Ingredients :
3 cups chopped spinach
2 large onions, chopped
2 potatoes, boiled and peeled
1 tomato, grated
2 green chillies
1" piece ginger
1 tsp lemon juice
½ tsp wheat flour
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp cinnamon-clove powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp cumin seeds
2 pinches asafoetida
½ tsp garam masala
½ tbsp butter
4 tbsp ghee
Salt to taste
Method :
Put the washed spinach in a pan, add very little water and a pinch of salt.
Cover and boil over a high flame for 2 minutes.
Cool quickly, or hold under running water in a colander.
Put in a mixie, add green chilli and run for a minute.
Keep slightly coarse, do not make very smooth. Keep aside.
Cut the potatoes into big pieces. Heat ghee and fry potatoes till light brown.
Drain the potatoes, keep aside. In the same hot ghee add the cumin seeds.
Add the ginger, onions and fry till very tender. Add the tomato and further fry for two minutes.
Add all the dry masalas and fry till ghee separates. Add spinach and potatoes.
When it resumes a boil sprinkle the flour and stir well. Boil for 2-3 minutes.
Add lemon juice. Just before serving heat butter in a tiny saucepan and add the asafoetida.
Pour over the vegetable and mix gently. Serve hot
Aloo Palak
Aloo Shimla Mirchi
Ingredients :
900 grams potatoes, finely chopped (2 pounds)
350 grams seeded green peppers (3/4 pound)
7 tbsp cooking oil
2 small onions, finely chopped
½ tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp white cumin seeds
1 tsp crushed garlic
1 tsp haldi
1 tsp red chilli powder
225 grams tomatoes, finely chopped (1/2 pound)
½ cup fresh coriander, finely chopped
salt to taste
Directions :
Heat the oil in a saucepan and brown the onions.
When they are golden put the fenugreek and cumin seeds and stir until they turn a shade or two darker.
Put the garlic, haldi, red chilli powder and salt and stir together for a few minutes.
Put the chopped potatoes and green peppers and simmer over low heat in a covered pan.
After 5 minutes, put the tomatoes, replace the lid and cook until both the potatoes and peppers become tender.
Stir in the fresh coriander before removing from the heat to serve.
Puri
Ingredients :
Wheat flour
2 tsp sugar
oil or ghee for frying
asafoetida water
salt to taste
Method :
Prepare dough for puri by adding together 1 tsp table salt, ½ cup of water, sufficient quantity of wheat flour and 1 tsp ghee.
Knead well. Shape parts of the dough into balls of desired size.
Dust them with wheat flour.
Roll into puris on a wooden board.
Deep-fry them in hot oil or ghee, in a frying pan
Naan
Ingredients :
1 tsp superfine sugar
1 tsp active dry yeast
2 cups maida
¼ cup low fat margarine melted
1 tsp ghee
1 tsp poppy seeds
Method :
Put the sugar and yeast in a small bowl. Put warm water and let the yeast gets dissolve.
Cover and keep aside for about 10 minutes or until yeast becomes frothy.
Put the maida in a bowl and make a well like depression in the middle.
Put the ghee, salt and yeast. Mix properly with hands.
Mix more water if needed. Transfer the dough to a floured surface and knead well for about 5 to 7 minutes.
Cover and keep it to rise in a warm place for 1½ hours.
Preheat the broiler to 500 degrees F.
Divide the dough into equal parts and shape them into small balls.
Roll out each ball into ovals about 1 cm thick.
Arrange on a greased heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Grill under broiler for about 7 to 10 minutes or till well-cooked and golden brown
Pudina Roti
Ingredients :
For the dough :
2 teacups gehun ka atta
5 teacups ghee or refined oil
½ tsp salt
For the stuffing :
1 teacup mint, finely chopped
2 green chillies, chopped
½ tsp amchur powder
1 tbsp dried bread crumbs
½ tsp salt
Method :
For the dough :
Combine all the ingredients by using enough water and make semi-stiff dough.
Knead properly and keep for ½ hour. Again knead properly and divide into 8 equal parts.
Take a little flour and roll out each part into a thick round.
For the stuffing :
Mix all the ingredients properly
Chapati
Ingredients :
Wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ghee
Method :
Prepare dough by mixing together ½ cup of water, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp ghee and just enough wheat flour.
Knead well. Let the dough be a little softer than that of puri.
Keep aside for an hour.
Then shape parts of dough into balls bigger than the ones fit for puris.
Dust with wheat flour.
Roll into chapatis on a rolling board.
Smear chapati tawa with ghee. Keep on flame.
Roast both sides of chapati on the tawa moderately.
Ready to serve.
Bhaturas
Ingredients :
500 grams maida
1½ tsp sugar
20 grams fresh yeast or 2 tsp dry yeast
2 tbsp fresh curds
25 grams ghee or margarine or butter
1 tsp salt
Other ingredients :
Oil for deep frying
Method :
Sieve the flour properly.
Put the sugar and yeast in 1 teacup of warm water and mix till the yeast gets dissolves. Cover and leave for 5 to 7 minutes till the mixture is full of froth.
Put this liquid along with the curds, ghee and salt to the flour. Put some warm water to make a soft dough.
Knead the dough for 6 to 7 minutes.
Keep the dough in a wet cloth for 30 minutes. Knead for 1 minute.
Divide the dough into 20 parts. Apply a little ghee and roll out puris.
Deep fry the puris in oil.
Ready to serve.
Brinjal-Capsicum Gravy
Ingredients :
½ kg brinjal
1 capsicum
1 tsp soya sauce
2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
2 tsp corn flour
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
Salt as per taste
Coriander for decoration
1 onion
Method :
Cut the brinjals into medium size pieces
Put the brinjals in a glass bowl and pour one cup of water in it.
Place the bowl in microwave oven and boil it for 7 minutes.
After boiling take it outside the oven and mix the soya sauce, chillipowder, ginger garlic paste, garammasala, corn flour and salt.
Keep it aside. Now cut the capsicum and onion into small pieces.
In a glass bowl take 1 tsp oil and put the capsicum and onion in it and cook in microwave for 2 minutes.
Mix the cooked capsicum and onion with the cooked brinjals and put these in the microwave and again cook it for minutes.
After taking it outside mix the coriander leaves and serve hot
Bhindi
Ingredients :
½ kg bhindi
½ cup onions, chopped
1 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
¼ cup yogurt
2 tsp oil
½ cup water
1 tsp red chilli powder
¼ tsp garam masala
1 tsp ginger paste
¼ tsp turmeric powder
¼ tsp jeera
salt to taste
Method :
Wash bhindies and chop them into small pieces.
Take ½ of onions and grind with ginger and spices.
Add this to the yogurt. Put some water and mix well to make a paste.
Heat a non-sticking skillet and pour oil. When oil becomes hot add the remaining onions.
Fry on medium heat till the onions turn light brown
Put the yogurt paste and fry for 5 to 7 minutes while stirring.
This will result into a mesh texture separating oil.
Add bhindies and mix well. Add remaining water and cover it with a lid.
Allow it to cook for about 5 minute on medium heat.
Take out from flame and sprinkle coriander leaves.