• 03Apr

    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
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  • 26Sep

    Ingredients:
    2 potato (alu)
    1 cup cottage cheese (paneer)
    1 cup cauliflower (phool gobi)
    1 cup cabbage (patta gobi)
    2 green chilly (hari mirch)
    1 tbsp coriander (dhania patti)
    1 cup refined flour (maida)
    1/2 tsp red chilly powder (lal mirch)
    oil for frying
    1 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)
    1 tsp salt (namak)

    Method:
    Boil, peel and grate potato.
    Grate paneer also.
    Finely chop dhania and hari mirch.
    Grate both the gobis.
    Heat oil in a pan and fry gobis.
    After frying for few minutes, add alu, paneer, hari mirch and 1/2 tsp salt and cook until the water dries up.
    Remove it from the flame and let it cool.
    Make small balls of the mixture and keep aside.
    Make a batter by mixing maida, 1/2 tsp salt, lal mirch and 1 cup water.
    Heat oil in a pan.
    Dip all the balls in maida batter and deep fry them until they turn golden brown.

    Serve them hot.

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  • 08Mar

    Ingredients:
    1 cup Rice (Chawal)
    2 cup Water
    200 gms Cauliflower (Phool gobi) Florets
    2 small Potato (Aloo)
    1/2 cup fresh Peas (Matar)
    1 large Onion (Pyaj)
    3-4 black Cardamoms (Elaichi)
    1/2 tsp Red chilli (Lal Mirchi) Powder
    1 x 1 inch Cinnamon (Tuj/Dalchini)
    2-4 Cloves (Lavang)
    4 tblsp Oil
    1 tsp Salt (Namak)

    Method:
    Wash and soak the rice for 1 hour, drain and keep aside.
    Slice the onion finely and chop the potatoes into small pieces.
    Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions till golden brown, add all the vegetables, cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms.
    Saute for 2-3 minutes, add little water and cook till the potatoes and peas are half cooked.
    Then add the drained rice, salt and red chilli powder. Mix well.
    Add 2 cups of water and boil.
    When the water starts boiling, reduce the flame and cover and cook till the rice is done.

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