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 :-) 

Paneer Makhani

Paneer Makhani

Ingredients

Cottage cheese                                                                                           200 grams

Tomatoes                                                                                      3-4 (ripe & medium)

Cream                                                                                                            3 tbsp

Ginger Garlic paste                                                                                         1 tsp

Green chillies                                                                                                1-2 (slit)

Chilli powder                                                                                                 1/2 tsp

Bay leaf                                                                                                           1-2

Garam masala powder                                                                                 1/2 tsp

Sugar                                                                                                        1/2 - 1 tsp

Ginger                                                                                                         1/2 inch

Kasoori methi                                                                                               1/2 tsp

Butter                                                                                                          2 - 3 tbsp

Water                                                                                                        1 & 1/2 cup

Salt                                                                                                            As required

Preparation

Wash the tomatoes, chop them and grind them in a blender to make a smooth puree.

Take a kadai, melt butter, add bay leaf and saute for seconds. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute again.

Now add the tomato puree and stir well. Add red chilli powder and saute the mixture well till the fat leaves.

Keep stirring on low flame for 10-15 minutes. Add water to it and keep it in low flame till the gravy thickens.

Add the slit green chillies and ginger julienne (cut into thin long strips), stir for a minute.

Then add kasoori methi and sugar, stir well.

Add the paneer cubes and allow it to boil for 2-3 minutes till the paneer is cooked.

Atlast add cream and stir it slowly. Switch off the stove and sprinkle garam masala powder, stir it again so that it blends well with the gravy.

You can have it with roti, naan or ghee rice.

Chilli Garlic Cassava

 Chilli Garlic Cassava

Ingredients

Tapioca                                                                                             1 1/2 cup

Rice flour                                                                                          2 1/2 tbsp
Turmeric powder                                                                                 1 tsp

Garlic                                                                                                10 cloves

Green chillies                                                                                       3-4
Pepper                                                                                               2 tsp
Salt                                                                                                As required
Onion                                                                                               1 (small)
Lemon                                                                                              1 (small)
Curry leaves                                                                                      A sprig
Oil                                                                                                      To fry

Preparation

It's a easy recipe and can be eaten as evening snack too.

Peel off the skin, cut the tapioca into small, not too small pieces.

 Boil it adding salt and turmeric powder.

Grind rice flour, garlic, green chillies, pepper and salt. If you wan to make it more spicy, increase the quantity.

Marinate the tapioca in this ground mixture and keep it aside for atleast 20 minutes so that it blends well.

Take a kadai, heat oil and deep fry the marinated tapioca. Serve it in a plate.

In the same oil, fry some sliced onions, curry leaves and garnish it, also squeezing lemon juice to make it more yummy !