Saturday, January 14, 2006

Khichadi

Ingredients

1) Rice
2) Udat Dal
3) Onions
4) Tomatoes
5) Turmeric powder
6) Cumeen seeds
7) Mustard seeds
8) Olive oil
9) Garam Masala
10) Curry leaves
11) Chillies

Heat olive oil in a pressure cooker and add mustard and cumeen seeds to it. Once these start spurting add cut onions, chillies and curry leaves. Fry these until the onions turn golden brown. After this add rice, udat dal, turmeric powder,garam masala and tomatoes. Heat the mixture for 3 to 4 minutes. Now add appropriate amount of water and cover the pressure cooker. Cook until 3 whistles.

Egg Bhurji

Ingredients

1) Eggs
2) Onions
3) Tomato
4) Cumeen seeds
5) Mustard seeds
6) Green chillies/ Red chilly powder
7) Olive oil
8) Chicken Masala
9) Salt

Heat oil in a frying pan and add cumeen and mustards seeds to it. Once these start spurting add onions and green chillies / red chilly powder. Fry the onions until they turn golden brown. Now beat the eggs in a bowl and add it to the fried onions. Add tomatoes, chicken masala and salt to the mixture. Using a spatula stir the mixture until the eggs get scrambled well.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Tadka Dal

Ingredients

1) Tur daal
2) Dry red chillies
3) Olive oil
4) Cut garlic
5) Cumeen seeds
6) Mustard seeds
7) Hing
8) Curry leaves

Cook the tur dal using a pressure cooker. After that heat some olive oil in a deep pan, add mustard and cumeen seeds to it. Once these start spurting add hing, dry red chillies, cut garlic and curry leaves. Once the garlic gets fried add this mixture to the cooked dal. Add some more water to the dal and cook for about 10 minutes.