Recipes of the day - Aug 3, 2011
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Bengali Kichdi |
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Preparation
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Pressure cook 1 cup roasted
moong dal and 1 1/2 cup rice with atleast 3 cups water for 15 mins with
little salt and haldi powder.
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Heat 2 tbsp oil and add ½
tsp cumin seeds, tej patta, 2” chopped ginger, 1 large tomato and cook till
oil separates. · Add 1 cup together of potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, peas. Add red chilly powder and salt.
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Cook till crunchy and do not
overcook. Add the vegetables to the boiled rice and dal mixture. Mix and
cook for few minutes. Add dhania powder, garam masala and serve. Gujarati Kichdi Preparation
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Heat 2 tbsp of oil, add ½
tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp methi seeds, heeng, cinnamon, laung, 1 ½ cups rice, ½
cup moong dal, ½ cup toor dal, salt and haldi.
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Pressure cook with 3 cups
water for 15 mins .
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Add 1 tbsp hot ghee in the
kichdi when done and serve hot with gujrati kadhi. Gujarati Kadhi Preparation
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Mix together 1 cup sour curd, 1 glass water, 2 tsp besan, chopped green chillies
and 2” ginger and salt.
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Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan and add curry leaves, dhania seeds, laung, cumin
seeds, whole red chillies, salt and heeng.
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Stir in the thinly prepared curd mixture and cook for few minutes stirring well
and serve hot.
Punjabi Kadhi
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together 2 cups sour curd, 1 tbsp besan with 4 cups water and keep aside.
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Make besan pakodas of your choice and keep aside.
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Heat 2 tbsp oil and add curry leaves, cumin seeds, rai, dhania seeds, methi
seeds, 1 chopped onion, 2tsp chopped ginger, 3 tsp chopped garlic and cook till
oil separates.
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Add the basen and curd mixture and bring it to a boil.
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Add pakodas, 1 tsp kasoori methi powder and cook on low heat till the pakodas
settle to the bottom of the pan.
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Heat 1 tbsp ghee, add crushed red chillies and add it to the prepared kadhi and
serve.
Sindhi Kadhi
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Heat 4 tbsp oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, heeng, chopped green chillies,
methi seeds and let it splitter. · Add 6 tbsp besan and fry till little brown, stirring constantly.· Add 6 cups water stirring constantly on low heat to avoid lumps and bring it to boil.
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Add 2 cups of mixed vegetables (sauted in little oil or just raw) containing
potatoes, brinjal (eggplant), carrots, okra, drumsticks and squash. Add haldi,
salt, dhania powder and jeera powder. · Add 2 tbsp tamarind paste and cook till the vegetables are done.
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Garnish with chopped dhania and serve. |
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