lazy mums manga pacchadi
peel raw mango. cube or slice into small bits. Take a glass bowl, put the mango pieces, add water until it covers the pieces and then some. add jiggery, salt, red chilli powder. microwave until the mago is transparent. the whole thing turns orange. Chownk with jeela, slit green chilli and Hing, Kadi patta.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Tamarind Chutney
tamarind chutney
why not new post? haven't even crossed twenty!
ok. Soak tamarind for a 20 mins ( or micro. its faster). Don't make with readymade concentrate. its tastes weird.
Remove seeds, fibre if any. To this tamarind pulp, add dates, jiggery, salt, red chilli. boil for a bit. roast kalonji seeds and add for flavor.
why not new post? haven't even crossed twenty!
ok. Soak tamarind for a 20 mins ( or micro. its faster). Don't make with readymade concentrate. its tastes weird.
Remove seeds, fibre if any. To this tamarind pulp, add dates, jiggery, salt, red chilli. boil for a bit. roast kalonji seeds and add for flavor.
Rajma er... Red bean Salad
this really tastes good. guess you can try the same with all lentils. try with millet rotis.
mater paneer :P
Onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic(optional), one red chilli. Grind
In a kadhai, heat some oil, add the powders - turmeric, red chilli, dhania, jeera - add paste. fry this paste until it leaves side of kadhai or you think its done. Add salt, some sugar. gently slip in haha cubes or cuboids or spheres or chunks ( paneer crumble not great in gravy. Boil peas separately and add at the end in the gravy. let it cook for a while.
Did I tell you how we make paneer at home? Milk-boil- add lime- let it curdle into big chunks - do not stir much - hang paneer in a thin muslin cloth or press on a sieve with weight. leave for a couple of hours for the whey to drain, store in fridge.
Pati says as a child, she used to have lime juice made of whey. never tried it. dare you to.
In a kadhai, heat some oil, add the powders - turmeric, red chilli, dhania, jeera - add paste. fry this paste until it leaves side of kadhai or you think its done. Add salt, some sugar. gently slip in haha cubes or cuboids or spheres or chunks ( paneer crumble not great in gravy. Boil peas separately and add at the end in the gravy. let it cook for a while.
Did I tell you how we make paneer at home? Milk-boil- add lime- let it curdle into big chunks - do not stir much - hang paneer in a thin muslin cloth or press on a sieve with weight. leave for a couple of hours for the whey to drain, store in fridge.
Pati says as a child, she used to have lime juice made of whey. never tried it. dare you to.
Paneer
Easy peasy
many ways you can make
this one is easy and fast
chop onions into cubes. same with capsicum and tomatoes( optional), green chillies.
In a kadhai, heat oil, add jeera owder, onion, green chilli. once it softens, add capsicum, add cubes of paneer. salt. It cooks in no time and is good with rotis. good as roti rolls too.
Adai
One cup urad
One cup thoor
One cup chana
One cup rice
coconut
red chilli
umm, I make any dal 3 :1(rice). it works. good wholesome food
soak all but coconut. a couple of hours. grind. add coconut( optional but it gives a nice fluffy, crispy feel to the adai). Make adai on Tava. first ones can be troublesome.
To prepare the tava for an onslaught of dosais or cousins of.... heat tava, spead some oil,heat for a bit and splash water. the tava gets coated with nonstick something. try to get an iron tava. everything tastes better on it.
One cup thoor
One cup chana
One cup rice
coconut
red chilli
umm, I make any dal 3 :1(rice). it works. good wholesome food
soak all but coconut. a couple of hours. grind. add coconut( optional but it gives a nice fluffy, crispy feel to the adai). Make adai on Tava. first ones can be troublesome.
To prepare the tava for an onslaught of dosais or cousins of.... heat tava, spead some oil,heat for a bit and splash water. the tava gets coated with nonstick something. try to get an iron tava. everything tastes better on it.