Monday, January 5, 2009

Navarathna Kurma

Ingredients

Paneer - 100 gms
Mixed Vegetables - 2 cups
(Carrot, beans, peas, potatos, cauliflower)
Tomatoes -3
Onions - 2
Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
Tumeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Dhania powder - 2 tsps
Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 1/2 tsp
Milk - 1cup
Cream - 2 tsp
Ghee - 3 tsps
Salt - to taste
Tuity fruity, kismis, cashews (optional) - 1/2 cup
Method

1. Dice paneer into small pieces, deep fry and keep aside.
2. Grate onions, put tomatoes in hot water, then peel and mash.
3. Heat ghee in a pan and fry onions and then ginger-garlic paste. Fry in a low flame till the ghee seperates from it.
4. Add mashed tomatoes, tumeric powder, dhania powder, chilli powder,garam masala and salt.
5. Then add boiled vegetable pieces. Let itboil for sometime.
6. When the gravy is thickened, add milk and cream. Boil for a minute.
7. Add paneer pieces and dry fruits before removing from fire. Fry cashewnuts in little ghee and add it. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Samba Rava Uppuma


Ingredients

Samba Rava - 1 cup
Water- 3 cups
Onions - 2
Curry leaves - few
Tomato - 1
Carrot - 1
Beans - 4
Dry chillies - 4
Cooking oil - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Mustard seed - 1/2 tsp
Splitted black gram - 1/2 tsp
Bengal gram - 1/2 tsp
Method
1. Heat the kadai with cooking oil and add mustard seed, splitted black gram, bengal gram.
2. Cut the onions, tomatos, carrot and beans into small pieces.
3. Add curry leaves, onion and dry chillies into the kadai. Fry them for 1-2 mins and then add tomatoes, carrot and beans and fry them for 2 more mins.
4. Add 3 cups of water and salt.
5. After the water started to boil, add the samba rava. Reduce the flame and allow the rava to cook for few minutes.
Delicious samba rava uppuma is ready serve for breakfast together with omlette and banana.