Thursday, May 19, 2011

Tomato jam


Ingredients:
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  • Ripe and firm tomatoes - 750 grams
  • Sugar - 1 cup,heaped
  • cinnamon powdered - 1/4 tsp
  • ginger grated - 1/2 inch piece
  • lemon juice - 4 tsp
  • red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Method:
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  • Wash the tomatoes well and chop roughly into pieces.
  • Add the pieces into a blender and make a puree.
  • Add the puree,sugar in a saucepan and stir on a high flame till the sugar melts.
  • Add cinnamon powder,lemon juice,grated ginger and cook on a medium flame stirring continuously till it becomes a thick solution.
  • Set aside to cool completely and transfer into a bottle.
Have with rotis/puris.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Carrot Palak curry

Ingredients:
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  • Carrot - 5
  • Palak - 5 small bunches
  • onion - 1 big,finely chopped
  • Green chillies - 4,chopped finely
  • tomatoes - 2,chopped
  • ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Oil - 2 tsp
  • Jeera - 1 tsp
  • turmeric powder - a pinch
  • Salt - to taste
  • Garam masala powder - 2 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 1 tsp
  • Fresh cream - 2 tbsp( optional, you can also add milk)
Method:
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  • Peel off the skin and grate carrot.
  • Wash the palak well and chop well.
  • Heat oil in a kadai.Add jeera,when it splutters,add onion,ginger garlic paste,green chillies and saute for few seconds.
  • Add tomatoes and saute for few minutes.
  • Add chopped palak and saute for sometime.Add grated carrot,turmeric powder,coriander powder,salt and saute till the raw smell goes off.
  • Sprinkle garam masala powder and add fresh cream.
  • Mix well till it gets blended well with the carrot sabzi.
Serve hot with rotis.

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