Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:

1/2 kg Turnips (Shalgam)
1/2 kg Carrots (Gajar)
1/2 kg Cauliflower (Phool gobi)
1 cup Oil (Tel)
2 teaspoons Turmeric (Haldi)
2 teaspoons Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
6 tsps ground Mustard seeds (Rai/Sarson)
Salt (Namak) to taste

Method:

1. Clean and cut vegetables into big pieces and boil for 5 minutes.
2. Put in a basket to drain well and then dry with a clean cloth.
3. Mix ground mustard seeds, turmeric, Red chili pepper , salt and oil together into the boiled vegetables.
4. Put in a clean jar and keep it in the sun for 4 days, shaking the pickle once or twice daily.
5. Serve after 1 week

Ingredients:
Green coriander leaves  1 cup
Green chili  2
Ginger  1/4 inch
Lemon juice  2 tbsp.
Salt to taste

Method:
1.  Grind coriander leaves, ginger and green chili together.
2.  If the paste is too thick, add little water.
3.  Then add lemon juice and salt. Mix well.

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Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs. of ripe tomatoes remove seeds, peeled and chopped
2 tbsp of Olive Oil
1 Onion chopped
1 Clove of garlic crushed
1 Small red pepper chopped
4 Cups of vegetable stock
2 oz of tomato paste
1/4 cup of Basil

Method:
1. Heat the oil in a heavy pan, cook the onion, garlic and red pepper till soft.
2. Add the tomato and cook another 10 minutes.
3. Add the tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste.
4. Cover and let simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Allow to cool slightly and put the mixture in a blender until it is smooth.
6. Return to the pan and heat gradually.
7. Add the fresh basil to the tomato soup, cook 2 minutes and serve.