                                                  1 tbsp

Salt                                                                                             To taste

Oil or Ghee                                                                                  2 tbsp
 

Preparation

Wash and cook the rice and allow it to cool.

Wash, cut and cook the carrots and beans adding little salt to it. Slice the cabbage and capsicum and keep it aside.

Take a kadai, heat ghee, add cabbage to it and saute well till the raw smell goes. Now add capsicum, spring onion and salt to it . Saute it adding pepper powder, red chilli powder, sugar and soya sauce till the veggies become tender.

When it is ready add the cooked rice and the other vegetables (cooked carrot and beans). If you wish, you can also add green peas. Blend it well equally. Switch off the flame.

Add chilli Gobi fry or paneer fry to this vegetable fried rice and have it. Mmmm.... it will be really yummy !!

This is my daughter's collection and purely her preparation......her favourite fried rice in her college canteen and she used to have it with chilli Gobi fry :-P   She tried one Sunday and it really came out well :-)