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.

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.

Aloo Gobi

Ingredients:

3 Large potatoes - cut in big cube (leave the skin on)
3 cup Cauliflower - cut in big chunkes
1 Large onion - sliced
2 Tomatoes - chopped
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 inch ginger piece
1 green chili
1/2 cup cilantro
1 tbsp red chili powder
1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
2 tbsp curry powder ( any brand - I prefer Everest)
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1 dried red chili
salt
3 tbsp oil

Crush garlic, ginger, green chili and 3 tbsp cilantro together. Do not make it very fine paste. Just crush it.

1) Put oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and red whole chili. Let it crack in oil.
2) Add onion slice and saute it for couple minutes. Now add that ginger-garlic paste. Fry it for 1 minute. Add chopped tomatoes- let it cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
3) It will become red gravy. Now add all powder masalas in that gravy- let it cook for couple seconds.
4) Now add cubed potatoes and cauliflower in that gravy.
5) Add salt. Mix it well.
6) Cover the pan with lid and let it cook for 20 minutes, on low medium flame. mix it gently in between to check it's not sticking on pan bottom.
7) Garnish with cilantro and serve with paratha or roti.

Capsicum

Ingredients:
3 green capsicum - chopped
5 tbsp gram flour ( besan)

2 tbsp oil

1 tbsp red chili powder

1/2 tbsp turmeric powder

1 tbsp coriander powder

2 tbsp mustard seeds
1/2 tbsp sugar

2 tbsp lemon juice

salt

1) Mix all powder masalas, sugar and salt with gram flour, keep aside.
2) Put oil in a nonstick pan. Add mustard seeds. Let it crack and add chopped capsicum with 1 tsp salt. cover the pan and let it cook for 5 minutes. on low flame.

3) Now, add mixed gram flour in the capsicum, mix it gently.

4) Cover the lid for 5 minutes. Cook it on medium-low flame.

5) Finally add lemon juice, mix it and serve with hot chapati...yummyy.:)

Masala Khichdi

Ingredients:

1 cup rice
1/2 cup split mung daal with skin
3-1/2 cup water
1/4 cup green pigeon peas(tuver lilva)-boiled
1 onion - chopped
4 tbsp cilantro
1 green chili
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp red chili powder
1 tbsp coriander powder
2 tbsp oil
salt



1) Wash daal and rice together, put water, daal, rice and 1 tea spoon salt in a pressure cooker, cook it for 3 whistle.
2) After 3 whistles, open the cooker and put the khichdi in a plate. Spread it gently in a plate and keep it for 10 minutes.
3) Put oil in a pan, let it heat, put cumin seeds in hot oil. Let it crack.
4) Add chopped onion, green chili, fry it till brown color. Add pigeon peas in onion fry it for 2 minutes
5) Add all powder masalas in a pan, fry it for couple seconds.
6) Now add khichdi, cilantro, lemon juice and salt (if needed). Mix it well very gently. Keep it on low flame for 2 minutes.
7) Serve it with yogurt.

Baked vegetable

Ingredients:
1/4 cup pineapple - cut in chunks

1/4 cup red and green bell pepper-chopped

1/4 cup green peas

1/4 cup french beans-cut about 1 inch pieces

1/4 cup baby corn-cut about 1 inch pieces

1/4 cup cauliflower

1/4 cup shredded cheese ( amul cheese will taste good)

5 slice cheese

for white sauce:

3/4 cup all purpose flour

2 cup cold milk

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp crushed black pepper

salt

1) Boil all vegetables and keep aside.

2) Take a deep pan and mix all purpose flour and milk. Put it on low flame, simmer it for 5 to 7 minutes. It will become thick sauce. Add salt, sugar and crushed black pepper in white sauce. Put all veg. in white sauce. mix it gently.

3) Take a baking dish. Grease it with ghee.

4) Cover the baking dish bottom with shredded cheese.

5) Put mixture of white sauce and veggies on top of cheese.

6) Finally put sliced cheese on top of the mixture.

7) Bake it for 15 minutes on 350 degree temperature.

8) Serve with roti or paratha.

Veg. Biriyani

Ingredients:

2 cup basmati rice
1 large onion- cut in long slices

1/2 cup carrots cut to size about one inch.

1 capsicum cut to length wise

1 cup french beans-cut to length wise

1 cup green peas

2 potatoes - boiled, cut to small pieces

1 tbsp red chili powder

1/2 tbsp turmeric powder

3 tbsp biriyani masala

2 tbsp lemon juice

3 tbsp ghee

2 tbsp oil

2 cardamom

salt

1) Soak rice for 10 minutes. Boil 8 cups water in a big vassal. Add rice, salt and 2 tbsp oil in boiling water. Boil the rice on medium-high flame for 10 minutes.

2) Drain the water from rice.

3) Boil french beans and green peas.

3) In a pan heat ghee, add cardamom and sliced onion. Fry it till becomes brown.

4) Add carrots to the pan with onions. Let it fry for 3 minutes on medium flame.

5) Add capsicum with carrots and onion, mix it well and fry for 3 minutes.

6) Add boiled french beans and green peas.

7) Now add all powder masalas, red chili powder, biriyani masala, turmeric powder. Let the masala fry for 2 minutes with all vegetables on medium flame.

8) Add cut potatoes, rice, salt and mix it gently.

9) Finally add lemon juice in biriyani. Mix it slowly on low flame.

10) Serve with yogurt.