Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Dal Makhani

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup black lentils – soak in water for whole night
  • 1/2 cup red kidney beans – soak in water for 8 hours and pressure cook along with blank lentils till soft
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • Onions, finely chopped
  • Green chillies, slit lengthwise
  • Ginger garlic paste
  • Red chilli powder
  • Turmeric powder
  • salt to taste
  • Tomatoes, finely chopped
  • Butter
  • 2-3 tbsp malai

Method 
Pressure cooker the dals until they become mushy.
Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel.
Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
Add the chopped onions and green chillis and sauté the onions.
Add ginger garlic paste, turmeric, chilli powder and salt and combine.
 Add the chopped tomatoes and cook for 5-6 mts.
Now add the pressure cooked dals, butter along with a cup of water and cook for sometime.
Add malai and mix well.
Serve with hot rotis

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Just Chillies

Ingredients:

  • Long green chillies or Jalapeno: 10(slitted in the middle)
  • Mustard powder :1/2 tsp
  • Fenugreek powder:1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder:1/2 tsp
  • Red chilli powder:1/4 tsp
  • Coriander powder:1/4 tsp
  • Hing:1/2 tsp
  • Salt: to taste
  • Oil 
  • Lemon juice
Method
  1. Slit the green chilles length wise
  2. Take some oil in the pan
  3. Add all the ingredients one by one and fry till it loses raw smell .
  4. Add the green chillies and fry till the skin becomes tender
  5. Switch off the flame and add lemon juice
  6. Serve with rotis :)