Paneer bhurji

Ingredients:

Paneer crumbled 400 gms

Oil 2 tbs

Cumin seeds 1 ts

Onion chopped 1

Green chilli chopped 2

Tomato chopped 1

Ginger and garlic paste 1 tbs

Chilli powder1 ts

Coriander powder 1 tbs

Garam masala 1 ts

Turmeric powder 1/2 ts

Salt to taste

Lemon juice 2 tbs

Coriander leaves to garnish 2 tbs

 

Heat oil add cumin seeds when they splutter add onion,green chilli

Fry for 3-4 minutes add ginger and garlic paste

Fry for a minute add tomato

Fry for 2-4 minutes,add all te powders and salt

Add paneer,mix and cook for 3-4 minutes

Add lemon juice ,garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with chapathi,paratha...

 

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Snake beans/alasande palya

Ingredients:

Snake beans chopped 500 gms

Green chilli sliced 5-7

Salt to taste

Oil 2 tbs

Mustard seeds 2 ts

Urid dal 1 tbs

Broken red chilli 2

Curry leaves 10-15

Grated coconut to garnish 2-3 tbs

 

 

Heat oil in a Kadai add mustard seeds,Urid dal and broken red chilli

When seeds splutter add curry leaves and green chilli

Fry for a minute add chopped snake beans.

Mix well sprinkle some water,close with a lid

Cook for 5 minutes

Open the lid add salt cook till dry

Garnish with grated coconut

Serve with rice...

 

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Tomato rasam

Ingredients:

Tomato chopped 3

Toor dal 1/2 cup

Tamarind water1/2 cup

Turmeric powder 1/2 ts

Rasam powder 2 -4 tbs

Salt to taste

Curry leaves10-15

Coriander leaves

 

Cook dal in pressure cooker

In a sauce pan add tomato ,water and cook until tomato cooked

Add add cooked mashed dal,tamarind water,turmeric powder,salt and curry leaves

Bring to boil, add rasam powder boil for 2-3 minutes

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with rice and ghee..... Enjoy

 

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Mulangi/raddish sambar

Ingredients:

Raddish 1 chopped into cubes

Moong dal 3/4 cup

Onion chopped 1

Tomato chopped 2

Tamarind juice 1/2 cup

Sambar powder 2 tbs

Chilli powder 1/2 ts

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder1/2 ts

 

 

Seasoning

Oil 1 tbs

Cumin seeds 1 ts

Curry leaves 10

Broken red chilli 2

 

In a pressure cooker add moong dal,chopped onion,tomato,raddish and some water

Cook for 3 whistles

When pressure goes open cooker add the contents to another vessel

Add sambar powder,turmeric powder,chilli powder,salt and tamarind water

Bring to boil.

Add the seasoning.

Serve with rice or idli or dosa...

 

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Bottle gourd/sorekayi palya

Ingredients:

Bottle gourd chopped 1

Green chilli sliced 4-6

Oil 2 tbs

Mustard seeds 1ts

Urid dal 1 tbs

Chana dal 1 tbs

Curry leaves 10-15

Broken red chilli 2

Salt to taste

Grated coconut to garnish

Heat oil in a Kadai add oil mustard seeds,Urid dal,Chana dal fry till dal turns light brown

Add curry leaves,broken red chilli and green chillies

Fry for a minute add chopped bottle gourd,mix well to coat the seasoning

Close with lid,do not add water because bottle gourd itself leaves water while cooking

Cook for 5 minutes,open lid add salt

Cook till dry,add grated coconut.

Serve with rice,chapathi....

 

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Cucumber dosa

Ingredients:

Sona masoori rice 3 cups

Salt to taste

Grated coconut 1 cup

Cucumber peeled chopped 1 big

( I used one big continental cucumber)

 

Soak rice in water for 3-5 hours

Drain the water and grind with salt,coconut and cucumber

Make a thin batter adding enough water

Batter should be like neeru dosa batter

Heat non stick tawa pour a laddlefull of batter into a thin layer

Cover the tawa with a lid ,cook for 2- 3 minutes.

Take the dosa out of tawa using spatula.

Serve with chutney or curry....

 

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Poori

Ingredients:

Wheat flour 2 cups

Salt to taste

Water to make dough.

Oil to deep fry.

 

In a bowl add wheat flour ,salt and water.

Mix well and add enough water to make pliable dough.

Keep aside for 1/2 an hour

Take a small ball of dough and roll it into small chapathi.

Deep fry in the oil.

Serve with sagu or potato palya... Enjoy.

 

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Mixed vegetable sagu

Ingredients:

Chopped vegetables 3 cups

( I used choko,carrot,beans,peas)

Onion 1 chopped

Tomato 1 chopped

Oil 1 tbs

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Salt to taste

 

 

To grind

Coconut grated 1 cup

Coriander seeds 1 tbs

Cumin seeds 1 ts

Dalia( roasted Chana dal) 2 tbs

Cinnamon 1 cm piece

Cloves 2-4

Green chilli 3-5

Coriander leaves 4-5 sprigs

Ginger 1 inch

 

 

Grind all the ingredients under to grind into paste

Cook the vegetables adding enough water.

Heat oil add mustard seeds ,when they splutter add onion fry till translucent

Add tomato fry for 3-5 minutes

Add paste ,vegetables , salt and enough water

Bring to boil .

Serve with poori or chapathi,set dosa...

 

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Halbai/manni

Ingredients:

Sona masoori rice 1 cup

Salt to taste

Grated coconut 1/2 cup

Jaggery 1 cup grated

Cardamom pods powdered 3-4

Water to grind

 

Method:

Soak rice for 3-4 hours.

Grind the rice adding pinch of salt and water to a smooth paste.

Heat a Kadai add the batter and start stirring

Batter should be like milkshake consistancy.

stir continuously do not let lumps to form.

When it starts to thicken add grated jaggery and cook

Have a little taste ,you should feel batter is cooked

Add grated coconut and cardamom powder ,stir for 2-4 minutes.

Pour on greased plate and cool completely.

Cut into any shapes ,serve and enjoy...

 

 

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Fried modaka

Ingredients:

For dough:

Maida 1 cup

Salt to taste

Water as required

 

for filling:

Grated coconut 1 cup

Jaggery according to taste

Cardamom powder 1 ts

 

Oil to deep fry

 

Method:

Make chapathi like dough using maida ,salt and water.

Prepare the filling.

Roll the small ball of dough like chapathi,place a table spoon of filling on centre and close the edges of dough and make the shape of modaka .

Deep fry in oil until golden brown.

This dish is made on Ganesha festival as offering to lord Ganesha.

 

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Bhindi/ okra masala

Usha's

Ingredients:

Okra chopped 500 gm

Onion chopped 2

Tomato puréed 3

Oil 2+ 2 tbs

Cumin seeds 1ts

Ginger and garlic paste 2tbs

Turmeric powder1/2 ts

Salt to taste

Chilli powder 1 ts

Coriander powder 1 tbs

Cumin powder 1 ts

Garam masala 2 ts

 

 

Method:

Heat 2 tbs oil add okra and fry for 10 minutes or until sliminess is gone and okra 3/4 cooked.

Keep aside.

Heat oil add cumin seeds,when they crackle add onion

Fry till translucent add ginger and garlic paste, fry for a minute.

Add tomato purée, cook till the raw smell of tomato goes away

Add all the powders and salt.

Fry for a minute.

Add fried okra,gently mix without breaking okra.

Cook for 3-4 minutes and switch off the heat.

Serve with chapathi or rice.

 

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Dal palak

Usha's

Ingredients:

Palak washed and chopped 1 bunch

Tomato chopped 1

Garlic crushed 2-4 cloves

Oil 1tbs

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Red chilli broken 2

Green chilli sliced 3-5

Salt to taste

Toor dal cooked 1 cup

Turmeric powder 1 ts

 

Method:

Cook toor dal with turmeric powder.

Heat oil add mustard seeds when they splutter add red chilli, green chilli and crushed garlic

Fry for a minute or until garlic gets light brown

Add tomato and fry for a minute.

Add chopped spinach and fry till it wilts

Add cooked dal ,salt. Bring to boil.

Serve with rice or chapathi.

 

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Cabbage palya

Ingredients:

Cabbage chopped 1/2 head

Oil 2 tbs

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Urid dal 1 tbs

Green chilli 3-4 sliced

Red chilli 2 broken

Curry leaves 1 sprig

Salt to taste

Grated coconut to garnish 2 tbs

 

Method:

Heat oil add mustard seeds ,Urid dal, and broken red chilli

When seeds crackle add green chilli and curry leaves

Fry for a minute add chopped cabbage ,mix well to coat seasoning.

Sprinkle some water and close with a lid

Cook for 5 mins

Open lid and add salt , cook till cabbage cooked and water dries up.

Add grated coconut. Switch off the heat.

Serve with rice or chapathi.

 

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Apple jilebi

Usha's

Ingredients:

Apple 2 cut into thin discs

Maida 1 cup

Corn flour 1 tbs

Baking powder 1/2 ts

Yellow food colour 1/2 ts

Water to make batter

Oil to fry

 

 

For sugar syrup:

Sugar 1 cup

Water 1 cup

Lemon juice 2 tbs

Cardamom pods 2-3 crushed

Crushed pistachio to garnish

 

 

Method:

Cut apple into thin discs ,remove seeds

Make batter using maida,corn flour,baking powder and food colour by adding water.

Keep aside for half an hour.

Meanwhile prepare sugar syrup

Heat oil ,dip apple discs into the batter and deep fry.

Drain on paper towel.

Dip into the sugar syrup for 2 mins

Take out and serve garnished with crushed pistachio nuts.

Enjoy....

 

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Beans palya

Usha's

Ingredients:

Beans chopped 250 grams

Oil 1 tbs

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Urid dal 1 ts

Chana dal 1 ts

Green chilli sliced 3-5

Red chilli broken 2

Curry leaves 10

Salt to taste

Grated coconut 3 tbs

 

Heat oil in a Kadai add mustard seeds ,Urid dal, chana dal when dal are light brown add curry leaves ,green chilli and broken red chilli.

Fry for a minute. Add chopped beans mix well ,sprinkle some water close the lid.

Cook for 3-5 minutes. Add salt cook till beans is tender

Add grated coconut . Switch off the heat.

Serve with rice or chapathi...

 

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Masala vade/chettambade

Usha's

Ingredients:

Chana dal 1 cup soaked overnight

Green chilli chopped 3-4

Curry leaves chopped 8-10

Ginger chopped 1/2 inch

Coriander leaves chopped 2 tbs

Salt to taste

oil to deep fry

 

 

Grind Chana dal without adding water into coarse paste

Add all the chopped ingredients and salt

Mix well.

Heat oil,shape the dal paste into a ball and flatten

Deep fry in the oil on medium heat.

Serve ...

 

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Black Chana usli

Usha's

Ingredients:

Black Chana 2 cups soaked overnight

Oil 2 tbs

Mustard seeds 2 ts

Urid dal 2 ts

Green chilli chopped 3-4

Curry leaves 8-10

Salt to taste

Grated coconut 3 tbs

 

Cook the soaked Chana in pressure cooker adding salt and water for 4-6 whistles

Drain the water from Chana and keep aside

Heat oil add mustard seeds and Urid dal when mustard seeds crackles add chopped green chilli and curry leaves.

Fry for a minute ,add drained Chana mix well to coat the seasoning

Garnish with grated coconut.

Serve.

 

 

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Ganesha chaturthi celebration

Pooja

Lunch

 

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Moong dal usli

This is a breakfast dish in Konkani household. I learnt this from my MIL.

 

Ingredients:

Moong dal washed 2 cups

Oil 2 tbs

Mustard seeds 2 ts

Green chilli chopped 3-5

Curry leaves 10-15

Ginger finely chopped 1/2 inch

Salt to taste

Asafoetida (hing) powder a pinch

Water 3 and 1/2 cups

grated coconut 3 tbs

 

 

Heat oil in a Kadai add mustard seeds when it crackles add green chillies,ginger and curry leaves

Fry for a minute add hing ,salt and moong dal

Mix well add water close with a lid and cook

Keep on stirring every 2-3 minutes.

Cook the dal until all the water dries up and dal is just cooked not mushy.

Add grated coconut and mix well

serve...

Serves 4

 

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Beetroot palya 2

Ingredients:

Grated beetroot 2

Green chilli sliced 4-5

Curry leaves 5-10

Oil 1 tbs

Mustard seeds 2 ts

Urid dal 2 ts

Salt to taste

Grated coconut 2 tbs

 

Heat oil add mustard seeds,Urid dal, when crackles add curry leaves,green chilles and grated beetroot.

Mix well and sprinkle some water close with laid and cook for 5 minutes.

Add salt cook till curry is dry.

Garnish with grated coconut.

Serve with rice or chapathi...

 

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Minced gobi curry

Ingredients:

Cauliflower 1 small minced

Onion 1 chopped finely

Tomato 2 chopped

Oil 2 tbs

Jeera 1 ts

Ginger and garlic paste 2 ts

Chilli powder 1 ts

Turmeric powder 1/2 ts

Salt to taste

Garam masala 1 ts

Coriander leaves to garnish

 

Heat oil in a Kadai add jeera fry for a minute add onions fry till translucent.

Add ginger and garlic paste fry for a minute ,add tomato fry till mushy.

Add chilli powder,salt ,turmeric powder and Garam masala.

Add cauliflower mix well add some water close with lid and cook.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with chapathi....

 

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White pulao

Usha's

Ingredients:

Basmati rice 2 cups

Chopped vegetables 2 cups

Soya nuggets soaked 10-15

Oil 2 tbs

Cinnamon 2inch

Cloves 5-6

Cardamom crushed 3-5

Bay leaves 2

Jeera 1 ts

Onion 1 sliced

Ginger and garlic paste 2 ts

Green chilli sliced4-6

Coriander leaves chopped 3 tbs

salt to taste

Lemon juice2 tbs

Water 4 cups

 

Heat oil in pressure cooker add whole spices like cinnamon,cloves,cardamom bay leaves and jeera.

fry for a minute. Add onion fry for a minute add green chilli,ginger and garlic paste fry for 2 minutes.

Add coriander leaves,chopped vegetables like beans,potato,carrot and peas.

Add soaked and squeezed soya nuggets fry for 3-4 minutes.

Add salt and lemon juice.

Add washed rice fry for a minute.

Add water,close with lid and put the cooker weight on.

Cook for 3 whistles and switch off the stove.

When pressure goes away open the lid and mix well.

Serve with raita... Enjoy.

 

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Garlic chutney

Usha's

Ingredients:

Garlic cloves10-15

Dry red chilli 4

Green chilli 3

Grated coconut 1 cup

Tamarind to taste

Salt to taste

Oil 1 ts

Seasoning:

Oil 2 ts

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Curry leaves 5-8

 

Heat oil in a pan add garlic,red chilli and green chilli. Fry till garlic is light brown.

Grind these ingredients with coconut ,tamarind,salt and little bit of water.

Add the seasoning.

Serve with rotti or idli,dosa...

 

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Idli uppittu

Usha's

Ingredients:

Idli smashed 15

Oil 2tbs

Mustard seeds 1 ts

Urid dal 2ts

Dry red chilli 2

Green chilli chopped 4

Curry leaves 10-15

Salt to taste

Onion chopped 1

 

Heat oil in a Kadai add mustard seeds,Urid dal when seeds splutter add green chillies,broken red chilli and curry leaves.

Add onion fry till light brown,add salt.

Add crushed idli mix well to coat the seasoning.

Serve ..

 

 

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