Friday, September 25, 2015

Sindhi Kadhi - Amazing taste and Easy to cook.



Ingredients

1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
3 tablespoons oil
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (mathi)
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
1/8 teaspoon asafetida (hing)
3 whole red chillies
Approx. 10 curry leaves
1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder adjust to taste
1 tablespoon grated ginger
Approx. 3 tablespoons tamarind pulp (imli)
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups of mixed vegetables (can use 8 okras slit into 2 vertically, 1/4 cup carrots sliced in rounds, 1 small potato cubed, 1/4 cup cut green beans about 1 inch longs)
Also need 1 tablespoon oil for stir-fry okra
5 cups of water

Method

Wash and dry the okra. Remove the top of the okra and stir-fry in 1 tablespoon of oil over medium high heat until they are tender. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a sauce pan over medium high heat, add fenugreek seed, and cumin seeds, as seeds crack add asafetida, red chilli whole, ginger, and curry leaves stir for few seconds.
Reduce the heat to medium and add besan. Roast the besan stirring continually till the besan has become golden brown and aromatic (about 4-5 minutes).
Add about 4 cups of water slowly, stirring continuously to avoid forming lumps.
Add turmeric, salt, potatoes, green beans and carrots.
After Kadhi comes to boil, lower the heat to low medium and cover the pan and let it simmer for about 8-10 minutes, until vegetables are tender. If needed add more water, this should be running consistency but not watery.
Add okra and tamarind pulp to Kadhi, after kadhi comes to boil, let it simmer for another 6-7minutes over medium low heat.
Serve hot. Sindhi kadhi taste great with rice or serve as a soup.

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Corn Tikki

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups cooked sweet corn kernels (makkai ke Daane)
  • 2 boiled and mashed potatoes 
  • 2 chopped green chillies
  • 2 tsp finely chopped ginger (Adrak) 
  • 1 cup chopped coriander 
  • 1 tsp chaat masala
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • Salt to Taste


Method:
  • Blend the corn into a coarse mixture.
  • Add the potatoes, coriander, green chillies and ginger and mix well.
  • Divide the mixture into equal portions and shape them into small round tikkis.
  • Heat the oil in a pan and cook the tikkis till they turn golden brown and crisp from both the sides.
  • Sprinkle chaat masala over the tikkis.
  • Serve hot with ketchup and green chutney.
Dalia (Brokenwheat) Tikki:

Ingredients:

2 Cup Boiled Dalia
1/2 cup capsicum finely chopped
1/2 cup carrot finely chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped beetroot (Boiled in Vinegar water help beet from bleeding )
1 finely chopped chilli
1 pinch Hing
1 table spoon vegetable oil
1 table spoon wheat floor for binding the tikkis
1/2 Tbs Jeera
Salt to taste

Method:

Mix all the ingredients and make soft dough and make small round cutlets with that and stir fry on Non stick pan with little oil and serve hot.