Monday, July 5, 2010

Tomato Pickle


Ingredients:

Tomatoes - 1/2 kg
Red Chilli Powder - 1 cup
Oil - 5 table spoons
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Tamarind - Big Lemon Size
Salt - 1 cups
Turmeric : A pinch
Ginger Garlic Paste : 3 tsp ( freshly prepared )
Cumin Seeds : 1/4 tsp


Method:

  • Wash the tomatoesand chop them in to medium size pieces.
  • Heat one table spoon oil, add tomato pieces, tamarind and turmeric powder.
  • Fry on medium flame.
  • Stir it constantly until the mixture is very thick.
  • Now the tomatoes will be soft and almost dry.
  • Later, turn off the heat.
  • Keep aside for cooling and mash it.
  • Heat oil in another pan.
  • When the oil is hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
  • Once they pop, add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
  • Turn off the heat.
  • Keep it for cooling.
  • After cooling add red chilli powder, salt, cumin powder and mix well. Then add mashed tomato mixture.
  • Mix very well.
  • Store it in a dry glass jar.
  • It is very tasty with rice, chapati and bread.
  • Pickle can be preserved for more than one month.
  • If kept in the freezer it will be tasty for 2-3 months.

Masala Dosai


Ingredients:


Boiled rice - 2 cups
Raw rice - 2 cups
Urud Dal - 1 cup
Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
Potatoes - 2 to 3
Salt - To Taste
Green Chillies - 4 to 6
Pudina / Mint Leaves (Chopped) - 2 to 3 tsp

For The Stuff:

  • Just boil potatoes and make curry with salt, green chillies and Pudina/mint leaves.
Method:

  • Rinse the above ingredients in water for about 2-3 hours.
  • Then grind in a blender (with adding water in steps) into a very fine flour.
  • Add salt and keep it aside (to get sour)for 12 hours.
  • Heat the pan and spread a drop of oil on it.
  • When the pan is fully heated, take some flour and spread it on the pan into a round shape.
  • Turn it over so that both sides are cooked well.
  • Place some potato curry and roll the dosai on both sides and move it to a plate.

Aloo Parotta


Ingredients:

Big Potatoes - 3
Wheat Flour - 3 Cups

Salt - To Taste

Green Chillies - 4 to 6

Pudina / Mint Leaves (Chopped) - 2 to 3 tsp


For The Stuff:


  • Just boil potatoes and make curry with salt, green chillies and Pudina/mint leaves.

Method:

  • Make a loose batter of wheat flour with a pinch of salt.
  • Now make small balls from this.
  • Cave open this ball in the middle.
  • Now add a liitle bit of gingley oil into this dough.
  • Spread this oil well.
  • Now stuff it with the curry u had made.
  • Cover up this masala
  • Then roll this back into ball with the stuff.
  • Spread it across as you do for chappathi.
  • Apply oil and make like chappathis.
  • But this needs more oil than normal.