Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Mogar (yellow moong dal)with yogurt gravy

Ingredients









1/2 cup mogar
1/2 cup yogurt
2 tab spoon oil
A pinch of hing
1 tab spoon dhania powder
1 tab spoon chilli powder
1/2 tab spoon haldi powder
Salt to taste
Finely chopped ginger,green chilli,coriander leaves to garnish
Clean and wash mogar and pressure cook till 1 whistle.Take out from cooker when pressure is lowered.  Mix dhania,chilli and haldi powder with yogurt.    In a pan pour oil and add hing when it is hot.Pour yogurt mixture in it and stir till it leaves oil at the side of the pan.Now add mogar and 1 cup of water and stir well.Let it cook for 5 minutes till the mogar absorbs the flavor of spices.
remove from heat and garnish with coriander etc

Ajwain(post natal dish)

 Our country is full of medicinal herbs and our people have good knowledge of benefits of these herbs.These are being used in our homes for centuries.We have a complete plan for the postnatal care
 with the help of these  herbs .Ajwain is used for digestion and stomachache.
This dish is given after delivery and is usefull for lactation and digestion.it also acts as  an apetiser






Ingredients required
2 tab spoon powdered ajwain
4 tab spoon grated jaggery
4 tab spoon ghee
 4 tab spoon chopped almonds,dry coconut.
2 tab spoon fried gond(eating gum also called dink)
In a thick bottomed pan pour ghee and heat.Add jaggery and stir for 3 or 4 minutes.when jaggery melts remove from heat and add ajwain powder and nuts and fried Gond
Stir well and should be eaten hot.





Thursday, March 14, 2013

Rajasthani kabuli (layered pulao)

Kabuli



This dish is considered as delicacy and prepared mostly during winter when all vegetables are available .

Ingredients required





1 cup rice

1/4 cup florets of cauliflower
1/4 cup potato slices
1/4 cup ratalu slices
bread pieces of  1 inch of 2 slices
1/4 cup fresh green peas
1/4 cup fresh grapes (green and black)
1/4 cup applie slices(optional)
1 cup fresh yogurt

1/2 cup  milk
salt ,turmeric powder,red chilli powder,cummin seeds and hing powder
cashew and raisins 1 tab spoon each
chopped coriander

In a pan pour oil and deep fry ratalu slices then potato slices and then florets of cauliflower.
In the last fry bread pieces. Now in the remaining oil put cummin,hing and all spices and then pour
yogurt and stir till yogurt gets fried  .Now add peas, cashews,grapes,raisins,and apple slices.
Cook rice in a separate pan by adding salt to it.

Grease a  thick bottemed panand  put one layer of rice and then a layer of vegetables with gravy.

Repeat this 2 or 3 times till all the rice and veg gravy is used.
Keep this pan on slow flame .Pour milk from all  sides of the pan slowly.Now cover the pan with lid and let the pulao cook for 5 to 10 minutes.  Remove from the flame .  Now garnish with fried bread pieces and chopped coriander leaves.It is ready to serve.