DAL SPINACH (PALAK)

spinach is very popular green leafy vegetable. Whenever I see spinach I always remembered Popoye ....funny cartoon.I loved to watched that.:)

Before marriage I did not like spinach to eat. But now a days when I understood how it helps to health, I started eating and preparing different types of dishes from it.

Lot's of are prepared with spinach such as palak paneer(Palak is Indian name for spinach), palak tikki, palak paratha etc . Dal palak is a very popular recipe. But it can be made in different ways and I too...:)


Ingredients:-

1. 1/2 cup moong dal

2. 1 small tomato chopped

3. 1 bunch palak(spinach) chopped

4. 1 medium sized onion chopped

5. 2 green chili cut into strip

6. 1 tb ginger garlic paste.

7. 1/2 tsp turmeric

8. 1 tsp red chili powder

9. pinch of hing

10. 1 tsp. tamarind

11. 1tb oil or ghee

12. 1tsp jeera(cumin seed)

13. 2 tb peanut(shengdana)

14. salt to test,water


Procedure:-

1. Wash moong dal and add tomato and turmeric powder.Boil it into cooker.Smash the dal very well.


2. Heat ghee in a sauce pan over medium heat.Add jeera and saute for a min.Then add onion and green chili.Stir 1,2 min. Add ginger-garlic paste.If you want you can add chopped garlic too.

3. Then add Palak and stir 2,3 min.Add red chili powder,turmeric,jeera powder and peanut.Fry 2,3 min.

4. Then add moong dal ,tamarind and salt.Bring it to boil.

5. Serve hot with plain rice, jeera rice, or roti.

ENJOY :)

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CHICKEN STOCK

I was thinking to prepare different type of chicken recipe. So started search of recipes. While going through chicken recipes book I have realised that most of the recipes needs chicken stock. But during that time I was not having chicken stock .

Hmmm..... But had a chicken drumsticks. So thought to make chicken stock at home. It's very simple. You can store it into refrigerator for long days & prepare chicken soup when needed.
Chicken soup does contain a lot of vitamins and minerals which are good for health.


Ingrediants :-

1. chicken bones(use drumsticks take 6,7)


2. 5 cup water

Procedure:-

1. Remove all meat and take only bones.Take water into a sauce pan and add all bones in it. heat pan over medium-high heat.Bring to boil.


2.Boil until water reduced by one cup.




3. You will get 1 cup chicken stock.

4. Use it when you need. Store it into refrigerator for a long days.

ENJOY :)


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PALAK CARROT MINT TIKKI

Palak (spinach) is the best for health and mint (pudina) is best for beauty.And also carrot are an excellent source of antioxidant compounds.So I combined three ingredients along with potato and made delicious tikki.
Actually my husband like to eat something snack after he came home from office.That's why I was thinking what can I do for him. I saw Spinach and mint in my refrigerator .Then I had an idea to make palak mint tikki.This is my own idea, so I was little bit scared that how it comes....
But when it did we ate all tikki's....:).......Lajawaab!
We liked it and my both kids too. Most interesting thing was that we ate tikki with salsa instead of sauce...Yummy!

Ingredients:-

1.1/2 bunch Palak(spinach)

2. 1 large carrots or 3,4 small carrots

3. 1/2 bunch Pudina(mint) chopped

4. 1 medium size potato

5. 1 tb ginger garlic paste

6. 1 tb chat masala

7. 1 ts. red chili powder (depends on your test)

8. salt to test

9. 2 tb semolina (rava,sujji)

10. 2 tsp rice flour (tandalache pith)

11. 4,5 springs cilantro(coriander leaves)chopped

12. oil for shallow fry

Procedure :-

1. Boil and peel potato and smash it.Wash palak and chopp it.Wash and grated carrot. Mix all ingredients except rava and rice flour.

2. Make small size balls and slightly press it on hands. Makes 13,14 tikki.(depends on size)

3. Combin rava and rice flour.Dip one by one all tikki's in it.Be remember all tikki's coated well. Meanwhile heat the pan over medium heat.

4. Spread oil over frying pan and arrange all tikki's over it.And add little bit oil over all tikki's.



5. After 10,12 min. when it change to golden colour turn into another side. Cooked until it turns golden.

6. Serve hot with sauce .I liked with salsa.

ENJOY :)

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JEERA RICE(CUMIN RICE)

Ingredients:-

1. 1 cup uncooked basmati rice

2. 1 tb Jeera (cumin seeds)

3. 1 tb ghee( butter)

4. 3 springs coriander leaves(cilantro)

5. 3 springs mint

6. salt to test

Procedure :-

1. Wash and drain rice for 15 min.

2. Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed saucepan and add jeera in it.Jeera release the wonderful aroma.
3. When aroma release add rice and saute for min.Then add water,coriander leaves,mint and salt. 4. Bring to boil on high heat. When water started absorb cover it with lid on low heat about 15-20 min.
5. Serve hot with rayta or dal.

ENJOY :)

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GAVARICHI BHAJI(CLUSTER BEANS):-

Ingredients :-


1. 2 cups cluster beans(cut into small pieces with hand)

2. 1 small chopped tomato(optional)

3.1 small chopped onions

4.1 tsp red chili

5.1/2 tsp turmeric powder

6. 1/2 tsp mustard seeds

7. 1/2 tsp jeera(cumin seed)

8. 2,3 cloves chopped garlic

9. Pinch of hing

10. 2tb peanut powder (shengdanyache kut)

11. small piece of jaggary

12. 1tb oil

13. 2 tb freshly grated coconut (coconut powder)

14.chopped coriander leaves, salt to test

Procedure:-

1. Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seed,cumin seed and hing .Stir 2,3 sec. and add garlic and stir.Then add onions and stir another 1,2 min. until onions turns transparent.

2. Then add Gavar(cluster beans)and turmeric powder.Mix it well.

3. Cover it for 2,3 sec.

4. Add red chili powder(depends on your test)and mix well.Cover it and Cooked 12-15 min. on

medium-low heat until Gavar cooked.Be remember don't add water.Cooked on steam.

It's test so good.
5. Add peanut powder,salt ,tomato and jaggary.Mix it well.


6. Add coconut powder and coriander leaves.Mix and turn off heat.


7. Garnish with coconut powder and coriander leaves and serve hot with roti.


ENJOY :)

Some people boiled the Gavar and used.But for me,I don't like to boiled it.

I like to cooked Gavar on steam. It's test too good.I learned this recipe from my mother-in-low.

If you like potato you can add chopped potato along with Gavar.

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SWEET POTATO CURRY(RATALYACHI BHAJI)

Ingredients:-

1. 2 large sweet potato 2. 1 tb. ghee

3. 2 green chili(cut into split) 4. 3tb. peanut powder(shengdanyache kut)

5. 1/2 tsp. cumin seed(jeera) 6.1 cup water,salt to taste

Procedure:-

1. Peel the sweet potato and cut into the small Pisces as shown above.

2. Heat the pot over medium heat.Add ghee on it.When ghee hot add cumin seeds
(jeera) and green chili.Fry for 2-3 sec. and add sweet potato.Fry just another
2,3 sec.then add water in it.

3. Cover it and cook 10-12 min.on medium low heat.

4. After 12 min. add peanut powder ,salt and mix it well. Cover it and cooked until soft.(2,3 min.)

5. Serve hot.



ENJOY:)

This vegetables is allowed during a fast(uppas) in Maharashtra.

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CHAPPATI(ROTI,INDIAN BREAD)

Ingredients:-

1. 2 cups wheat flour

2. 1 cup water

3. oil

4. 1/2 tsp salt

PROCEDURE:-

1. Sieve the wheat flour and add salt,2tb. oil and water.Mix well and knead to form a smooth dough.Spread 1/2 tb. oil over the dough,cover and keep aside for 1/2 hr.


2. Make a small size ball.

3. Take one ball and dip in dry flour.

4. Roll out this ball into a a small disc.Then spread little bit oil and dry flour over it and closed half side.Then do same and closed again rest of side as shown below.

5. You will found triangle as shown picture.

6. Meanwhile heat the tava on medium

flame.

7. Roll out this triangle into a circle.(you have to need practise for that)Keep dipping the dough into the dry flour while rolling. So it doesn't stick.
8. Place the rolled chappati on tava.When bubbles start to form,flip the chappati over.

9. After about 10,15 sec. ,spread the chappati with a little oil and flip over.

Spread the other side with a little oil and flip over again.

10. When Chappati cooked,place them in the container and close the lid to keep
them hot.Serve hot.

ENJOY:)

TIP:- If you want to store chapati for 2,3 days then add milk instead of water.

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