Monday

Kothu Parotta


Ingredients:

1 packet chilly paratha (frozen)
2 eggs
1 medium onion
1 tomato
3-4 green chillies
1 tsp chilly powder
A pinch of turmeric powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
2 tbsp oil
salt as per taste
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 cup coriander leaves
A few amount of spring onions

Method:
  • Take the frozen parathas (i bought chilly paratha ,its as per your wish),heat the skillet and make parathas and make it into small pieces (you can cut it in knife or with hands) and keep aside.
  • Now with the deep frying pan add 2tbsp oil when it heats add mustard,cumin seeds when it pops out add onions to it.
  • Onions should be in light golden colour now add green chillies and tomatoes to it (tomatoes should be finely chopped).
  • When it mashes down and oil gets up add chilly powder,turmeric powder and coriander powder.
  • Add eggs to it and beat it well now add salt as per taste,eggs should be well coated in onions and other masalas fry it for around 3-4 min.
  • Now add the parathas to it,just fry for 5 mins.
  • And garnish it with coriander leaves.

Thursday

Potato Soya Patties


Ingredients:

2 cup boiled potato
1 cup soya chunks
4 slices bread (white bread)
1 big onion
1tbsp chilly powder
salt as per taste
1 cup chopped coriander
oil for frying

Method:
  • With water boil soya chunks for 2 mins,drain the water and squeeze extra water in soya.
  • Dip the bread in water and squeeze the water,now make the bread into dough.
  • Add potato,bread,soya and chopped onion,salt,chilly powder,coriander mix all and make it like chapati dough.
  • With a skillet add a spoon of oil,make like cutlet shapes of the potato dough and shallow fry this till it turs golden colour.
  • Serve this with tomato ketchep.

Wednesday

Pav bhajji


Ingredients:

1/2 cup cauliflower florets
1/2 green peas
1 medium size carrot
2 medium potato
1 red capsicum
1 big onion
2 tomatoes
1 tsp finely chopped garlic
1 tbsp chilly powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp paprika
A pinch turmeric powder
1 tsp pavbhajji masala
salt as per taste
2 tbsp oil/butter

Method:
  • Pressure cook all vegetables and half of capsicum with sufficient water.then take the veggies coll it and with blender nicely mash and potatoes with masher.keep this aside
  • Heat a frying pan add oil,onions fry till it turns golden brown then add tomatoes and garlic.
  • Add little amount of water till the tomatoes get mashed.
  • Now add all veggies except potato add a cup of water and stir it.
  • Finely chop the half capsicum and fry it in oil till it gets crispy and add in the mixture.
  • Add chilly,coriander,turmeric powder,paprika and salt.add potato to it and pavbhajji masala.leave it for 5min till it comes to semi liquid.
  • Now turn off the heat add coriander leaves.
  • Serve with pav (i used hot dog buns).slice the buns into two halves and roast it with oil .



Capsicum chutney


Ingredients:

2 red bell peppers
1/2 cup roasted ground nuts
1 big onion
7-8 red chillies
2 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp tamarind paste
salt as per taste

Method:
  • In a pan with oil add red chili,onion fry till its turns light brown then add bell pepper fry this for about 10-12mins pepper turns it colour.
  • With blender or mixer add all ingredients as above and blend it with 1/2 cup water.chutney should be finely grounded.
  • If u like to tamper it u can add oil, mustard and some curry leaves.

Tuesday

Vegetable kurma


Ingredients:

5-6 florets cauliflower
1 carrot
1 medium potato
1 big onion
2 tomatoes
3 green chillies
1 tbsp chilly powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 cup coconut milk
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
salt as per taste
oil

Method:
  • Chop all veggies ,in a cooking pan add these veggies add salt,turmeric,chili powder and salt with 3cups of water (water should cover all the vegetables).
  • Chop onion,tomato and green chillies.with a frying pan add oil, mustard and cumin seeds let it pop out then add green chillies,onion and tomato fry for about 5-6min till the tomato gets mashed up.
  • Now add this to the vegetables which is getting boiled stir it till the veggies become tender.
  • At last add the coconut milk to the mixture let it boil for 5min then turn off the heat.
  • You can add extra masala too,i added aanachi poo for extra flavour.

Serve this hot kurma with rotis,chapatis.


Monday

Idli


Ingredients:

4 cups rice
1 cup urad Dal
5-6 fenugreek seeds
1 tbsp salt

Method:
  • Soak the rice overnight.
  • Grind first rice not to coarse point and keep that aside
  • Now add urad Dal this should be grounded finely.
  • Add salt to the batter and stir it and keep aside .
  • The batter should soak overnight till the batter comes out of the container.then take and stir nicely and it is now ready for idly and dosa.


Gram/chana dal sambar


Ingredients:

1 cup gram or channa dal
1 medium onion
2 tomato
3 green chillies
1tsp chilli powder
1/2 coriander powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp tamarind paste
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
A pinch asoefotida
salt as per taste
1 tbsp oil

Method:
  • Pressure cook dal with turmeric powder,pinch of cumin seeds and asofoetida and sufficient water for about 10 mins.
  • And mash the dal with masher but it should not be mashed too finely because some of the dals should be visible.
  • Now with the frying pan add oil mustard seeds,cumin seeds and greenchillies fry this for a min.
  • Add onion (u can use small onions too) when it turns golden colour add tomatoes,chilli and coriander powder now add the dal and pour some water because it gets thicker .keep heat in medium
  • Add tamarind paste and salt as per taste and cook till the sambar gets nice aroma.
  • If u like coriander u can add that too.

Serve this hot with idli and dosa,but it goes nice with dosa.