Dal and Tomato(Pappu Tomato) - (Delicious Dals)

Ingredients:

Toor Dal - 1 tea cup

Tomatos(Medium Size) - 5 (Chopped)

Green chillies - 5

Tamarind Paste - 1 tea spoon (tamarind - little)

Turmeric Powder - Pinch

Salt - to taste

Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tea spoon

Urad dal - 1/4 tea spoon

Red Chillies - 2

Curry Leaves - 8

Garlic Cloves - 5

Water - 2 cups

Oil - 1 to 2 tea spoons

Ghee - 1 to 2 tea spoons

Procedure :

1. Take bowl add toor dal and wash it. Now add tomato pieces, tamarind paste, green chillies and water. Pressure Cook 3 whistles.

2. Take that bowl and keep on stove add turmeric powder, salt and mix it. Keep that for 5 to 10 minutes.

3. Now take pan add ghee, oil and heat it. Then add garlic cloves,urad dal, mustard seeds, red chillies, curry leaves and fry it. Add this in dal.

4. Serve it with hot rice.


This goes to Suma who is hosting this event of Delicious Dals.

Mango Desert for Mango Mela

Ingredients :

1.Mango Pulp - 1 Can - 30 oz(850 gms)

2.Sweet Condensed Milk - 14 oz(396 gms)

3.Cool Whip(Whipped Topping) - 8 oz(226 gms)

4.Elachi Powder - 1/2 tbl spoon

Procedure :

1.Take bowl add mango pulp,condensed milk,cool whip and mix it well with large spoon.

2.Garnish with elachi powder and freeze it.

3.After 2 to 3 hours have it.



This is my entry to Mango Mela hosted byCooking 4 all Seasons

Corainder Rice(Kothimera Rice)

Ingredients :

Basmati rice - 1 Cup (250 Gms)

Corainder Leaves - 1 1/2 bunch (only leaves)

Mixed vegetables - 1 cup

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbl spoon

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon - 2

Onion - 1(slices)

Green Chillies - 4

Oil - 2 tbl spoon

Cashews - 5

Ghee - 2 tbl spoon

Tomato - 1 (sliced)

Chaat Masala - 1/2 tbl spoon

Water - 1 1/2 cup

Procedure :

1.Take Pan and add heat ghee and fry cashews.

2.Take out the cashews and add oil.

3.Fry cloves and cinnamon.

4.Then fry ginger garlic paste and add onion and fry it well.

5.Then add half spoon chat masala(it gives good taste).

6.Now add half sliced tomato and fry well. Then add mixed veg and fry it well.

7.Grind green chillies then add corainder leaves only and grind it. Now add this paste and mix it well.

8.Then add rice and mix it.


9.Now take electric rice cooker add this fried rice,water,salt and mix it.

10.Serve hot Corainder rice with raita or curd.

Note : We can do corainder rice in cooker also.In cooker after adding water and rice let it boil for 5 mins in high flame. Then close with cap (without whistle) keep it in very low flame and cook until rice cooks.It will take around 20 to 30 mins to cook rice.



This is my entry to "JFI: Jhiva For Cilantro" hosted by Cilantro.

Sooji Sweet (Goduma Nooka Sweet) - Mithai Mela

Ingredients :

Sooji - 1 cup

Sugar - 1 1/4 cup

Water - 1/2 cup

Ghee - 5 tbl spoon

Procedure:

1.Take pan add ghee - 1 tbl spoon and heat it.In that add sooji and fry it for sometime and take it out.

2.Now add sugar and water.Allow sugar to dissovle in water.

3.As it boils it reaches it consistency of a syrup.

4.Now add sooji in that.

5.Add ghee - 4 tbl spoons in that.


6.Take plate and apply ghee on that and add this sooji mix.


7.Now let it cool and cut into pieces.


This goes to Srivalli who is hosting a wonderful event of Mithai Mela.

Coconut Sweet

Ingredients :

Grated Coconut - 2 cups(250 gms)

Sweetened Condensed Milk - 150 gms

Badam - 8

Procedure :

1.Take pan and add condensed milk in that just heat it or take one bowl add condensed milk in that and heat it.

2.Now add grated coconut and mix it.When it is warm make them balls and keep each badam for each ball.

3.Take each ball and keep in both hands and press that ball slowly.

4.Now Coconut Sweet ready.

Duration Time : 10mins.

Quantity : 8

This goes to Suganya who is hosting a wonderful event “AFAM – Coconut”

Cauliflower Manchuria (Monthly Mingle 21 - Appetizers & Hors'Doeuvres)

Ingredients :

Cauliflower - 1 ( cut into flowers )

Onions - 2 onions ( chopped finely )

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbl spoons

Red Chilli Powder - 2 tbl spoons

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbl spoon

Salt - to taste

Green Chilli Paste - 3 tbl spoons

Corainder Leaves - 1/2 bunch ( chopped finely )

Red Food Colour - a pinch

Soya Sauce - 2 tbl spoons

Corn Flour - 2 tbl spoons

( in that 1 1/2 tbl spoon corn flour, dissolved in water )

Wheat flour - 1 tbl spoon

Rice Flour - 1/2 cup

Baking Powder - 1/2 tbl spoon

Lemon juice - 2 tbl spoons

Oil - for deep frying

Procedure :

1. In a large bowl mix wheat flour, rice flour, 1/2 tbl spoon corn flour, baking powder, salt, 1 tbl spoon soya sauce, 1 tbl spoon ginger garlic paste, 1 tbl spoon red chilli powder, turmeric powder and 1tbl green chilli paste. Mix them well with water.

2. Now add caulifower flowers in that.

3. Heat oil in deep frying pan. Now fry cauliflower flowers in oil and take it ou and keep aside.

4. Take pan and add oil 3 tbl spoons and add oinions and fry it well. Now add 1 tbl spoon ginger garlic paste, 2 tbl spoons green chilli paste in this and fry it.

5. Now add 1 tbl spoon soya sauce and fry it. Put the flame in low and add corn flour water paste and red colour and mix it well.

6. The mixture will start to thicken. Keep on mixing them for 1min and add lemon juice and mix it and garnish with corainder leaves.

7. Now add cauliflower and mix it and remove from the flame and serve it hot.


This goes to Meeta and Mansi who is hosting a wonderful event of Monthly Mingle 21 - Appetizers & Hors'Doeuvres.

Lemon Juice

Ingredients :

Lemon - 1

Sugar - 6 tbl sppons

(if we want we can add half sugar and half honey)

Salt - 1/2 tbl spoon

Elachi - 1

Procedure :

1. Cut lemon and take juice.Now add in that suagr,salt,water and mix it.

2.Now crush elachi and add it in lemon juice and mix it well.

3.Then filter that lemon juice and have it.

This goes to Fun ’n’ Sun being hosted by Easycrafts


Serves : 2 Persons

Bitter Gourd Fry

Ingredients:

Bitter gourd - 2 (finely chopped)

Onion - 1 (finely chopped)

Red chilli powder - 1/2 to 1 tbsp

Jaggery - A little

Turmeric Powder - pinch

Curry leaves -3

Red Chillies - 1

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Oil - 2 tbsp

Salt - to taste


Procedure :

1.Heat oil in a frying pan.

2.Add mustard seeds,red chillies,curry leaves fry them. Then add chopped onions and fry till brown.

3.Now add the chopped bitter gourd and stir for sometime.

4.Add chilli powder,salt and turmeric powder and fry it.

5.Then add jaggery and keep the pan closed.

6.Now fry until bitter gourd fried well.

This goes to Pooja who is hosting a wonderful event of vegetable of the week-Bitter Gourd.