Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Grilled veg. sandwich

Ingredients:

1 loaf Cuban baguette ( available in publix) - or you can use any bread.
1/2 cup store bought hummus ( any flavour)
1 green capsicum - sliced
1 red capsicum - sliced
1 onion - sliced
1/4 cup of black olives
1/2 tbsp crushed black pepper
1/2 tbsp red chili flakes
4 to 5 basil leaves.
3 tbsp Olive oil
Salt


1) Preheat oven on 450 degrees. Take one long baking dish. Put sliced capsicums and onion in the baking dish, put olive oil, salt, black pepper and red chili flakes. Mix it well and put it in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
2) Cut the bread in desired sizes. Put it in the oven on Broil setting, broil it for less than 1 minute.
3) Spread hummus on sliced bread, put grilled vegetables, olives and basil on top of it. close it with another slice of bread.
4) Ready to eat.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Palak Daal

Ingredients:

1 cup tur daal
4 cup spinach
1 onion - sliced
1 tomato - chopped
1 green chili
1 clove garlic - crushed
1 tbsp red chili powder
1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp lemon juice
salt
3 tbsp oil

1) Wash daal and spinach, add 2 cups of water and pressure cook daal-spinch together till 3 whistle.
2) Heat oil in a pan, put cumin seeds, let it crack and add sliced onion. Fry the onion till becomes brown, add crushed garlic, fry it with onion.
3) Now add tomatoes and fry it with onion for 2 to 3 minutes. It will become gravy.
4) Add all powder masalas in gravy, mix well. Let all masalas cook for 2 minutes on low flame.
5) Finally add daal and spinach in the gravy. Let it cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
6) Serve with rice or roti.