Patoli (Mixed Grains curry)-Fry curry

Ingredients :

• Chanadal or Moong dal or half , half 1Cup
• Chopped Onions 1 cup
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Urad dal 1tsp
• Ginger pieces 1tsp
• Green Mirch 3
• Garlicflakes 10
• Red Mirch 2
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves chopped 1tbsp
• Mustard seeds- 1/2tsp
• Jeera/cumin seeds 1tsp
• Salt to taste

 Method :

 Soak dal in water for one hour. Add salt, Green Mirch, Garlic, Ginger,

 Jeera and Red mirch and grind together with soaked dal Heat 2 tbsp. oil and add onion pieces,

Urad dal, Mustard seeds and curry leaves Fry to turn brown and aromatic .

Then add dal paste and mix thoroughly and cover with a lid and leave on low flame Mix every 3 minutes

When dal paste will be cooked and will not come on your finger,remove the lid Add oil and fry until Patoli turns to golden brown and separate like fried curry.

 Garnish with Coriander leaves and off the flame.Serve hot with rice and roti.

Raita (with cabbage)

Ingredients:


* 2 cups yogurt (dahi)
* a few cabbage leaves
* 1 tsp cumin powder (jeera) roasted
* 2 green chillies
* 1" ginger
* 1 tsp sugar
* a few coriander leaves
* 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
*salt  to taste

Method :

Wash the cabbage leaves and chop them finely. Wash and grind the green chillies.

Peel and grind the ginger. Clean, wash and cut the coriander leaves.

Mix all the above ingredients with the yogurt.

Serve chilled.

Raita/perugu pachadi

Igredients :


* chopped coriander leaves few
* 2 cup curd /yogurt
* 2 -4 green chillies chopped  according to the spice
* 1medium size onion -chopped
*  pinch salt
* chopped tomatoes 1/4 cup
* grated carrot-1/4 cup

Method :

whisk the curd to fine consistency

add all the ingredients and mix and garnish with cilantro/coriander leaves

Modification: Instead of onion chopped u can take fried small saagu to the yogurt its different taste.

RAJMA (RED KIDNEY BEANS) RECIPE

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Ingredients of this recipe
 2 cups Rajma ( Red kidney beans)

Salt To taste

1 Pinch Turmeric powder

1 Onions, chopped

5 Garlic cloves, chopped

1 inch Ginger, chopped

3 Green chillies, chopped

3 Tomatoes, chopped

1/2 tsp Corainder powder

1 tsp Red chilli powder

1/2 tsp Garam masala

2 tbsp Oil

Handful Corainder leaves

Method to make this recipe:

Soak rajma overnight. Wash and pressure cook the rajma. Keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add ginger, garlic and chillies. Fry until they turn brown.

Add onions and tomatoes. Cook until masala separates from oil.

Add salt, turmeric powder and mix well.

Add the boiled rajma, red chilli powder, corainder powder, garam masala and stir.

Simmer the flame and cook until a thick gravy is formed.

Remove from fire. Garnish rajma with corainder leaves and serve hot with chapatis or rice.