Monday, August 25, 2008

Good for health and tasty Moong Dal Curry

Moong Dal Curry

Ingredients:

1 Cup Moong Dal.
3 Cup Curd bit sour in taste.
2 Red Chills and Kadipatta or Sweet Neem leaf.
½ tsp Jeera (Cumin) seed
½ tsp Mustard Seeds.
¼ tsp Asafoetida (Hing)
Dalchini (cinnamon), Garam Masala (Spice mixture), Haldi/haldi (Turmeric)
Salt according to taste
Corinder to garnish

How to prepare.

Soak the moong dal overnight.
Mix the dal after soaking in mixer.
Prepare the paste of dal.
Add half of the paste in curd. Mix it well. Add 2 cups of water. Keep this mix in vessel.
Take the half dal paste add turmeric, baking powder, chilli powder and coriander in a bowl. Add salt to taste.
Heat oil in pan.
Put the balls like shapes by spoon in oil. (pakoras).
Deep fry the pakoras in oil until golden brown.
Take 1 tsp oil in pan.
Add ½ tsp Jeera (Cumin) seed , ½ tsp Mustard Seeds, ¼ tsp Asafoetida (Hing)
Add red chills and Kadipatta (Sweet Neem leaf).
Add also Dalchini (cinnamon), Garam Masala (Spice mixture), Haldi/haldi (Turmeric).
Now add this in the mixture of curd and dal. Add pakoras also with the mixture.
Stir well.
Heat for 15 mins.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Veg Biryani

Ingredients:

2 Cup Basmati Rice
2 Potato (Sliced)
2 Onion (Sliced)
1 Capsicum Finely Sliced
½ Cup French Beans
½ Cup Cauliflower
½ Carrot (Sliced)
100 grms Green Peas
3 Tomatoes
1 tsp Red Chili Powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp Caraway Seeds (Zeera)
2 tsp Refined Oil
100 grms Paneer (Indian Cheese)

How to make Vegetable Biryani:

Wash and cut all vegetables. Heat 2 tsp refined in a pan.
Put Caraway Seeds in oil when heated. Add all vegetables in oil except tomato. Add salt to taste. Heat for 8 to 10 mins.
Till vegetables get ready wash the basmati rice well before cooking. Then take rice with 3-3/4 cup water and a little salt added to it. Cook it in pressure cooker or in a pan or microwave.
When all vegetable are finely cooked and red chili powder, Garam masala and stir.
Add tomato now and stir and wait for 3 to 4 mins.
Add Paneer pieces into it.
Add the cooked rice and mix well with all vegetables with very light hands so that the rice grain doesn't break. Cook for about 4 minutes.
Take out vegetable biryani out in a rice serving dish.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve it hot.