Palak aloo

Ingredients:


1 bunch of palak/spinach
2 medium sized aloo/potatoes
7-8 cloves of garlic
A small piece of ginger
1 medium sized onion
1 tspn of cumin seeds
2 tbsp ghee
1 tbsp coriander powder
1/2 tbsp cumin powder
1 tbsp garam masala powder
1 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tspn haldi
Salt as per taste.


Method:


Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan, add ginger, 4 cloves of garlic, onion & fry till its golden brown.,then add spinach & fry for around 3-4 mins & grind all of this into a puree.
Boil aloo along with haldi & salt for about 8-10 mins.
Heat another tbsp of ghee,add cumin seeds when they splutter add remaining garlic & cook the puree till it boils.
Then add coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder & garam masala powder, salt & fry for another 2 mins.
Add boiled aloo & cook for 2 mins .


Serve hot with chapathis or rice & Enjoy!!! :)

Ambat/ Sambar

You can make ambat with cauliflower,cabbage,mushroom,potato,pumpkin,chickpeas or vatana.
The picture given is of cauliflower ambat.

Ingredients:

One of the vegetable mentioned above.
1 cup toor dal
1 1/2 tsp chili pwd
1/2 tsp tamarind pulp

1/2 cup fresh grated coconut.

1/2 tsp haldi

1/2 onion (finely chopped)

Method:

Grind coconut,chili pwd and tamarind pulp into a very smooth paste adding little water.

Cook dal with haldi and the veggie in cooker for 3 whistles.

In a pot, add cooked dal with veggie.Boil it with the coconut paste.
You can add little water if needed.
The consistency should be like sambar.Add salt according to taste.
Boil for 10 to 15 mins till the dal totally boils with the coconut paste.

Season with 3 tsp oil and 1/2 finely chopped onion.
Roast the onion till its dark brown.

Kale Upkari/ Raw Banana Fry

Ingredients:

2-3 Raw Bananas

2 tsp Red Chili pwd

1/2 tsp Haldi pwd

3-4 tsp Oil

1/2 tsp mustard

1/2 tsp urd dal

1 pinch hing

Method:

Peel the bananas and cut them into cubes.

Heat oil in a pan.
Add mustard, urd dal and hing and saute' till mustard crackles.
Now you can add raw bananas.
Add little water (1/4 cup) and cook covered till the bananas are soft.
Do not over cook them or stir them as the banana can get mashed easily.
Add chilli pwd, haldi and salt to taste.
Mix them carefully.
Fry them for 2-3 mins without the lid, they get crispy and golden brown.