Fresh methi-papad sabji

Easy to make and low calories.

1 cup fresh fenugreek leaves
3 papad ( lijjat will taste good)
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chili powder
1 dry red chili
1-1/2 cup water
salt

1) Wash fenugreek leaves. Cut papad in pieces.
2) Put oil in a pan, add red chili and cumin seeds. let it crack in oil.
3) Now add papad pieces in hot oil. Mix papad with oil on low flame. It will become fried papad. It will take only 1 minute to fry..try to coat oil on each papad pieace.
4) Now add water, all powder masala, salt and fenugreek seeds.
5) Let it boil on low flame for 7 to 10 minutes.
6) Serve hot with chapati.

Black daal

Ingredients:

1 cup whole masoor
1/2 cup rajma (red kidney beans)
2 tbsp ghee
2 onion - crushed
3 tomatoes - crushed
2 tbsp crushed garlic
2 tsp garam masala
salt

1) Masoor and Rajma soak it for over night. Then pressure cook it for about 3 to 4 whistle.
2) Put ghee in vessel. Put onion and let it fry in ghee. Add garlic, fry it for one minute. Now add crushed tomatoes. Mix it well with onion and garlic, let it cook for 4 to 6 minutes on low flame. It will become red gravy.
3) Add garam masala and mix with red gravy.
4) Now add cooked masoor and rajama and mix it well. If it's too thick add some water in it. Add salt according to taste. Let it cook for 5 minutes.
5) Serve with rice or roti.

Walnut Fudge

Ingredients:

1 can(400 gm) Milkmaid
2 cup walnut
1 cup shredded dry coconut
3 tsp coco powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp butter
cashew

1) Crush walnut in the food processor. ( do not make very fine)
2) Put butter in thick kadai, let it melt then add milkmaid.
3) Let the milkmaid become thick then add crushed walnut, coconut and coco powder. Mix it continues till it becomes like dough.
4) Let it cool for a while and add vanilla essence. Mix it well
5) Now make small round balls. and take shredded coconut in a plate. each ball put it in shredded coconut and roll it. coconut will stick on the roll. Now put cashew slice on each roll.
6) You can put cherry also on top of each roll.

Veg. Chilli

Veg. Chili

Ingredients:

1 can red kidney beans
1 can chick peas
1 green capsicum
2 tomatoes - cut in cubes
1 cup tomato puree
1 large onion- chopped
1 cup frozen white corn
1 cup chopped carrots
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp crushed black pepper
1 tbsp red chili powder
1 tbsp crushed garlic
2 tsp cumin powder
2 bay leaves
3 cup water or Vegetable stalk
1 green onion for garnish
salt

1) Put olive oil in big deep pan, add bay leaves and onion. saute it for 2 minutes, add crushed garlic let it fry with onion.
2) Add cut carrots and crushed black paper, let it fry for 2 minutes.
3) Now add all veg. capsicum, corn, tomatoes. mix and let it cook for 1 minute.
4) Add kidney beans, chick peas, tomato puree and water. Mix it and add red chili powder.
5) Let it cook for 20 minutes.
6) Put veg. chilli in the bowl and garnish it with cut green onion. Serve it with italian bread.

Bread Upma

Bread Upma

Ingredients:

Five grain baton ( you will get this in publix) or you can use any bread.
1 small onion
4 to 5 stalk cilantro
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 green chilies
6 to 7 curry leaves
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp oil
2 tsp muster seeds
1/4 tsp asfotedia
salt

1) Cut the bread in small cubes. Put bread pieces in food processor and pulse it. It will becomes like breadcrumbs with some pieces of bread.
2) Chop the onion in small pieces. Cut green chilies very fine.
3) Put oil in a kadai. add mustard seeds, let it crack, add asfotedia, curry leaves and green chilies, mix it well in oil.
4) Add onion, let it fry till golden brown.
5) Now add turmeric powder and mix it well, then add crushed bread, lemon juice, sugar and salt. Mix it.
6) Cover it for 3 minutes on low flame. add cilantro on top of it and serve hot.

Mosaic

This is my first art work that I tried in US. It looks very nice but it's time taking art. I have started from candle votive and it came out well. After that I decorated light lamps by mosaic and gifted to one friend also.