Paneer stuffed Bindi/Ladies finger

Ingredients:
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Tender ladyies finger             -           250 grams
Onion , grated                      -            1
Tomatoes                            -            3
Red chilli powder                 -            1/2 tsp
Garam masala                      -            1/4 tsp
Oil                                       -            1 tbsp
Salt                                      -            to taste
Ginger-garlic paste               -           1/2 tsp
Coriander chopped              -            1 tbsp

To be mixed into a cottage cheese stuffing
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Grated paneer         - 1 cup
chopped coriander  - 2 tbsp
chopped green chillies - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:
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• Wash,dry and slit the ladies finger lengthwise.Keep aside.
• Stuff the ladies fingers with the cottage cheese stuffing.

• Put the tomatoes in a vesselful of boiling water for 10 min. Peel and chop finely. Keep aside.
• Heat 2 tsp of oil in a non stick pan, add the ladies fingers and cook until slightly soft.

• Add the remaining 1 tsp oil in the same pan and fry the onions till golden brown.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste and the red chilli powder mixed with 1 tbsp of water and fry for a few min.
• Add the tomatoes, garam masala and salt and cook again for a few min.
• Sprinkle a little water and add the sauteed ladies finger and cook again for a few min.

Serve hot garnished with coriander.

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.

Aloo pudina

This recipe serves two.

Ingredients:

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• Potatoes - 4 medium sized
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds/jeera - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Salt - to taste
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• garam masala powder - 1 tsp
• lemon - 1/2 a lemon
• Mint leaves - 2 bunches

Method:

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• Wash and pressure cook the potatoes ( Just 2 whistles will do)
• Peel off the skin and chop into cubes.
• Add oil in a non - stick kadai and add jeera,mustard seeds.
• When it splutters add the potato slices along with turmeric powder,red chilli,garam masala and coriander powder.
• Mix well and cook covered for 5 min till the masala gets mixed well with the slices.
• Open the lid and cook on a low flame till it gets roasted slightly.
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• Separate the mint leaves and wash well.
• Add the pudina leaves into the kadai.
• Keep mixing for 3 to 5 min till the mint leaves turn light black.
• Switch off the flame and squeeze lemon juice (as per your taste ).

Serve hot with rotis.

Mixed Vegetable manchurian

Ingredients:

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• Vegetables - Baby corn comparatively more than other vegetables .Other veggies are carrot,cauliflower,beans and capsicum.

All the vegetables should be cut lengthwise as shown below.Separate the florets of cauliflower.

• Spring onions - 8 , chop the greens and bulbs separately
• onion - 1 medium sized, chopped finely
• Garlic - 6 to 7 slices, finely chopped
• coriander leaves - finely chopped

• Oil(preferably olive oil) - 2 tbsp
• green chillies/chilli sauce - 4 to 5 / 2 tsp depending on taste
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• pepper powder - 2 tsp
• Soya sauce - 3 to 4 tsp
• Tomato sauce - 2 to 3 tsp
• Corn flour - for making batter
• salt - to taste
• sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Ajinomoto - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• Refined sunflower oil - for deep fry

Method:

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• Add 1/4 tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp of ginger garlic paste and 1/2 a cup of corn flour into a bowl.Add water little by little and make a batter without any lumps.The consistency should be slightly watery than dosa batter.
• Heat oil in a pan.When its hot,dip a handful of baby corn in it and deep fry .Do this process on a medium flame.

• Do the same for all veggies.Make the corn flour paste sightly thick for other veggies.

• Add 1 tbsp of olive oil in a kadai and add finely chopped onions and spring onion bulbs.Saute well till it becomes tender.
• Add capcisum, green chillies,garlic pieces and saute for 3 min.
• Add soya sauce,tomato sauce,red chilli powder,pepper powder and little salt.

• Saute well on a medium flame for 5 min.Add all the deep fried veggies.Mix well quickly and switch off the flame.
• Sprinkle ajinomoto,coriander leaves and greens of spring onion on top.
• Mix well and serve hot.

This should be served immediately after cooking or else it will become soggy.

Kadai vegetable

Ingredients:

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Vegetables of your choice....I used

• Carrots - 3
• Beans - 100 grams
• Potato - 1 big
• Cauliflower - 1/2
• Brinjal - 1
• Peas - 3 handful
• Corn - 3 handful

You can also use Lima beans,Baby corn or even cubes of fresh paneer.

• Tomato puree - from 4 tomatoes (Chop the tomatoes and grind it in a mixer).
• Onion puree - from 1 onion (Peel off the skin ,chop roughly and grind in a mixer with little water)

• Capsicum - 1, cut lengthwise
• Pearl onions - 1 handful (5 to 6)
• Cashews - 4 tsp , broken

• Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
• Red chilli powder - 2 to 3 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp
• Jeera powder - 1 tsp
• Garma masala powder - 2 tsp
• Curd - 3 tsp
• Coriander leaves - 2 tsp ,finely chopped (optional)
• oil - 4 tsp
• Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste

Method:

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• Chop the vegetables into 1 inch long pieces and wash well in running water using a strainer.
• Add the veggies in a kadai with a pinch of turmeric powder.
• Sprinkle little water and cook covered till the vegetables become tender.
• Open the lid in between ,stir the vegetables and sprinkle some water if required.Do not add too much water as the veggies should not be over cooked.

• Meanwhile heat 1 tsp of oil in a tadka pan and saute the pearl onions with 1 tsp of red chilli powder and pepper powder.

• Set aside to cool.Grind them along with half of cashews and few curry leaves into a coarse paste.

• Heat 3 tsp of oil in the kadai,add paneer cubes and fry till they turn light brown.Add the onion puree,ginger garlic paste and saute well till the raw smell goes.
• Add 2 tsp of red chilli powder,dhania powder,jeera powder,garam masala powder,sugar and saute for 5 min.
• Add the tomato puree and salt and saute till raw smell goes off.
• Now add the cooked veggies and remaining cashews and mix well.Let it cook for 5 min on a medium flame.Stir occasionally.
• Add curd or fresh cream(if available) ,mix well and cook for another 5 min till the oil comes out.
• Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with hot rotis.

Pyaas & Stuffed Okra Sabzi

This recipe serves two.

Ingredients:

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• ladies finger/Okra,tender ones - 150 grams
• Onions,chopped lenghthwise - 2
• Oil - 3 teaspoon
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• ginger-garlic paste - 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt - to taste

For the stuffing:

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• Besan Flour - 3 tablespoon
• turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
• Dhania powder - 1 tsp
• GaramMasala powder - 1 tsp
• White sesame seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tablespoon

Add all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well without lumps.Note that there is NO SALT.

Method:

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• Wash ladies finger well and cut off the ends.Slit open in the centre.
• Stuff enough powder in the slits carefully.
• Sprinkle the salt over the stuffed ladies finger.
• Arrange the ladies finger on a Idly/Plate or Steam Plate and Steam for 5 min.If you have a microwave,just keep in it for a min.

• Heat Oil in a kadai.Add mustard seeds and jeera.When they splutter ,add onions and saute for 10 sec.
• Add ginger garlic paste and saute till th onions become tender.
• Add steamed ladies finger and saute well.
• Allow it to get roasted.

Serve hot with rotis.