MUSHROOMS CURRY WITH PEAS

INGREDIENTS : 

Mushrooms  :  250 gms
Peas   :  50 gms
Onions  :  2
Tomatoes  :  2
Coriander or Dhaniya powder  :  2tsp
Green chillies :  2
Red chilli powder :  1 tsp
Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste
Ginger Garlic Paste  :  1 tsp
Cloves & Cinnamon
Garam Masala : 1 Tsp


Heat Oil in a sauce pan and add Cloves & Cinnamon. Then add chopped onions and green chillies and little salt which it helps to bring out moisturizer from onions. When onions were half cooked, then add ginger garlic paste and stir it well, add tomatoes and turmeric powder. keep it stirring.

 when tomatoes become mushy then add mushrooms and peas, add dhaniya powder, red chilli powder and stir it well. Close with a lid.

Then Water comes out from mushrooms, after 5mins water will evoporate and add enough water for well cooking of mushrooms and peas. Keep stove on a low flame and cook until mushrooms becomes soft, then add garam masala powder and coriander leaves.
  

This dish is good combination with Rice, Pulav & Roti.

MOONGDAL & TOMATO CURRY

INGREDIENTS :

Moong Dal  :  1 Cup
Tomatoes    :  3 Medium
Green chillies :  3
Onion         :    1
Coriander leaves
Tamarind or Tamarind Paste   :   1tsp
Tadka / Popu  :
Oil or Ghee  :  2 Tsp
Red Chilli
Musturd Seeds  :   1/2 tsp
Zeera  :   1/2 tsp
Pinch of Hing
Garlic -  2 Cloves

      Pour a cup of moongdal into a bowl and wash throughly.  Cut onions & green chillies into long pieces. Chop tomatoes into Small pieces. Add chopped pieces to moongdal, add tamarind paste and enough water and cook the dal in a pressure cooker until done.
                  Heat oil or Ghee in a kadai and add all tadka items into it. When popu seeds states poping add crushed garlic to tadka. Nice flavour comes out from popu then pour boiled moong dal mixture and add salt, chilli powder & turmeric powder and stir it well. To get right curry consistency add water if needed. Stir occasionally, after 10 mins check the seasoning and atlast add chopped coriander leaves and serve with roti or rice.

DAL FRY

INGREDIENTS : 

Whole moong dal :   1 Cup

Tomatoes   :   2 Medium

Onions       :   1 Big

Green chillies  :  4

Red chilli Powder  :  1 Tsp

Salt 

Turmeric  : ¼ tsp

Ginger garlic paste  :  ½ tsp

Hing of a Pinch

Coriander Leaves

For Tadka / Popu  :

Urad dal     :  ½ tsp

Mustard seeds : ¼ tsp

Zeera  : ¼ tsp

Curry leaves

Red chilli

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1. Wash moongdal properly, then boil moongdal in a pressure cooker until it becomes soft.
2. Meanwhile chop onions, green chillies and tomatoes.
3.  Heat oil in a kadai and add urud dal, mustard seeds, let them pop. Then add zeera, curry leaves, red chilli.
4.  In tadka add ginger garlic paste & hing.
5. Then add onions and fry until they become transulent.
6. Add tomatoes, salt,turmeric, red chilli powder and fry them for 4 mins.
7. Then add cooked dal in to it. Add enough water and keep lid on it.
8. Stir occasionally. Cook for 10 mins, then check the seasoning.
9. Add  chopped coriander leaves.
10.  serve with steamed rice or roti.

MINT ( PUDINA) & TOMATO CURRY

          Normally we uses pudina in biryani recipes. We can use pudina in so many recipes,  we can do chutneys  and curry also. Now i will tell how to prepare pudina curry with the combination of tomato.  This is very special curry  and also easy to make. Try this !!!

INGREDIENTS  : 

Mint    :    2 bunches

Tomatoes   :   2 big

Onions      :    4

Green chillies   :   2

Redchilli  powder  : 2  tsp

Salt to taste

Turmeric    :   1/4 tsp

For tadka /  seasoning /  popu  :

Oil  : 4 tsp

Musturd  seeds : 1/2 tsp

Zeera    :   1/2   tsp 

Urud dal  : 1/2  tsp

Red chilli  : 1

Curry leaves 

         Clean  and wash pudina leaves thoroughly  and keep it aside.

Heat 1 tsp of  oil in a fry pan   and add mint leaves and fry them  for 6 mins. Then remove from stove and keep it aside.

Heat  oil in a sauce pan  and do the seasoning or popu. Add  green chillies & onions and fry them until they become translucent. Add tomato pieces,  salt and turmeric. Cover it with a lid.  Stir it occasionally.

Let them  cook for  15 mins and add coriander pwd and stir it well.

At last add fried pudina in to the curry and mix it well.

  Add chilli pwd  and add salt if needed.  Stir it for 2 mins.

Serve with  white rice.

DOSAKAYA (INDIAN YELLOW CUCUMBER) / POTATO,TOMATO CURRY

INGREDIENTS :

Dosakaya / Indian yellow cucumber :  1 Medium

Potatoes :  2 Medium

Tomatoes : 2 Medium

Onion :  1 big

Green chillies  : 2

Red chilli powder : 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Garam masala : 1tsp

Turmeric  : 1/2 tsp

FOR POPU :

Musturd seeds : 1/2 tsp

Zeera : 1/2 tsp

Urud dal  : 1/2 tsp

Red chilli : 1

Curry leaves

Coriander leaves

  

            Wash and chop the onion,potato,cucumber and tomato.

Heat  oil in a sauce pan add popu items ( Musturd seeds,zeera,urud dal,red chilli and curry leaves) and saute them for 2 mins ,then add onion pieces and  potato cubes  stir it well.Add little salt.

Fry them for 6 mins then add cucumber pieces and tomato pieces, add red chilli powder, enough salt and turmeric. Mix well.

Pour 1 cup of water in it.Cook until u gets desired curry consistency.Add garam masala and stir it for 1 min.Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with rice or any bread items.

DAL-PALAK/ANDHRA STYLE PAPPU PALAKOORA

Dal & palak both are very good for health.Palak is very good and important for growing children.Dal & palak have to take thrice a week.This dish is very good combination with roti & rice.U can make this very quickly & easily.

INGREDIENTS :

Dal : 1 cup

Palak : 1 bunch

Green chillies : 2 or 3

Onion : 1

Tamarind paste : 1 tsp

Tomato : 1

For popu :

Musturd seeds : 1/2 tsp


Zeera : 1/2 tsp

Urud dal : 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves

Ghee : 1tsp

Hing of a pinch

Salt to taste

Red chilli powder according to u r spicy level

Ginger garlic paste : 1/2 tsp

HOW TO PREPARE :

Wash dal ( u can tke tur dal or moong dal) and add cleaned & chopped palak,chopped onions,chopped tomato,and sliced green chillies.

Put in to a cooker and boil up to 3 whistles.

Take a curry pan and heat oil or ghee.Do the popu.For popu add musturd seeds,zeera,urud dal,hing,curry leaves & ginger garlic paste.

Add boiled dal & palak.Add turmeric,salt,tamarind paste and red chilli powder,stir it well.After 10 mins add coriander leaves.

TIPS : Doing popu with ghee gives nice flavour and good taste.

Adding little bit of ginger garlic paste gives good taste to u r dal.