Monday, November 21, 2016

Pudina Karuveppilai Sadam

This green Rice is cooked with Mint and curry leaves.

Ingredients:
Rice - 1 1/4 cup

To Grind:
Mint - 1 pack
Curry leaves - 5 twigs
Red chilli - 4
Corriander seeds - 2 spoons
cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon
pepper corn- 1/2 spoon
Grated coconut - 2 spoons
Ginger - 2 bits
Tamarind - 1/4 spoon
Salt - 1 spoon or as needed

Preparation:
Saute Mint leaves in a spoon of oil
grind it with all other ingredients in "To grind" list.
Add the paste to rice and boil it with 3 times of water
Pressure cook it for 4 whistles

Servings: 2 or 3

Aloo Palak

This mild green colored gravy is mainly cooked in Northern parts of India like Punjab, Haryana States.

Ingredients:
Potato - 3
Spinach - 1 bag / 1 large bowl
salt - 1.5 spoon or as needed
green chilli - 2
Red chilli powder - 1/4 spoon
Tomato - 1

To Temper:
cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon
cardamom - 2
clove - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Ghee - 2 spoons
oil - 1 spoon

Preparation:
Boil potatoes with 1 spoon of salt
boil spinach with 1/2 spoon of salt
Temper cumin seeds in oil. Add tomato to it. Saute it for couple of mins and add chilli powder. Saute again
Grind cooked spinach and tomato mixture
In Ghee, temper cardamom, clove and bay leaf. Pour the green paste and add cooked cut potatoes. Add Salt as needed
Let it cook for 2 mins in simmer and switch off the flame
Mild Aloo Palak gravy is ready !!

Servings: 3
Serve with Roti or steamed rice

Navarathri Recipes

Day1: Yellow Peas Sundal
Ingredients:
yellow peas - 1 small bowl
carrot - 1
grated coconut - 2 spoons
salt - 1/2 spoon or as needed

To temper:
mustard - 1/2 spoon
red chilli - 1
gingelly oil - 1 spoon

Preparation:
soak the peas for 4 hrs and pressure cook it to 2 whistles in high. Add salt while cooking.
Tear off red chilli into pieces. In a fry pan, splutter mustard seeds and red chilli
Add grated carrot, coconut and cooked peas. Mix all the ingredients and switch off the flame

Servings: 8

Day2: Rajma Sundal

Ingredients:
Rajma - 1 small bowl
salt - 1/2 spoon or as needed

To grind:
green chilli- 1
red chilli - 2
grated coconut - 2 spoons

To temper:
mustard - 1/2 spoon
urud dal - 1/2 spoon
gingelly oil - 1 spoon

Preparation:
soak Rajma for 6 hrs in water
Add salt and pressure cook it to 2 whistles in high.To cook, you can use soaked water.
Grind all the ingredients given
In a fry pan, splutter mustard seeds and Urud dal
Add grinded mix, cooked rajma. Mix all the ingredients and switch off the flame

Servings: 5

Day3: Peas Sundal

Ingredients:
Peas - 3/4 small bowl
salt - 1/2 spoon or as needed
green chilli- 2 (finely chopped)
grated coconut - 2 spoons

To temper:
mustard - 1/2 spoon
gingelly oil - 1 spoon

Preparation:
soak Peas for 6 hrs in water
Add salt and pressure cook it to 4 whistles in high.To cook, you can use soaked water
Temper mustard, add cooked peas, chopped chilli and coconut.
Mix all the ingredients and switch off the flame

Servings: 3-4

Day5: Black chenna Sundal

Ingredients:
black chenna - 3/4 small bowl
salt - 1/2 spoon or as needed
grated coconut - 2 spoons

To temper:
mustard - 1/2 spoon
gingelly oil - 1 spoon
Red chilli - 1 1/2

Preparation:
soak black chenna overnight
Add salt and pressure cook it to 4 whistles in high.To cook, you can use soaked water.
Temper mustard and red chilli, add cooked chenna and coconut.
Mix all the ingredients and switch off the flame

Servings: 3-4

Day6: Moong dal Sundal

Ingredients:
Moong dal - 1/2 small bowl
salt - 1/2 spoon or as needed
red chilli powder - 1/4 spoon
cumin powder - 1/2 spoon
amchur powder - 1/2 spoon

To temper:
mustard - 1/2 spoon
gingelly oil - 1 spoon

Preparation:
Boil 2 cups of water well. wash moong dal and put it in boiled water. Add salt and Keep it for 45 minutes in boiled water.
Temper mustard, add moong dal, red chilli powder, cumin powder and amchur powder.
Slightly fry in sim for 5 minutes.

Servings: 3-4

Day7: green gram Sundal

Ingredients:
Moong dal - 1/2 small bowl
salt - 1/2 spoon or as needed

To Grind:
red chilli - 1
green chilli - 1 1/2
chenna dal - 1/2 spoon

To temper:
mustard - 1/2 spoon
gingelly oil - 1 spoon

Preparation:
Pressure cook moong dal with salt
Slightly fry the ingredients to grind and grind it to coarse
temper mustard and add cooked dal with ground powder
Mix all the ingredients and switch off the flame

Servings: 5

Aloo Palak

This mild green colored gravy is mainly cooked in Northern parts of India like Punjab, Haryana States.

Ingredients:
Potato - 3
Spinach - 1 bag / 1 large bowl
salt - 1.5 spoon or as needed
green chilli - 2
Red chilli powder - 1/4 spoon
Tomato - 1

To Temper:
cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon
cardamom - 2
clove - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Ghee - 2 spoons
oil - 1 spoon

Preparation:
Boil potatoes with 1 spoon of salt
boil spinach with 1/2 spoon of salt
Temper cumin seeds in oil. Add tomato to it. Saute it for couple of mins and add chilli powder. Saute again
Grind cooked spinach and tomato mixture
In Ghee, temper cardamom, clove and bay leaf. Pour the green paste and add cooked cut potatoes. Add Salt as needed
Let it cook for 2 mins in simmer and switch off the flame
Mild Aloo Palak gravy is ready !!

Servings: 3
Serve with Roti or steamed rice