Onion & Capsicum Sabzi

Preparation time : 5 minutes
Cooking time : 5 minutes

Ingredients

4 Onions
2 Capsicums
2 Tomatoes
A pinch turmeric powder
½ tsp pav baji masala powder
¼ tsp red chillie powder
2 tsp oil
salt to taste

Method


Heat oil in a pan add onion and saute for a minutes.
Add capsicum, turmeric powder and red chillie powder and saute for 2 minutes.
Add tomatoes, salt, pav baji masala powder, saute for 2 minutes and switch off the gas.
Ready to serve Onion & Capsicum sabzi.
Goes well with hot rice or phulkas.

Broccoli & Green Peas Paratha

Ingredients & Method for dough

1 Cup wheat flour
4 tbsp milk
2 tsp oil
water as needed
salt to taste

Method for dough

Add warm water, milk, salt ,oil to wheat flour and knead in to soft
dough and set aside.

Ingredients for stuffing

1 Small broccoli (grated)
1 cup green peas (boiled and mashed)
¼ tsp jeera
½ tsp black pepper powder
oil / butter
salt to taste.

Method for stuffing

Heat oil in a pan and add the jeera and fry till they crackle.
Add the broccoli, green peas and salt cook for a minute.
Switch off the gas and add pepper powder mix well.
Cool completely, make small balls out of them and the stuffing is ready.

Method for Paratha

Divide the dough into small size balls, spread into round shape.
Flatten it, fill the stuffing and cover it.
Roll out in to round shape by dusting wheat flour.

Heat a tawa, place the prepared paratha on the hot tawa and cook on low flame.
Apply a tsp of oil flip it over and add another tsp of oil.
Cook well both sides.
Broccoli & Green Peas Paratha is ready to serve.
Enjoy these Parathas with curd / raitha.

Cucumber Sabzi

Preparation time : 5 minutes
Cooking time : 5 minutes

Ingredients

2 Cucumbers (chopped)
3 Tomatoes (chopped)
A pinch turmeric powder
½ tsp red chillie powder
Few coriander leaves (chopped)
2 tsp oil
Salt to taste

Method


Heat oil in a pan add cucumber and saute for 2 minutes.
Add tomatoes, turmeric powder and red chillie power,salt and
saute for 3 minutes.
Add coriander leaves mix well and switch off the gas.
Very simple cucumber sabzi is ready to serve.
Goes well with rice / roti / phulkas

Wheat Laddoo

Ingredients

1 cup wheat flour
1 cup sugar
¼ cup roughly crushed almonds
½ cup ghee
½ tsp cardamom powder


Method

Powder the sugar a mixer and set aside.

Heat a tbsp ghee in a pan, add wheat flour and saute.
Stir wheat flour continuously until it changes its color and you get a nice aroma.
Switch off the gas and transfer the mix to another bowl.

Add sugar, almonds,  cardamom powder to the above and mix well.
Heat remaining  ghee in a pan, add this to the above
mixture and set aside for 5 minutes.

When the mixture is warm, make in to balls with your hands.
Grease your hands with ghee to avoid sticking.
After coming to room temperature store it in an airtight container.
Wheat Laddoos are ready to serve.

Pakoda Kadi

Ingredients for pakoda

½ cup Gram dhal powder
2 onions (thin sliced)
¼ tsp red chillie powder
Salt to taste
Oil for deep fry

Method for pakoda

In a bowl add gram dahl powder, red chillie powder, onions and salt.
Mix well sprinkle little water and make a dough.
Heat oil in pan for deep fry.
Cook the pakodas ¾ only and set aside. (don't fry them very crisp)

Ingredients for kadi

1 cup slightly sour curd
½ tsp chillie Powder      
¼ tsp turmeric powder
¼ tsp fennel seeds
2 tbsp gram dhal powder
2 tsp oil
Few curry leaves
1 Red chillie
Salt to taste

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add fennel, turmeric powder and chillie powder.
Mix gram dahl powder, salt with 1 cup water add to the above.
Boil this for 5 minutes.
Add curd and fried pakodas mix well.
Cook until it's frothy and switch off the gas.

Heat oil in a pan, add fennel, red chillie and curry leaves.
Add this to the above kadi.
Pakoda kadi is ready to serve.
Goes well with hot Rice.