Monday, February 23, 2009

Green Tomato and Beans Sabji



Ingredients:

1. Green Tomatoes, chopped - 1 cup
2. Beans, chopped - 1 cup
3. Red chilli powder - 2 tsp.
4. Turmeric powder/ Haldi - 1/4 tsp.
5. Corriander powder - 1 tsp.
6. Ginger - garlic paste - 2 tsp.
7. Jeera/ Cumin seeds - 1 tsp.
8. Salt


Method:

1. Fry jeera and ginger garlic paste in little oil.
2. Add corriander powder, cook for a minute.
3. Add the tomatoes, red chilli powder and haldi. Cook for some time.
4. Add beans and salt, and cook till they are done.
5. Serve with rotis.

Hare chane ke kabaab



Ingredients :

1. Green kabuli chana - 1/2 cup, soaked in water and pressure cooked
2. Chopped onions - 2
3. Chopped tomatoes - 2
4. Ginger-Garlic paste - 1 tsp.
5. Turmeric powder/Haldi - 1/4 tsp.
6. Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1 tsp.
7. Amchur powder - 1.5 tsp.
8. Salt
9. Corriander Leaves
10. Chilli Sauce - 2 tsp.
11. Vinegar - 1 tsp.
12. Garam masala - 2 tsp.
13. Red chilli powder - 2 tsp.

Method:
1. Grind the cooked chana till mashed.
2. Mix with all the remaining ingredients.
3. Heat a non-stick pan and add lillte oil.
4. Make small flat balls of the mixture and place them on the pan,turn them to make both the sides brown.
5. Serve with any sauce.

Do try this out as this tastes differnet from the normal cutlets :-)

Carrot Cake



Ingredients:

1. Wheat/Atta - 2 cups
2. Grated carrots - 2
3. Cinnamon powder/Dalchini - 1 tsp.
3. Nutmeg powder/Jaiphal - 1/2 tsp.
4. Baking powder - 1/2 tsp.
5. Butter - 1/2 cup
6. Grated jaggery/Gur - 1/2 cup

Method:
1. Melt the butter and jaggery over a low flame. Keep aside.
2. Sift the flour with the cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder and baking powder.
3. Combine the butter mixture, flour mixture and grated carrots and pour into a greased baking pan.
4.Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for 1 hour. Cool and cut.

This cake is not only different in taste from other cakes, but also is healthy as it contains jaggery, a rich source of iron and carrots, which contain Vitamin A.

Variation : You can add honey to increase the sweetness. Njooooy :-)