Chole masala - Amritsari Style :)

This one type of channa masala i was wanting to prepare from a while now. Finally I got a chance to make it today. This a slight variation from the other channa masala I made before.

You will need :

Soaked Chickpeas - 1 Cup boiled with some salt (dnt throw away the water)
While boiling just put in a tea bag.. it gives gud colour to the curry.
Cumin - 1 Tbsp
Masala Powder - made out of cinnamon, cloves and green cardomom - 1 Tsp
Onions - one large fine chopped

Tomato - One medium finely chopped

Ginger Garlic paste - about 1 Tbsp

Black Salt - to taste - This gives a very good dark color to the chole masala.
Dry Amla powder - 2 Tsp
Aamchur powder - 2 Tsp

Chilli Powder

Turmeric Powder

Channa Masala Powder - abt 1-2 tbsp

Ghee

Cilantro chopped

How you do it :

1. Heat ghee in a kadai and add the cumin and masala powder.

2. Add chopped onions and fry till golden brown

3. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for abt 2 min

4. Add chopped tomatoes and fry well so that u don t see any chunks of tomatos

5. Add rock salt, amala powder, aamchur powder, red chilli powder, pinch of turmeric channa masala powder.

6. Add the water(look out for the consistency of the gravy) from boiled chickpeas and let boil.

7. Add the chickpeas and simmer for few min.

8. Add chopped Cilantro and some add some chopped onions before you serve.

This gave a different taste because of the black salt and the amla powder and it was really good :)

This tastes real good with pooris, bhatura and rotis.

Go ahead and enjoy !!!

Potato Fry

This is one of the most simplest recipe. Easy, quick and tasty.. I make this when ever i feel lazy and want to get over with cooking.. This goes really well as a side with sambar.

Here is what you need :

Potatoes - 3 Medium Peeled and cut into 1 inch peices

Onion - 1 Finely chopped

Tomato - 1 Finely chopped

Corriander Powder - about 2 Tbsp

Curry Leaves

Cumin - 1Tsp

Chilli powder

Turmeric Powder

Salt

Oil

This is how you do it :

1. In a kadai heat some oil and add cumin seeds.

2. Add the onnions and fry well.

3. Add the tomato, turmeric powder, salt, curry leaves and chilli powder.

4. Add potatoes, mix well and cook on a low flame with lid closed until the potatoes become soft. Keep stirring.

5. Add the corriander powder, mix well and cook again for 5 min.

6. You can garnish with cilantro and serve hot with white rice and sambar.

P.S. You can use baby potatoes instead of the regular ones :)

Enjoy!!!

Mushroom Curry

Mushrooms... Three thousand years ago, mushrooms were a delicacy of the Pharaohs in Egypt, who considered them too delicate for common people to eat. They were favored in ancient Rome as a "Food of the Gods.So here's a very quick and tasty recipe. I'm not a good fan of mushrooms but started to like them :)

So here you go:

You will need :

Button mushrooms - chopped - 2-3 cups

Onions - 2 large chopped finely

Tomatoes - 2 med chopped finely

Ginger garlic paste - abt 1-2 tbsp

Curd - abt 1/4 cup

Coriander powder - abt 1-2 tsp

Amchur powder - abt 1 tsp or to your taste(optional)

Red chilli powder

Turmeric powder

Whole garam masala

Cumin

Salt

Oil

Cilantro

The Procedure :

1. Heat oil in a kadai and add the whole garam masala and cumin.

2. Add onions and fry till golden brown.

3. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for about 3 min.

4. Add the tomatoes and fry well they they are mashed up... add little water if necessary.

5. Add salt, coriander powder, red chilli powder, turmeric powder , amchur powder and mix well.

6. Add the mushrooms and add about 1/2 cup water mix well and with lid on, cook on a low flame with lid on till you get a good consistent gravy.

7. Add curd and mix well and cook for 2-3 min.

8. Add the chopped cilantro and serve hot.

And you are done :)

This goes well with white rice, brown rice, chapathis and naans too :)

Enjoy!!

Kadhi

I was wanting to have pakoras from a long time and so made some. And wondered what to do with the leftovers.. So thought of making this yummy recipe. Had it at friend's house once and tried it today and it was mmmm!!!!

All you need is :

For the pakoras :

Gram Flour - 1-2 cups

Rice Flour - about 1/4 cup

Jeera - 2 tsps

Onions - 1 chopped finely

Cilantro - chopped finely

Salt

Red chilli powder

Baking powder - abt 1/4 tsp

Oil - for deep frying

Procedure :

1. Mix all the ingredients along with some water. Try not to make it too thick or watery and see that there are no lumps.

2. Make them into small balls and deep fry them.

3. Eat some and set aside the rest ;)

For the gravy :

Curd - 1 cups

Besan/Gram flour - 1/4 cup

Dry red chillies - 5-6

Fenugreek seeds - abt 1/2 tsp

Hing

Red chilli powder

Turmeric powder

Salt

Water - 3 cups

Curry leaves

Cilantro

The Process :

1. Beat the curd and add in besan and mix well so that there are no lumps. Keep aside.

2. Heat oil in a kadai and add the fenugreek seeds, dry red chillies, curry leaves and hing.

3. Now add the curd mixture, water, turmeric powder, salt and red chilli powder and bring it to a boil while stirring.

4. Simmer for like 15 min. Keep stirring so that it doesn't stick to the bottom.

5. Add the pakodas and cook for another 5 min.

6. Add the cilantro and serve.

It tastes real good with white rice :)

Enjoy!!

Jeera Aloo

Just moved to Memphis from Miami and after almost a month i stepped into my new kitchen.. and still waiting for all the furniture and stuff to come... so with all the limited resources i thought of making something easy for lunch... So this recipe.. Simple plain and quick to make :)

You will need :

Potatoes - 3 med peeled and chopped

Green chillies - 8-9 ( add upto your spice level) chopped

Jeera - 1-2 tbsp

Curry leaves (optional)

Cilantro (optional)

Salt

Oil

This is how you do :

1. Heat oil in a pan/kadai and add the jeera , curry leaves and green chillies and fry well.

2. Add the chopped potatoes and salt and fry on a medium flame till the potatoes become soft.(keep stirring occasionally)

3. Add chopped cilantro and serve hot.

This goes well with white rice :)

Enjoy!!

Vada Pulusu

So I  made Masala Vadas the other day... I had some of them left.So i made Masala vada pulusu which is made using tamarind sauce. It s simple and delicious. You should try it out :)

You will need :

Masala Vadas - 5

Onions - 2 finely chopped

Tamarind - big lemon sized soaked in water and juiced(or more if you like it sour)

Green chillies - 4 big ones chopped finely

Curry Leaves

Ginger garlic paste - 2tsp

Cumin powder - 1tsp

Corriander powder - 1tsp

Red chilli powder 

Turmeric Powder

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Cumin Seeds - 1tsp

Fenugreek Seeds - 1/2tsp

Dry red Chillies - 2-3

Cilantro

Salt

Oil

This is how you do it :

1. Heat oil in a kadai.Add mustard seeds(let them splutter) Red chillies and Cumin Seeds

2. Add the chopped Onions and fry till they are light brown.

3. Add the chopped green chillies and curry leaves and fry.

4. Add turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste and fry for about 2-3 min or till the raw smell is gone.

5. Add some water and mix well.

6. Add Cumin powder, corriander powder, chilli powder and salt and mix well.

7. Pour in the tamarind juice and mix well and let it cook for abot 10-15 min on a low flame.

5. Add the vadas and cook for another 5 min.

6. Garnish with cilantro .

This tastes good with hot rice.I love it as a side for dosas too :)


P.S : Vadas in this recipe can be replaced with any other vegetables like the drumstick, okra or even egg :)

Potato Fry

Yesterday being a weekend, I had some friends over for lunch.So i thought i ll prepare something quick.I made potato fry. My friends loved it and coudn't resist eating more :)

Ingredients :

Potatoes - 2 large peeled and chopped finely

Red Chilli powder

Turmeric Powder

Cilantro

Salt 

Oil

For Tadka :

Dry red chillies - 4-5

Garlic - 4-5 cloves chopped

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Urad Dal - 1tbsp

Hing

Curry leaves

Do like this :

1. Heat oil in a pan.

2. Add all the tadka ingredients ad fry.(make sure you don't burn them)

3. Add the potatoes and stir well.

4. Add salt turmeric powder, salt, chilli powder and fry on medium heat well till the potatoes are done.

5. Garnish with Cilantro.

Have it with hot rice and it just tastes awesome. It goes well as a side for rasam/sambar rice too :)

Have fun

Sry, I din't take a picture of this :(

Cabbage Coconut Curry

Well this is one of my favorites since there s coconut in it :)..

Its my first time making this one...Got the recipe from my mom... and it s so easy to make..

So here you go..

You will need :

Cabbage - 1/2 Shredded

Coconut - 1/2 cup shredded

Green Chillies - 4-5 Large ones (u can chop them or even slice them)

Ginger - about 1 inch piece finely chopped

Garlic - 4 cloves finely chopped ---> This one is optional but i just love the flavor and smell garlic gives :)

Channa Dal - about 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - about 1 tsp

Urad dal - About 1 tbsp

Curry Leaves

Dry red chillies - about 2 or 3 --->optional

Turmeric Powder

Salt

Oil

Cilantro 

You will have to do this 

1. To boiling water(about 3 cups) add shredded cabbage, turmeric powder and half of the chopped ginger and boil it with the lid on till all the water goes off.(It will take some time..so be patient :))

2. Heat oil in a skillet or in a wok.Add mustard seeds and let them splutter (gives good flavor)

3. Add Dry red chillies, channa dal, urad dal, curry leaves, green chillies, ginger and garlic.(see that u don't burn them !!)

4. Add the boiled cabbage and salt and stir fry for about 10-15 min on a medium flame.

5. Now add the shredded coconut and fry for another 5-10 min.

6. Garnish with cilantro.

And there you go 

                             

This one goes well as a side for rasam rice or you can have it just plain rice.It tastes good with rotis as well :)

Cheers!!!

Channa Masala

It was so boring at home today.. I had some chickpeas soaked in water for about 6 hrs...so i thought i ll make some channa masala and rotis for dinnner... So here are the ingredients required.. 

Soaked Chickpeas - boiled(dnt throw away the water)
While boiling just put in a tea bag.. it gives gud colour to the curry
Onions - one large fine chopped

Tomatos - One medium finely chopped

For guys who are lazy to chop the onions and tommatos (like me ;) you can grind them and get the puree :)

Green Chillies - 4 large ones chopped(u can even add more for spiciness)

Ginger Garlic paste - about 1 tbsp

Masala Powder - made out of cinnamon, cloves and green elaichis - like 1/2 tsp

Salt - to taste

Chilli Powder

Turmeric Powder

Tamarind juice for sourness or aamchur powder (optional)

You can also use store bought Channa Masala Powder - abt 1 tbsp

Oil 

Cilantro chopped

now coming to the procedure

1. Heat oil in a kadai and add the masala powder

2. Add chopped green chillies

3. Add the onion-tomatao puree if you have grinded(make sure to fry it well till the raw smell goes off)

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3. Add chopped onions and fry till golden brown (Tip : add lil bit salt... helps in frying onions a bit quick)

4. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for abt 2 min

5. Add chopped tomatoes and fry well so that u don t see any chunks of tomatos

6. Add red chilli powder, pinch of turmeric channa masala powder and tamarind juice

7. Add the water(look out for the consistency of the gravy) from boiled chickpeas and let boil

8. Add the chickpeas and simmer for few min

9. Add chopped Cilantro and some chopped onions and you are done :)

                          

This one goes well with Pooris( channa masala with a combi of poori is nothing but Chola Bhatura :)) and all kinds of rotis...Or just the curry tastes gud too :)

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