Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Spinach Rice

              Here is another version of rice. The dish has spinach and other green vegetables.  You can have it any time of the day. It  becomes a full meal when served with daal fry or daal tadka.




  • Ingredients:
  1. Cooked rice 3 cups
  2. Spinach 1 bunch
  3. Chopped coriander leaves 1/2 cup
  4. Garlic paste 1/2 tbsp
  5. Chopped french beans 1/2 cup
  6. Chopped carrots 1/2 cup
  7. Chopped onions 1/2 cup
  8. Chopped capsicum 1/4 cup
  9. Garam masala 1/2 tbsp
  10. Cream 1 tbsp
  11. Whole lavang or cloves, cinamon 2 each
  12. Oil 2 tbsp
  13. Whole jeera 1 tsp



  • Method:
  1. Heat water in a pan and cook spinach  for few mins.
  2. After that strain cooked spinach and wash it with cold water.
  3. Keep it a side.
  4. Take coriander leaves ,cooked spinach and cream in a mixer jar and blend it.
  5. Keep it a side.
  6. Heat oil in a pan and add cloves, cinamon and jeera to it.
  7. Let it splutter.
  8. Add garlic paste to it and cook until leavs aroma.
  9. Add onions, carrots, capsicum and beans.
  10. Cook them for a while.
  11. Add the spinach paste to it.
  12. Add garam masala and salt to taste.
  13. Cook it until spinach gravy becomes dry.
  14. Add cooked rice to it and stir  well.
  15. Serve hot.
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Methi Chilla

           Here is another quick and tasty dish. You can have it as a breakfast or dinner. It goes well with green chutney or simple masala curd.






  • Ingredients: 
  1. Gram flour or besan 1 cup
  2. Semolina 1 tbsp
  3. Chopped fenugreek or methi leaves 1/2 cup
  4. Finley chopped tomatoes 1/4 cup
  5. Carom seeds or ajwain 1 tsp
  6. Curd 1/4 cup
  7. Garlic paste 1 tbsp
  8. Oil
  • Method:
  1. Take besan and semolina in a bowl.
  2. Add curd, methi leaves, chopped tomatoes, carom seeds and garlic paste to it. 
  3. Add salt to taste and mix  well.
  4. Add water to make consistency like dosa better.
  5. Let it rest for half hour.
  6. Heat one non stick dosa pan and add 1 tsp into  it.
  7. Pour a ladle full of better and spread it like circular motion.
  8. Let it cook from one side.
  9. Than flip the side.
  10. Cook another side for few mins.
  11. Methi chilla is ready to serve.


Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Mint Carrot Deep

            Here is  one type of simple yet tasty deep. This minty deep is full of flavors and refreshments. You can serve this deep or raita with chapati, paratha or rice.



  • Ingredients:
  1. Curd 1 cup
  2. Chopped mint leaves 1/4 cup
  3. Shredded carrot 1/4 cup
  4. Chopped onion 1 tbsp
  5. Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
  6. Pepper powder 1/2 tsp
  7. Oil 1 tsp
  8. Dry pickle masala or mustard seeds powder 1 tsp
  • Method:
  1. Take chilled curd in a bowl and add mint leaves, onions and shredded carrots to it.
  2. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Add dry pickle masala.
  4. Heat oil in a small pan and cumin seeds to it.
  5. Turn of the flame when cumin seeds splutter.
  6. Pour this mixture over curd and mix all together.
  7. Serve chilled.