Methi Sambhar

I have a Kannada Friend in my office. She prepare different South Indian Recipes, I like this recipe that she bring in her box. I asked her for recipe and here I am sharing recipe that I prepared. It was really nice with all nutrition of Methi and Dal

Ingredients

1 cup Methi leaves
1 cup Toor Dal
1tps Mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
½ tps Red chilly powder
½ tps Sambhar powder
Salt according to taste
Imli according to taste
½ cup graded coconut
2-3 tps oil


Method


1. Heat oil in a pan . when oil is hot add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
2. When leaves will start changing its color, add onion , fry till brown.
3. Now add tomato , sauté for 2 mins.
4. Add salt, sambhar masala , chilly and graded coconut. Fry till nice aroma will come
5. Add methi leaves, fry for 1 min
6. Add toor dal, 2 cup of water. Pressure cook for 5 vessels
7. Serve Hot with Rice

Thepla

Rotis and Parathas are important part of Indian diet. I always like to add variety in this part. This time I have tried Thepla.. a Gujrati recipe. It’s a good if you want some variation in taste. You can store it for two three days.

Ingredents

1.5 Cup Whole wheat flour
½ cup of besan
1 tps salt
2 tps oil
1 tps red chilly
1 cup finely chopped methi leaves
1 cup Curd

Method: 

1. Mix wheat flour, besan , chopped methi leaves, salt, red chilly and oil
2. Add curd and water to make semi hard dough. Keep it for 10 mins
3. Divide it into 8 equal part
4. Roll out each portion . heat the tava.
5. Cook on both side until brown. Add little oil on both side.
6. Serve hot

Palak Methi ka Sag

I believe to add sag into our diet at least once in a week. So love to try new recipes over it. Mostly we eat palak paneer, palak aalo , methi aalo . this time I have decided to make something new.. a Mixed sag. I have added Palak and Methi in it . But if you want you can also add bathua or any other saag of your choice. Its really nice.
Ingredients 
2 bunch Palak
1 bunch methi
1 medium Onion finely chopped
1” ginger finely chopped
7-8 clove of garlic
3 Chillies
Salt according to taste
½ tps of Garam masala
1 tps oil


Method

1. Cut and clean palak and methi in chop into roughly .
2. Heat oil. Add onion , ginger and garlic into the oil
3. When onion become brown add palak and methi., add salt
4. Cook it until it become soft.
5. Now grind the sag in grinder (not into smooth paste)
6. Transfer mixture gain to pan.
7. Add little garam masala and amchoor(Optional).
8. Cook it for 10-15 min. serve hot with paratha or chapati

Banana Cutlet Without oil

I prefer to have something with less oil or no oil. this is my mother recipie of Banana cutlet. she fry it but i wanted to try something less oily so I cook it without oil . result was really good.

Ingredients
4-5 Raw Banana
2 Boiled Patao
2-3 green chilly finely chopped
½ bunch coriander finely chopped
Salt according to taste
1 tps amchur
½ tps red chilly
½ tps garam masala
1 cup suji

Method
1. Cut banana into 2-3 pieces . boil Banana and Potatoes
2. When boiled , mash banana and potato or you can grade them
3. Now add green chilly, corriender, salt, amchur , red chilly , garam masala into the mixture. Mix it
4. Now add suji in the mixture
5. Make small cutlet of shape you like
6. Heat the tava. put cutlets on tava . Cook it until it is brown from both side. Sparkle water on tava time to time
7. Serve hot with green chutney 

Fried Baby Corn

I ate it in one of the resturant in the bangalore. It was really crspy and tasty. I did not have recipe of that fried baby corn but after guessing the ingredents I cooked it and result was really good

Ingredients
8 Baby corn
2 tps corn flour
Salt
½ tps black pepper
½ tps white pepper
½ tps garam masala
Oil to fry

Method


1. Cut corns into 4 pieces vertically

2. Take corn flour, add salt, black pepper , white pepper, garam masala

3. Add water to make thick batter.

4. Now add baby corns in the better

5. Heat oil and fry the baby corn

6. Serve with green chutney or tomato sauce



Note- If you want to avoid oil you can bake it in pre heated oven.

Fara

This is a important dish in our most of the festivals like karwa chuth, holi .. I have takn this recipie form my mother and cooked in the same way. It was really tasty (As it always be). If you have having it boiled only it is really healthy. even you can fry it have it for with your tea.

Ingridients

3 Cup Whole wheat flour(Atta)
1 tps salt

2 tps oil
 For Filling
2 cup Chana dal soaked for one night

4-5 Green chilly chopped

1 bunch Green Coriander chopped

Ginger 1” chopped

Salt according to taste

½ tps Garam masala

1 tps amchoor(Dried Mango powder)


Method


Add little water into chana dal and make a smooth paste in grinder

Now add chopped Coriander, green chilly, ginger, salt , garam masala and amchoor in the dal batter

Keep it aside for 15 minute

Mix together salt and flour and rub in two tablespoons of oil, then add enough water to make a stiff dough

Keep it for 10 minutes


Now make large thick roti with it

Cut roti into 2” square pieces. There 8-10 pieces in one roti.

Now take one piece . Fill dal mixture in it. And fold it

Fill all of them.


Take a vessal and spread few drop of oil it, Now put fara on the vessal and cook these fara in steam for 30 mins

Serve hot with green chutney.


Note You can also fry it. Add 3 tps of oil in a pan . now mustard seeds in oil. Now add fara cutted in small pieces. Serve with green chutney or sauce of your choice

Stuff Tomatoes with Gobhi and Aloo

Ingredients


6 Medium sized tomatos
One Big Patato boiled mashed
One small Gobhi grated
1 cup peas
8-10 Cashews fried
Salt to taste
½ tps Red chili powder
½ tps Garam masala
½ tps amchoor (Dry Mango Powder)
½ tps dhania Powder (Cumin Powder)
2tps oil


Method


1. In a pan take add oil.
2. Add peas in the oil. Fry peas for 2-3 minutes. add cashews into it
3. Now add grated gobhi, mashed potato in the pan
4. Add salt, chilly powder, cumin powder, amchoor, garam masala in to it
5. Mix it and cook it for 2 minutes
6. Cut the tomatoes into halves lengthways and scoop out the seeds and pulp
7. Rub little salt into it and keep it aside
8. Now fill the mixture into the tomato shell
9. Fill the tomato shell with little access. Now close the tomato with the cap(remaining part of the tomato)
10. Cook it in preheated oven for 3-4 minutes or cook it on tava on both side
11. Serve hot