Quick Moong Dal Curry

Posted on 26 September 2011

Ingredients:

  • Whole moong – 2 cups
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Green chillies – 4 nos
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp

Method:

  • Pressure cook onions, green chillies and whole moong, till the moong is cooked.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan.
  • Add mustard seeds and allow them to crackle.
  • Add the cooked ingredients and stir for a little while.
  • Add salt along with enough water for gravy.

Easy Mushroom Gravy

Posted on 23 September 2011

Ingredients:

  • Sliced Mushrooms – 1 pack
  • Ginger paste – 1 tsp
  • Garlic paste – 1 tsp
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Tomato – 1 no
  • Coriander powder – 4 tsp
  • Masala powder – 4 tsp
  • Chilly powder – 2 tsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp
  • Coriander leaves(optional) – 4 stems

Method:

  • Wash mushrooms in warm water.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add ginger and garlic paste and stir, till brown.
  • Add chopped onions and stir, till onions are cooked.
  • Add coriander powder and
    masala powder and stir, till the smell of masala powder comes out.
  • Add one or two chopped tomatoes, chilly powder and stir well, till tomatoes blend well.
  • Add mushrooms, cover the pan with a lid and cook on a low fame,
    till mushroom is cooked.
  • Secret to cooking mushroom well is that you should not cook mushroom in water. Mushroom, itself has a lot of fluid which comes out when heated up. Hence it gets cooked in its own fluid.
  • Add water and salt as required and stir well, till everything blends.
    Garnish with coriander leaves.

Bachelor’s Chicken

Posted on 21 September 2011

Ingredients:

    chicken

  • Chicken legs – 6 pieces
  • Onions(chopped) – 2 nos
  • Tomato paste – 3 tbsp
  • Garlic powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Ginger powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Chicken Masala powder – 2 tbsp
  • Chilly powder – 1 tsp
  • Salt – As reqd

Method:

  • Basically it reduces the time & effort chopping tomatoes/ginger/garlic etc
  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker.
  • Fry the chopped onions until golden brown.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients and stir along with chicken.
  • Pour 1/2 glass of water and let the pressure cooker whistle 2-3 times

Paneer butter masala

Posted on 20 September 2011


Ingredients:

  • 250 gm Paneer
  • 2 Bay leafs
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • 2 Onions Paste
  • 2tbsp Butter
  • 3 tbsp Tomato puree
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Veg Oats Upma

Posted on 20 September 2011

Ingredients:

    uppma

  • Oats flakes – 2 cups
  • Onion – 1 no finely chopped
  • Carrot – 1 no finely chopped
  • Green Peas – 1/2 cup(optional)
  • Green chillies – 3 to 4 finely chopped
  • Ginger – a small piece
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Groundnut(Peanut) Chutney

Posted on 20 September 2011

Ingredients:

    chutney

  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • 1 cup Ground nut or Peanut roasted
  • 1/2 cup grated coconut
  • 1 inch piece Tamarind
  • 3 Whole red chilly
  • Oil
  • Salt

Method:

  • Add oil in a Pan.Once oil gets heated add whole red chilly,cumin seeds,pepper and coriander seeds.
  • Switch off the stove once all the ingredients become little brown.
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